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Originally Posted by Ferox13
I would guess almost every single remake made cash..
When a Stranger Calls cost $15m made $41m
The RIng cost $48m made $129m
The Grudge cost $10m made $110m
Prom Night cost $18m made $48m
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre cost $9.2m made $80m
The Amityville Horror cost $19m made $65m
Friday the 13th cost $16m made $65m
Thirteen Ghosts cost $20m made $41m
The Omen cost $25m made $54m
My Bloody Valentine cost $25m made $51m
Dawn of the Dead cost $28m made $58m
Halloween cost $20m made $58m
These figure are what they made in US CINEMAS ONLY - so they also made more cash from the foreign market and DVD sales too.
So i'm not really sure where you're getting the idea that they're making 'Not too much bank'.. Remakes are a safe bet and consistantly make money - I don't understand your point that 'they don't encourage repeat business from even casual gorehounds'.
To put it in perspective heres the American Gross' for some 'original script/non-remake' horror:
The Mist cost $13m(?) made $25m
Land of the Dead cost $15m made $21m
30 Days of Night cost $32m made $39m
I am Legend cost €150m made $256m
1408 cost €25m made €71m
28 days Later cost $9.8m made $45m
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I hate to requote this whole passage b/c it is quite lengthy, but I do have to wonder why anybody would say "Yeah, remakes don't make money" when it takes so little internet research to see that they do make a LOT of money. That's why they make them. Even after you say things like they only "alienate" people, the sequel to Halloween is currently sitting at $40 million in worldwide box, and it's budget was $15 million.....$25 million profit before even hitting video shelves is a lot of cash to pass up for something that can be produced quickly, can star anybody, and doesn't have to have any real advertising money behind it...
Another great quote from Ferox13:
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And what fans are they alienating - ppl like us. I would imagine we are a tiny fraction of the cinema going audience that go to see these films. I bet if u asked every person who saw the Prom Night remake who directed the original i would say a fraction of 1% would know. The remakes are not made for nerd fans who collect films from the 2nd unit director of Street Trash.
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True dat.