Keepin' those predictions coming.
#5) Up: $224 million
Pixar movies are money in the bank. Overall they have averaged $236 million. Pixar peaked with 2003’s Finding Nemo. Their grosses decreased since then, until last year’s WALL-E earned $220 million. It did so because of its excellent quality and its ability to tell a story with almost no dialogue. And it was about robots. Up is about people, but it apparently has similar stretches of little dialogue and even black-and-white scenes. The industry seems pessimistic about Up as a commercial success, but I am not. Disinterested kids means interested adults. Could parents actually drag their kids to this movie?
#4) Terminator: Salvation: $234 million
Action sequels have a phenomenal track record at the box office. In 2003 four of the top 10 films were of the ilk. That included the previous Terminator installment. Number four in the franchise figures to be an improvement on the $150-million grosser. It has Batman in Christian Bale, it has machine-looking machines, it is an all-out war movie, and it has the scene that gave everyone a good chuckle because one of the crew blew it again and again for the enraged star. That buzz alone should earn it $10 million. I might totally bomb this one because it could be rated R. That would cost it some dough, perhaps $30 million.
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1 comment:
where did toy story fall in the pixar money universe? or a bee movie? i think that was pixar too. and honestly - jerry seinfeld was not enough to salvage it. the animation was plesant...but i could have left the rest.
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