I thought the first one did respectably well at the box office.
I might be wrong but I thought it bombed big time in the USA but did OK overseas.
Well, it was second place in it's opening weekend, pulling in over $35M... did an approx total of $142,600,000 in domestic release, and a grand total of $563,700,000 worldwide... the production costs were $110M...
So, while that wasn't a bad domestic release, I guess I'd still have to admit that your assessment is essentially correct.
The overseas sales (where the Smurfs are far better known and accepted) certainly justified a sequel.
I thought the first one did respectably well at the box office.
I might be wrong but I thought it bombed big time in the USA but did OK overseas.
Well, it was second place in it's opening weekend, pulling in over $35M... did an approx total of $142,600,000 in domestic release, and a grand total of $563,700,000 worldwide... the production costs were $110M...
So, while that wasn't a bad domestic release, I guess I'd still have to admit that your assessment is essentially correct.
The overseas sales (where the Smurfs are far better known and accepted) certainly justified a sequel.
Yeah I had heard it did great overseas. It seems in the USA the Smurfs are pretty much forgotten.
I thought the first one did respectably well at the box office.
I might be wrong but I thought it bombed big time in the USA but did OK overseas.
Well, it was second place in it's opening weekend, pulling in over $35M... did an approx total of $142,600,000 in domestic release, and a grand total of $563,700,000 worldwide... the production costs were $110M...
So, while that wasn't a bad domestic release, I guess I'd still have to admit that your assessment is essentially correct.
The overseas sales (where the Smurfs are far better known and accepted) certainly justified a sequel.
Yeah I had heard it did great overseas. It seems in the USA the Smurfs are pretty much forgotten.
Well, it was a popular European strip and had more resonance there. All we had was the Hanna-Barbera TV cartoon version which, while popular enough to run for a few seasons, didn't really strike the same chords with audiences here.
Personally, I'd like to see a big screen version of Asterix released here in the States; I know a couple of them have been made and released overseas, but I don't believe there was ever an English translation.
I thought the first one did respectably well at the box office.
I might be wrong but I thought it bombed big time in the USA but did OK overseas.
Well, it was second place in it's opening weekend, pulling in over $35M... did an approx total of $142,600,000 in domestic release, and a grand total of $563,700,000 worldwide... the production costs were $110M...
So, while that wasn't a bad domestic release, I guess I'd still have to admit that your assessment is essentially correct.
The overseas sales (where the Smurfs are far better known and accepted) certainly justified a sequel.
Yeah I had heard it did great overseas. It seems in the USA the Smurfs are pretty much forgotten.
Well, it was a popular European strip and had more resonance there. All we had was the Hanna-Barbera TV cartoon version which, while popular enough to run for a few seasons, didn't really strike the same chords with audiences here.
Personally, I'd like to see a big screen version of Asterix released here in the States; I know a couple of them have been made and released overseas, but I don't believe there was ever an English translation.
I was a kid when the Smurfs hit the USA. I remember the little pvc figures being huge. And the cartoon lasted from 81 till 90. But once the cartoon went off the air it seems the Smurfs got forgotten. I do remember in the 1st grade getting a book that collected the King Smurf storyline. I am assuming it reprints the European strip.
I still have some of my Smurf figures buried in a box somewhere. I actually dug the movie. Azaria was a great Gargamel, the cameos were funny, and they played up whole "smurf" angle on things.
I still have some of my Smurf figures buried in a box somewhere. I actually dug the movie. Azaria was a great Gargamel, the cameos were funny, and they played up whole "smurf" angle on things.
I'll say it now...I'll watch the sequel.
Few years ago at a local auction I got a box of about 30 Smurf PVCs for $5. Most of them are in perfect shape.
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Besides, everyone knows that evil Smurfs are purple, bite each others' tails, and shout "GNAP! GNAP!"
I might be wrong but I thought it bombed big time in the USA but did OK overseas.
So, while that wasn't a bad domestic release, I guess I'd still have to admit that your assessment is essentially correct.
The overseas sales (where the Smurfs are far better known and accepted) certainly justified a sequel.
Personally, I'd like to see a big screen version of Asterix released here in the States; I know a couple of them have been made and released overseas, but I don't believe there was ever an English translation.
I'll say it now...I'll watch the sequel.
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