What was the key to District 9's success?

Usually films have huge budgets, a hot babe, big name stars, and a bunch of products to promote the film on store shelves.

What is your guess that a fresh, new movie full of unknowns manage to be number 1 in the box office?

Aliens.... In Africa! :o

Box office succsess!

[QUOTE="nimatoad2000"]umm.. peter jackson made it, his name alone will make people see it. also , good movies dont need that kind of garbage, when a movie is good, people will talk about it, then their friends will see it, talk about it.. exc.GettingTired

I'm gonna go with the fact that the poster says "Peter Jackson presents:" which leads people to believe he directed the film, and of course they know him from the Lord of the Rings and King Kong.

A well done sci fi film can do no wrong.

i do have to agree that peter jackosons name in huge letters was a factor (theough he diddnt direct it, Neil Bloomkamp)

but allso just that its a brilliant movie

It's because it was amazing, and people told their friends that it was amazing after seeing it and their friends went to see it.

That and Peter Jackson produced it and put his name in really big letters on it.

Aliens.... In Africa! :o

Box office succsess!

ps3wizard45

im not kidding i would love to see a movie like that :D

as long as michael bay isnt directing.. ;)

umm.. peter jackson made it, his name alone will make people see it. also , good movies dont need that kind of garbage, when a movie is good, people will talk about it, then their friends will see it, talk about it.. exc.nimatoad2000

how good is it?

judgeing by how many people enjoyed it, i might s well see it

Usually films have huge budgets, a hot babe, big name stars, and a bunch of products to promote the film on store shelves.

What is your guess that a fresh, new movie full of unknowns manage to be number 1 in the box office?

PandaTrueno86

Your question answers your question. The movie's #1 in the box office precisely because it's fresh, and precisely because it's not the formulaic summer blockbuster replete with "huge budgets, a hot babe, big name stars, and a bunch of products," as you say.

Not only did a well known director produce the movie, it had an original concept and for a movie with a 30 million dollar budget and no big name actors, it looks magnificent and Copley does a superb job for having little to no acting experience.

Aliens.... In Africa! :o

Box office succsess!

ps3wizard45

I think the success was generally connected to it's vivid cgi/real-life sequences and documentry style story, which make it a very unique movie compared to the ones that have been released lately. Not to mention the mystery affect it has throughout the entire movie.

Those charecteristics alone make it one of the best...

Then, the snowball effect takes place, friends tell friends, forums bloom with threads, and then everyones hears how good it is, therefore conditioning judgements on the movie.

It's still a verygood movie.

Originality.

It was a breath of fresh air from the constant bombardment of movie sequels/adaptations.

buzz+africa+peter jackson+scifiweezyfb

Aliens.... In Africa! :o

Box office succsess!

ps3wizard45

you think Peter Jackson got the idea from RE5? Ya know Zombies in Africa

What about YOU, the poster? What made you want to see it? and this is for the first showing people.

its a very well told story.

the same reason that made 300 good

it was perfectly will-made....

Usually films have huge budgets, a hot babe, big name stars, and a bunch of products to promote the film on store shelves.

PandaTrueno86

Not having any of that made it so much better.

Concept and good ol' marketing.

[QUOTE="ps3wizard45"]

Aliens.... In Africa! :o

Box office succsess!

PimpiNbananas

you think Peter Jackson got the idea from RE5? Ya know Zombies in Africa