So of all things childish and silly to come out of Hollywood and it’s little internal fights this one really makes me laugh. Sony is questioning the accuracy of the six-day worldwide box office haul reported by “ Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End d”, claiming that Disney actually opened the movie a day early in Italy and France, which would mean its six-day totals actually occurred over seven days. All I can picture is a little child in a Sony T-Shirt having a big ole tantrum, crying and screaming how they are the best. Pirates set an overseas launch record with $251 million over ''six'' days, $19 million ahead of Sony's “Spider-Man 3”. Buena Vista International, the foreign distribution arm of the Walt Disney Co., confirms that $1.4 million in sales from a seventh day were rolled into the six-day total, and a Sony executive claims that “Spidey 3”, which opened a day early in 18 overseas markets, should be given a seven-day record for taking in $418.1 million over that time-span. This is the most ridiculous thing I have heard in a long time. They should be more upset about the fact that their films were not considered very good, then how much money they made in Italy on day one.
They should settle this with a nice civilized game of charades.
What is basically comes down to is what we all know anyway, money is far more important that quality when it comes to Hollywood, and the lovely ole U.S., in fact a lot of the world. Imagine studios actually not arguing and suing each other over such small trivial things, but instead congratulating each other over great scripts, brilliant pictures, and discovering new talent.
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I totally agree, but this is America!!! We like to complain about things here and pass the blame.
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