tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937848248469121586.post3052409671452330636..comments2023-12-24T19:38:00.242-08:00Comments on Mendelson's Memos: Green Hornet opens with $11.1m Friday: When meeting expectations is still a 'failure'.Scott Mendelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08131426080984100749noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937848248469121586.post-28793567481048762352012-06-03T06:42:36.155-07:002012-06-03T06:42:36.155-07:00Also, this film did not have the large tie-in toyl...Also, this film did not have the large tie-in toyline push that Batman and Robin had (the latter film's director notes that they producers told him to make it "toyetic"), so the tackiness will not pay off in the toy sales the way it did with Batman and Robin.Thomaspaine7600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937848248469121586.post-64213328161709322412012-06-03T06:38:47.696-07:002012-06-03T06:38:47.696-07:00The reason they harped on the results had to with ...The reason they harped on the results had to with the fact that the film had a $120 million budget, and would have keep making $40 a week for three weeks to meet that budget in domestic gross. In the end, the film did not reach $100 million domestically, stalling at under $99 million, as Bill Mesce pointed out. Remember Batman and Robin in 1997? That grossed $107 domestically on a $125 million budget.Thomaspaine7600noreply@blogger.com