How come Urban movies arent as big as movies as movies with well....white people!
Question: How come Urban movies arent as big as movies as movies with well!.!.!.!.white people!?
i really dont mean to be racist but very few black movies make money like Beuty Shop only made 75 million while sex and the city made 56!.7 million explin to me why this is there both the same really but the other with blacks!!! same with stomp the yardWww@Enter-QA@Com
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Ok, lets disect a bit!. Black people make up, what, like 20% of America's population!? So when a movie comes out for 20% of the country's demographic, it makes for a smaller possability for revenue generation!. Beauty Shop was geared towards the black community and whether it was good or not, that's what it was made for!. It was distributed knowing that 20% of the population would want to watch it!. Sex and the City appealed to a wider demographic (approximately 50% of the population) because it breached the gap between black and white (and every other shade) women!.
So you can see that movies geared towards more people sell better!. Super Hero movies (liek the incredibles, who had a black super hero in the movie) also breached that gap and picked up approximately 60-70% of the possible audience (kids, parents, teen girls, teen boys as well as young adults)!.
So I don't think it's a black and white thing!. I think it's a content thing!. If you make a movie that appeals to a larger demographic, it makes more money!. But more importantly you have to make the movie well (for every Why did I get Married - awesome movie - there are 15 movies like the Jamie Kenedy flick where he is a Maui gangster - terrible, just plain terrible)!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
So you can see that movies geared towards more people sell better!. Super Hero movies (liek the incredibles, who had a black super hero in the movie) also breached that gap and picked up approximately 60-70% of the possible audience (kids, parents, teen girls, teen boys as well as young adults)!.
So I don't think it's a black and white thing!. I think it's a content thing!. If you make a movie that appeals to a larger demographic, it makes more money!. But more importantly you have to make the movie well (for every Why did I get Married - awesome movie - there are 15 movies like the Jamie Kenedy flick where he is a Maui gangster - terrible, just plain terrible)!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
the fact of the matter is that there is a larger group of white actors than black actors!. so when you are looking for only black actors, it is taking away a huge pool of talent!. in the "white movies", there is predominately white people but they look at everybody!. there are black actors in all "white movies" tooWww@Enter-QA@Com
You can't always judge a good film by the box office numbersWww@Enter-QA@Com
I'm not going to sit through 1 1/2 hours of:
"Hey! White people walk like this! Har-har!"Www@Enter-QA@Com
"Hey! White people walk like this! Har-har!"Www@Enter-QA@Com
75 million is more than 56!.7 million!.!.!. you should check those figures again!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Well, in the example you gave, Sex and the City was a hugely popular TV show first, so that contributed to it's success!.
Now, not to sound like I'm racist or something, but most so-called "white" movies are aimed at ALL types of demographics!. "Black" movies such as Beauty SHop and Stomp the Yard are about things that are popular among black people!. I mean, hair shops or beauty shops are usually specific on what types of hair they do not to be prejudiced or discriminatory but b/c whites and black have different types of hair!. So a typical white person can't really appreciate any of the allusions to a black person's hair shop!. And "stepping" is something that's more of an urban type of dancing, much like rap is an urban type of music!. Not many white people even know what stepping is (I only know b/c we had a step team at school!.!.!.but it was all black people)!. So even though Stomp the Yard is enjoyable to ANY race, a lot of white people don't appreciate what it's about so they're not going to pay $8+ to see it in a theater!.
And I think Tyler Perry would argue about the lack of success of "black" movies!.
Additional: You can't always go by what critics say!. They rarely like anything!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Now, not to sound like I'm racist or something, but most so-called "white" movies are aimed at ALL types of demographics!. "Black" movies such as Beauty SHop and Stomp the Yard are about things that are popular among black people!. I mean, hair shops or beauty shops are usually specific on what types of hair they do not to be prejudiced or discriminatory but b/c whites and black have different types of hair!. So a typical white person can't really appreciate any of the allusions to a black person's hair shop!. And "stepping" is something that's more of an urban type of dancing, much like rap is an urban type of music!. Not many white people even know what stepping is (I only know b/c we had a step team at school!.!.!.but it was all black people)!. So even though Stomp the Yard is enjoyable to ANY race, a lot of white people don't appreciate what it's about so they're not going to pay $8+ to see it in a theater!.
And I think Tyler Perry would argue about the lack of success of "black" movies!.
Additional: You can't always go by what critics say!. They rarely like anything!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Okay, everyone!. Stop saying "I don't mean to sound racist, but!.!.!." We should all be able to have adult conversations about race without such prefaces!. If you say something "racist," don't worry, I'll let you know!.
Now, back to the question!. When I was growing up, (a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away), Hollywood would rarely even put up the budget to make ANY budgets that appealled to a predominantly minority audience!.
Don't get me wrong!. There have always been "black" movies out there (Shaft, Superfly, and my personal favorite, Three the Hard Way), but many were made outside of the Hollywood system with very limited budgets!. Still, it was all we had so we went to see them!.
As to the current trend, much credit must be given to Spike Lee; "She's Got to Have It" opened Hollywood's eyes to the fact that black people were thirsting for entertainment featuring black people as other than pimps, hustlers and hoes, or as background scenery!. His early (though modest) commercial successes made it possible for a wider range of movies featuring black folk to be made!.
But!.!.!. with that came movies specifically designed by, about and, most significantly, FOR black people!. Stomp the Yard was created for a certain segment of the population, was marketed to that population, and made a good return on its investment!. So a movie like it will never outgross something made for and marketed to a larger audience!.
Let's just face it, black folks are part of the American culture: we are immersed in it from birth, see it on TV, in the movies, etc, so we know it well and have no problem going to see "white" movies; Black culture, though always here, is only now making more inroads into the larger community: hip hop is as popular in rural Kansas as it is in Detroit; maybe one day soon, white folks will be just as interested in seeing a movie about stepping or some other facet of the black community!. I'm sure more white folks saw Stomp the Yard in the theaters than went to see Superfly in 1972!.
What's encouraging is the number of black stars able to carry "white movies!." Will Smith will open the number one movie in America on July 2 in a role that, 20 years ago, there's NO WAY a black person would have gotten!. Like I gave Spike his props, I have to give props to Eddie Murphy for ushering in the era of black folks headlining "white" movies!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Now, back to the question!. When I was growing up, (a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away), Hollywood would rarely even put up the budget to make ANY budgets that appealled to a predominantly minority audience!.
Don't get me wrong!. There have always been "black" movies out there (Shaft, Superfly, and my personal favorite, Three the Hard Way), but many were made outside of the Hollywood system with very limited budgets!. Still, it was all we had so we went to see them!.
As to the current trend, much credit must be given to Spike Lee; "She's Got to Have It" opened Hollywood's eyes to the fact that black people were thirsting for entertainment featuring black people as other than pimps, hustlers and hoes, or as background scenery!. His early (though modest) commercial successes made it possible for a wider range of movies featuring black folk to be made!.
But!.!.!. with that came movies specifically designed by, about and, most significantly, FOR black people!. Stomp the Yard was created for a certain segment of the population, was marketed to that population, and made a good return on its investment!. So a movie like it will never outgross something made for and marketed to a larger audience!.
Let's just face it, black folks are part of the American culture: we are immersed in it from birth, see it on TV, in the movies, etc, so we know it well and have no problem going to see "white" movies; Black culture, though always here, is only now making more inroads into the larger community: hip hop is as popular in rural Kansas as it is in Detroit; maybe one day soon, white folks will be just as interested in seeing a movie about stepping or some other facet of the black community!. I'm sure more white folks saw Stomp the Yard in the theaters than went to see Superfly in 1972!.
What's encouraging is the number of black stars able to carry "white movies!." Will Smith will open the number one movie in America on July 2 in a role that, 20 years ago, there's NO WAY a black person would have gotten!. Like I gave Spike his props, I have to give props to Eddie Murphy for ushering in the era of black folks headlining "white" movies!.Www@Enter-QA@Com