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After months of films with mostly older-audience appeal playing off during the awards circus, Fox Searchlight's "Stoker," a stylish thriller from a noted Asian cult director making his English-language debut, boasted the best limited opening of any 2013 release so far. Although not performing at the initial level of most recent Oscar nominees or other hits like "Quartet," this marks a pleasant surprise despite less-than-stellar reviews.
"Stoker" (Fox Searchlight) - Metacritic score: 59; Festivals include: Sundance 2013, Rotterdam 2013
$158,000 in 7 theaters; PSA (per screen average): $22,500
Korean master Park Chan-wook's first American film earned reviews below his earlier efforts ("Old Boy," "Lady Vengeance") but managed a decent start, backed by a strong campaign and booked in top theaters. Fox Searchlight went to five cities rather than the normal platform of two, a risky strategy that usually reduces the PSA. In this case, even with the slightly wider release, it achieved the highest specialized PSA of the year so far.
Starring Nicole Kidman (continuing her risk-taking choices that include recent "The Paperboy" and "Rabbit Hole"), the horror thriller was launched in the Premiere section at Sundance. The first from that group to be released theatrically, it is performing (accounting for different theater counts) a bit below the level of two earlier Searchlight films -- "Cedar Rapids" and "Win Win" -- that also had a similar Park City presentation on their way to $6.8 and $10.1 million ultimate takes.
After their modest (but disappointing compared to expectations) take from "Hitchcock," Searchlight is pushing this as the sort of intricate creepy thriller specialized in by the master. Whether younger upscale audiences will take to this remains to be seen beyond this initial positive opening, but Searchlight deserves credit for getting this initial sampling with one of their lesser critically-supported efforts.
What comes next: After modest expansions in its current cities, this will roll out wider by mid-month. Whether this deserves a multi-hundred theater break with the extra marketing expense that requires remains to be seen.
Worldwide gross: $2,642,488 [Source]
Source: Indiewire
Can't believe there hasn't been a new Park Chan-wook / "Stoker" article since my last post about it!! A really stylish and disturbing dramatic horror/thriller film that I really advise everyone to check out. There is also a really nice Matthew Goode interview you can read here, (who absolutely stands out in this film).
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Date: 2013-03-09 12:28 pm (UTC)HAPPY HAPPY WHITENESS
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Date: 2013-03-09 04:01 pm (UTC)still excited for bong joon-ho's 'snow piercer' but then it's an adaptation and i haven't read the comic so idk what to expect.
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Date: 2013-03-09 04:32 pm (UTC)i mean look what happened to the avatar.
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Date: 2013-03-09 09:48 pm (UTC)the last airbender would've been successful with a better director and an asian cast. i am 100% certain about this. it did really well in the box office with the shitty cast and director but wide spread criticism and poor reviews is what's keeping them from doing a sequel.
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Date: 2013-03-09 10:45 pm (UTC)tv shows and films starring people of color don't fail because the face of said projects are people of color.
hollywood cracks me up with its ass backwardness. preaching progressiveness and upholding exclusive standards at the same time---leaving no room for diversity or improvement.
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Date: 2013-03-09 09:49 pm (UTC)i'm sure he coulda had some supporting korean/korean-american actors and still have gotten the same hype.
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Date: 2013-03-09 10:38 pm (UTC)but for supporting actors? not so much...
i loath the idea that white faces = success in the industry. it's not even remotely true and the fashion industry is just as bad. hopefully with the success of stoker PCW will consider works with more diversity in starring and supporting roles.
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Date: 2013-03-09 04:44 pm (UTC)it was good, imo. however, i'm really sensitive towards watching people being strangled, and there was a lot of that in this film.
i haven't been this creeped out by entertainment since We Need to Talk About Kevin.
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Date: 2013-03-09 07:15 pm (UTC)the movie is suuuuuper white but i understand why he and others involve would make that move. so i hope this brings him more success in america and he can make flms with more diverse casts. regardless, i hope he continues in general.
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Date: 2013-03-09 10:13 pm (UTC)By the way, everyone should watch A Single Man, there is so much pretty in it.
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