Peter Jackson's "King Kong" is going to be HUGE
Get ready for a lot of puns- "King Kong" is shaping up to be a massive blockbuster. The combination of a classic, legendary story and a newly-legendary director have apparently created a "jaw-droppingly brilliant" movie.
That is not surprising. But I think "King Kong" has very serious potential to become a phenomenon that directly challenges "Titanic's" $600 million domestic gross.
Here's the US all-time top 50 (unadjusted for inflation). "Titanic's" $140 million ahead of second-place "Star Wars," which shows just how much of a phenomenon "Titanic" was.
Beating "Titanic" would require a perfect storm of factors to converge, and I'm getting that feeling about this film.
posted by Jeff @ 12/02/2005 11:03:00 AM
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Wow, I couldn't disagree more with that estimation.
I've talked to a lot of people in the video game industry, and generally there's a pretty big shrug regarding the movie. It's not sci-fi, it's not fantasy, it's...something else.
Me, I'm really not at all interested. I don't care if it's Peter Jackson, it's freaking KING KONG. I appreciate the animation in the original, but it's a pretty stupid storyline, and this one's apparently three hours long. Ugh.
Titanic was a huge success because it was a really good movie, coupled with a solid love story (which ain't in kong) and a teen idol in the lead role. Kong may have dinosaurs, but it doesn't have the appeal of Jurassic Park.
I don't think Kong's gonna tank, but it's not going to be Titanic. It's not going to be LOTR, either.
You may very well turn out to be right- the odds are against it. But "Titanic" seemed like an almost-certain bomb before it came out, and people were citing similar reasons- it was long, "something else," etc. Its success was a shock due due not only to its extent but to its existence at all. Events that couldn't be predicted ahead of time conspired to create a phenomenon around that movie, and I think there are similar potentially combustible factors swirling around "King Kong".
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