badMike
05-21-2008, 03:14 PM
Couple things from the column this week:
1) I don't know if you play poker or watch it on TV, but I watch A TON of it on TV (play a little), so I really enjoyed your poker analogy regarding crossovers. That goofy Kenny Rogers song is right: you really need to know when to fold 'em. The key to winning a game is to know when to get away from a great hand. And from how I hear the pros talk, the key to becoming a pro is to know how to cope when you're on a losing streak, which means leaving the table at the proper time, in cash games anyway. Tournaments you're stuck, but at least you're only in for a set amount of money.
2) I don't know who wrote that long email you reprinted, but the guy wondered if he was "missing something." The column touched on what he was missing, but I wanted to elaborate a little more: A movie's financial success isn't based on how much money it makes -- It's how much it makes vs. how much was spent producing and advertising it.
10,000 B.C. and Jumper weren't "bombs." They may not have done as well domestically as their studios may have wanted, but both nearly made back their production budget on their domestic runs and went way over including foreign. So, they did pretty well. While the final door hasn't closed on Speed Racer, it's done terrible both foreign and domestic and will probably break even on production, it probably won't match on advertising. That's usually what they mean by "bombs."
Speed Racer may hang in theaters and get a second wind of course, but it's doubtful.
1) I don't know if you play poker or watch it on TV, but I watch A TON of it on TV (play a little), so I really enjoyed your poker analogy regarding crossovers. That goofy Kenny Rogers song is right: you really need to know when to fold 'em. The key to winning a game is to know when to get away from a great hand. And from how I hear the pros talk, the key to becoming a pro is to know how to cope when you're on a losing streak, which means leaving the table at the proper time, in cash games anyway. Tournaments you're stuck, but at least you're only in for a set amount of money.
2) I don't know who wrote that long email you reprinted, but the guy wondered if he was "missing something." The column touched on what he was missing, but I wanted to elaborate a little more: A movie's financial success isn't based on how much money it makes -- It's how much it makes vs. how much was spent producing and advertising it.
10,000 B.C. and Jumper weren't "bombs." They may not have done as well domestically as their studios may have wanted, but both nearly made back their production budget on their domestic runs and went way over including foreign. So, they did pretty well. While the final door hasn't closed on Speed Racer, it's done terrible both foreign and domestic and will probably break even on production, it probably won't match on advertising. That's usually what they mean by "bombs."
Speed Racer may hang in theaters and get a second wind of course, but it's doubtful.