“However, James and Aamir did not discuss their astounding box office grosses or formulas for success.Instead, they exchanged notes on the process of film-making; how ideas, even seemingly crazy ones that require developing a unique camera, as James did for Avatar, become a reality; how stories and not special effects are the heartbeat of movies.” ConversationBox OfficeCraftAvatar3 IdiotsJames CameronAamir Khan Author:Anupama Chopra
“I wonder if that's hurt me at the box office. Maybe audiences these days want to know exactly what to expect when they go into a movie, and my movies are hard to explain in just one way.” IfsKnowsWayWantHardHurtWonderAudienceOfficeBoxesOne WayThese DaysJust OneHurt MeBox Office Author:Paul Mazursky
“I pay a lot of attention to box office because I understand it. TV ratings? I don't know how to interpret them, since I'm new to TV, so I'm just going to wait for somebody to tell me.” KnowsWaitingPayAttentionKnow HowTvsOfficeBoxesRatingBox Office Author:Oren Peli
“You know how many movies it took Tom Cruise before he was making 5, 6 million dollars? It probably took a billion dollars in box office.” KnowsMillionsKnow HowOfficeDollarsBoxesBillionsTomsMillion DollarsCruiseBox Office Author:Jason Patric
“L.A. is so much about ratings and box office; that defines everything. And here, of course it's important, but it's not part of the culture - there's too much else going on in New York. They're not going to let one industry monopolize your attention, you know? You're likely to have best friends who are architects or newspaper reporters.” KnowsImportantCultureCoursesAttentionToo MuchNew YorkIndustryOfficeBoxesNewspapersArchitectReportersRatingBox OfficeNewspaper Reporters Author:Dylan Walsh
“I didn't know box office was a thing you could possess but I don't have it. I go up for lovely roles and people with this nebulous thing called box office get them so there isn't much I can do about that unless you know where I can get some box-office myself!” PeopleKnowsI CanCan DoRolesOfficeBoxesLovelyBox Office Author:Olivia Williams
“I'd love to make a sequel to 'The Rocketeer.' The film didn't do as well at the box office as we all hoped, but it has endured and generated a following.” WellsFilmOfficeBoxesFollowingSequelsBox Office Author:Joe Johnston
“I didn't think Comfort and Joy was going to be a box-office smash.” ThinkingJoyComfortOfficeBoxesBox OfficeComfort And Joy Author:Bill Forsyth
“I think what you have to do is have a box office success in every genre and then you're set for life. And fortunately, I happened to do that, so I get a myriad of offers of various sorts.” ThinkingHappenedOffersOfficeBoxesVariousGenreBox OfficeBox Office Success Author:John Travolta
“I would say that Jesus Christ and his followers were a cult, Buddha and his followers were a cult and Mohammed and his followers were a cult. Every religion starts out as a cult and if it becomes 'box office', it is accepted.” IfsJesusChristChristianityOfficeJesus ChristBoxesAcceptedFollowersCultBox Office Author:Frederick Lenz
“I always thought there was some place I was going, that there was some success or some achievement or some box-office number that was going to fill the hole. And what I realize is that life is a hole. It's a process of continually trying to find and reinvent myself.” TryingLife IsProcessRealizingNumbersOfficeAchievementBoxesHolesBox Office Author:Will Smith
“Audiences and critics they don't like seeing what happens in real life. Why do you think comedies make all the money at the box office? People want to go and laugh. I can understand that.” PeopleThinkingWantI CanRealHappensAudienceLaughingComedySeeingOfficeCriticsBoxesReal LifeBox Office Author:Channing Tatum
“Now, the big box office successes are superhero stories. It seems there's a lowest common denominator mentality, in terms of movies that are almost purely visual, that anyone can understand anywhere in the world. Good robot, bad robot: they fight. You don't need to know anything apart from that. And then we can make toys that look like that robot - and sell those toys or video games.” KnowsWorldNeedsLooksStoriesBigsSeemsFightingGamesTermCommonOfficeSellsBoxesVideoVisualsMentalityToysLowestRobotsSuperheroBox OfficeCommon DenominatorLowest Common DenominatorBox Office Success Author:Terence Winter
“Never tell the box-office man that you can't hear well or he will sell you a seat where you can't see either.” MenWellsOfficeSellsBoxesSeatsBox Office Author:Kin Hubbard
“I was born in 1973, so I did not see 'Alien' when it was released theatrically. I saw 'Alien' when it was on Home Box Office. I think I was probably 10.” ThinkingHomeBornSawsOfficeBoxesAliensBox Office Author:Damon Lindelof
“Now I wonder who is gonna be president: Tweedle Dumb, or Tweedle Dumber-- And who is gonna have the big block buster box office this summer.” BigsPresidentWonderOfficeSummerBoxesBlockDumbBox OfficeBusters Author:Ani DiFranco
“I certainly wouldn't compare the rewards of watching one's children grow and mature with that of money piling up at the box office. Both are pleasant, but to varying degrees. As the old saying goes, you can't take an audience home with you. You can't depend on the loyalty of fans, who, after all is said and done, are just faceless people one seldom sees. And few stars have their fans forever. But a child is forever. That bond and relationship is timeless and doesn't depend on your looks, age or popularity at the moment.” PeopleLooksChildrenSaidDoneMomentsHomeAgeStarsGrowsAudienceForeverFansDependsOfficeDegreesRewardsBoxesLoyaltyComparePleasantMaturePopularityTimelessBox OfficeSaid And DoneOld SayingFaceless Author:Julie Andrews
“I think the art film, or the auteur-driven film - and not only foreign, but domestic films following that path - can get a small share of the box office. And I think that small share may open up a little bit.” ThinkingMayLittlesArtFilmBitsPathShareOfficeLittle BitBoxesFollowingDrivenBox OfficeArt FilmsAuteurs Author:Roger Corman
“After the second Die Hard, Bruce Willis stated he would never do another. He should have stayed firm in his resolve. If quality is any indication (and it may be, with all the available blockbusters), box office returns will be disappointing this time around and, if nothing else, that will do to John McClane what dozens of assorted bad guys couldn't manage: kill him.” IfsShouldMayHardGuyDiesQualityReturnOfficeShould HaveBoxesAvailableManageFirmResolveDozenBad GuysIndicationDisappointingBox OfficeBlockbusterAssorted Author:James Berardinelli
“Live Free or Die Hard may work better for an audience that doesn't know much about the series is than it will for Die Hard die hards, who will be wondering who that impersonator is and what he did with the real John McClane. The original Die Hard came out of nowhere to blitz the 1988 summer box office. The fourth installment arrives with a weight of expectations that Atlas would have trouble shouldering and, when the dust settles in September, it's unlikely that Live Free or Die Hard will be one of this year's big success stories.” KnowsYearsMayRealHardStoriesBigsDiesWonderAudienceTroubleOfficeSummerExpectationsWeightOriginalsSeriesBoxesDustSettlingFourthSeptemberUnlikelyBox OfficeAtlasSuccess StoriesLive FreeBlitzImpersonators Author:James Berardinelli
“Die Hard 2 was okay. It was a little outside the template but it was okay, a hard movie to make technically. Did well at the box office. Successful.” WellsLittlesHardDiesSuccessfulOfficeOkayBoxesBox Office Author:Bruce Willis
“Just in the past few years - since I've been making movies, which isn't a very long time - you now have a culture that is fascinated and informed about the box office in a way that sometimes filmmakers weren't even.” WayYearsLongSometimesPastCultureOfficeLong TimeBoxesFilmmakerFascinatedBox Office Author:Neil LaBute
“I don't think you can name a good picture where the production or the possible promotion isn't "cast-contingent." That means the film needs not just star power but star box office power.” ThinkingNeedsMeanFilmNamesStarsOfficeCastsProductionsBoxesPromotionBox Office Author:Larry Gelbart
“There are short parts that I as an actor am very right for. Or I just like the part. Or you need someone like me for the movie. By that I don't mean at the box office, I mean in the execution of the material.” NeedsMeanActorsMaterialsOfficeBoxesLike MeExecutionBox Office Author:Jack Nicholson
“If I could, I want to take a page from the George Clooney-like actors of the world. They do things that are relevant, things that don't necessarily have huge box office appeal, but they matter.” IfsWorldWantMatterActorsHugeOfficePagesBoxesAppealsIf I CouldRelevantBox Office Author:Alona Tal
“The audience that storms the box-office of the theater to gain entrance to a sensational show is small and sleepy compared with the throng that crashes the courthouse door when something concerning real life and death is to be laid bare to the public.” RealShowsAudienceDoorsOfficeGainsTheaterBoxesStormReal LifeLife And DeathCrashEntrancesSleepyBox OfficeSensationalCourthouses Author:Clarence Darrow
“Do not set out to write with your eyes on the box office. It can't be done.” WritingDoneEyeOfficeBoxesBox Office Book:Letters of Ayn Rand Source: Letters of Ayn Rand
“Fortunately for me, I don't come from the school where you only measure success by how much money something makes or whether it has a big box-office weekend. I measure it by how much people actually participate in the process.” PeopleBigsSchoolProcessOfficeBoxesWeekendBox OfficeMeasure Of Success Author:Kevin Spacey
“it's difficult in Hollywood to be allowed to try anything. It's all a terrible compromise. There is no time for art. All that matters is what they call box office.” TryingArtMatterDifficultTerribleOfficeHollywoodBoxesCompromiseMovieBox Office Author:Greta Garbo
“I'm really excited that 'The Other Woman' did so well at the box office, and I hope that will keep encouraging people to make movies about women, starring women, about female friendships. More. Please.” PeopleWellsPleaseOfficeFemaleBoxesExcitedBox OfficeFemale Friendship Author:Gillian Jacobs
“I think the success of a film is very important to an actor. It depends on how many people go to watch your movies; the more the merrier. Nobody wants to do a film for five people. You work so hard that millions of people watch the movie; this is directly related to box office success.” PeopleThinkingWantImportantHardFilmActorsWatchesMillionsFiveDependsOfficeBoxesRelatedBox OfficeMore The MerrierBox Office Success Author:Rani Mukerji
“You can measure films on box office success, or people lovin' the movie whenever they see it. That's what I measure my movies on. How much people love these movies after they get a chance to see them, no matter how they get a chance to see them.” PeopleMatterFilmChanceOfficeBoxesBox OfficeBox Office Success Author:Ice Cube
“People can criticise all day long, I think I've proven myself, I think I deliver. And I agree, box office does not mean a movie's good, but I feel like I'm making good movies and I'm delivering in box office.” PeopleThinkingFeelsMeanLongDoeOfficeAgreeBoxesProvenDeliveringGood MovieBox OfficeCriticise Author:Brett Ratner
“What I learned from this movie, 40 Days and 40 Nights: Abstinence can be a very good thing. Especially from box offices where this film is playing.” FilmNightOfficeGood ThingsVery GoodBoxesAbstinenceBox Office Author:Joel Siegel
“Conversations about films are always funny. I would say a majority of people want to talk about what were the more obvious successes; the big box office films. Other people wanting to be more sensitive to you want to talk about the ones that maybe didn't make a lot of money, but they think you might have a special feeling about. And then other people sometimes want to help you by suggesting that you should have done this or that in the movie, that that would have helped you a great deal in whatever capacity.” PeopleThinkingWantShouldSometimesDoneHelpingFeelingsBigsMightFilmDealsSpecialConversationOfficeCapacityShould HaveMajorityObviousBoxesSensitiveLots Of MoneySuggestingBox Office Author:Walter Hill
“The most important thing to having a long career, as an actor, is diversity and being able to play different types of characters in different types of movies. I want to keep acting, all my life. In order to do that, I think it is important to go and do the bigger tentpole box office movies, and then also do more character roles.” ThinkingWantLongImportantDifferentPlayCharacterAbleOrderActorsActingCareersRolesTypeOfficeDiversityBiggerImportant ThingsBoxesBox OfficeLong Careers Author:Josh Hutcherson
“The truth is that everyone pays attention to who's number one at the box office. And none of it matters, because the only thing that really exists is the connection the audience has with a movie.” MatterActorsNumbersPayAttentionAudienceTruth IsOfficeConnectionsBoxesPay AttentionMovieBox Office Author:Tom Hanks
“I think that the entertainment industry and the entertainment press tends to focus on opening weekend box office as a measure of the success of a film and I think the true success is out there in people's homes and how much they absolutely love these characters.” PeopleThinkingCharacterHomeFilmFocusIndustryOfficePressesBoxesEntertainmentOpeningWeekendEntertainment IndustryBox OfficeTrue Success Author:John Lasseter
“I never thought of myself as any kind of a film star, as many films as I've made - and I've made some really fun movies with good people. I've always been paired with someone because I'm not really box office, in that carrying-a-picture sense. I've always been busy, but not in the spotlight.” PeopleKindMadeFilmFunStarsOfficeBusyBoxesGood PeopleSpotlightBox OfficeFilm StarsFun Movie Author:Lily Tomlin
“With Hollywood you're yesterday's news if you get a flop at the box office. So you might as well be braced to have something else to do that's interesting. Have something lined up to keep your stories fulfilled, and your ideas, because if you're just cranking out movies three times a year.” IfsYearsWellsIdeasStoriesMightThreeInterestingOfficeNewsHollywoodBoxesYesterdayFulfilledThree TimesBox Office Author:David Gordon Green
“Even after I had just done Twilight, which made $400 million at the worldwide box office, I could not get financing for three or four projects that I really loved and I thought people would love because they didn't fit some studio or investor's model of thinking, "This will definitely make money." It's a business and a film does potentially cost millions of dollars, and they have to think that they're going to get their money back somehow.” PeopleThinkingDoeMadeDoneFilmThreeLove IsMillionsFourFitCostOfficeProjectsModelsDollarsBoxesStudiosMaking MoneyInvestorsTwilightFinancingBox Office Author:Catherine Hardwicke
“Many actors will try something different once, but if it isn't a box office success they'll never do it again. In my opinion, there's no point in going on with this job if you do the same thing over and over again.” IfsTryingDifferentJobsActorsOpinionOfficeBoxesNo PointBox OfficeBox Office Success Author:Jack Nicholson
“France can compete with the Hollywood studios in terms of animation savoir-faire, but not in terms of box-office figures. France is a small country, and the Americans are the masters of the world - for cinema, it's true.” WorldCountryTermFiguresMastersOfficeHollywoodBoxesStudiosFranceCinemaAnimationBox OfficeSmall CountriesHollywood StudiosSavoir Faire Author:Michel Ocelot
“I'm sure at one point I will do some acting again, but it would have to be the right thing. I'm not going to do it just because people are offering it to me. Not for those box-office, bullshit, money, noncreative people. But I'll do it when it's right to do it.” PeopleActingOfficeBoxesRight ThingOfferingBullshitCreative PeopleBox Office Author:Lenny Kravitz
“I was never strategic really, but back when I was starting out no one cared. In the acting community, box office didn't matter. I really think it was a mistake when they started paying people like $20 million to do a movie because now it's all people think about. Is she worth it? Is he worth it?” PeopleThinkingMatterCommunityActingMistakeMillionsOfficeStartingBoxesWorth ItStrategicBack WhenBox OfficeStarting OutNo One Cares Author:Winona Ryder
“The positive thing is that today we can realize that a Mexican film it is positioned in the top 5 of the box office during more than one month and that Mexicans are taking into consideration that Mexican films can be enjoyed with the family, instead of going to see Transformers and that our films looks like something that are necessary to support.” LooksTodayFilmRealizingSupportMonthsOfficeBoxesEnjoyedConsiderationMexicanLike SomethingBox OfficePositive Things Author:Alfonso Herrera
“Jay Carney told the reporters at his morning briefing that he hoped they would watch the new movie about Obama's first term 'many times.' They might. Look how well 'Titanic' did at the box office.” FirstsWellsLooksMightTermWatchesMorningOfficeBoxesReportersBox OfficeBriefing Author:Fred Thompson
“Box-office poison? Mr. Louis B. Mayer always asserted that the studio had built Stage 22, Stage 24 and the Irving Thalberg Building, brick by brick, from the income on my pictures.” StageBuildingOfficeBuiltBoxesStudiosIncomePoisonBricksBox OfficeMayer Author:Joan Crawford
“When television killed comedy and love stories, the movie makers went in slugging. They offered the downbeat, the degenerate as competition. This seems to me to be a sad campaign for Hollywood to use to combat box office disaster.” StoriesUseSeemsComedyTelevisionOfficeHollywoodAnd LoveCompetitionBoxesCampaignsDisasterLove StoryMakersCombatDegeneratesBox Office Author:Joan Crawford
“Hollywood is designed to check the box office on Monday morning and see: "How'd we do? How much?" It's another facet of this whole culture of accumulation and consumption. Black people are caught up in it, white people are caught up in it, white actors, black actors, female actresses - everybody's caught up in it.” PeopleWholeCultureActorsBlackWhiteMorningOfficeFemaleHollywoodCaughtBoxesActressesChecksBlack PeopleConsumptionCaught UpMondayAccumulationFacetsMonday MorningBox Office Author:Danny Glover