Let's Make Mel Gibson A Billionaire!! Will You Help?

Mel’s Mega-Millions

March 10, 2004 - The Hollywood Reporter Magazine

After 'Passion,' no need for Gibson to work again

By Martin A. Grove
"Passion" power: Before Newmarket Films' mega-blockbuster launch of Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ," insiders were speculating that the controversial film might hurt Gibson's acting career.

Although some wondered if he'd ever work again, as it turns out the real question is whether Gibson will ever need to work again given "Passion's" divine profits...

If "Passion" were to generate $400 million domestically, that could translate into $100 million or more of profits to Gibson and Icon...

Needless to say, that's just the tip of the iceberg. If a film grosses $400 million domestically, it could easily do twice that internationally. It could, of course, even do more. "Titanic," for instance, did about $1 billion abroad compared to about $600 million in the U.S. and Canada. "Passion" is likely to do extremely well in parts of the world like Latin America and South America...

...Icon's international profits should be very considerable. If we're looking at $100 million in domestic profits, it's not unreasonable to figure $200-250 million (and possibly more) in international profits...

...If we're looking at $400 million in domestic theatrical grosses, we could be looking at $400 million more in DVD and home video sales...

..."Passion" could end up with 60 to 70 percent of the gross from DVD and video sales. If that number is $400 million, that could generate somewhere around $200 million more for Gibson...

And that, by the way, isn't the end of the line. There are, of course, revenue streams from the film's soundtrack album and also from related merchandising deals that could be done in the future, perhaps as tie-ins with church groups worldwide. Moreover, because "Passion" is, in Hollywood genre terms, a period piece costume drama, it will never become dated. There's no reason it can't be re-released theatrically every year for decades to come. Gibson's film could become permanently linked with how Christians observe the Easter season...

Hollywood distributors see the film helping their business by perhaps reawakening interest in movies in people who aren't regular moviegoers...

...It's widely believed that Gibson's initial audience for "Passion" was largely people who usually don't go to see films. This core audience, driven by Christian evangelical leaders, made seeing "Passion" their top priority. The fervor they exhibited for seeing it as early as possible in its run brings to mind the same frenzy that accompanies the opening of new "Star Wars" episodes or the latest comic book driven summer popcorn movies...

...the Christian Right immediately put it on the blockbuster charts...

...While it's true that many of the Bible's most familiar stories have been mined by Hollywood in the past, producers who now address the same material the way Gibson's done in his R rated "Passion" could find themselves satisfying the moviegoing appetite of this newly emerging audience.

 

The Sooner you all go to see THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST multiple times and take others to see it too-

the Sooner Mel Gibson will become a BILLIONAIRE and the Sooner he will make a Sequel.

Do your part to help - Jump on the Bandwagon!

Help the Latin-Rite Catholics promote their version of the Crucifixion.

Help the Jesuits get out the "message"!

Rah! Rah! Rah!

Baptist Sheeple Supporting and Funding Catholic Evangelism...

I Never Thought I'd See The Day...

 

Dr. Bob Griffin wrote:

Now Dr. Bob - there you go again, judging motive...

No, the gist of this thread was to point out the spiritual insight of the secular Hollywood Reporter Magazine - that they recognize Mel's Movie is wildly successful because and only because

Evangelicals and Baptists of the Conservative Right have puffed, promoted, advertized and recommended Mel's Movie as:

Biblical

Scripturally accurate

True to the scriptures

Perhaps the greatest tool for evangelism in 2000 years.

There is nothing in my post above which slams Mel Gibson or says making money is evil.

Those thoughts came from your own bias (which I know you cannot help, since it was basically predestined...)

 

freeatlast wrote:

Can't any of you people read plain English? You and Dr. Bob read negative motive where there is none intended.

The Hollywood Reporter Magazine believes Mel Gibson will make north of $500 million profit on THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST.

They point out that we can reasonably expect Hollywood moguls may begin producing similar films with "Biblical" themes because Mel has succeeded in getting so many Christians who didn't go to movies, to go to movies.

How could you have missed that point?

Under the guise of doing something good, Mel Gibson is enticing Bible-Believing Christians to go to the theater.

He is encouraging Hollywood to make more movies with some kind of scriptural content so they can keep those Christians going to the movies.

And the reason for the financial success of the Catholic Mel Gibson's Catholic Movie is because Bible-Believing Christians have been shelling out the dough to make it so!

Do you think that's a good thing?

 

Vaspers-

I know - but its so frustrating to watch the lemmings run over the cliff and into the sea...

I keep thinking if I warn them, maybe some of them will listen.

Did you say you got saved in a Mennonite youth camp?

I attended a private Mennonite elementary school when I was a youngster. My folks wanted to start a Christian school in our GAR Baptist Church but the pastor and powers that be didn't think Christian school was the way to go, so my folks put us kids in the only non-Catholic private school available in our town.

Love those Mennonites but I never 'bought' their pacifism.