Paul Dergarabedian
Paul Dergarabedian
competition family great perfect timing
Great marketing; a perfect family film; perfect timing with no competition for a family film.
audience brought costs crossover low money relatively smart taking type younger
If it has a relatively low budget, it's a smart move. If it's something that costs a lot of money, you're really taking a risk. A movie like 'Crash' brought in a younger audience as well. That may be a new type of crossover movie to look at.
almost associated career commitment forever generally looking
Generally speaking, you're looking at a 10-year commitment from an actor, and for their career to almost forever be associated with this role.
group huge movies talented
In the past, movies like 'Bachelor Party' would come and go, and 'American Pie' did well, but right now a huge part of it is this group of very talented actors,
opposed pale surprised typical weekend year
In all fairness, this was more of a typical late-October weekend, as opposed to a year ago, when 'The Grudge' surprised everyone and made this weekend look pale by comparison.
box bump force golden office reckoned seen terms
The Golden Globes are now a force to be reckoned with in terms of the box office bump they provide. We've never really seen a Globes bump like this.
earned second sequel took
The first 'Back' sequel earned $119 million, but the second only took in $88 million,
audiences behavior bet change consider heads industry intensely means message movies quality sending studio whether
The industry has to consider whether or not American audiences are sending a message about the quality of the movies they are getting - or just the way and the place in which they get them. You can bet that producers, writers, directors, and studio heads are all huddling intensely to consider what this means and change their behavior to keep it from continuing.
box office savior thanksgiving year
You've got to look at 'Harry Potter' as being the savior of the box office right now. Who would have thought in a year we're having this down box office that we'd have the second-biggest Thanksgiving ever?
box hurts office studios
All the studios are under pressure. When the box office is in a malaise, it hurts everyone.
capitalize envelope films notion push territory
These are films that capitalize on the notion of being able to push the envelope and go into territory that you could not go into in a PG-13.
films natural
These films are still very robust, but it's natural filmgoers like to see new films.
kinds
This is one of those save-the-day kinds of movies,
focus negative summer
The focus of this summer tended to be more negative than positive,