How well would your ideal movie fare at the box office?

Adolf Hitler's lonely hearts club (PG)
(Revenge Fantasy/True Story/Small Town Drama)
Starring Will Smith and Catherine Zeta-Jones
Also Featuring Viggo Mortensen, Joaquin Phoenix, Eliza Dushku, and Natasha Henstridge
Directed by Clint Eastwood
Screenplay by Luc Besson

Projected Budget Range: $30-39 Million
Planned Release Date: October

Projected Box Office Receipts:
$9.53 million (Opening Weekend)
$55.12 million (Total Domestic Gross)

Chance of getting Oscar Nomination: 6%
Chance of winning at least one Oscar: 2%

Critic Most Likely to Praise: Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Critic Most Likely to Skewer: Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post

The plot: A group of people in a remote Argentinian village spend their whole free time in the only place to hang out around.
After lengthy dialogues about the beauty of life they find out that the owner (Will Smith) is in fact Adolf Hitler, who fled to the place decades ago. This leads to endless discussions about forgiveness, morals and love, especially involving his girlfriend (Natasha Henstridge) and his ex-girlfriend (Catherine Zeta-Jones).
The movie leaves an open end to please the critics (except for the Washington Post, of course).
 
I tried to do a serious one but they left out some good writers and directors so i stopped. They don't even have John Hughes! Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Sixteen Candles, Breakfast Club and Home Alone too! Bah, guess i'll make up one for fun
 
Super Duper Sci-Fi Hostile Alien Adventure (PG)
(Adventure/Sci-Fi/Hostile Alien)
Starring David Chappelle and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos
Also Featuring Ben Affleck, Eliza Dushku, and Jennifer Lopez
Directed by Spike Lee
Screenplay by William Shakespeare and Ice Cube

Projected Budget Range: $140-149 Million
Planned Release Date: June

Projected Box Office Receipts:
$12.43 million (Opening Weekend)
$65.89 million (Total Domestic Gross)

Chance of getting Oscar Nomination: Slim to None
Chance of winning at least one Oscar: Slim to None

Critic Most Likely to Praise: Ron Wells, Film Threat
Critic Most Likely to Skewer: Chris Gore, Film Threat
 
StarCraft (Sci-Fi)
Starring Bruce Willis (Jim Raynor), Kate Winslet (Sarah Kerrigan)
Also Featuring Anthony Hopkins (General Duke), Russel Crow (Arcturus Mengsk), Patrick Stewart (Gerard DuGaulle), Sean Connery (Alexei Stukov), Morgan Freeman (voice of Fenix), Ian McKellan (voice of Zeratul), Kate Mulgrew (voice of Raszgal), George Clooney (voice of Tassadar), and Gary Oldman (voice of Aldaris)
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Screenplay by Bill Roper and Tom Clancy
Projected Budget Range: $280-300 Million
Planned Release Date: June

Projected Box Office Receipts:
$83 million (Opening Weekend)
$336 million (Total Domestic Gross)

Chance of getting Oscar Nomination: 3%
Chance of winning at least one Oscar: 0.5%

Critic Most Likely to Praise: Teenage Computer Geeks
Critic Most Likely to Skewer: Everyone Else

...yeah...
 
Very interesting movies: (especially the second one)

This Movie Sucks (PG-13)
(Courtroom Drama/Hostage Drama/Period Drama)
Starring Denzel Washington and Rachel Weisz
Also Featuring Viggo Mortensen and Helen Mirren
Directed by Lasse Hallström
Screenplay by Susannah Grant

Projected Budget Range: $60-69 Million
Planned Release Date: October

Projected Box Office Receipts:
$14.26 million (Opening Weekend)
$70.74 million (Total Domestic Gross)

Chance of getting Oscar Nomination: 17%
Chance of winning at least one Oscar: 3%

Critic Most Likely to Praise: Jay Carr, Boston Globe
Critic Most Likely to Skewer: Rita Kempley, Washington Post

Messed Up Movie (R)
(True Story/Baseball)
Starring Dan Aykroyd and Penélope Cruz
Also Featuring Jeff Daniels, Jim Carrey, Whoopi Goldberg, and Meg Ryan
Directed by Clint Eastwood
Screenplay by Adam Sandler and William Shakespeare

Projected Budget Range: $80-89 Million
Planned Release Date: July

Projected Box Office Receipts:
$11.52 million (Opening Weekend)
$51.95 million (Total Domestic Gross)

Chance of getting Oscar Nomination: 2%
Chance of winning at least one Oscar: Slim to None

Critic Most Likely to Praise: Jay Carr, Boston Globe
Critic Most Likely to Skewer: Matthew Abrams, Chucklehound.com
 
Originally posted by Immortal
I figured Id try a reality one:


Pirates of The Caribbean: The Curse of The Black Pearl (PG-13)
(Adventure/Fantasy/Action)
Starring Johnny Depp
Also Featuring Orlando Bloom and Geoffrey Rush
Directed by Gore Verbinski
Screenplay by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio

Projected Budget Range: $50-59 Million
Planned Release Date: July

Projected Box Office Receipts:
$15.52 million (Opening Weekend)
$79.06 million (Total Domestic Gross)

Chance of getting Oscar Nomination: 8%
Chance of winning at least one Oscar: Slim to None

Critic Most Likely to Praise: Ron Wells, Film Threat
Critic Most Likely to Skewer: Rita Kempley, Washington Post
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Looks like the oracle was a bit off on this one. POTC made $46.4 million this past weekend.

http://entertainment.msn.com/news/article.aspx?news=127969
 
A Sheep Story (PG)
(Animation/Caper Comedy/Revenge Fantasy)
Starring Tom Cruise and Halle Berry
Also Featuring Colin Farrell, Ian McKellen, Cameron Diaz, and Brittany Murphy
Directed by M. Night Shyamalan
Screenplay by J.K. Rowling
Projected Budget Range: $40-49 Million
Planned Release Date: December
Projected Box Office Receipts:
$21.24 million (Opening Weekend)
$103.01 million (Total Domestic Gross)
Chance of getting Oscar Nomination: 5%
Chance of winning at least one Oscar: 1%

Now I'm going to try an action movie, see how well it does. This oen did alright with a profit of about $50+ million...

Flashing Colors and Fire! (R)
(Adventure/Chase/Comic Book)
Starring Russell Crowe and Kirsten Dunst
Also Featuring Orlando Bloom, Viggo Mortensen, Cameron Diaz, and Eliza Dushku
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Screenplay by Peter Jackson
Projected Budget Range: $140-149 Million
Planned Release Date: July
Projected Box Office Receipts:
$15.80 million (Opening Weekend)
$111.83 million (Total Domestic Gross)
Chance of getting Oscar Nomination: 13%
Chance of winning at least one Oscar: 4%
Critic Most Likely to Praise: Jack Garner, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Critic Most Likely to Skewer: Matthew Abrams, Chucklehound.com

Damn, I lost alot of money. I'm going to be fired! But, never fear, I'm going to strike back one last time with a 'thinking' flick to get an Oscar...:D

The Oscar Bid (PG-13)
(Lingering Illness/Office Politics/Paranoia)
Starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Renée Zellweger
Also Featuring Colin Farrell, Samuel L. Jackson, Cate Blanchett, and Julia Roberts
Directed by Cameron Crowe
Screenplay by J.R.R. Tolkien
Projected Budget Range: $60-69 Million
Planned Release Date: November
Projected Box Office Receipts:
$15.62 million (Opening Weekend)
$91.72 million (Total Domestic Gross)
Chance of getting Oscar Nomination: 16%
Chance of winning at least one Oscar: 5%
Critic Most Likely to Praise: Chris Gore, Film Threat
Critic Most Likely to Skewer: Ron Wells, Film Threat

5%? Boo! I retire in shame, knowing that I made only $38 million. Well, my animated film was a success, but the action one killed my profit...:cry:
 
The Coffee Shoppe Boy (R)
(Buddy Cop/Paranoia/Coming of Age)
Starring Fred Savage and Piper Perabo
Also Featuring R. Lee Ermey, Billy Dee Williams, Famke Janssen, and Emily Mortimer
Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Screenplay by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen

Projected Budget Range: $50-59 Million
Planned Release Date: July

Projected Box Office Receipts:
$12.64 million (Opening Weekend)
$67.94 million (Total Domestic Gross)

Chance of getting Oscar Nomination: 6%
Chance of winning at least one Oscar: 1%

Critic Most Likely to Praise: Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
Critic Most Likely to Skewer: Rita Kempley, Washington Post

Synopsis - Fred Savage stars as Manny Freeman in this coming of age story of a man who has already came of age. He must aid his father, Harv(Ermey) in what may be his last job as a police detective, and deal with an oft-abusive, ambiguously homosexual landlord(Williams). Janssen plays Yanna Inga, his object of obsession, as a leather-clad dominatrix always out of reach, who is in turn infatuated with Savage's girlfriend, Sally(Parabo).

Steven Rea, of the Philadelphia Inquirer, says "Savage and Williams generate the kind of chemistry rarely seen in film today, while Ermey keeps things down-to-earth with his most heartfelt performance to date. Janssen, of course, is spell-binding, and Parabo easily mathces her performance in 'Coyote Ugly'."
 
Walt Disney's 1984 (PG)
(Animation/Paranoia/Period Drama/Talking Animal)
Starring Tom Cruise and Julia Roberts
Also Featuring Ian McKellen and Cameron Diaz
Directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans
Screenplay by J.K. Rowling

Projected Budget Range: $110-119 Million
Planned Release Date: May

Projected Box Office Receipts:
$23.92 million (Opening Weekend)
$118.52 million (Total Domestic Gross)

Chance of getting Oscar Nomination: 7%
Chance of winning at least one Oscar: 2%

Critic Most Likely to Praise: Jay Carr, Boston Globe
Critic Most Likely to Skewer: John Anderson, Newsday
 
Three Lesbian Lovers(R)
(Romance, Erotic)
Starring Denise Richards
Also Featuring Halle Berry, and Angelina Jolie
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Screenplay by J.K. Rowlings and J.R.R. Tolkien

Projected Budget Range: $40-49 Million
Planned Release Date: June

Projected Box Office Receipts:
$13.54 million (Opening Weekend)
$69.64 million (Total Domestic Gross)

Chance of getting Oscar Nomination: 5%
Chance of winning at least one Oscar: 1%

Critic Most Likely to Praise: Chris Gore, Film Threat
Critic Most Likely to Skewer: Rita Kempley, Washington Post


Projected Budget Range: $140-149 Million
Planned Release Date: June

Projected Box Office Receipts:
$13.44 million (Opening Weekend)
$87.40 million (Total Domestic Gross)

Chance of getting Oscar Nomination: 4%
Chance of winning at least one Oscar: 1%

Critic Most Likely to Praise: Chris Gore, Film Threat
Critic Most Likely to Skewer: Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post

Note: there are two very large reasons why i chose the actresses that i chose.
 
Dragons of Autumn Twilight (PG-13)
(Adventure/Fantasy/Historical Epic/War)
Starring Elijah Wood and Kirsten Dunst
Also Featuring Daniel Radcliffe, Derek Jacobi, and Helen Mirren
Directed by Peter Jackson
Screenplay by J.K. Rowling and J.R.R. Tolkien

Projected Budget Range: $140-149 Million
Planned Release Date: December

Projected Box Office Receipts:
$19.23 million (Opening Weekend)
$152.05 million (Total Domestic Gross)

Chance of getting Oscar Nomination: 21%
Chance of winning at least one Oscar: 1%

Critic Most Likely to Praise: Jack Garner, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Critic Most Likely to Skewer: Chris Gore, Film Threat


Dark Battleships of Fire (PG-13)
(Adventure/Historical Epic/Period Drama/True Story)
Starring Daniel Radcliffe and Natalie Portman
Also Featuring Willem Dafoe, Christopher Lee, Cate Blanchett, and Meryl Streep
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Screenplay by William Shakespeare

Projected Budget Range: $140-149 Million
Planned Release Date: November

Projected Box Office Receipts:
$16.27 million (Opening Weekend)
$116.74 million (Total Domestic Gross)

Chance of getting Oscar Nomination: 8%
Chance of winning at least one Oscar: 3%

Critic Most Likely to Praise: Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Critic Most Likely to Skewer: Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post

Martin Bormann, of the Buenos Aires Herald, writes "It was really gut. Five stars."
 
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