COMEDIES NOT ALWAYS ON THE MONEY.Byline: - Bob Strauss 'Evan Almighty" may sport the highest production price tag Hollywood has ever paid for a comedy, generally believed to be hovering around $175 million before promotional costs. But while that's not the greatest thing in the world, it's not necessarily a bad thing, either. Pricey comedies that have incorporated major special effects special effects, in motion pictures, cinematographic techniques that create illusions in the audience's minds as well as the illusions created using these techniques. , as "Evan" does, have done well in the past. "Ghostbusters," which cost a steep (in 1984) $30 million, returned $239 domestically, while the $90 million "Men in Black" made $251 million -- and oodles more overseas -- in 1997. "MIB's" 2002 sequel, though, cost a whopping $140 million and only took in $190 million at U.S. box offices. Expensive special effects are no guarantee of comedy success, either; Eddie Murphy's $100 million, sci-fi non-laugher "The Adventures of Pluto Nash" earned a pitiful $4.4 million, which just might make it the least profitable comedy of all time. Murphy has had several pricey bombs. So has original "Bruce Almighty" star Jim Carrey “James Carrey” redirects here. For the murder conspirator, see James Carey. James Eugene Carrey (born January 17, 1962) is a Canadian actor and comedian. , although his flops were almost all films that fell outside of his usual comedy comfort zone. Even "The Cable Guy," which was vilified for underperforming in 1996 after Carrey became the first comedian to earn $20 million for a movie, made more domestically than it cost. Of all people, the generally respected Warren Beatty Henry Warren Beaty (born March 30, 1937) is an Academy Award- and Golden Globe-winning American actor, producer, screenwriter and director, known as Warren Beatty. Biography Early life and Education has two of the most notorious, overpriced o·ver·price tr.v. o·ver·priced, o·ver·pric·ing, o·ver·pric·es To put too high a price or value on. overpriced Adjective costing more than it is thought to be worth Adj. laugh-splats, "Ishtar" and "Town & Country," to his credit. But he also made "Shampoo" and "Bulworth" so, as long as you didn't have money invested in the other two, it's hard to hold that against the old charmer charm·er n. 1. One that charms, especially a disarmingly attractive person. 2. One who casts spells; an enchanter or magician. Noun 1. . Figures in this article come from boxofficemojo.com. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Baxter (Carell) tries to explain his animal magnetism animal magnetism, n theory advanced and practiced by Dr. Franz Anton Mesmer in the late 18th century as a healing technique, according to which a natural fluid exists throughout the universe, in and between all people and earthly and heavenly bodies. to fellow congressmen in the comedy "Evan Almighty." |
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