QUOTE(gracie @ Nov 26 2006, 07:58 PM)
I spent Thanksgiving week in Dallas, Texas. The Dallas newspaper included Fur in a write up of current releases. Only one theater in Dallas had Fur and the only screenings were in the afternoon (two), no evening screenings.
There were also no advertisements for Fur as there were for other current releases. At this rate, Fur will never make money. I know for Nicole that is not the main purpose, but it seems as if making a little profit and having a little more box office success would be nice.
Also, I don't understand why other actresses of her calibre are making movies that are successful at the box office and Nicole has had mostly box office flops in the last three/four years. What does this do to her "bankability" and also, don't all actors need a little affirmation for their work? I kind of feel a little concerned about Nicole with the lack of affirmation in her work.
Since I did not have time to see Fur in Dallas, I guess I'll have to wait till the DVD comes out also, like most of you will have to.
Nicole has never had any box office hits maybe apart from Batman, The Others. She doesn't do well in domestic BO but she has her hits overseas and most of these actresses who do well at the domestic BO are not so lucky overseas and despite all appearances, that's where it counts. I don't know any actress of her calibre who is doing well at the BO apart from Jodie Foster, and despite her movies being considered as flops, they are actually not. The only real flops she has had in the last 3 or 4 years have been The Stepford Wives, The Human Stain. Bewitched and The Interpreter may not have been blockbusters but they made their money back even Birth made its money back. This is the way her career has been since she got into Hollywood, she has never been bankable or have people flock to see her movies, the funny thing is that she can now actually open a movie in the $20m range with her Hollywood fares, something she's never been able to do before. She may not be able to give her movies legs but she can open them, now. If you take her total tally at the BO, she is one of the better performers. She is the 67th most bankable star and that's without having appeared as a character in a recurring franchise or real blockbuster apart from Batman Forever. Despite not having hits in the last 2 years, Joel Silver still paid her $15m for The Visiting/Invasion. Nicole's image as an actress is not of "likeability or ease", the kind of ease that draws a crowd and create hits.
Perhaps a lack of bankability may stop her appearing in Hollywood fares that don't work because frankly, Hollywood fares are not what has made her career and perhaps giving them a miss will strengthen the career she is striving for or picking better Hollywood mainstream scripts will help. She needs to make mainstream movies that are critically supported, that is when she will have hits. If critics don't support her movies, people won't see them because she does not have the audience.
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/?view=...er=DESC&&p=.htm
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It's so typical that it doesn't!! 