Published by Olivier August 21st, 2006
in entertainment and womm.
$15 million, nothing more. I anticipate that there will a lot of discussions today to try to explain the disappointing numbers. As Boxoffice Mojo points out today, “the opening was a bit higher than Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid’s $12.8 million in August 2004, but below Red Eye, another plane-based thriller […]
Published by Olivier July 10th, 2006
in measurement, entertainment and womm.
As the beginning approached, two modern heroes were getting ready for their return. Ready to invade our large and small screens. Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow, four years after the unexpected success of the first Pirates of the Caribbean. Zinedine Zidane as the captain of French soccer team, eight years after their […]
Published by Olivier July 7th, 2006
in measurement, entertainment and womm.
As reported by the Hollywood Reporter Risky Biz blog, the critics are killing Pirates of the Caribbeans 2.
In a world where bad word-of-mouth can kill any movie, and text messages can do it faster than ever, the question is: what damage can bad critics do to a movie as expected as Pirates 2?
Let’s […]
Published by Olivier July 4th, 2006
in measurement and womm.
Matthew Hurst from Nielsen BuzzMetrics posted an interesting graph that shows how Football bounces back after one month of total domination. I agree with this analysis from a global point of view, but I can’t help noticing that his analysis is only based on English language expressions (”world cup”), while none of the 4 […]