2006-10-23 05:32:59 · 14 answers · asked by onebadpenguin13 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
Lack of vision by the American public.
2006-10-23 05:45:16 · answer #1 · answered by jazzy11 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IT did? It's only one week. Maybe because most Americans have little or no knowledge of history. They go to see films because they want moronic entertainment. Don't worry "It's a wonderful life" tanked and got bad reviews. It was released in the summer time. A Christmas movie go figure. Marie Antoinette was not a heroin in history. Much of what is known was distorted by the British. Obviously they were lousy leaders. Her demise speaks to that. I'll go see it because Sophia Coppola is a great director and the subject is interesting.
2006-10-23 12:40:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Relatively it didn't tank. I work at a megaplex and we were showing it in our two largest auditoriums (520, and 450 seats respectively) nonstop. It was selling like crazy.
A couple people metioned it before, it was only introduced on a couple screens, I think in the next two weeks it will be showing at quite a few more theatres. This movie also cost a lot less than movies with Tom Cruise, Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt, Jim Carrey , excessive CGI, and/or advertising so the revenue it is generating is greater in proportion.
2006-10-23 15:04:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does tanked mean good or bad?
I think it was bad, cause it only dealt with shallow girlie issues like shoes and how she loved to gamble.
Marie Antoinette was actually a very deep character and most people know very little about her.
(Eg she was always the ugly sister and her mother chose to marry her off when her other sister died.Basically being told her whole life she is second best.)
This movie could have been great but instead is was to sugary!
2006-10-23 12:38:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anria A 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, I don't think it did. It might only have been number 8, but if you look at per screen average, it was the second highest of the top ten. So, other than The Prestige, MA made more money at each individual screen than any of the others (on average). So I would say it did pretty well.
2006-10-23 12:40:36 · answer #5 · answered by Mycro 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kirsten Dunst.
2006-10-23 12:38:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alot of people seem to hate Kirsten Dunst. I'm assuming it is because she looks bored all the time. Either that or she has two lazy eyes. I didn't even know that was possible.
2006-10-23 12:45:49 · answer #7 · answered by Psionyx 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the advertising campaign clearly pitched the film at the teenage audience - who largely does not care for historical costume dramas - and away from the college-educated adult audience - which is the historical costume drama's usual demographic.
2006-10-23 12:57:39 · answer #8 · answered by World Famous Neffer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't say why, exactly, but I can say that the reason wasn't Kirsten Dunst. She's a fine young actress, fine looking too.
2006-10-23 12:42:16 · answer #9 · answered by SteveA8 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
well, it was only out in 859 theaters, compared to the 2000 theaters most of the other movies were in.
2006-10-23 12:35:11 · answer #10 · answered by stitchfan85 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋