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Gialli Incasso - Box Office
Zarith:
--- Quote from: CardPlayer4 on 28 Nov 2010 - 16:33 ---Incredible numbers,when you think about it!
The kind of numbers Sergio Leone did with his spaghetti westerns,i guess?
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Yes, unbelievable.
6 millions spectators, That's 25% of Italy's total population in 1971!
What I find really strange, and it was the purpose of my post, is that no other giallo director was as successful as Dario Argento. Il Gatto... did better at the box-office than the total of ALL the other gialli released the same year. I can't explain this...
If the Italian liked Il Gatto... so much why did they ignore Chi L'Ha Vista Morire?, La Coda Dello Scorpione, Mio Caro Assassino, Reazione A Catena, Sette Orchide Macchiate di Rosso or La Tarantola Dal Ventre Nero? All released the same year?
--- Quote from: CardPlayer4 on 28 Nov 2010 - 16:33 ---
--- Quote from: Zarith on 28 Nov 2010 - 16:15 ---Until now, his only true flop is La Terza Madre, #83, his worse rank ever.
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Isn't it "Phantom of the Opera"?
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I was mentioning the ranking. Il Fantasma... was #53, between Leathal Weapon 4 and Scream 2. Not bad. La Terza Madre, on the other hand, was #83.
CardPlayer4:
--- Quote from: Zarith on 29 Nov 2010 - 01:05 ---What I find really strange, and it was the purpose of my post, is that no other giallo director was as successful as Dario Argento. Il Gatto... did better at the box-office than the total of ALL the other gialli released the same year. I can't explain this...
If the Italian liked Il Gatto... so much why did they ignore Chi L'Ha Vista Morire?, La Coda Dello Scorpione, Mio Caro Assassino, Reazione A Catena, Sette Orchide Macchiate di Rosso or La Tarantola Dal Ventre Nero? All released the same year?
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maybe that tv also greatly helped Argento to be famous in Italy,thanks to "la porta sul buio" episodes??...i don't know...
argento:
I read somewhere that "Revenge in El Paso" was a bigger box office hit than the Leone films,
I wonder do the cinema chains in Italy have any independance , or are they U.S owned?
Jonny:
--- Quote from: argento on 30 Nov 2010 - 12:44 ---
I wonder do the cinema chains in Italy have any independance , or are they U.S owned?
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Are talking about in the present or back in the 60's, 70's and 80's?
Here's a current list of European cinema chains, not many owned by the United States...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cinema_and_movie_theater_chains#Europe
I'd say back in the golden age of cinema there would be hardly any US owned cinemas in Italy, why would there be?
Filmbar70:
Great research folks - I'm guessing the answer lies in funding. Thrillers were more exportable to foreign markets than the more natively popular comedies (until the rise of the Sex comedy that is - which effectively put an end to the thrillers), hence foreign investors being more amenable to co-productions. Greater pre sales would mean producers would have more confidence to green-light (half the movies produced in Italy '72 were co-productions). As stated, the extraordinary financial success of the sex comedy both internationally and domestically put paid to this...
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