Jack Foley Quotes (18 Quotes)

Industry wisdom has long decreed that the two weeks before Labor Day are a studio dumping ground. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy, ... You create your own dynamic. A bad film makes a bad play time.

We've got a lot of runs that have been playing for a month, and some of these markets are over-encumbered. So there's a weakness in some of these theaters that are playing out. It's a function of normal attrition, despite the Academy awards stuff. It's the core markets that it's important to sustain.

The woes in Hollywood always stem from the same thing. And that's the product that's out there. People turn out for good movies. They just didn't see as much that caught their attention.

It had an extraordinary weekend. It's a record (average) for an R-rated reissue, but it's a huge opening anyway. If it was (a brand new) art film, I'd be happy (with this opening).

The process is working, but we still have to judiciously select our new markets and the ones where we expand. It's a matter of timing and restraint to let the major competition get out of the marketplace.

We're exploiting the hell out of it. This is the cultural zeitgeist.

The American marketplace is one conditioned by commercial movies, and the American moviegoer is in the greatest part a commercial moviegoer. They don't have much patience for high end.

Last year, I needed 10 people working full-time for a month doing 2005 contracts and setting up audits for our corporate customers. This year, I have one person updating the files in a day.

What's so awful about having multiple Oscar possibilities The challenge for Focus has been to find just the right approach for each film. It's a burden of responsibility, ... It's a big, big season. You're going to compete on the merits of the film itself. You have to be damned careful out there. You're up against Steven Spielberg 's 'Munich,' for God's sake

We have a print average of 15,337, so it looks like the phenomenon of last week's 40,221 print average (from just 23 runs) continues,

Last night was very good for us because it really showed it's connected with the core Saturday night group as evidenced by an increase of about 60 percent from Friday to Saturday, ... Now we're where it should be to be performing at the healthiest level we could have imagined. It continues to capture the imagination of the American public.

What we wanted to do from the outset to build this film up to create a powerful momentum has happened right on time. We wanted to peak this weekend so we could (drop) Columbus Day weekend when you've got the big guys 'Intolerable Cruelty,' 'Kill Bill' and 'Mystic River' facing us. I think we can fare very formidably against that competition.

I would have been embarrassed to say we would do that much business (because) that number's so big,

The Golden Globes gave more validation and importance to the film, and the box office shows it. It's created a whole new level of momentum.

I was really amazed at the way people responded to him, children and adults alike. He was held in Ghandi-like reverence. Over the years he's helped an awful lot of people. The reality today is there are thousands of people who can say if it wasn't for him, their lives would be different. This is a very unique and special person. He's going to be missed and remembered.

It delivered very strong growth in what is truly a highly unforgiving, competitive, cruel market at this Christmas period. It showed it has breadth beyond the gay community.

The bad thing about this flap is that people will point a finger at Salt Lake City and a culture that should not be credited that way. People will say it's Salt Lake City, but somebody made a business decision. It has nothing to do with Salt Lake City. It has to do with Jordan Commons management.

You need enough people (buying tickets) so that it's going to be somewhat comparative with commercial movies. It's not a criticism it's a mathematical equation.