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this movie was the FAIL!


Lol, you would think a movie on this submit would do well, considering the popularity of the Lamas. Unfortunately, it didn't even make 50% of it's production cost, let alone a profit. I am pleasantly surprised!

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And how does that please you?

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It was...decent, well made, but little to say and not all that entertaining...7/10 is a perfect score.

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Coulda sworn 10/10 was the perfect score.

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dont care how much films make,if you enjoy it or not has nothing to do with money.some of the greatest movies were not sucsessful at the box office

GET UP..GET UP AND DANCE,YOU WILL DANCE AT MY PARTY

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It's very sad that you feel happy at your perceived failure of others, you must be a very sad individual. You are indeed epic FAIL:P

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That woman deserves her revenge... and we deserve to die.

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Well judging from the person's name and posts, I'd say he/she is Chinese. So really, that sums up his/her pleasure at this movie's commercial failure. Mao Zedong was a slut. I'm pleasantly not surprised.

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You nailed it exactly! After reading some of the older posts/threads, I'm convinced that there are posters (who seem to be obsessed with trashing anything having to do with Tibet's independence, the Dalai lama, this movie, etc., etc.) If I were a conspiracy theorist, I'd say these posters get paid for their piece work by the Chinese government. :)



Human beings were invented by water as a device for transporting itself from one place to another.

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You don't need to be a conspiracy theorist. Have a look at this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Cent_Army


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"Convoy? Michael, you are hanging around with a man who uses a collective term for a single vehicle."

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I think people who use the word "Fail" as a noun are FAIL!

Note to self: fail = verb, failure = noun, failed = past tense of "to fail" or an adjective (i.e. it was a failed attempted), failingly = adverb (he attempted failingly to reach the summit of Everest)

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i wonder how much the OP gets paid by the chinese government??

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All the movies released during Christmas 1997 were box office failures, except As Good As It Gets, Wag the Dog, and Jackie Brown.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/schedule/?view=bydate&release=theatri cal&date=1997-12-25&p=.htm

And given its uncommerical nature, limited release, and theater average, Kundun did remarkably well during its first 3 weeks.

Week 1, 2 theaters, average $36,048/theater, grossed $99,608.
Week 2, 2 theaters, average $33,380/theater, grossed $66,760.
Week 3, 2 theaters, average $19,296/theater, grossed $38,591.
Week 4, 439 theaters, average $3,690/theater, grossed $3,690.
Week 5, 439 theaters, average $1,873/theater, grossed $1,873.

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Please check your arithmetic for the last two lines.

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