BOX OFFICE HIT OR FLOP ???.

what make,s a film a box office hit or flop???


well according to Hollywood a box office smash is a movie that makes it,s money back on it,s opening week & a flop is a movie that don,t..

to me thats shit,, if i made a movie & it broke even after 6 months i would run through the streets of Newcastle naked & be mega happy...

here,s a story from june 1982 about box office hits/flops.

Steven Spielberg's E.T. was released at about the same time that john carpenters THE THING was on at the cinema.. everyone went mad for E.T. & it made mega bucks.

i was one of the people who only wanted to see THE THING.
wow it,s john carpenter & he,s going to give us the shit scariest monster flick ever.

so i went to the ODEON cinema in Newcastle & i had the whole cinema to myself & saw
THE THING in 70MM wow,fantastic.

THE THING went on to become a box office flop & got bad reviews etc.
E.T. had people queuing round the block ,good for E.T.

john carpenter & universal studios parted company, he, was going to direct FIRESTATER for them but because the thing didn,t make loads of $$$$$ they basically told him to fuck off LOL.

then a strange thing (haha)happened when THE THING hit video in 1983 it started to get a cult following & made mega bucks & then jump forward to 2010 & it,s now classed as a very successful si-fi film & gets fantastic film reviews.

.so it was a box smash after all .it just took a few years,

so there you go a box office flop can end up being a box office hit

and yes THE THING is the greatest monster movie ever made haha,

but that's just my view:-)