{"id":1163,"date":"2007-12-15T08:29:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-15T08:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2007\/12\/the-golden-compass-tanks-some-more\/"},"modified":"2007-12-15T08:29:00","modified_gmt":"2007-12-15T08:29:00","slug":"the-golden-compass-tanks-some-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2007\/12\/the-golden-compass-tanks-some-more.html","title":{"rendered":"The Golden Compass tanks some more"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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How badly is The Golden Compass<\/a><\/i> doing at the North American box office<\/a>? So badly that, despite the film\u2019s reported<\/a> $250 million production budget \u2014 a figure that does not include marketing costs! \u2014 BoxOfficeMojo.com has added the film to its \u201cshowdown\u201d chart for \u201cMid-Range Fantasy<\/a>\u201d movies, pitting it against the modest likes of Eragon<\/i> and Bridge to Terabithia<\/a><\/i> rather than the all-time blockbusters whose ranks it clearly wants to join. And The Golden Compass<\/i> is actually making less<\/i> money after one week in release than those other films, which ended their North American runs with grosses of $75 million and $82.3 million, respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n

And the news gets worse \u2014 for the people who made the film, that is \u2014 as the film goes into its second week. Nikki Finke<\/a> at Deadline Hollywood Daily reports that the film \u201cearned only an anemic $2.6 million Friday from 3,528 nearly empty runs\u201d, a figure that prompted Jeffrey Wells<\/a> at Hollywood Elsewhere to quip:<\/p>\n

The projected haul will mean a 60% drop from last weekend, give or take. The Golden Lion of the Rings & the Wardrobe & the Order of the Magical Polar Bear<\/i> is dead, dead\u2026deader than dead. If this were Japan, certain New Line executives would be getting out their samurai swords in preparation for ritual seppuku<\/i>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of course, the film seems to be doing well enough overseas<\/a> \u2014 but even there, who knows how long that will last. Variety<\/a><\/i> reports:<\/p>\n

Despite the strong start for \u201cCompass,\u201d \u201cthe jury\u2019s out on its legs,\u201d says a Spanish booker. \u201cIt can\u2019t be compared with \u2018The Lord of the Rings<\/a>.\u2019 Audiences are eager to find something similar, but they will soon realize that \u2018Compass\u2019 is not on par with it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It will be interesting to see how this film is packaged when the DVD comes out. Quibble though I might with some aspects of the film, I would still be very interested in a commentary by director Chris Weitz<\/a> \u2014 and\/or author Philip Pullman<\/a>, come to think of it \u2014 to say nothing of all the possible making-of featurettes. And since it looks increasingly unlikely that the sequels will ever be made, I would really, really like to see the original ending<\/a>, which was cut from the film after bits of it had already been shown in the trailers. But depending on how badly the film flops, the studio might decide it\u2019s simply not worth the effort. And it might be kind of embarrassing to have anyone<\/i> provide a commentary on a cliffhanger ending, when everyone knows the cliffhanger will never be resolved.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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