This is silly. Blockbuster superhero movies water down for a PG-13 because they are appealing to millions of kids who wouldn't be able to see an R-rated film. Do you honestly think kids under 17 were dying to see the Steve Jobs biopic, but couldn't because it was R-rated, and that caused the movie to flop?
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'Steve Jobs' Movie Pulled From Over 2,000 Theaters After Flopping at Box Office
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This is silly. Blockbuster superhero movies water down for a PG-13 because they are appealing to millions of kids who wouldn't be able to see an R-rated film. Do you honestly think kids under 17 were dying to see the Steve Jobs biopic, but couldn't because it was R-rated, and that caused the movie to flop?
The tickets wouldn't have sold if it was the ONLY movie available. Lol
And I'm actually proud because I TOLD people I was purposely not buying tickets to these Steve Jobs movies.
Completely boring story. I don't know why they'd thought they'd be able to make money off of it.
How many times are they going to create these flops. Let's see if they make another one.
It's business! It would be highly unusual for there to be a sudden surge in viewership after three weeks. Spectre and Peanuts were released. New movies come out, people who want to see them go see them. Make way for the new; this happens literally every week. You can still find it somewhere, most likely in smaller, maybe dollar theaters. But those too will disappear. If you want to watch it ... GO!
I think the point is, the entire movie industry has figured this out after a near century of operation. It sucks when you don't get around to seeing a film, for sure. But there aren't tons of people waiting to get around to it.
Certainly not enough for them to hold off showing other films that could make more money.
Honestly, isn't this like the third or fourth Steve Jobs movie in two years? Why are we so persistent?
hahah! it was rated R? that's hilarious. For what, naked computers? Suggestive coding?
The new Steve Jobs film faced another disappointing box office performance this past weekend, with the Danny Boyle-directed movie dropping more than 69 percent in profit from the previous weekend to a $823,000 weekend gross. Most surprising, however, is the movie's removal from 2,072 theaters across the country in one single weekend, after initially premiering in 2,411 just over three weeks ago (via Cult of Mac).
When the film was in limited release and preparing to go wide on October 23, the projections for its debut box office weekend were between $15 and $19 million. According to Box Office Mojo, to date, the overall lifetime gross of Steve Jobs is just hitting the projections for its opening weekend: $16,684,073. In the two weeks the movie was in a limited run in Los Angeles and New York, it displayed impressive numbers, earning the fifteenth spot as the highest grossing per-theater average film in movie history.
Unfortunately, when Steve Jobs debuted wide, it earned only the 7th spot at the weekend box office with about a $7.3 million take in its first three days. The disappointment of the film's performance is in direct contradiction to a bevy of positive reviews, even ones that hinted at Oscar nominations for Michael Fassbender and Kate Winslet over a month before the movie released.
Currently, Steve Jobs sits at 85 percent on the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, with a total of 156 positive reviews to 27 negative. With the holiday movie season kicking into gear after a slow October at the box office, it seems that Universal has ditched its initial plan of a word-of-mouth build-up for the movie. If Oscar talk continues for its stars, there's a possibility it could return to a few more theaters closer to the awards show.
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I get why we like apple products and a small tech enthusiast like Steve Jobs vision but I just don't get why this Hollywood cash grab happened? Like three movies right??? Come on. All of them flopped. Hope this is the last Steve Jobs cash grab.
I preferred the Walter Issacson book itself.
I preferred the Walter Issacson book itself.
Yea - this looks like bad timing all around - the producers needed good reviews before the studios were confident to go into wide release but they lost the initial audience that would have gone sight unseen.
Heh... IMDB estimates the budget of this film at $30M. Maybe this will cause filmmakers to stop making films about Steve Jobs already.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2080374/business?ref_=tt_dt_bus
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2080374/business?ref_=tt_dt_bus
I thought it was tremendous. Amazing screenplay by Sorkin, unique construction (for a film, it was put together like a three-act play), acting uniformly fantastic. If Michael Fassbender doesn't get an Oscar there simply isn't any justice, and Kate Winslet and Rogan and Daniels were almost as good. It's a shame.
You can never completely tell if a film will be a success, you can do all the focus groups and test screening you like, its always somewhat of a gamble.
When it gets to netflix, and I have finished seeing every thing down to 1 star, it may be played while I do something useful (likely sleep). The subject matter does not warrant investing any money to play.
I think you are disagreeing with me on a semantics. Art meant to make money is different than Pablo in his studio doing paintings for the love of it...
While I don't disagree with you, of greater concern is the general public for the first time in recent years, is just beginning to show signs of an ebbing interest in Apple...
I went to the movies yesterday. I had not seen the James Bond movie nor the Steve Jobs movie. What movie did I pick? I saw James Bond in IMAX because it's a movie that can take advantage of the big sound and big screen of the IMAX theater.
I can watch a non action movie (Steve Jobs) on my home TV and not feel like I'm missing out on the explosions etc. Plus I get to save a few bucks. I'll pick this movie up when it comes out for home release. Not going to spend $100 to see it in the theater!
I can watch a non action movie (Steve Jobs) on my home TV and not feel like I'm missing out on the explosions etc. Plus I get to save a few bucks. I'll pick this movie up when it comes out for home release. Not going to spend $100 to see it in the theater!
