Weinstein Co Looking To Raise $150M: Bloomberg

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• A smoke and mirrors potential Best Picture Oscar will float all out-of-pocket boats is the idea, their regular go-to premise. I’m not so sure Oscar gold blinds star-crossed deep pockets anymore. Maybe abroad.

  Comment by Mark — Monday February 20, 2012 @ 1:31pm PST  Reply to this post

• I fear the Weinstein Company might be in some sort of vicious cycle. It seems dependent on Oscar buzz to sell their movies at the box office. However, the Oscar qualifying limited release plans keeps the films from entering the zeitgeist of the actual ticket buying audience.

  This creates a schism between the films and the audience. The audience sees the movies not as movies designed to entertain them, but to garner awards for the film’s makers and stars. So the once certain “Oscar Bump,” gets rarer and rarer. Sometimes a film, like The King’s Speech, does click with the public, but it’s not the guarantee that it once was.

  Comment by Furious D — Monday February 20, 2012 @ 2:01pm PST  Reply to this post

  • If the Weinstein Co can lose money on The King’s Speech, they can lose money on ANYTHING!!!!

    Comment by Film Fan — Tuesday February 21, 2012 @ 11:11am PST  Reply to this post

• The iron lady is hardly critically acclaimed lol. Remotely Meryl and that’s it.

  Comment by bill — Monday February 20, 2012 @ 2:24pm PST  Reply to this post

• Does this include Dimension Films? I enjoy the cheesy horror films they release.

  Comment by Warren — Monday February 20, 2012 @ 2:30pm PST  Reply to this post

• Dimensions’ cheesy horror films aren’t as lucrative as in the past, which has helped make the whole company cash poor.

  Comment by trombonezone — Monday February 20, 2012 @ 6:24pm PST  Reply to this post