Old White Goat
July 26th, 2004, 01:48 PM
LOS ANGELES - (days before the opening) Halle Berry is already thinking sequel. The actress says she hopes "Catwoman" does well enough money-wise so she can do at least one follow up.
Berry says if there is a sequel she'd bet her life that "you'd see Catwoman walking a little more on the darker side."
When it comes to other sequels Berry isn't so sure.
She says she doesn't know if she'll be back for a third "X-Men" movie, and a proposed spinoff for her Bond character "Jinx" is looking less likely.
Audiences don't seem to feel the same way about Halle Berry's Catwoman. The comic-book adaptation, which cost $100 million, brought in a measly $17.2 million. The take marks one of the lowest ever for a major comic-book adaptation, one of Hollywood's most dependable genres because it is so popular with teen audiences
Co-produced with Village Roadshow and directed by Jean-Christophe Comar, "Catwoman" had a negative cost of about $90 million. Females outnumbered males in the audience, comprising some 59%, of which 69% were older than 25. Although stats were not available, Fellman noted that there was a strong ethnic component of black, Hispanic and Asian moviegoers.
"The mood was more subdued at Warner Bros. "We were hoping to open a little stronger," said Dan Fellman, president of domestic distribution. "The exits were encouraging. We have an entertaining summer movie that should perform well with younger audiences midweek." Fellman noted that "Catwoman" should do about $8 million in midweek business, bringing the first-week total to $25 million. "Then it's up to the second weekend to see where we go from there."
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Berry says if there is a sequel she'd bet her life that "you'd see Catwoman walking a little more on the darker side."
When it comes to other sequels Berry isn't so sure.
She says she doesn't know if she'll be back for a third "X-Men" movie, and a proposed spinoff for her Bond character "Jinx" is looking less likely.
Audiences don't seem to feel the same way about Halle Berry's Catwoman. The comic-book adaptation, which cost $100 million, brought in a measly $17.2 million. The take marks one of the lowest ever for a major comic-book adaptation, one of Hollywood's most dependable genres because it is so popular with teen audiences
Co-produced with Village Roadshow and directed by Jean-Christophe Comar, "Catwoman" had a negative cost of about $90 million. Females outnumbered males in the audience, comprising some 59%, of which 69% were older than 25. Although stats were not available, Fellman noted that there was a strong ethnic component of black, Hispanic and Asian moviegoers.
"The mood was more subdued at Warner Bros. "We were hoping to open a little stronger," said Dan Fellman, president of domestic distribution. "The exits were encouraging. We have an entertaining summer movie that should perform well with younger audiences midweek." Fellman noted that "Catwoman" should do about $8 million in midweek business, bringing the first-week total to $25 million. "Then it's up to the second weekend to see where we go from there."
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