The Da Vinci Code

Moonliner · 05-16-2006, 06:09 PM

Damn, I meant to post this before any reviews came out so I could look all prophetic.... Oh well just pretend you read this a few days ago when I was thinking about it...

The "critics" are going to hate The Da Vinci Code simply because they have to. It's the same cycle that just about all overly hyped movies go through. Lots of good press leading up to the opening and then when the movie turns out to be just a movie and not the second coming they pan it.

So I expect lots of bad press, followed by a bit of wait and see and then if the numbers hold they come back with how great it is totally ignoring the bad reviews otherwise it just fades away....

Alex · 05-16-2006, 06:39 PM

Past history (as opposed to future history I guess) suggests that a movie's reception at Cannes has little impact on how well it will do at the Box Office in the United States.

For example, of the last 10 winners at Cannes, only four have made as much as $35 million in the United States (Farenheit 9/11 and The Pianist). A third (Dancer in the Dark) made a bit over $30 million. None of the rest topped $15 million. Four didn't even make it to $1 million.

05-16-2006, 06:09 PM	#1
Moonliner 8/30/14 - Disneyland -10k or Bust. Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 9,022	Damn, I meant to post this before any reviews came out so I could look all prophetic.... Oh well just pretend you read this a few days ago when I was thinking about it... The "critics" are going to hate The Da Vinci Code simply because they have to. It's the same cycle that just about all overly hyped movies go through. Lots of good press leading up to the opening and then when the movie turns out to be just a movie and not the second coming they pan it. So I expect lots of bad press, followed by a bit of wait and see and then if the numbers hold they come back with how great it is totally ignoring the bad reviews otherwise it just fades away.... __________________ - Taking it one step at a time.
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05-16-2006, 06:39 PM	#2
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Past history (as opposed to future history I guess) suggests that a movie's reception at Cannes has little impact on how well it will do at the Box Office in the United States. For example, of the last 10 winners at Cannes, only four have made as much as $35 million in the United States (Farenheit 9/11 and The Pianist). A third (Dancer in the Dark) made a bit over $30 million. None of the rest topped $15 million. Four didn't even make it to $1 million.
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