'A Christmas Carol' unwraps

[nunz]

Originally Posted by Retrocool

The reviews haven't helped.

The reviews weren't good?? I'm surprised. I thought it was absolutely amazing. Beautiful and stunning.

[nunz]

Originally Posted by Retrocool

Better than whom?

IMO the best Christmas Carol besides this one was the one with George C. Scott as Scrooge, followed by the Muppets

[Rex Dopey24]

Originally Posted by Retrocool

Better than whom?

better than the grinch character. sorry about that.

[BrizMarc]

I have seen to twice already, I thought it was a real surprise and really really enjoyed it alot.

As for retrocool, I havent seen the 1951 version and being that its 60 years old I think we are due for a new version thats updated. BUt if it ever turns up on one of the classic movie channels Ill watch it.

Disney did a great job.

[Rex Dopey24]

that director sure knows how to use the 3d really well.

[princecharming]

Didn't disney offer some kind of deal that got kids in for free on the opening weekend? if so then 31 million isn't bad. I have yet to see it, but have only heard good things about it. and I have seen the alistare sims version as well as one with george c scott, and albert finney, the muppets version and the version with the bald captain from start trek generations, ( sorry can't remember his name right now) oh and the kelsey grammar version as well.

[ALIASd]

Weekend brought some much-needed solace for the Mouse House as Robert Zemeckis' "Disney's A Christmas Carol" fell just 26% in its second frame to an estimated $22.3 million for a cume of $63.3 million. Film got off to a rough start the weekend before, but Disney insisted it would hold well, being a family title.

'2012' destroys worldwide box office - Entertainment News, Film News, Media - Variety

[sonfgkj]

Originally Posted by BrizMarc

I have seen to twice already, I thought it was a real surprise and really really enjoyed it alot.

As for retrocool, I havent seen the 1951 version and being that its 60 years old I think we are due for a new version thats updated. BUt if it ever turns up on one of the classic movie channels Ill watch it.

Disney did a great job.

I'm surprised, I am too classic movie channels

[ALIASd]

Domestic Box office: #5 $12.2 million for weekend

Domestic total: $79.8 million

International box office:

Third on the weekend "Disney's A Christmas Carol," which continues to draw strongly in Russia ($3.5 million from 350 sites) and the U.K. ($3.3 million from 650 locations for a market cume of $13.9 million). The weekend overall for the director Robert Zemeckis' 3D performance-capture version of Charles Dickens' 1843 novella, starring Jim Carrey as Scrooge, provided $18.5 million from 4,434 screens in 41 markets for an overseas cume of $60 million.

'New Moon' tops foreign boxoffice

[Disneymike]

Originally Posted by Retrocool

And I'm glad you enjoyed it, but have you ever seen the 1951 Alistair Sim version? Ever read the book? It's a great, classic story, but the effects in this version overwhelm it and squeeze all the emotion out of it. It's not really the kind of story that's designed to be blown up to some huge eye-dazzling spectacle.

New York Movies - Jim Carrey and Robert Zemeckis' Very CGI Christmas Carol - page 1

I thought the movie was well done also. I don't think the effects took away anything from the story at all. I'm sure if Brian Hurst (the director of the '51 version) had the capabilities he would have upped the effects ante as well. Also, the book is ripe for " huge eye-dazzling spectacle" what with ghosts and time travel and all the great english locales. I myself prefer the 1938 version with Reginald Owen but we can't forget the great Bill Murray version as well

[ALIASd]

Disney's dream that 'Christmas Carol' will be the new 'Polar Express coming true

When "A Christmas Carol" opened to $30 million domestically on its opening weekend -- well below what prerelease research had suggested and historically very weak for a movie that cost nearly $200 million to produce -- Walt Disney Studios' president of domestic distribution, Chuck Viane, counseled patience.

"Christmas-themed movies opening in early November tend to have a much greater multiple than others and we know [director] Bob Zemeckis always tends to over-deliver on his multiple," Viane said, pointing to Zemeckis' last 3-D, motion-capture animated Christmas movie, "The Polar Express," which ultimately collected more than seven times its opening weekend take.

As it turns out, Viane was wrong. "A Christmas Carol" isn't holding as well as "The Polar Express." It's holding even better.

U.S. and Canadian ticket sales for "A Christmas Carol" fell just 25.8% this weekend, the third smallest drop for any movie in wide release so far this year. That's substantially less than the second weekend drop for "The Polar Express" in 2004, which was 32.8%.

full article at:
Disney's dream that 'Christmas Carol' will be the new 'Polar Express' coming true | Company Town | Los Angeles Times

[ALIASd]

A pair of Walt Disney PG titles took fourth and fifth respectively with "Old Dogs" making $6.85 million from 3,425 and "A Christmas Carol" taking $6.64 million from 3,013. In three days "Old Dogs" has generated $14.1 million while the domestic cume for "Christmas Carol" should cross $100 million this weekend; its B.O. currently standing at $96 million.

'New Moon' crosses $200 million - Entertainment News, Film News, Media - Variety

[ALIASd]

Disney's Robert Zemeckis-directed "Christmas Carol" experienced a significant weekend-to-weekend bump -- up 36 percent -- even while losing 565 venues, taking in $22.5 million over the holiday, pushing its four-week cumulative total past $105 million.

[Eagleman]

Originally Posted by nunz

IMO the best Christmas Carol besides this one was the one with George C. Scott as Scrooge, followed by the Muppets

I thought the George C. Scott was the best in live action.....
so I ageed with you on that one!
As for the Muppets ,for me anyway , I sorry ,it was garbag!
I did enjoy the new 3-D Christmas Carol !

[Eagleman]

Originally Posted by ALIASd

Disney's Robert Zemeckis-directed "Christmas Carol" experienced a significant weekend-to-weekend bump -- up 36 percent -- even while losing 565 venues, taking in $22.5 million over the holiday, pushing its four-week cumulative total past $105 million.

On Thur. Nov.19-09 I went see the"Christmas Carol" in 3-D
I went after work at a 3:15pm showing, ther was only
5 people in the Theatre!
So I woundering how the movie was doing over all in the boxoffice!
I did enjoy the movie over all except for
-some reason I had hard time understand
what they saying most part of the movie?.....It was a good thing I know the story well!
I did enjoy still!