Halloween 2007 Dec. 12th

[pedigree]

Originally Posted by aqupunk

20 million to make, grossed 56 million in the U.S. only made its budget back twice.

thats not good at all btw

[GLOW]

This is a Dimension/Weinstein movie. Don't know why it's being discussed....

[Viiincent]

Originally Posted by GLOW

This is a Dimension/Weinstein movie. Don't know why it's being discussed....

uhh. its an MGM movie, TOO.

[BStecke]

MGM theatrically, Weinstein will handle all media distribution.

[Banjo]

Originally Posted by pedigree

thats not good at all btw

Even though the movie was a dud, $56 million isn't too shabby. I'm not sure, but I think the production budget was around $15 million plus the marketing costs which I'm not too sure about but I imagine it wasn't a lot.

So, they did make a profit. They'll be able to milk even more cash out of it on DVD.

$56 million would be considered decent for a horror movie. However, it doesn't beat the original's box office intake of $47 million which was a big number back in the ol' days. If it's adjusted for inflation... big difference.

[pedigree]

Originally Posted by Banjo

Even though the movie was a dud, $56 million isn't too shabby. I'm not sure, but I think the production budget was around $15 million plus the marketing costs which I'm not too sure about but I imagine it wasn't a lot.

So, they did make a profit. They'll be able to milk even more cash out of it on DVD.

$56 million would be considered decent for a horror movie. However, it doesn't beat the original's box office intake of $47 million which was a big number back in the ol' days. If it's adjusted for inflation... big difference.

it isnt bad but theres no way that movie was good. to be honest i was expecting something sick. with rob zombie directing it... cmon. i've seen devils rejects and house of 1000 corpses and this movie was not even close. i guess im just pissed cuz i was expecting more.

[Gamma_Winstead]

this movie pissed me off. It sucked in my opinion. it just didnt feel like a Halloween movie. It was OK... BTW Superbad cost 20 mil. its made LIKE (Not sure if thats accurate) 200 mil so far. you do the math.

[pedigree]

Originally Posted by gamma626

this movie pissed me off. It sucked in my opinion. it just didnt feel like a Halloween movie. It was OK... BTW Superbad cost 20 mil. its made LIKE (Not sure if thats accurate) 200 mil so far. you do the math.

see we agree on something lol

[aqupunk]

Originally Posted by gamma626

this movie pissed me off. It sucked in my opinion. it just didnt feel like a Halloween movie. It was OK... BTW Superbad cost 20 mil. its made LIKE (Not sure if thats accurate) 200 mil so far. you do the math.

Superbad isn't a horror movie so its audience appeal is greater.

[pedigree]

Originally Posted by aqupunk

Superbad isn't a horror movie so its audience appeal is greater.

aqu makes a good point... most people dont want to be scared but would rather laugh. because laughter is the language of the soul LOL

[dobyblue]

If it hits bluray in december then that one more day and date

[Moretonbay]

Originally Posted by gamma626

this movie pissed me off. It sucked in my opinion. it just didnt feel like a Halloween movie. It was OK... BTW Superbad cost 20 mil. its made LIKE (Not sure if thats accurate) 200 mil so far. you do the math.

Afraid the $200 mil even though its a comedy is way beyond what it acutally made.

Superbad - cost $20 million to make
has made $118 Million
Opening Weekend $33 Million

Halloween 2007 has made $56 million and opened with 26 million

The fact that people have said this movie isn't like his normal gross out flicks-make me more inclined to actually see it.

[BStecke]

Originally Posted by Moretonbay

Afraid the $200 mil even though its a comedy is way beyond what it acutally made.

Superbad - cost $20 million to make
has made $118 Million
Opening Weekend $33 Million

Halloween 2007 has made $56 million and opened with 26 million

The fact that people have said this movie isn't like his normal gross out flicks-make me more inclined to actually see it.

Same here. I think House of 1000 Corpses is quite possibly one of the stupidest movies I've ever seen, and a shameless, embarrassing attempt at remaking the Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Devil's Rejects was quite a bit better, but Halloween I think is his best yet. Not that that makes him Spielberg, but at least it was an improvement.

[darkpoet25]

Originally Posted by BStecke

Same here. I think House of 1000 Corpses is quite possibly one of the stupidest movies I've ever seen, and a shameless, embarrassing attempt at remaking the Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Devil's Rejects was quite a bit better, but Halloween I think is his best yet. Not that that makes him Spielberg, but at least it was an improvement.

Yeah House was him basically cutting his teeth as a new director, gaining him a cult following, then he made Devil's Rejects which IMO was far better. I loved how he used a Lynryd Skynryd(sp?) song at the end of that one during the shootout.

[Banjo]

Originally Posted by pedigree

it isnt bad but theres no way that movie was good. to be honest i was expecting something sick. with rob zombie directing it... cmon. i've seen devils rejects and house of 1000 corpses and this movie was not even close. i guess im just pissed cuz i was expecting more.

The movie sucked big time. I prefer the original which is a classic. The remake is hardly an actual remake if you ask me. It didn't feel like Halloween to me at all. They focused too much on Michael Myers. Laurie Strode was supposed to be the main character.

However, the movie was a financial success but it got panned by the critics.

[undertow1141]

Originally Posted by Banjo

The movie sucked big time. I prefer the original which is a classic. The remake is hardly an actual remake if you ask me. It didn't feel like Halloween to me at all. They focused too much on Michael Myers. Laurie Strode was supposed to be the main character.

.

Okay first off, this was not a remake as much as a prequel. It was supposed to be more about Michael. This is the lead into your beloved classic Halloween. Rob Zombie stated so many times himself, being that he is a fan of the first film.

[Banjo]

Originally Posted by undertow1141

Okay first off, this was not a remake as much as a prequel. It was supposed to be more about Michael. This is the lead into your beloved classic Halloween. Rob Zombie stated so many times himself, being that he is a fan of the first film.

That's his defense but to me, it's clearly a crappy horror movie that has nothing to do with Halloween. Rob Zombie is obsessed with the monsters, he has no sense of humanity in him.

The thing that made Michael Myers such a creepy figure was because we didn't know much about him. He just kills. Period. No motive or anything.

He's just a killing machine.

In this movie, they tried to re-imagine it and re-boot the franchise. In fact, it made me think of Texas Chainsaw Massacre more than anything else because of his obsession with the masks.

They should had handed it to someone else or left it alone for good. They already did a lot of damages to the franchise by giving us awful sequels.

I don't think we really need a movie to "understand" Michael Myers.

[darkpoet25]

Having seen everyone's posts about this, has gotten me curious to see this movie now. I'm interested to see what he did with the story. As for it coming to Blu Ray, I wouldn't hold my breath. Weinstein is still Hd Dvd exclusive, until the rumors of them supposedly going nuetral come true.

[Palanthian]

Haha, if the studio wants it bad enough, there will be sequel. In the originals he got shot to death repeatedly by cops once...he recovered. He got his head chopped off....He got blown up....and they still came back for more. :P