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[FoneBone]

http://boxofficemojo.com/daily/chart/?sortdate=2006-02-03&p=.htm

It seems that as long as they're heavily marketed, it's impossible for crappy horror movies (especially horror remakes) to do badly. I guess that does bode well for The Hills Have Eyes and The Omen.

Consolation: Unlike the first film, Big Momma's House 2 is not showing strong legs.

 

[OpinionatedCyborg]

Consolation: Unlike the first film, Big Momma's House 2 is not showing strong legs

Doesn't have to since it's made back its production budget already. A few more weeks in the theatres + DVD sales = decent profit.
Domestic: $36,061,000 84.6%
+ Overseas: $6,574,069 15.4%
= Worldwide: $42,635,069
Production Budget: $40 million

It's nice to see the Oscar nominees in the top 10.

And is "When a Stranger Calls" a remake of "Black Christmas"? I remember that movie having the same line and the same twist.

 

[FoneBone]

I know that, but the profitability of the film didn't really have anything to do with the point I was trying to make.

 

[OpinionatedCyborg]

laugh, can't our two points co-exist?

 

[VisionaryQuest0]

And is "When a Stranger Calls" a remake of "Black Christmas"? I remember that movie having the same line and the same twist.

"When a Stranger Calls" is a remake of a movie called "When a Stranger Calls".

 

[OpinionatedCyborg]

"When a Stranger Calls" is a remake of a movie called "When a Stranger Calls".

Ok... wait a second...

They're remaking "Black Christmas", which had the "have you checked the children" line and the killer making phone calls inside the house, this year:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Christmas_(2006_in_film)
AND, they're remaking "When a Stranger calls", which has the "have you checked the children line" and a killer making phone calls inside the house:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_a_Stranger_Calls_(2006_film)

Hollywood truly is creatively bankrupt.

 

[GDJustin]

What is the twist?

 

[Goreomedy]

Ok... wait a second...

They're remaking "Black Christmas", which had the "have you checked the children" line and the killer making phone calls inside the house, this year:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Christmas_(2006_in_film)
AND, they're remaking "When a Stranger calls", which has the "have you checked the children line" and a killer making phone calls inside the house:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_a_Stranger_Calls_(2006_film)

Hollywood truly is creatively bankrupt.

Black Christmas does not have that line.

The caller/killer is in the attic, though.

 

[OpinionatedCyborg]

Black Christmas does not have that line.

But I haven't seen "When a Stranger Calls", and I distinctly remember hearing that line right around the time I saw "Black Christmas". I think my aunt, or someone around me at the time, must've said it... I saw the movie around 10 years ago at my cousin's house, so my memory's a little hazy.

 

[Goreomedy]

But I haven't seen "When a Stranger Calls", and I distinctly remember hearing that line right around the time I saw "Black Christmas". I think my aunt must've said it or something... I saw the movie around 10 years ago at my cousin's house, so my memory's a little hazy.

I edited for clarity. The caller in Black Christmas mostly just makes these vulgar, animalistic noises(which is really creepy) over the phone.

Sadly, Black Christmas looks to be next on the Horror remake list.

 

[Flynn]

I was expecting a bigger debut for Something New.

 

[J2 Cool]

Brokeback Mountain is Titantic at 1/10th the scale. So it won't make a billion worldwide, but it'll do 100 million with ever-consistent weekends. It's certainly not a movie that shoots its load the first weekend.

 

[Shinobi]

It's certainly not a movie that shoots its load the first weekend.

You just had to go there didn't you...