Tired of hearing about record-breaking movies

[nick1091]

Originally Posted by Ernest Rister

And I have to say -- those of you who discount the success of TITANIC becuase it played to [I quote] "a certain demographic" -- what's the difference between young females flocking to Titanic and young males flocking to The Dark Knight?

The difference is that Titanic was a date/couples movie, so there were likely thousands of significant others/boyfriends who were dragged to go see it by their better half (I count myself among that number.) TDK, on the other hand, since it mainly appeals to a younger male target audience, is less of a date movie - you're more likely to see a group of buddies revved up to see it than a couple in which one of them longs for the movie to just end, already.

Personally, I could give a damn what a movie grosses at the box office, and I think it is absurd that the weekend box office grosses (oftentimes incorrect) are reported on the Sunday evening news...I think it is a sickness in the American soul that we judge a film's success based on the money it makes.

I'm sorry, but how else would one judge a success of a film (which is a commercial enterprise, mind you) than by the profit it generates? I said it in a similar thread, but profitable movie = successful movie. Things like the Oscars, Golden Globes, year-end Top 10 lists are the format to measure how "good" a film is. Success is all about the dollars.

To use a comparison, the Spice Girls sold millions upon millions of CDs. Few would say they are that talented, but to move that many units, there's no question they were very successful.