Pia Zadora Quotes

The many many imponderables come together when a film opens and for all sorts of reasons it may or may not succeed.

And the insidious thing is that people will either see a movie because it did well last weekend or won't see it because it didn't do well.

Now, there is no business like show business, and there is no publicity like word of mouth. What is word of mouth, you may ask? Well, word of mouth is gold to Hollywood bigwigs, and it equates to box office bonanzas and hit TV shows.

Everybody loves a hit. There is nothing as fun as making a cultural splash with a movie.

Almost every other Western in the last ten years has failed, since Dances with Wolves.

No one can guarantee success of a film.

Films of stars as well non stars are working at the box office. People look out for content driven films.

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

When something is not liked by people, you cannot make it run, however big actor or producer you may be. The audience has to make it a hit. The power is in the hands of the public.

I wish that 'Yama Pasham' will be a bigger hit than 'Krishnagaadi Veera Prema Gaadha.'

There are films which are good, but sometimes it doesn't work at the box office.

For a filmmaker, whether the film is liked, understood or appreciated counts as much as the moolah.

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

I would really want all my films to make money. But this weekend calculation is the most dangerous thing because, based on the amount collected in the first weekend, they start declaring the film a hit or a flop. It can't be.

In films, you will be judged by your last hit or, let's say, your last film.

Ninety per cent of my movies were hits.

We can't say whether a film will be a hit or flop. There's something which just clicks with people.

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.

I do want to be in mainstream movies that are going to be seen. I suppose it satisfies the showbiz side of me.

The truth is when you have a movie that was as successful as 'Chronicle' was, it's not as quick of a process. There are a lot more voices coming in and saying 'This is what the sequel should be' because there's a bigger expectation and a bigger fear of failure. And that's really what's going on with 'Chronicle 2.'

The stakes are high on every film now because there's the opening weekend. The first week is extremely crucial; increasingly, films are being judged in terms of opening day, opening weekend, then first week. People are going berserk promoting their films.

The industry has to have the audience in order to make these films. So it's a serious thing - how do you get people to leave their houses and go to the theater?

Right after 'The Wackness' came out, it was a really exciting time, and then it was a bit disappointing when it came out. Even though not that many people saw it, I was still getting offered some movies. I was thinking that people would just stop calling me since it didn't do very well at the box office.

I don't believe that you can judge the worth of a movie in the atmosphere in which it comes out the first time. There's just so many reasons why some pictures don't catch on.

I think the success of a film is very important to an actor. It depends on how many people go to watch your movies; the more the merrier. Nobody wants to do a film for five people. You work so hard that millions of people watch the movie; this is directly related to box office success.