I saw only one preview for this movie and it was online. I understand it was made in England, and the USA was one of the last countries to get it. It was a limited release, and was only out for 1-2 weeks. The movie got great reviews and looked like it would have been a great movie. Any thoughts?
2007-08-30 06:19:06 · 2 answers · asked by meekless2001 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
Personally, I didn't like this movie. I liked it to a certain part and then it just went downhill from there. I was very disappointed because it had so much potential & it failed to live up to that.
The movie did not due well compare to the other world markets. It only made $3,507,443 in the US. If you divide that by 21 days, (it's two week run & 1 week limited run), that's only $167,021 per day. Which isn't much by Hollywood standards. It came in #13 in the opening weekend box office line-up. It's strangest market was France, making over $1.2 million in its opening weekend.
The reason it had such a "limited" wide release was because the agreement between Fox Searchlight and the production company, DNA Films. I don't have all the details of this agreement but it looks like most international markets only got 2 to 3 weeks run on this film. Also, FSL had the option to opt out if they choose to if the film did not perform well.
The idea was pitched to 20th Century Fox, who was reluctant to finance the film based on its similarities to the 2002 remake Solaris, which performed dismally for the studio. The project was instead financed by Fox's specialized film unit Fox Searchlight Pictures. Based on this, I believe that if 20th Century had done this movie, I think it might have done better due to more money in an adverstising budget. I also think the release date was wrong for this film. I think audiences would be more incline to see this film in late fall or early winter.
Also, when a studio says "wide release" it now means at 500+ screens. 10 years ago, it was 1000+
2007-08-30 06:41:39 · answer #1 · answered by Firelady6 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I guess that's why it's called a wide release... There's a very wide area between theatres showing it :)
2007-08-30 13:29:17 · answer #2 · answered by C-Man 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋