Interstellar - Part 8

[rashad]

Domestic: $52,151,000 39.5%
+ Foreign: $80,000,000 60.5%
= Worldwide: $132,151,000
http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=interstellar.htm

 

[OcStat]

This is probably my favorite Christopher Nolan movie.

 

[Kansiov]

The hype for the movie was outrageously massive, over the top some might say. If Paramount gives us the true numbers on Monday the opening weekend will officially be deemed disappointing. Heck a lot of people think it's disappointing already. The movie didn't have Leo or any great trailers so I think it's lucky to have done as well as it did. Maybe it will have a Gone Girl type of run and maybe it won't it's hard to tell right now.

It's probably only disappointing from Paramount's perspective, the foreign box office looks very strong. Never understood why BO analysts like putting up US numbers as their headline numbers anyway, Hollywood films these days get more than 2/3rds their revenue from overseas.

 

[FilmNerdJamie]

The costs were split among three studios and the film reportedly came $10M under budget. Nobody will be hurting.

 

[Drz]

I don't understand how some folks think they can just throw away a subplot ala Mann?

It's not that easy... and kind of derogatory to the filmmakers.

It's more than a random action scene setup, it was a commentary on two different characters' inner demons and POV, plus a look into humans as a whole and our need for corruption and self.

I've got numerous films that yes I have something I didn't like in it, but I could see it overall worth within the whole story.

There just wasn't any need to add up a human villain to the movie, it padded the movie and if you wanted Cooper's and Brand's characters to get more closer you could have added some other peril, we didn't need a human villain in this movie at all.

 

[Jumpman]

The costs were split among three studios and the film reportedly came $10M under budget. Nobody will be hurting.

Nope. 132 million worldwide for opening week/weekend is fantastic. Overall win.

 

[Anita18]

And hey, if Chris Nolan got to make both Inception and Interstellar before carte blanche is taken away from him, that's not a bad run.

He still never goes over budget though. His films are still relatively cheap to make. That must help a lot.

 

[Jumpman]

And hey, if Chris Nolan got to make both Inception and Interstellar before carte blanche is taken away from him, that's not a bad run.

He still never goes over budget though. His films are still relatively cheap to make. That must help a lot.

Still with the film fresh in my mind, I'm flabbergasted he came in 10 million under budget on this film. Isn't this like the 5th film in a row for him to come in under budget?

That's an impressive streak.

 

[Kansiov]

The costs were split among three studios and the film reportedly came $10M under budget. Nobody will be hurting.

From my understanding, it was split 50-50. Obviously, WB got the better half of the deal- they're close to breaking even on their first weekend. (excl. marketing cost)

 

[rashad]

^Legendary was also involved.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

The costs were split among three studios and the film reportedly came $10M under budget. Nobody will be hurting.

WB definitely won't be hurting because it's going to make more internationally. Paramount is going to have to wait for home video.

 

[XtremelyBaneful]

can we get a mod to please attach a poll to this thread so we can rate the movie?

 

[sycore]

The robots were definitely references to the monolith. The design was one of the weirdest I've ever seen for a robot and yet the most simplistic. I think it was because they weren't anthropomorphic at all. Not humanoid in any way except for the voice. I actually took my a while to match the voice with Tars because the lack of a face. Early on I was confused as to who was speaking.

Me too. I almost wished they had gone with a more humanoid design. Or at least put a face on one of their display monitors when they were talking. They had some great lines when you could hear it over the music, but most of the time I thought it was one of the other scientist talking. Also, general conseus is most people had trouble hearing the dailogue becasue of the sound mix. Nolan must have super accurate hearing or something, becasue almost no one could understand the first sound mix of Bane, until he was forced to clean it up. He also seems to like mumblers and whisphers. Even one of the robots said "You don't have to whisper."

 

[kedrell]

It's probably only disappointing from Paramount's perspective, the foreign box office looks very strong. Never understood why BO analysts like putting up US numbers as their headline numbers anyway, Hollywood films these days get more than 2/3rds their revenue from overseas.

Well it's still true that Hollywood gets to keep a higher % of what it makes DOM than OS so even if it makes twice as much OS as DOM it could still end up earning more true profit from the DOM number. Every country has different tax laws after all.

I heard a while back that on average Hollywood films make around $0.15 on the dollar OS where as DOM it's closer to $0.50 when you factor in taxes, exhibitor's cut, etc. So the North America box office will still dominate the revenue talk for quite some time.

 

[Pickleweasel]

Pretty good movie, I can see why it has had a mixed reaction though. I'd give it like an 8/10

 

[redhawk23]

I don't understand how some folks think they can just throw away a subplot ala Mann?

It's not that easy... and kind of derogatory to the filmmakers.

It's more than a random action scene setup, it was a commentary on two different characters' inner demons and POV, plus a look into humans as a whole and our need for corruption and self.

I've got numerous films that yes I have something I didn't like in it, but I could see it overall worth within the whole story.

Quite honestly I find myself more interested contemplating [BLACKOUT]The 23 years the other astronaut was left alone on the Endurance with no one but CASE. [/BLACKOUT]

 

[BatLobster]

Quite honestly I find myself more interested contemplating [BLACKOUT]The 23 years the other astronaut was left alone on the Endurance with no one but CASE. [/BLACKOUT]

I actually LOVED the way the film just dropped that bomb on us. I think given that it was a film based on relativity, it was really important for us to feel the devastation of decades passing in the blink of an eye like that by keeping us in Coop's perspective.

That whole sequence really stayed with me for days. Very haunting.

 

[Enriquespy]

I loved it. I see why some don't like it.

I still love it the same.

 

[redhawk23]

I don't think it's anything new either. I think it's a well made solid to good sci fi film. It's Signs meets 2001 meets Inception meets Armageddon. And that's all well and good but I'm not going to pretend those parts added up to the most original masterpiece ever. They could have I suppose, if the script was better.

[BLACKOUT]I think the film is due some credit for its presentation of the 5th dimension, love-through-time ideas. Other films have attempted similar ideas and even with their entire runtimes devoted to them were much more of a mess. I think this movie did a pretty good job of being concise and effective in that regard. [/BLACKOUT]

 

[redhawk23]

I actually LOVED the way the film just dropped that bomb on us. I think given that it was a film based on relativity, it was really important for us to feel the devastation of decades passing in the blink of an eye like that by keeping us in Coop's perspective.

That whole sequence really stayed with me for days. Very haunting.

Spoiler

I mean, credit to that guy though right? Matt Damon was alone for a few years in his own perspective and cracked down into a homicidal coward.The other astronaut was like "Its been 23 years. I slept a bit. Did some sciences. You guys ready to go?"

 

[Gee]

Me too. I almost wished they had gone with a more humanoid design. Or at least put a face on one of their display monitors when they were talking. They had some great lines when you could hear it over the music, but most of the time I thought it was one of the other scientist talking. Also, general conseus is most people had trouble hearing the dailogue becasue of the sound mix. Nolan must have super accurate hearing or something, becasue almost no one could understand the first sound mix of Bane, until he was forced to clean it up. He also seems to like mumblers and whisphers. Even one of the robots said "You don't have to whisper."

Cleaned up? More like a horrible re-dub. I would have kept the original one.

 

[BatLobster]

Spoiler

I mean, credit to that guy though right? Matt Damon was alone for a few years in his own perspective and cracked down into a homicidal coward.The other astronaut was like "Its been 23 years. I slept a bit. Did some sciences. You guys ready to go?"

Oh for sure lol, Romilly handled that like a pro.

 

[redfirebird2008]

WB definitely won't be hurting because it's going to make more internationally. Paramount is going to have to wait for home video.

Paramount did receive all of WB's rights to Friday the 13th and South Park, two guaranteed moneymakers. Over time I don't think Paramount is going to lose money on the deals they made for Interstellar's production.

 

[ShadowBoxer]

After sleeping on it, my rating for this movie is a 8/10. But I understand why some don't like it.

 

[jmc]

Something that I already saw JMC tackle and something I agree with him is that a lot of people are calling certain aspects "pseduo science"

Spoiler

(specifically the one pertaining to Cooper in the 5th dimension and love)

It directly deals with string theory/M-theory and in that sense like JMC mentioned is entirely plausible. As of right now General Relativity and Quantum Field Theory aren't even compatible which is why astrophysicist are still searching for the "theory of everything". The more you read up on it the more unbelievable the scenarios become but that's just a case where fact truly is much stranger than fiction.

It only comes across as pseudo science if you're not familiar with things like String Theory. That's not to say people are dumb or anything for thinking it's pseudo science because to be perfectly honest it does sound like it sometimes, but as you point out sometimes truth is stranger than fiction.