BORAT
 

Who is going to see this opening weekend? I can not wait. The only thing that saddens me is that now that everyone knows who he is, this is the end for Borat :(

yeah I'm pretty excited about the movie, I just hope it doesn't turn into rick james/napoleon dynamite

This uh suit is NOTT BLACK

Yeah going to see it on Friday.

And it is definitely going to turn into Rick James/Napoleon Dynamite. :-\

Jeez are Americans really that ignorant of everything outside their country?

I guess so because I don't know what youre saying.

Not Interested.

I'll be there.

It's shame that this will flop after Snakes on a Plane was so succesful...

1# in the box is good from where I sit. (Although it did not make it's estimations it still had success)

:lol: Where you sit isn't too pretty then.

SOAP Opening Weekend:

<table border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr bgcolor="#ffff99"><td align="center">1</td> <td align="center">N</td> <td>Snakes on a Plane</td> <td>NL</td> <td align="right">$13,806,311</td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#f4f4ff"><td align="center">2</td> <td align="center">1</td> <td>Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby</td> <td>Sony</td> <td align="right">$13,755,387</td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td align="center">3</td> <td align="center">3</td> <td>World Trade Center</td> <td>Par.</td> <td align="right">$10,901,350</td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#f4f4ff"><td align="center">4</td> <td align="center">2</td> <td>Step Up</td> <td>BV</td> <td align="right">$10,157,605</td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffff99"><td align="center">5</td> <td align="center">N</td> <td>Accepted</td> <td>Uni.</td> <td align="right">$10,023,835</td> </tr></tbody></table>

The next weekend:

<table border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr bgcolor="#ffff99"><td align="center">1</td> <td align="center">N</td> <td>Invincible</td> <td>BV</td> <td align="right">$17,031,122</td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#f4f4ff"><td align="center">2</td> <td align="center">2</td> <td>Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby</td> <td>Sony</td> <td align="right">$8,122,642</td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td align="center">3</td> <td align="center">7</td> <td>Little Miss Sunshine</td> <td>FoxS</td> <td align="right">$7,371,263</td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffff99"><td align="center">4</td> <td align="center">N</td> <td>Beerfest</td> <td>WB</td> <td align="right">$7,031,228</td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#ffffff"><td align="center">5</td> <td align="center">3</td> <td>World Trade Center</td> <td>Par.</td> <td align="right">$6,473,299</td> </tr></tbody></table>

Not even touching the top 5 just one week later. I'm sorry man... it was a failure. From where I sit (inside the business) that doesn't look to good for BORAT to be compared to SOAP.

I have not been looking forward to seeing a comedy this badly since Something's Gotta Give.

Please note that I have never seen Something's Gotta Give.

Gonna see it Friday, if nothing better comes up.

wow I apologise I TOTALLY misread your original comment.

I hang my head in shame

sorry

Napoleon Dynamite opened in literally like two theaters. It didn't spread to smaller markets until months after its original release.

I dont know, Borats kinda funny but I think its just a rip off of that Yakkoff Sminorff comedian from years ago.

Except Borat is funny.

and he's not a ripoff he has being doing the Borat character in the UK for years :roll:

This movie was fucking hilarious.

All the reviews I'm getting are saying this is the funniest movie ever. I'm worried that it won't live up to the hype.

Ever... Probably not. The movie is fucking hilarious though.

Glad I wasn't the only one to make the correlation.

Really...Has he been doing it for almost 2 decades?

You sure showed me. :roll:

We support your war of terror

GOING TO SEE THIS RIGHT NOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW WHOOOOOO

Just got back. This movie deserves a ROFLcopter.

Joey Slugs, what do you do "inside the buissness"??

Also, you are retarded.. I haven't been able to turn on the tv without seeing him on a show or seeing an ad for this movie.. Fucksake, I've heard it called "the funniest movie of all time" on some pretty mainsteam shows..

No LOLerskates?

Joey Slugs is trying to destroy this movie!!!!!!!!!

Again, what do you do in "the industry"?? By "our work" do you mean you worked on it?? (cause I know some camera operators that did)

Also, national news and entertainment stations are broadcast all over the country.. Just this morning, I've seen him on Mtv, CNN, and E!.. These channels are nation wide..

I don't see where your argument is coming from..

ALSO, I currently live in Jackson, MS.. If it was going to be ignored anywhere, it'd be here..

Again, your argument is rather pooy..

I saw it and really enjoyed it. There was a couple of lady friends in front of me in ticket line that were like 55-60 years old who were going to see Borat. When I heard them ask for tickets to Borat I asked them to confirm what I heard. One person said, "Yeah, not by my choice." I laughed and wished them good luck. Just was suprised to see people that age going to see Borat. Was wondering if any of the older people in the theater(there were more than just that couple of friends) would walk out during it. When I saw The Aristocrats in theater, the 60 year old guy walked out of the film.

You are a fucking idiot to think they are trying to compete with Spiderman 3 and the like.. This is an indy movie that they prolly shot for well under 1 million dollars.. If it grosses $2 million in it's entire run, it's a success.. As Trips said, it will be more of a cult hit ala Napolian Dynomite.. How much did Evil Dead make it's opening weekend?? Yeah.. Does that mean it's not a success??

Come on..

This movie will make well over 100 times what it cost to film it, specially once it comes out on DVD..

Garantee it..

p.s. You keep hinting about your position in "the industry".. For a THIRD time, what do you do??

Itried to see Borat last night but it was sold out :mad: I'm gonna try again tonight.

Well, you are a fool to think that just because it was sold out at your theater, that means people actually want to see it..[/Joey Slugs]

Seriously Joey, you are coming off as quite the ignorant shithead here..

Yes, you did..

Show me where I acted like it'll be the biggest movie of all time.. All I'm saying is, it's getting alot of mainsteam media attention..

You obviously don't get what the meaning of a "success" in the movie biz is.. You keep comparing it to Snakes on a Plane.. A movie with Samuel L Jackson, one of the biggest actors of the past decade, all kinda of sound stages, and CG and other kinds of special effects.. All that cost ALOT of money.. Their budget was prolly well over $100 mill.. Sure if that doesn't make twice that at the theater, it's considered a "flop"..

Borat is a low budget indy film.. Fuck sake, they didn't even pay the extras.. No art department, no grips, no lighting, no anything but him (Sacha Barren Cohen) and a few carmera operators.. They prolly didn't even have a "base camp"..

On a big budget movie, like Snakes on a Plane, they had to build sets, rent trucks and trailors, rent grip and lighting equipment, pay for locations, filming permits, fire permits for the special effect, computer graphics, so on and so forth.. Then, you have the crew to pay for.. Then caterting and craft service..

It's endless..

Borat prolly had a crew of like ten people, working out of ONE 15 passenger van with like two cameras..

"Cult Classic" or not, there is no comparison..

A movie success means, they make more money off the film than they paid to make the film.. I.E. if Borat was filmed for around a mill (which is my estimate) they will more than make that if not this weekend than by next Monday..

You really have no idea what you are talking about..

So you're an ad agent who works with movie companies.. Here, from how you were talking I thought you were a Line Producer or a UPM, you know, someone who actually would know what they were talking about..

Honesty is the best policy.

Saw it last night, everyone was rofling the whole time. I dunno about funniest movie ever made, but I was busting my balls laughing a few times, which is something I rarely do in theaters.

Sorry, Joey, you can't really compare the 2. Krispy makes a good point about the cost difference between the 2 movies. And that early cult status due to the sheer cheesiness of the premise is what killed SOAP at the box office. Even with just that 13 million that SOAP made, Borat would be a huge relative success. You can't really compare the profitability an indy flick to what was supposed to be a huge summer blockbuster.

Yeah, same. Movies rarely crack me up that hard.

I mean, you are the one posting like a fucking idiot in this thread..

You, as someone who deals with this all the time should know better than to compare a low budget indy film and a 100 million dollar major motion picture regaurdless whether both are "cult" movies or not..

At scale, Borat will slaughter SOAP and many other huge blockbusters..

Compared to how much they spent to make it, to how much it will make (at the theater and DVDs) I bet it could hang with any movie released this year..

Little update on how Borat is doing thus far. Source: http://joblo.com/index.php?id=13448

Looks like Fox finally has a massive smash on its hands, as BORAT opened to record numbers on Friday, despite only showing in about 800 theaters. The film grossed close to $10M on Friday alone, which is a figure most were estimating that it would make the entire weekend. The film is now slated to make between $20-30M over the weekend and most likely finish in the #1 spot, ahead of THE SANTA CLAUSE 3, which many were expecting to finish at the top of the box-office, especially since it was playing in close to 3500 theaters and the animated film, FLUSHED AWAY, which was also playing in over 3500 theaters. Fox decided to release BORAT at a slow pace, with a limited release starting things off this weekend, but unlike SNAKES ON A PLANE, it looks like this film is for real and the hype is more than just hype, but actual interest! The film only cost $18M to make so much like the JACKASS movies, it will already be "in the black" after this coming weekend. Congrats to Sacha Baron Cohen and the filmmakers for their great success. I guess Borat will not be "execute" by the Kazakhstani government after all. Click HERE to see the actual box-office figures.

Wow, 10 mil in 800 theatres.

Yeah Kris P., that "way under 1 mil" really seemed way off but I didn't say anything.

Wow.

Seriously didn't stop laughing for the entire movie. Incredible.

Was about to die during the "wrestling" scene.

Also, I have no idea how anyone is saying that this movie will bomb. It is an actual fucking hilarious movie that every single person on earth should find funny unless they are fucking retarded pieces of shit. Thus, it will make tons of money by word of mouth alone. That is why Napoleon Dynamite was so successful. It was hilarious so people went to see it. The difference is Snakes on a Plane was a horrible movie and this movie is classic. I have no idea how anyone is even comparing the two at all. Nothing alike. I didn't even read this joey slugs/krispy argument but I am betting it is fucking stupid and it shouldn't even be happening at all since the original point slugs made was retarded and has no merit whatsoever.

I saw it tonight and thought it was freakin hilarious. Also, I tihnk it will do well...a lot of the showings have been at least like 80% full.

mint city not showing Borat

so mad

T-Bay will hopefully get it when they do a wider release.

Toronto is massive, and it's only being shown on a handful of screens here right now.

Almost went to see it tonight.

Shoulda, I GUESS.

The decision you made was not the correct one.

I GET IT

It's hard to judge.. I bet a good chunk of that went into legal issues with extras releses and whatnot..

Also, I bet Sacha Cohen walked away with a good chunk..

Whatever..

They are two totally different films, on two totally different scales..

Borat was classified as a documentary during filming.. My buddy Don Warren was a camera man on it and he told me they had to sign the contract saying they would "let out" anything that went on.. The contract was given to the crew as a reality/documentary thing.. Like, they were trying to make it out like it was real.. Once they showed up, they told them that no matter what happens on set, they couldn't laugh.. As I said, until it was in post production, they tried to sell it as being real.. Alot of money prolly went into legal issues with filming people, in a real setting, for a fake documentary.. There's enough legal issues when filming a "real" movie..

Truthfully, I still don't see how it cost that much but whatever..

I saw it last Thursday, funny stuff. Everyone was pissing themselves.

I dont' know how Napolian Dynamite was brought up in this thread. That movie was terrible. Borat is the funniest thing I've ever seen. We were with about 12 people in our group and one girl found it really offensive. We therefore called her an idiot.

Arguably the greatest movie ever.

Yeah during the wrestling scene I was seriously dying, same with the running of the jews part and when he sacks pam

LOL I read that a lady who booke him on that news cast in the movie got fired over him being on there, and for disrupting the weather report.

You need to understand that taste in movies, like music, is subjective..

lol that is awesome

*spoilers* Saw it last night. Was better at the start than at the end but still pretty damn funny all the way through. Fave bit probs when he dissed that pastors wife and brought his shit back in a plastic bag. *spoilers*

PAMELA, I DONT FIND YOU ATTRACTIVE ANYMORE





NOT

Just got back, fucking hilarious.

I tried going on opening night but all 7 showings from when I finished work until they closed were sold out :(


Well worth waiting for though :D

:y:

Weekend Box-Office Report thanks to JoBlo. http://joblo.com/index.php?id=13442

I was watching an "Ali G" show marathon on TV last night, and after two hours of Ali G, Borat and Bruno, star Sacha Baron Cohen's three alter-egos, I couldn't help but re-acknowledge this man's pure genius. I honestly could not turn away from the television set (mind you, I was also high at the time, but that's another story altogether). Some are starting to compare him to comedian Andy Kaufman from the 70s, and I can see how those comparisons have come to be.

All that to say that BORAT, the film, opened in the #1 spot this past weekend, with close to $30M in receipts, despite the fact that it only played in about 800 theaters, compared to most films in the top 10, which play in over 2000 theaters. Next week, the film is supposed to widen its release into 2500 theaters, at which point, he will likely be certified as a complete phenomenon, that might even break the $100M mark (the film only cost $18M to make).

Disney's THE SANTA CLAUSE 3 finished in second place with a disappointing $20M, which is much lower than its previous incarnation of the Tim Allen character, which opened at $29M and went on to gross $140M (maybe the release of a Christmas movie one week after Halloween didn't make a whole lot of sense?). Dreamworks' animated FLUSHED AWAY opened with a decent $19M in third place, but according to Yahoo Movies, the film cost around $130M, so the opening isn't exactly a celebratory figure.

Last week's #1 movie, SAW 3, dropped an expected 50%+ and into fourth place, but still managed to add about $16M to its coffers, raising its total to about $60M to this point (considering that the film only cost about $10M to make, methinks everyone involved with this puppy is pretty happy these days). THE DEPARTED managed to continue its box-office roll with yet another $8M added to its total, which has now officially surpassed the $100M mark. The film only dropped about 18% of its audience from last week, and doesn't seem to want to stop anytime soon.

With its solid word of mouth, THE QUEEN (not a film about Elton John) managed to rise into the top 10 with $3M in receipts this past weekend, raising its total to $10M since its limited release about six weeks ago.

Next week sees the addition of 4 new movie releases including Batman starring in HARSH TIMES, Ricky Bobby starring in an original looking comedy entitled STRANGER THAN FICTION, the man with a temper who hates onliners starring in A GOOD YEAR and Sarah Michelle Gellar starring in THE GRUDGE 3, I mean...THE RETURN. By the way, what's your take on the whole BORAT success? VOTE HERE!!
1. Borat $ 26.4 Million NEW
2. The Santa Clause 3:... $ 20 Million NEW
3. Flushed Away $ 19.1 Million NEW
4. Saw 3 $ 15.5 Million $ 60.1 Million
5. The Departed $ 8 Million $ 102.3 Million
6. The Prestige $ 7.8 Million $ 39.4 Million
7. Flags of our Fathers $ 4.5 Million $ 26.6 Million
8. Man of the Year $ 3.8 Million $ 34 Million
9. Open Season $ 3.1 Million $ 81.4 Million
10. The Queen $ 3 Million $ 10.1 Million

Finally saw it tonight, fucking incredible.

Never before has a movie had me crying with laughter more than once. Never before have I watched an entire movie and not find any part of it boring.

Seriously, the Godfather is up there as best movie ever, but there are parts where my mind drifted. The same goes with every single movie I've ever watched, aside from Borat.

To keep my interest for the entire length of the movie and to have me dying of laughter, I'd say it's arguably the greatest movie ever. At least the greatest comedy ever.

Saw it earlier just amazing. I've never laughed out load in the cinema so much in my life. Brilliance just so amazingly good

That one drunk guy reminded me of a Spilchuk type of person.

lol when he threw his bag down and you could hear the chicken in it had me ROFLing the most I think in retrospect, just caught me completely off guard.

Please, gypsy, give me your tears.

You are comparing BORAT to the Godfather? And people in this thread called me the idiot.

Hey, we all can't be related to Danny Aiello.

Borat kept my attention from start to finish. IN the 3 hour Godfather my mind drifted more than once. You can't really compare comedies to other movies in terms of greatness. I bet I could sit and watch Borat more times than the Godfather.

Tried to go tonight. UH UH, SOLD OUT. :( :mad:

Or maybe even a Stima

Once I see it I shall tell you. Also it's not like i'm some sort of drunk. I mean I do drink quite often but i'm not drunk 24/7.

LOL yeah that was roflll

running of the Jew and the Jew egg. lol.

I saw it last night. Amazing. Watching it again tonight.

I WILL LOOK THROUGH YOUR TREASURES.

Gypsie, I will look through your treasures. Is this understood, gypsie?

<font color=goldenrod>This was so fucking funny. ROFL the entire time.

Sleep in my bed, eat my food, use my sister. She tight like a 7 year old.</font>

Yup, roflest part probably.