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Author Topic: a comparison of the major 7 John Lasher Master Film Handler Posts: 493 From: Newark, DE Registered: Aug 2001 posted 10-26-2003 08:07 PM                        Movies released to US theatres in 2002 Movies from 2002 which rated 6 (out of 10) or better (with at least 200 votes) on IMDB 1. MGM 22 15 2. Fox 21 12 3. Buena Vista 51 26 4. Paramount 22 11 5. Warner Bros. 44 19 6. Sony 33 10 7. Universal 34 9  |  IP: Logged Aaron Sisemore Flaming Ribs beat Reeses Peanut Butter Cups any day! Posts: 3061 From: Rockwall TX USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 10-26-2003 08:25 PM                     Where's New Line and DreamWorks? They are far more of a 'major' these days than MGM is... -Aaron  |  IP: Logged Chris Hipp Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1462 From: Mesquite, Tx (east of Dallas) Registered: Jul 2003 posted 10-26-2003 09:15 PM                     What ever happened to RKO?  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 10-26-2003 09:23 PM                     Heh heh. Remember Cannon Films and the two headed monster Menacham Golan and Yoram Globus? I think I can count on one hand how many halfway decent movies they made ("52 Pick Up", "Runaway Train"). Most of their stuff was pure , such as the last Christopher Reeve "Superman" movie.  |  IP: Logged Jack Ondracek Film God Posts: 2348 From: Port Orchard, WA, USA Registered: Oct 2002 posted 10-26-2003 09:50 PM                        Dino had his share of stinkers, too.  |  IP: Logged John Lasher Master Film Handler Posts: 493 From: Newark, DE Registered: Aug 2001 posted 10-26-2003 09:56 PM                        a confession: I did this comparison as I did expecting MGM to do the best (which they did) but, now that you mention it... New Line 13 8 Dreamworks is figured into the Universal and Fox stats.  |  IP: Logged Darryl Spicer Film God Posts: 3250 From: Lexington, KY, USA Registered: Dec 2000 posted 10-26-2003 11:08 PM                    KING KONG LIVES Come on Bobby, you know Death Wish 3 and Invasion U.S.A were the best Cannon releases of 1985.  |  IP: Logged Bruce McGee Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1776 From: Asheville, NC USA... Nowhere in Particular. Registered: Aug 1999 posted 10-27-2003 07:26 AM                     Right-On Darryl! What about Delta Force? This is a fine piece of cinema, too.  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 10-27-2003 09:49 AM                        quote: What ever happened to RKO? Howard Hughes bought the studio in 1948 and subsequently split it into two divisions (RKO Pictures and RKO Theatres) in the aftermath of the Paramount ruling. RKO Pictures was sold off to a shell company owned by General Tire and Rubber in 1959 which dismantled and asset-stripped the company. The studio itself was sold to a TV company in that year. I've no idea who owns the trade mark and rights to the 'Radio Pictures' logo now.  |  IP: Logged Bill Gabel Film God Posts: 3873 From: Technicolor / Postworks NY, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 10-27-2003 10:37 AM                     quote: The studio itself was sold to a TV company in that year. It was sold to Desilu, which later sold it to Gulf-Western. The then parent company of Paramount Pictures. You can still see the old RKO studio globe, a top the sound stage at the corner of Melrose Ave and Gower Street. During the 80's RKO Pictures did return with a small slate of pictures. The Best Little Whore House in Texas (Universal 1982) The Border (Universal 1982) Cat People (Universal 1982) D.C. Cab (Universal 1982) Half Moon Street (Hemsdale 1986) Hamburger Hill (Paramount 1987)  |  IP: Logged Aaron Sisemore Flaming Ribs beat Reeses Peanut Butter Cups any day! Posts: 3061 From: Rockwall TX USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 10-27-2003 11:37 AM                     quote: I've no idea who owns the trade mark and rights to the 'Radio Pictures' logo now. The logos and some of the movie rights are owned by none other than RKO Pictures LLC, a still-active production company. quote: During the 80's RKO Pictures did return with a small slate of pictures. As well as a few in the 90's, to include co-producing Disney's 'Mighty Joe Young'. -Aaron  |  IP: Logged Charles Everett Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: New Jersey Registered: May 2001 posted 11-06-2003 05:13 PM                     "Released to theaters in 2002"? Those numbers seem to include films from late 2001 that played into 2002. Buena Vista released more pictures than Warner Bros.? That's curious -- Warners has the biggest release schedule of anyone in Hollywood. I assume the Sony numbers include the Revolution Studios slate. I also assume the Fox numbers are for 20th and Searchlight combined.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 11-06-2003 11:17 PM                     Darrel and Bruce, who could forget those Cannon gems like "Over the Top," or "Down Twisted"? I still remember those shamelessly ego-driven promos for "Tough Guys Don't Dance" with Norman Mailer reading reviews of how great his book was. Sure, my father has a signed first edition of it, but I don't think too many pages have been flipped through it. The movie sucked much ass. Maybe the title should have been "Tough Guys Should Not Make Movies That Suck Ass."  |  IP: Logged Ron Lacheur Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 650 From: British Columbia, Canada Registered: Feb 2002 posted 11-06-2003 11:20 PM                     Bobby, your forgot to mention the Stallone " gem " Cobra to the Cannon list.  |  IP: Logged Aaron Sisemore Flaming Ribs beat Reeses Peanut Butter Cups any day! Posts: 3061 From: Rockwall TX USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 11-07-2003 01:19 AM                     Though Cannon-produced, 'Cobra' was a Warner Bros. release in the US... This was just after Cannon's several-picture deal with Tri-Star (which gave us such timeless schlockfests such as 'Lifeforce' (aka 'Space Vampires') and Breakin II:Electric Boogaloo') had expired... -Aaron  |  IP: Logged

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