The Call: Looks Like WWE Films MIGHT Have Its First Hit

[Miz_Mark]

Originally Posted by d_henderson1810

Correct me if I am wrong, but I thought "The Scorpion King" was the most successful film that WWE had done. It made money and launched the Rock's film career (something WWE may regret now).

WWE was the co-producer for the Scorpion King, The Call is going to easily be the most successful film thus far with WWE as full producer.

[akathelaw]

From Box Office Mojo:

The Call took second place with an estimated $17.1 million. That's way above 2007 Halle Berry thriller Perfect Stranger ($11.2 million), and also higher than similar titles Untraceable ($11.4 million) and Lakeview Terrace ($15 million). It was a bit off from Berry's 2003 thriller Gothika ($19.3 million), though that had a more intense marketing effort and came at the peak of Berry's popularity.

To me, they did a lot of things right. The advertising conveyed the story in about 5 seconds, so people can already decide if it's a cool story or not. Halle Berry is a really big star that people like, and does a really good job promoting movies on the late night circuit. To regular people, this was a new Halle Berry movie with an exciting thriller plot. It's not all that hard to make an appealing movie when you play to an actor's strengths and what their audience expects of them. It's a lot like pushing a wrestler in a way.

[enviousdominous]

Dead Man Down was one of the most unintentionally hilarious movies I've ever seen. I laughed my ass off during almost every scene, it's what would happen if The Kids in The Hall produced a parody of The Usual Suspects.

I expect a lot of The Call considering the *cough* acting ability of Halle Berry. I will see it and I will try not to laugh, no guarantee though.


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