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Plug "direct to dvd movies" into Google. That will get you started.
Key words "direct to video" on imdb.com:
1. Lost Boys: The Tribe (200
2. Big Money Hustlas (2000)
3. Truth or Dare? - A Critical Madness (1986)
4. Hollywood Confidential (1997)
5. Naked Encounters (2005)
6. Despair (2001)
7. Walking Tall: The Payback (2007)
8. Dracula II: Ascension (2003)
9. Cruel Intentions 2 (2000)
10. Silent Warnings (2003)
11. Hallowed Ground (2007)
12. Boardinghouse (1982)
13. Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering (1996)
14. Váter susurra, El (2000) (V)
15. Short Cut Road (2003)
16. The Tomb (2007)
17. Rot (1999)
18. Sesame Songs: Monster Hits! (1990)
1. Lost Boys: The Tribe (200
2. Big Money Hustlas (2000)
3. Truth or Dare? - A Critical Madness (1986)
4. Hollywood Confidential (1997)
5. Naked Encounters (2005)
6. Despair (2001)
7. Walking Tall: The Payback (2007)
8. Dracula II: Ascension (2003)
9. Cruel Intentions 2 (2000)
10. Silent Warnings (2003)
11. Hallowed Ground (2007)
12. Boardinghouse (1982)
13. Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering (1996)
14. Váter susurra, El (2000) (V)
15. Short Cut Road (2003)
16. The Tomb (2007)
17. Rot (1999)
18. Sesame Songs: Monster Hits! (1990)
Yeah, I think I saw that one too.
Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, you feed him for a lifetime.
Yes. I am assuming you want to go straight to DVD with a movie, that's why you are researching this (although you should always try to secure theatrical release). Usually movies that go straight to DVD are ones that could not get a theatrical release, so it may be hard to figure out which ones actually went straight to DVD by design and did well. All I could think of was the Olsen twin movies. They did make millions.
indietalk [
] clever guy.actually i am having the problem of camera.renting an HD cam will be too costly.....where as its easy to get a sime digital video cam with 3ccd chip and some other facilities like black/white balance etc etc.no doubt my first priotiry will be theatrical release but in my first attaemtp there might be some problems with good picture quality (i hope you know my toplic 1k = 35mm film?)
so want to make amovie with only digital cam if ..........if i get HD cam at least price then it will be no doubt my first priority
] clever guy.actually i am having the problem of camera.renting an HD cam will be too costly.....where as its easy to get a sime digital video cam with 3ccd chip and some other facilities like black/white balance etc etc.no doubt my first priotiry will be theatrical release but in my first attaemtp there might be some problems with good picture quality (i hope you know my toplic 1k = 35mm film?) so want to make amovie with only digital cam if ..........if i get HD cam at least price then it will be no doubt my first priority
If you need to know about the direct to DVD market then Bill Cunningham is the person to know
http://d2dvd.blogspot.com/2007_04_01_archive.html
http://d2dvd.blogspot.com/2007_04_01_archive.html
Once you know the names of the movies, then you can research the grosses and budgets. No one is going to spend time doing research for you. The only answers you are going to get are information fresh in mind from those who recall specifics, like the Olsen Twins movies.
VPturner i am not asking you or anyone else to search the grosses of these type of movies for me. if you have clearly read my question it was about successful direct to DVD movies. and again i didnt mean any one to do research .i thought you people might already have any knowledge about these type of movies.infact i think i should have highlited the word successfull in my first post.other then that i have already searched IMDB but it is not showing any business report...!
its my request to look at the first post as it said
i think you mind that i asked about the success thing. I am sorry if you felt irritated by my question. But i think it wasnt my mistake. i was very specific.
Regards
its my request to look at the first post as it said
i think you mind that i asked about the success thing. I am sorry if you felt irritated by my question. But i think it wasnt my mistake. i was very specific.
Regards
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I wasn't irritated. Now I am. The mistake is yours. I clearly demonstrated that a simple web search will help you research these questions yourself and get many of the answers you seek. I am done wasting my time trying to help you.
ad2478.
What exactly do you mean by “and did good business”? You think you
were very specific but you were not. What does “good business”
mean to you?
People here have been very patient with you. We all understand
there is a language and cultural divide that confuses things. But
the fact is, you were not specific and what you asked would take
hours and hours of research.
Accurate DVD sales numbers are very difficult to find. They are
there, but you need to do the research. Vince did some of it for
you with a list of 18 and indietalk gave you a few.
Not good enough for you? How many more do you want?
What exactly do you mean by “and did good business”? You think you
were very specific but you were not. What does “good business”
mean to you?
People here have been very patient with you. We all understand
there is a language and cultural divide that confuses things. But
the fact is, you were not specific and what you asked would take
hours and hours of research.
Accurate DVD sales numbers are very difficult to find. They are
there, but you need to do the research. Vince did some of it for
you with a list of 18 and indietalk gave you a few.
Not good enough for you? How many more do you want?
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directorik
can you tell me what does this mean for you?when a movie is made and is said that the movie is doing good business does that mean that the movie is a superflop with no selling? or does that mean the movie has been liked by people and is gaining good revenues?
i dont know how much specific i should be? every filmmaker knows when it is said that the movies is doing good business it means it is generating good revenue than compared to its orignal invesment
you said
i never asked for exact numbers .i just wanted to reconfirm that the list which vpturer has given is of movies getting hit on boxoffice...
i am sorry .i thought i am very specific but looks like i should have used some other words which i really dont know
can you tell me what does this mean for you?when a movie is made and is said that the movie is doing good business does that mean that the movie is a superflop with no selling? or does that mean the movie has been liked by people and is gaining good revenues?
i dont know how much specific i should be? every filmmaker knows when it is said that the movies is doing good business it means it is generating good revenue than compared to its orignal invesment
you said
i never asked for exact numbers .i just wanted to reconfirm that the list which vpturer has given is of movies getting hit on boxoffice...
i am sorry .i thought i am very specific but looks like i should have used some other words which i really dont know
It looks like there's a translation issue here, and me, being the supreme universal translator that I am, have taken upon myself the utmost responsibility of translating the questions that Mr. ad2478 is asking in this post, in the spirit of summing things up.
Translation: Off the top of your head, name some movies which were direct to DVD and made lots of money.
Ok, sounds good. He's just trying to throw out a line on the chance someone will be nice enough to drop some titles he can then research on Google or something.
Translation: I don't even know. WTF.
Here, I'm sure some other people went batshit trying to figure this one out too.
Translation:
I think the more appropriate question is "What is success??" And the answer is "The achievement of a goal", so how do we know if something is successful unless we know the goals of the people making that thing. "Is a movie that's only released on DVD successful?"... "What if the goal was simply to make and complete a movie?" ... there's a whack-load of philosophical questions raised this line of inquiry.
So my point is, ad2478, that success is a very specific and individual measurement. To some people, success is a certain dollar amount, to others it is a status/title, to others it is an experience, etc, etc. Once you define your goals, you can ask more specific questions... eg. "I want to make an independent movie for the Pakistan/International market with a budget of $25,000 and become a millionaire and buy an island in the south pacific... anyone have any advice on how to achieve that?"
Translation: Actually, this is a statement, despite all the ?s. One that shows quite well how confusing English on the Internet can be. ad2478, please, take a bit more time to try and explain things right off the bat in the future- because this is the gabillionth time people have rubbed you the wrong way, and it's pretty much exclusively because sometimes you don't make any sense.
Translation: Off the top of your head, name some movies which were direct to DVD and made lots of money.
Ok, sounds good. He's just trying to throw out a line on the chance someone will be nice enough to drop some titles he can then research on Google or something.
Translation: I don't even know. WTF.
Here, I'm sure some other people went batshit trying to figure this one out too.
Translation:
I think the more appropriate question is "What is success??" And the answer is "The achievement of a goal", so how do we know if something is successful unless we know the goals of the people making that thing. "Is a movie that's only released on DVD successful?"... "What if the goal was simply to make and complete a movie?" ... there's a whack-load of philosophical questions raised this line of inquiry.
So my point is, ad2478, that success is a very specific and individual measurement. To some people, success is a certain dollar amount, to others it is a status/title, to others it is an experience, etc, etc. Once you define your goals, you can ask more specific questions... eg. "I want to make an independent movie for the Pakistan/International market with a budget of $25,000 and become a millionaire and buy an island in the south pacific... anyone have any advice on how to achieve that?"
Translation: Actually, this is a statement, despite all the ?s. One that shows quite well how confusing English on the Internet can be. ad2478, please, take a bit more time to try and explain things right off the bat in the future- because this is the gabillionth time people have rubbed you the wrong way, and it's pretty much exclusively because sometimes you don't make any sense.
first of all thanks for trying to mak things easier.. well Spatula i believe you have taken thing at an intelactual level.
you said
well filmmakers can have different goals and the word succes might have different meaning but do you think that even a success film has adifferent meaning? you are micxing filmmakers and films. as i said earlier filmmaker might consider his completed film a success, a filmmaker might consider his Cannes award winning movie a success. but when ever and in what ever region a person says success of a movie it only and only and only means profits. am i wrong?
ok as you said
well ok let me define the goal i have. i want to analyse the movies which were released only and only on DVDs and made profits .am i clear enough?
i hope i am ! other wise i will have to take english classes again........
you said
well filmmakers can have different goals and the word succes might have different meaning but do you think that even a success film has adifferent meaning? you are micxing filmmakers and films. as i said earlier filmmaker might consider his completed film a success, a filmmaker might consider his Cannes award winning movie a success. but when ever and in what ever region a person says success of a movie it only and only and only means profits. am i wrong?
ok as you said
well ok let me define the goal i have. i want to analyse the movies which were released only and only on DVDs and made profits .am i clear enough?
i hope i am ! other wise i will have to take english classes again........
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