People who obsess over box office success whose careers don’t depend on it are so weird. Bong Joon Ho & George Miller lost David Zaslav hundreds of millions of dollars to make weirdo genre art movies that depresses his stocks? Oh no! Hey remember how Blade Runner was a total bomb? - ThreadSky

badideas.bsky.social • 2 days ago

People who obsess over box office success whose careers don’t depend on it are so weird. Bong Joon Ho & George Miller lost David Zaslav hundreds of millions of dollars to make weirdo genre art movies that depresses his stocks? Oh no! Hey remember how Blade Runner was a total bomb?

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jjsingh.bsky.social•2 days ago

But they won’t release Coyote vs. Acme.

lainsechoes.bsky.social•2 days ago

or Batgirl.

themovievampire.bsky.social•2 days ago

People are bummed because when these things don't work out it makes it harder for the next guy to trick the Zaslavs of the world into financing some batshit art.

bobchipman.bsky.social•2 days ago

The exactly 5-7 year period about 20 years ago during which "nerd genre-movies" went from being generically-adjacent to presumed pop-culture underdogs to "EVERY ONE OF THESE AUTOMATICALLY MAKES $1 BILLION" completely fried film media's brain and hasn't cooled since.

gaffa.bsky.social•2 days ago

I pay $20 a month for AMC A*List, and I'm able to see three movies a week. I'm not limited to what comes out of one studio like with most streaming services.

I'm 64 years old (thus invisible to teenagers) so I walk into the theater wearing a backpack full of drinks and snacks.

spursyflo.bsky.social•2 days ago

You sneaky thing…

gaffa.bsky.social•2 days ago

When your only income is Social Security, you learn how to pinch pennies.

ohnoitsbits.bsky.social•2 days ago

literal fucking losers. useless. anti-art.

thomasanimation.bsky.social•2 days ago

Almost every stop motion movie in existence is a money pit.

By that logic, we should just remove the genre from theaters lol

nothingbutmedia.bsky.social•2 days ago

The entire history of classic movies is filled with box office flops. Probably more misses than hits. To judge a film on the box office is a scam. Wizard of Oz, Princess Bride, Shawshank Redemption, Fight Club, the Thing, Citizen Kane, Office Space, It’s a Wonderful Life, all flops.

hanoixan13.bsky.social•2 days ago

Mickey 17 floored 1/6th of the IMAX crowd last night. That was me. 1 of 6 in the theatre. The stay-at-homes missed a quite good cyberpunk mash- Nausicaa, Starship Troopers, Ready Player One, The Apprentice, Alien, Brazil, 12 Monkeys, 2001, M*A*S*H, Blade Runner, Little Shop of Horrors.

hanoixan13.bsky.social•2 days ago

Wife and I were in 1982's empty Blade Runner theater, 1980's empty campus runs of Buckaroo Banzai, Brother From Another Planet, Dark Star, Lost Highway, Man Who Fell to Earth. And Brazil, 12 Monkeys, 2049. Similar vibes. Similarly idiot reviews. Mickey 17 will live on. Crafty film!

lainsechoes.bsky.social•2 days ago

and they twist it to point at female led movies/any movie made by a woman (especially POC movies), or any LGBTQ+ movie that's bombed, and throw around the "go woke go broke" crap, to try and prove that those movies don't make money.

wrighttmiller799.bsky.social•2 days ago

Why do some people fixate on box office numbers when it doesn't affect them personally? Bong Joon Ho and George Miller made unique films that might not have been blockbusters, but remember how Blade Runner initially struggled too?

main-tenant.bsky.social•2 days ago

Is this some kind of bot flypaper post?

There’s a bunch of replies in here all saying exactly the
same thing as the OP but subtly different in the way AI does it.

patcasey.bsky.social•2 days ago

FURIOSA won Best Picture this year at the Patty Awards, given to acclaimed screenwriter Pat Casey's favorite movies of the year

redben12.bsky.social•2 days ago

Speaking of pissing off David Zaslav...

Go see "The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie"

In theaters this Friday

artcrime.gay•2 days ago

Good thing Hollywood killed their second revenue stream of home video in exchange for loss making streaming services. I remember so many indie films making back 2 to 3x their budget on just VHS and DVD. Streaming will never be profitable.

amymormino.bsky.social•2 days ago

VOD has been making up for some of that lost money though.

artcrime.gay•2 days ago

Those are the services that are hemorrhaging money, D+/Hulu is a loss leader still. Netflix is only making money because the quality went down and the prices went way up. VOD is a race to the bottom.

amymormino.bsky.social•2 days ago

By VOD (the term is admittedly vague), I mean on-demand digital rentals and purchases.

artcrime.gay•2 days ago

I can understand you making that distinction thats not how the industry classifies it unfortunately, streaming is by definition a video on demand.

ryanlohner.bsky.social•2 days ago

The Shawshank Redemption. That's my standard response to this argument.

tim71351.bsky.social•2 days ago

It’s the same thing as people who worry about sports ratings. You aren’t a big executive at Fox or Ford. Why do you care how the Super Bowl ratings turned out?

bloodybible.bsky.social•2 days ago

Don't forget that a bunch of shitty movies make money.

Looking at you, Pretty Woman.

lainsechoes.bsky.social•2 days ago

david ayer's suicide squad.

dandelorean.bsky.social•2 days ago

I mean, losing David Zaslav money is just a double win.

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