Quote:

---

Originally posted by second:
Budgets for Hollywood movies are out-of-control, but do you want to know where Hollywood has cutback spending? The pay to writers. The following article describes how Hollywood abuses its writers. It is no surprise that Hollywood movies are crap because, if the big-shots can't understand how to be civilized and decent with their writers the big-shots can't understand their audiences, either.

July 7, 2023

POV: I’m an experienced screenwriter — and I’m also on welfare. My story highlights the importance of the writers’ strike

Unfortunately, being a screenwriter is a job for rich people.

https://www.fastcompany.com/90918934/my-story-highlights-the-importanc
e-of-the-writers-strike

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly

---

Quote:

---

When studios can say that a movie succeeded on a streaming platform without an independent way to verify the claim, it makes it impossible to identify the true failures.

"'Big flop' as a term, or 'bomb,' doesn't mean anything," Michael said. "They keep those numbers to themselves, and there's no clear metric like a ticket sale.

"If a studio has a choice, they're not going to set up a second paradigm where they have to constantly announce that these plans backfire or these embarrassing flops."

---

Quote:

---

Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:



Ghostbusters looks like it will eek out that $200 Million box office with $199.6 Million after 66 days in theaters. The Fall Guy at only $144 Million in 26 days has a long way to go to even hit that number.

Will Mad Max even hit $200 Million? Probably not.

---

Quote:

---

Originally posted by JAYNEZTOWN:
perhaps for the predictions thread

Quote:

---

Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:



Ghostbusters looks like it will eek out that $200 Million box office with $199.6 Million after 66 days in theaters. The Fall Guy at only $144 Million in 26 days has a long way to go to even hit that number.

Will Mad Max even hit $200 Million? Probably not.

---

---

Quote:

---

Oh yeah... This is also a worse opening weekend than both Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire ($61 Million) or The Fall Guy ($64.4 Million), even though it cost $68 Million more to make than Ghostbusters and $43 Million more than The Fall Guy.

---