Brian Stelter Quotes

I'm trying to develop an approach to putting out a movie in wide release that makes some kind of economic sense for the filmmakers and the people that have a participation in the movie.

My fourth movie, 'PKP2,' is my biggest release and biggest success.

Well, it's so cheesy to say but you can't find a comedy director who makes movies for critics. When a movie does $580 million worldwide, I'm not saying that proves anything except people were enjoying the experience.

My previous movie before 'Life Is Beautiful' was the same; they didn't release it so much in United States.

Anytime you make a movie, the goal is a wide theatrical release, with the right distributor.

I reckon this could mean another 10 million at the box office.

The movies have a way of seeping out there over time. We don't put them in 2,000 theaters. It wouldn't work that way.

Every film may not be appropriate for a theatrical release, and the theatrical business is not a very good business for anybody except the distributor.

It doesn't really matter if this movie's a success or not, because it's already out there.

I didn't think Comfort and Joy was going to be a box-office smash.

The kind of love that people have for Hrithik and me, if there were a 'Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai 2,' the film will get a bumper opening only, for sure.

We don't decide how a movie will be distributed until it's finished. It might be on iTunes, it might be on 3,000 theaters, but we make that decision after the fact.

Indie movies got co-opted by the studio system. The studios insisted that only stars could make movies successful.

When a movie becomes very successful, it's automatic that people will start thinking a sequel, a prequel, a quel-quel.

If my films did better at the box office in Japan, it would be easier to get them made.

Whenever we actors become part of a Bollywood film, there is a certain pressure of earning a box office success.

Your film really needs to call audiences to theatres.

I hope 'Tum Mile' works in the same way as 'Jannat' or else I will be blamed if it does not do well.

As an actor, you're always told that your career needs box-office numbers.

It's a hugely popular franchise, and every 'Housefull' film has worked well at the box office.

We have so many films that we can fit into the slate a year, and we spend $100 million on those films in order to make $400 million dollars. We don't spend $20 million in hopes of eking out $40 million.

If I want to be a leading man in a film, box office numbers count because producers have invested money. I see no wrong in that process.

The finances of a smash hit do not affect the actors in any way shape or form, it's the attention that comes with it. If it's a financial hit, then a lot of people are seeing it.

I'm sure many more people saw 'Hush' in the first weekend it was on Netflix than saw 'Oculus' in theatres.

Ultimately, the goal is to be on an annual cycle - releasing a film every year.