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| Topic Started: Mar 15 2009, 06:31 AM (3,761 Views) | |
| kmccaskill | Mar 15 2009, 06:31 AM Post #1 |
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THE same guy that gave dbe a bad review has to write that it is soaring at the box office SWEET! `Dragonball’ Premiere Tops Korean Box Office  ``Dragonball: Evolution,'' based on the popular Japanese comic strip and cartoon series, made its world premiere in South Korea Thursday and is currently topping the box office. / Courtesy of 20th Century Fox Korea By Lee Hyo-won Staff Reporter ``Dragonball: Evolution,'' the Hollywood adaptation of the internationally loved comic, topped the South Korean box office during its opening weekend after its world premiere here March 12, according to 20th Century Fox Korea. Real-time tallies of nationwide ticket reservations by the Korean Film Council showed Sunday that the action flick held an iron grip on the number one spot over ``More Than Blue'' ― despite the tendency of romantic films to dominate on White Day weekends. The Stephen Chow production, directed by James Wong, catered particularly to young males in their teens and 20s, who, like millions of fans worldwide, grew up consuming the comic and/or cartoons. But the film's classic teen romance-meets-martial arts superhero theme appeals to ``children'' of all ages, which naturally includes adults. Also inviting is its weighty cast of fresh newcomers and veteran stars, including Hong Kong action hero Chow Yun-fat, former K-pop star Joon Park (Park Joon-hyung) and esteemed Korean-American actor Randall Duk Kim. In this fantasy adventure, there are no radioactive spiders. But like Peter Parker, Goku (Justin Chatwin, ``Invisible'') is a rather odd teenager agonizing over the prettiest girl in high school, Chi Chi (Korean-American actress Jamie Chung), and his naturally spiky hairdo that even an entire bottle of gel cannot tame. Unlike Spider-Man, however, he already has powerful martial arts skills including the power to manipulate ``gi'' (``qi,'' or life energy), which he inherited from his adoptive grandfather (Randall Duk Kim). Our lonely boy begins to show his cool and tough side, hitherto controlled and hidden, while defending himself against mean jocks, naturally impressing Chi Chi, who also happens to have a secret passion for high kicks. However, the evil and all-powerful Lord Piccolo (James Marsters) awakens, killing his grandfather and endangering the rest of humanity. Goku realizes that he is the only one who can stop him, and must retrieve all seven magical orbs, called dragon balls, scattered across the world before Lord Piccolo claims them for D-day, which falls on the fast approaching day of the solar eclipse. But Goku is not so lonely anymore. He meets Bulma (screen beauty Emmy Rossum), a feisty young scientist who happens to have invented a machine that can track down the dragon balls. Following his grandfather's last words, our young hero seeks the wisdom of a highly respected master. But Master Roshi turns out to be none other than a goofy middle-aged guy with an obsession for Hawaiian shirts and bikini models. Chow Yun-fat, the charismatic lead of noir action films, completes his makeover with pearl gray contact lenses. (Indeed, he personifies the original cartoon character to a rather different affect than the mysterious gray-eyed Zhang Ziyi in ``Memoirs of a Geisha.'') As the trio proceeds to save the planet, they cross paths with a talkative bandit, Yamcha (Joon Park), who joins in the superheroism after being promised a share of the profits from Bulma's inventions. In his second Hollywood film, the former G.O.D. rapper blends in and provides much of the comedy, along with Chow. Running an hour and a half, ``Dragonball'' features everything one might expect in a Hollywood hero movie, including scores of computer graphic action, earth-wind-fire magic a la ``Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,'' ``Transformers''-style gadgets and even ``D-War'' dragons. Despite the Eastern thematic elements and a cast that is heavily dominated by Asians and Asian-Americans, the film is succeeds in having mainstream appeal ― without starring Jackie Chan or having Tom Cruise play a samurai. The costume and makeup, however, are rather regrettable, as Lord Piccolo looks more like one of Sponge Bob's alien friends rather than a scary villain. One might also wonder if the movie hired Edna from ``The Incredibles,'' as Goku's martial arts outfit, one of his grandfather's legacies, seems to stretch miles without ripping. But then again, the film is based on a cartoon. hyowlee@koreatimes.co.kr http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2009/03/135_41299.html Edited by kmccaskill, Mar 15 2009, 06:32 AM.
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| Adam | Mar 15 2009, 08:04 AM Post #2 |
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Just like I said this movie was doomed from the day it was said the rights were bought to get bad reviews, because it's based on Dragonball. Like I've said over and over Dragonballs story is goofy over the top and way to silly to get good reviews, but millions of people around the world still fell in love with it. So I'm in no way surprised when we get a goofy over the top and at time silly movie, and it kills at the box office despite all the bad reviews. |
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| BIGBMH | Mar 15 2009, 08:34 AM Post #3 |
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Since when does Spongebob have "alien friends" that resemble Piccolo? |
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| BladeRunner | Mar 15 2009, 01:00 PM Post #4 |
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Don't look to the Korean box office for evidence that DBE will do well in America. |
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| kmccaskill | Mar 15 2009, 01:38 PM Post #5 |
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DRAGONBALL EVOLUTION ASIAN WORLD WIDE BOX OFFICE Foreign Total as of Mar. 15, 2009: $10,106,000 China 3/14/09 $3,363,000 3/15/09 Hong Kong 3/12/09 $489,000 3/15/09 Japan 3/13/09 $3,326,000 3/15/09 Malaysia 3/12/09 $731,000 3/15/09 Singapore 3/12/09 $389,000 3/15/09 South Korea 3/12/09 $1,152,000 3/15/09 Taiwan 3/13/09 $132,000 3/15/09 Thailand 3/12/09 $523,000 3/15/09 http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=dragonball.htm |
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| Adam | Mar 15 2009, 02:10 PM Post #6 |
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Wow it might be number one in Japan this week as well awesome. |
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| kmccaskill | Mar 15 2009, 02:22 PM Post #7 |
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here's some straight talk folks China is a bit more impressive but not by much. Japan is not impressive at all. A movie on its 4th weekend last week had a big weekend DBE's "best" gross will be in Asia, and so far it's completely average. these are its key territories. DB was far more popular in Japan than it is in the US or Europe. At most it is looking at about $30M from Asia. Seeing as Pokemon's last movie (released 2007 grossed $50M in Japan alone...it is definitely not a good start. China is the only standout, it's doing average elsewhere. It will probably have bad legs as well. Considering Asia was supposed to be its strongest continent.... Just because you attach the name of a popular franchise to a movie does not mean everyone will go see it. DB has sold 150 million manga titles in Japan alone but only got $3 OW??? This movie has a very good chance of not even hitting $60M OS. |
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| kmccaskill | Mar 15 2009, 02:42 PM Post #8 |
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they should have spent all the promotion money in china, my on hope is that the real budget is 55-65 million that's what the people on box office mojo are telling me, the way we follow dragonball, they follow box office numbers DBE should have been about justin chatwin single handily demolishing military tanks, jets, and soldiers Edited by kmccaskill, Mar 15 2009, 03:00 PM.
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| Adam | Mar 15 2009, 03:06 PM Post #9 |
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Umm no actually it's doing pretty good for those countries. It's opening number one in China, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand. It may get the number one spot in Japan, and Hong Kong. The only country it's not doing very good in is Taiwan. Anyways it's made over $10 million in one WeekEnd, and that's in only 8 countries. Countries that don't have massive opening weekends very often. Look at Japan for instance Yattâman opened up last weekend and it only made $4,626,729, yeah DBE only made $3,326,000 but that's a good opening weekend in Japan. Hell Japans best ever opening weekend movie only made Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith $18,975,503, and Race to Witch Mountain broke that with $25,000,000 in the USA in it's opening weekend. The big money will come from the USA not over seas...if that is they start to advertise this movie finally. |
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| End_Game | Mar 15 2009, 03:46 PM Post #10 |
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We might get something along the lines of The Legend of Chun Li advertisement (you know, TV spots a week before the premiere.) I really hope that's not what happens. |
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| kmccaskill | Mar 15 2009, 05:36 PM Post #11 |
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DRAGONBALL EVOLUTION OPENED NUMBER 2 IN JAPAN we are not liked there http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i68061ff8eae6a637227ebcf7f5fa45c1 |
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| Mssj.Vegeta | Mar 15 2009, 05:43 PM Post #12 |
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it should do fairly well in America, Maybe in late marcch we will start seeing tv spots. Dragonball/z was also dubbed in alot of European countries. Plus theres the canadian dub. North America and Europe will top Asia's charts. Btw are those number in US dollars or something else? |
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| BladeRunner | Mar 15 2009, 07:20 PM Post #13 |
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10 mill in eight different countries isn't that great. So its performance in Asian territories isn't optimistic or encouraging for the sequal. FOx will not rely on the Asian mkts performance for a sequal. The American b.o. is going to sink or swim this film. I predict that if this film makes 30 mill in its first weekend in America, its safe. If it makes anything at or below 15 mill, say goodbye to that sequel. |
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| Adam | Mar 15 2009, 08:48 PM Post #14 |
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Actually it's doing very well over there. It opened at No. 1 in China, Malaysia, Thailand, Hong Kong and Singapore. It got the No.2 spot in Japan. So it's not doing bad at all it's just these 8 countries usually don't produce larger number like the US does. Also just to point out in 3 days in only 8 countries the movie has made back 10% of it's budget already. It will also be out in those 8 countries for 3 more weeks before we even get to see it so by then it may even make 30% or 40% of it's budget back in just the Asian market. Then it has it's world wide release date in countries that could potently make the rest of the films budget back in only one weekend. 
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| Mssj.Vegeta | Mar 15 2009, 10:29 PM Post #15 |
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i forgot all about that 100mil budget, they have to top that before they open the champagne. |
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