Comments on: GONE WITH THE WIND vs. MELODY RANCH: The Unreliability of Box Office Polls http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/clark-gable-mickey-rooney-gene-autry-998/ The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films Tue, 22 May 2012 06:34:28 +0000 hourly 1 By: Andre http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/clark-gable-mickey-rooney-gene-autry-998/#comment-485590 Andre Sun, 10 Jan 2010 01:30:19 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20547#comment-485590 It's true that "The Men Who Stare at Goats" was not a total box-office disaster, but since it reportedly cost somewhere around $25m (http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=menwhostareatgoats.htm) and grossed $32m domestically, of which about only half will reach the producing companies, then if I shouldn't call it a flop then perhaps "a costly disappointment'? Either way, that movie provides no justification for Clooney to be listed among the top ten box-office stars of 2009. It’s true that “The Men Who Stare at Goats” was not a total box-office disaster, but since it reportedly cost somewhere around $25m (http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=menwhostareatgoats.htm) and grossed $32m domestically, of which about only half will reach the producing companies, then if I shouldn’t call it a flop then perhaps “a costly disappointment’?

Either way, that movie provides no justification for Clooney to be listed among the top ten box-office stars of 2009.

]]> By: bisle http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/clark-gable-mickey-rooney-gene-autry-998/#comment-485587 bisle Sat, 09 Jan 2010 23:33:23 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20547#comment-485587 sorry but The men who stare at goats is not a flop. A $20 millions' budget films who got more than $30 millions with very little promotion is very far from a flop. And Up in the air is already a big success even if it has only been released widly those past days! sorry but The men who stare at goats is not a flop. A $20 millions’ budget films who got more than $30 millions with very little promotion is very far from a flop. And Up in the air is already a big success even if it has only been released widly those past days!

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