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In response to "So Inception may not have made tracking, but that $60mil seems to have people relatively pleased. -- (link)" by Mop

It's one of the movies that needs some WOM to make it bigger.

Posted by the liioulu with sore foot (aka liioulu) Jul 18 '10, 14:23

Yes, it's a blockbuster but some will need to be convinced that it's not too "weird" or hard to follow first.

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as opposed to . . . - chuckles Jul 18, 14:30 26
- *See the movies that they don't send out for review ahead of time and do bang up box office." -- nm - the liioulu with sore foot Jul 18, 14:32 23
  - name one -- nm - chuckles Jul 18, 14:33 22
    - more than one: tyler perry movies. -- nm - b! Jul 18, 14:43 8
      - well those do their $30 million opening weekends consistently and then disappear -- nm - chuckles Jul 18, 14:49 7
        
        I was thinking of early on, for which there was unquestioned surprise success. - b! Jul 18, 14:54 6
        
        Not quite. It'll be a blockbuster because of WOM. -- nm - the liioulu with sore foot Jul 18, 14:55 5
        
        I think there's more to the BB thing -- big budget, big star, director coming off a big success, summer release, and, as in this case, growth - b! Jul 18, 14:59
        
        It could have the worst WOM ever and still crack blockbuster (100m) status. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 18, 14:56 3
        
        I'm talking bigger than that, with steady numbers for a lot longer than three weeks. -- nm - the liioulu with sore foot Jul 18, 14:58 2
        
        If it's moderately recieved, it's a 175mil movie. It'll be an unquestioned success - Will Hunting Jul 18, 15:01 1
        
        I think maybe she's thinking plot/contents vs. something like "charlie's angels" or the like. -- nm - b! Jul 18, 15:04
    - Yeah, once a movie gets out that it won't be panned before it's release it's dead movie walking. -- nm - Bacon Jul 18, 14:36 12
      - That's WOM having the opposite effect. I'm saying that Inception isn't front-loaded. A lot of block busters are. - the liioulu with sore foot Jul 18, 14:41 11
        
        which is to say every movie needs positive WOM to get bigger -- nm - chuckles Jul 18, 14:42 10
        
        Sort of. But you're still not getting it. Inception is not some mindless summer action flick. -- nm - the liioulu with sore foot Jul 18, 14:46 9
        
        even if it was a mindless summer action flick, it still needs positive WOM from people who have already seen it to increase it's B.O. take - chuckles Jul 18, 14:47 8
        
        How were the reviews for the last Transformers and how much money did it make? -- nm - the liioulu with sore foot Jul 18, 14:51 2
        
        It's no different than almost any other movie. People go see what they want and then from there, it'll float WOM-wise. - Will Hunting Jul 18, 14:56
        
        less than $100 million more than the original, because the WOM *sucked* -- nm - chuckles Jul 18, 14:54
        
        Not really. Al ot of summer blockbusters are about the air-conditioning and the big bangs. - the liioulu with sore foot Jul 18, 14:50 4
        
        a/c likely adds something, but there has to be something more for a movie to be an ongoing success. something beyond just good bangs. -- nm - b! Jul 18, 14:56
        
        "well the movie kinda sucked but the air conditioning was AWESOME!" - chuckles Jul 18, 14:52 2
        
        And the big bangs and action. How well did Transformers do last year? -- nm - the liioulu with sore foot Jul 18, 14:54 1
        
        how much better would it have done if people didn't think it sucked ass compared to the first? -- nm - chuckles Jul 18, 14:55
- I just noticed you are pretty snarky, OR ARE YOU? -- nm - Bacon Jul 18, 14:31 1
  - no, i am consistent - chuckles Jul 18, 14:33

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It's one of the movies that needs some WOM to make it bigger.

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