[quote]AngryVader wrote:
Djwlfpack wrote:
Professor X wrote:
AngryVader wrote:
Professor X wrote:
AngryVader wrote:
I checked for exclusive packaging for The Hulk, but I haven’t seen anything either in the paper or on the web. I was hoping for something, but I guess they didn’t bother with this one.
Thanks for the heads up though.
I assume it did ok at the box office?
It did ‘okay’, which I think might be why they didn’t pull out all the stops with the exclusives. Perhaps they weren’t sure it would sell as well.
$134 million domestically
$127 million foreign
The production budget was $150 million though.
Their biggest problem was convincing the public that it was not the same movie. They didn’t do near enough to distance themselves from the first one in advertising.
I know tons of people who didn’t see it simply because they didn’t like the first one.
It didn’t help that Norton distanced himself from the project. He was unhappy with the editing process and I believe, removed himself from a producer’s credit and didn’t do a ton of publicity for the film.
Norton later said those comments were blown out of proportion. Here’s a quote from Norton on that issue:
“Like so many people I’ve loved the story of The Hulk since I was a kid, so it was thrilling when Marvel asked me to write and help produce an altogether new screen incarnation, as well as play Bruce Banner. I grew up reading Marvel Comics and always loved the mythic dimension and contemporary themes in the stories, and I’m proud of the script I wrote. In every phase of production, including the editing, working with Louis Leterrier has been wonderful…I’ve never had a better partner, and the collaboration with all the rest of the creative team has been terrific. Every good movie gets forged through collaboration, and different ideas among people who are all committed and respect the validity of each other’s opinions is the heart of filmmaking. Regrettably, our healthy process, which is and should be a private matter, was misrepresented publicly as a ‘dispute,’ seized on by people looking for a good story, and has been distorted to such a degree that it risks distracting from the film itself, which Marvel, Universal and I refuse to let happen. It has always been my firm conviction that films should speak for themselves and that knowing too much about how they are made diminishes the magic of watching them. All of us believe The Incredible Hulk will excite old fans and create new ones and be a huge hit…our focus has always been to deliver the Hulk that people have been waiting for and keep the worldwide love affair with the big green guy going strong.”
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20191802_3,00.html[/quote]
Glad to hear that. I hope he makes another one, as I really enjoyed this last one.
