- Great action sequences
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jamescole2035 — 15 years ago(December 08, 2010 10:36 PM)
"Wouldn't say it bombed. It made it's money back and made $30million ontop of that.
Wasn't a box office smash hit but certainly didn't bomb!"
Estimated Budget= $65,000,000.00
Box Office Gross= $33,447,612.00
This movie lost almost $50 Million dollars when you factor in that the producers see less than a 50% return on box office receipts.
A major, major bomb. -
Doom — 15 years ago(December 10, 2010 10:39 AM)
Actually, worldwide it made $89,456,761.
Regardless, it was definitely considered a disappointment box-office wise.
Everyone involved was receiving bad press at the time, and the publicity machine responsible for the movie's release pretty much sucked.
A shame - it's a great film. But I'm glad to see at least these days it's more well appreciated.
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jxh13 — 15 years ago(November 11, 2010 06:45 AM)
It seems like one of those unsolved mysteries that we may never fully understand, like Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, and the continued popularity of Phil Collins. 1996 was a fairly cruddy year for movies, but "The Rock" made a ton of money, "Independence Day" made a ton and a half, even "Eraser" made a ton of money, but TLKG can only make half it's budget back domestically. "Mission Impossible," "Twister," "Ransom," all mediocre action movies that scored big in 1996. Maybe the October release date didn't help. Would it have been better as a Summer release, or a December holiday film? Maybe the audiences weren't interested in seeing Geena Davis shoot people. The 'R' rating probably didn't help. Looking at Box Office Mojo, looks like more people wanted to see Chris O'Donnell in the tepid Grisham thriller, "The Chamber." Go figure.
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Profondorosso75 — 15 years ago(December 08, 2010 01:20 AM)
I totally agree. this is one of my favorites. davis and harlin at the time had bad raps. shane black is one of my favorite writers. the script is almost foreboding of future events.
"it was the first nativity where joseph stares at the wisemen's tits all night" -
artis5001 — 15 years ago(December 31, 2010 10:04 AM)
Actually, it wasn't well received because in a way it was ahead of its time. I mean, a "FEMALE action star"! WOW! 14 years ago it wasn't a concept regularly thought of as a box office draw.
The female lead was supposed to be the "damsel in distress". Even "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" was joked about (Heaven forbid, a WOMAN is the one who fights violently and saves the day.) It was something that simply wasn't well received. And even if she was the cliched "gun-toting, @$$ kicking, backflipping, sex kitten" she was relegated to the role of the sidekick, never the STAR.
So TLKG could be considered the precursor to action movies with strong women as the lead. Tomb Raider, Mr & Mrs Smith, Kill Bill, et al. If this were made today, more than likely, Angelina Jolie would be the star (Salt, anyone). -
Dubz1300 — 14 years ago(July 30, 2011 11:33 AM)
"I mean, a "FEMALE action star"! WOW! 14 years ago it wasn't a concept regularly thought of as a box office draw."
you guys need to do better with your film history..
sigourney weaver broke through as a female action star in 'Aliens' and was even nominated for an oscar she kicked so much butt..
if anything, weaver set the way for other female heroines in film.. -
sportsfan99 — 15 years ago(February 25, 2011 08:44 PM)
Well I just recently watched it and now I wished I had watched it earlier since it came out as I thought it was one of the BEST action movies I'd seen. It had everything I enjoy about action movies sprinkling in some humor.
But maybe one turn off for me was the damn title. Whenever I heard of the title from years past it just doesn't sound like an action movie to me. It sounds like a romance novel made into a movie, or some little chick flick thriller so maybe that's why I put it off from watching it for so long. -
Dphoadley — 14 years ago(June 17, 2011 03:31 AM)
An action movie starring a woman over 40 in the lead role[quote/]
Geena Davis was born in 1956, so she wouldn't have been
OVER
forty when this movie was made. She'd have been either thirty-nine at the time, or just
TURNED
forty. Either way, even today at age fifty-five, I still find her quite attractive and pretty, and even sexy!
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moviegeek1 — 14 years ago(July 12, 2011 09:15 AM)
That's itthe title. I managed a movie theatre when this movie was released and I had to actually convince people to go see it. I remember two GI's came in to see a movie and wanted a recommendation. I told them to see this movie and at first, they bristled and asked, "is it a love story or something?" I explained that it was an amazing action movie, they decided to go see it. I made sure I was there when they came out and asked them what they thought. They RAVED about it and said that it was the best movie they'd seen in a long time.
Even with the movie one sheet, the title cost it box office, I think, just like what happened with
The Shawshank Redemption
two years earlier. A bad title can sink you.
Sister, when I've raised hell, you'll know it!