Grosses Quotations

Some of the natural world is appealing, some of it is terrifying, and some of it grosses us out. Modern people don't want to be dropped naked into a swamp. We want to tour Yosemite with our water bottles and G.P.S. devices. The natural world is a source of happiness and fulfillment, but only when prescribed in the right doses.

As a producer, the most important call you can get is on Saturday morning, when the Friday-night grosses come in. As a director, you want your film to be successful. But your outlook is a bit different. You become very conscious of the reviews.

I've never done work for money ever. If your choices are based on grosses and the film doesn't do well, what does that mean? It leaves you with nothing.

It grosses me out. It's too sweet to read about or dissect or talk about.

Paramount Studios fourth-quarter feature film slate was weak as four of the five films released in the quarter failed to generate domestic grosses in excess of their respective budgets.

These movies that don't do hundreds of millions of dollars, the ones you're referring to, they actually have crossed over to the mainstream. They're not, they're just not doing blockbuster movie business. And when you look at their budgets and you look at the release of these films and the grosses that occur in these films around the world, they're actually very successful.

Our economic model is much different than the studios. When a Rob Zombie movie like 'The Devil's Rejects' grosses $17 million, or Eli Roth's first movie grosses $20 million, that's very successful for us.

It's within the grosses we were looking at from $18-20 million. Obviously, we hoped to get more, but that was the window we (anticipated).

In an era where opening weekend grosses determine the overall success of a film, it is important that we find a way to ensure that the important independent films of our time have the support to reach a national audience.

Certainly, we're disappointed. These grosses indicate a continuous downtrend in the popularity of non-comedy traditional animated movies. This is a movie that plays well. It was 85 percent families. Sixty-three percent of the adults were moms.

Certainly, we're disappointed, ... These grosses indicate a continuous downtrend in the popularity of non-comedy traditional animated movies. This is a movie that plays well. It was 85 percent families. Sixty-three percent of the adults were moms.

The full package of all these changes will improve our business and dealers' business too by creating a better value for the consumer. Last year, when we adjusted margin on the F-series, we actually saw dealer grosses improve slightly.