"Mamma Mia" opens with "stunning" B.O. numbers — Page 3

"I stand by my belief that "Mamma Mia" will do quite well overseas and might even come close or even exceed what "Dark Knight"... .

They don't get a simple fact: ABBA has trampled on critics for more than 30 years
for reasons not even Benny Anderson can fathom.

And the critics and people who find the group trite or inconsequential are still doing it.

They're dismissing the potential clout of "Mamma Mia" just as they steamrolled the musical.

"Light in the Piazza" ran for how long?

The merit of a work is not the final arbiter on how the masses respond to it. And critics certainly aren't or LIP would still be running at Lincoln Center and Mamma Mia would have closed at intermission.

Insofar as people "studying this"--there's something to be said for that but in the 60's NO ONE saw the cultural impact coming that "Lawrence of Arabia" had.

It affected the fashion industry as well as the music industry. And "Dr. No"?
That was a "...tedious, third-rate 'cloak and dragger' that had little going for it than Ursula Andresse's titillating entrance in the movie and a simple title that would make it easy for theatergoers to remember when they were asked what movies ranked among the year's worst."

Of course, it did have Sean Connery but he was considered "an actor of unsurpassed
mediocrity."

Albert "Cubby"' Broccali, however, noticed a curious thing as he watched audiences:
They weren't leaving their seats. Despite lukewarm reviews, he thought James Bond
might have legs.

"Anywho...let's not forget MAMMA MIA is the first musical to ever gross a billion dollars worldwide."

No it's not. That distinction goes to either Les Miserables or The Phantom of the Opera (the latter which has earned over $3.3 billion as of two summers ago).

What's the big deal? I am sure, whatever its merits, it will do well abroad. Why do we care?

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Why.

Do.

You.


CARE?????

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Really. The box office is that important to folks?


Does everyone here have a percentage of the profits?

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Why.

Do.

You.

Care????

I find it just as mystifying that you would ask that question two times, each time in a more irritated way then the time before.

Why

do

you

care

so

much

that

others

care?

THE DARK KNIGHT has been KILLING the Mamma Mia sondtrack on the itunes chart all week.


i saw both films today and they cannot be compared.

mamma mia turned out to be fluff tart and just 'ok'

the Dark Knight is a well edited, crafted, WRITTEN film that is beautifully acted by a compelling ensemble cast with enough action, drama, romance, adventure, comedy and a haunting monologue about loneliness by Heath Ledger.

it was the most chilling theater experience in years.


i saw The Dark Knight at 11am to a sold out mixed crowd.

I saw Mamma Mia at 4pm to a 1/2 full house made up of old ladies hard of hearing and 3 of their husbands who snored all the way through.


Mamma Mia's saving grace is Meryl Streep.
But other than that...Mr. Brosnan should never open his mouth again...and the editor and director of photography of this film should be shot for how many times the picture wasn't clear, or blurred or out of sync with their mouths.

Mamma Mia is not a Broadway musical. It's a West End "entertainment".

for all i care, batman can stick it.

"I wish Batman would do horribly bad, and for once a musical top the Box office list.

Too much to ask, I guess."

Why would you want a bad movie to prevail over a good one?

I don't mean to be. I'll be seeing it Sunday and will most likely enjoy it.

I'm just saying that if a musical ever comes out on top I'd want it to be one that deserves it.

Usually, when old ladies have to shout and yell throughout the whole movie when they are speaking to the person sitting next to them,...they are hard of hearing. or simple gestures like,..'What did she say?'....is a clue.

My life and what I do in my spare business is not of yours. I am in the entertainment field ..many facets of it,...and if I feel like attending 2 films on a friday morning because of my schedule, I rightfully can.

The Dark Knight made $66 million as opposed to Mamma Mia's $9 million on Friday alone. That is a pummeling. and in no way these two films should've even been put in the same category. or used in the same thread.

One is a masterful film..the other is ridiculous fluff and cheese.

case closed. look at the stats.