why george clooney's "the good german" not doing well?

Question

anyone watched the movie? why is it not doing well in the box office. i find that george is very talented.

Answer 1

Sometimes movies are made with something other that box office success in mind.

Check out the stats:

$22,077 (USA) (18 February 2007) (22 Screens)
$54,198 (USA) (11 February 2007) (46 Screens)
$30,693 (USA) (4 February 2007) (34 Screens)
$40,564 (USA) (28 January 2007) (48 Screens)
$109,897 (USA) (21 January 2007) (64 Screens)
$85,584 (USA) (14 January 2007) (23 Screens)
$86,958 (USA) (7 January 2007)
$158,234 (USA) (31 December 2006) (19 Screens)
$135,356 (USA) (24 December 2006)
$76,817 (USA) (17 December 2006) (5 Screens)

At it's peak, it's been on 64 screens in the US. Last weekend it was on 13 screens.

Compare that to Ghost Rider, on 3,620 screens. Or Norbit, on 3145 screens. Does anybody consider Norbit to be a better movie than the Good German?

Blockbusters are meant to appeal to a very wide audience, have massive advertising budgets, and big openings.

But studios also make some movies that they want to make, or big A-listers like Soderbergh and Clooney want to make, even though they might not make much money. Look at "Good Night and Good Luck" Probably the best movie of 2005. Certainly didn't knock them dead at the box office.

Think of it this way, studios want to make either blockbusters or great movies. Rarely do these coincide (LOTR, Titanic, Forrest Gump), so they (in this case Warner Bros) rake in the bucks with movies like Harry Potter, or Superman Returns, and they take some of that cash and roll out a couple movies a year that the think have some value not attached to ticket sales, like the Good German.

Answer 2

The reviews weren't particularly good. Also, it didn't do that well in limited release, so Warner Brothers never bothered to put it in more than a small handful of theaters.

Answer 3

Just read the storyline - i think thats enough to explain why the movie is not doing good. People wont pay to go and see movies -no matter who is in it - if the storyline is garbage.