Tarantino's Django Unchainged

[don king]

I watched it last night, it was good. IMO, it got a little drawn out towards the end, but I liked it.

There's were some pretty funny parts in the movie too.

And Christoph Waltz is now my favorite actor of today.

Jackie, have you seen Carnage?

[don king]

I don't know why, but for some reason I was predisposed to not like this film. I like almost everything Tarantino's done, but ... maybe because I don't like Jamie Foxx.

Anyway, within 2 seconds of Christoph Waltz opening his mouth, I already loved it, and never stopped. Fantastic film I can see myself watching again and again. I loved Quentin's little cameo too.

[spasgur]

I don't know why, but for some reason I was predisposed to not like this film. I like almost everything Tarantino's done, but ... maybe because I don't like Jamie Foxx.

Anyway, within 2 seconds of Christoph Waltz opening his mouth, I already loved it, and never stopped. Fantastic film I can see myself watching again and again. I loved Quentin's little cameo too.

Yeah I liked his Tarantino's cameo too although it was a little strange. Was he trying an Australian accent there? I also liked his cameo in Planet Terror where his dick rotted off.

[don king]

Yeah I liked his Tarantino's cameo too although it was a little strange. Was he trying an Australian accent there? I also liked his cameo in Planet Terror where his dick rotted off.

I think it was suppowsed to be Ostrollian, but it sanded more Seth Efriken to may.

[spasgur]

I think it was suppowsed to be Ostrollian, but it sanded more Seth Efriken to may.

Might've been that too.

[Jay]

I watched it the other day and Wreck-It Ralph just afterwards. I thought it was a pretty awesome movie. Laughed out loud on more than one occasion too.

[split decision]

I just read that Django is closing in on $130 million since opening and that makes it Tarantino's highest grossing film ever. This surprises me.

Inglorious Basterds hit $120 million. Pulp Fiction brought in almost $108 million.

[tantryl]

I was interested in films and whether they made money a while back and this is how the maths works (it's all generalisations, but it's generally agreed to be reasonably accurate for eyeballing profitability).

Outgoing:
- Production Budget. Can usually be found on websites sourced through articles in Variety and the like.
- Prints & Advertising budget. Harder to find. Sometimes you can get figures from articles/websites, but usually not. In general it's around 50% of the production budget, the amount they invest in the advertising and distribution usually being proportional to the amount spent on making it.

Neutral:
- Subsidies are generally factored into the production budget; whatever the production cost is takes it into account so it makes no actual difference when eyeballing a final figure.

Incoming
- 55% of the domestic gross goes to the production. The other 45% goes to cinemas and other related services.
- 45% of the international gross goes to the production. The other 55% goes to cinemas and other related services.
- TV deals vary wildly, but generally a film that grosses ~$300m worldwide will get a deal around 5% of the worldwide gross.
- DVD/BD/Net/Rent sales will vary wildly, but in general after production costs will only net you about 5% of the worldwide gross.
- Tie ins and merchandising. Varies insanely wildly.

Django:
- ~$100m production budget
- ~$50m advertising & prints budget
- Likely to end around $150m domestic, with ~$82.5m going to the production
- Likely to end around $180m international (Tarantino films tend to do around 120% better internationally), with ~$81m going to the production
- TV & DVD/BD likely to come to around $30m

So it should make a good $40-$50m, although because we're eyeballing a figure there's no guarantee. It's almost certain to make a profit the investors will be happy with though.

[Oeshon]

Already watched it 3 times.

Best movie of the year and it is only January.

Might even be my favorite tarantino film. I love the way he is able to make me love actors I hate. I have never liked Foxx in anything he has done before and he made him a badass as Django.

SLJ is definitely getting overlooked for his role in the movie too. Initially I assumed he was just going to cameo in a small bit like he did in Kill Bill 2. Instead he really played the part well and the character has a lot of depth for such a small amount of screen time.

The only thing I didn't like about the film was the Australian accents. It just made zero sense and really killed the immersion of the movie for me (being Australian myself). Why are there these 3 guys with yobbo accents in a ****ing 1800th century American western? It really is the only scene in the movie I disliked.

[spasgur]

Christoph Waltz just got the Oscar for best supporting role. Well deserved.