Comments on: The Cruise canning: A post-mortem

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By: Fred Thompson

Fred Thompson — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 01:36:36 +0000

Did Paramount dump Tom Cruise or did Tom Cruise dump Paramount?
Well why don’t we look at the numbers and see if we can’t figure out who dumped whom.
Tom Cruise has made studios several billion dollars over the course of his career, so let’s just go over the last few years and see what we can figure out from this:
Tom’s Recent Movies:
1999 – Eyes Wide Shut – $162 mil. for Warner Bros.
1999- Magnolia – $48.5 mil. for NL
2000 – Mission: Impossible II – $546 mil. for Paramount
2001 – Vanilla Sky – $282 mil. for Paramount
2002- Minority Report – $358 mil. for Fox
2003- The Last Samurai – $457 mil. for Warner Bros.
2004- Collateral – $218 mil. for DW
2005- War of the Worlds – $592 mil. for Paramount
2006- Mission: Impossible III – $395 mil. for Paramount
OK, now follow this closely because this is important. In the last couple years, which supposedly is when Cruise’s career took a nose-dive and ol’ man Redstone says Paramount is hurting as a result. Well let’s just look at the figures shall we:
This is a list of Parmounts highest grossing films during the supposedly self-destructive Cruise era:
Paramount’s Highest Grossing Films of 2005:
1. War of the Worlds – $592 mil
2. The Longest Yard – $190 mil.
3. Sahara – $119 mil.
4. Four Brothers – $92 mil.
5. Coach Carter – $77 mil.
Parmount’s Highest Grossing Films of 2006:
1. Mission: Impossible III – $395 mil.
2. Failure to Launch – $128 mil.
3. Nacho Libre – $88 mil.
4. World Trade Center – $56 mil.
5. Last Holiday – $43 mil.
One last statistic. In the world, several thousand movies are created by studios every year. So how well did Tom’s Mission: Impossible III do up against the WORLD competition? Well let’s look at the WORLD’s highest grossing movies of 2006.
Highest 2006 “WORLDWIDE” Grosses:
1. Pirates of the Caribbean
2. The Divinci Code
3. Ice Age: The Meltdown
4. X-Men: The Last Stand
5. Cars
6. MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE III
Not bad huh. This is just theater ticket sales. This doesn’t even include DVD sales and rentals. So who dumped who again?
Judging by the statistics, I’d say that ol’ man Redstone has got to be a little bit p.o.’d by Cruise/Wagner Productions cutting business ties.
People say nasty things and tend to lie a bit when they are upset wouldn’t you agree Redstone?
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=2006&...
So what’s the real story of Viacom’s discontent with Tom Cruise. Well here’s a brief summary of what happened:
Tom Cruise attacks the drug pushers, (psychiatrists), the drug suppliers, (drug companies) and the drug advertisers, (media conglomerates/main stream media).
As a result he becomes public enemy #1 to these bastards because they fear the influence he has all over the planet. This story is just more attacks on him by this drug cartel. Let’s take a look at some facts:
Based on the statistics above, obviously Paramount did not fire Cruise/Wagner Productions for underachieving. Cruise/Wagner Productions left Paramount and was brokering this deal with First and Goal for awhile now. Another very important fact is that Viacom, Paramount’s parent company, makes half of its revenue from drug company advertisements. This dollar amount is much more than Tom Cruise would ever bring in for them.
The mainstream media is relying on individuals to not read past the headlines. They’re relying on individuals to not do any research for themselves. This story is also ol’ man Redstone’s senility acting up.
I challenge the media to actually go out and do a little research on this and tell the real story of what’s really going on. Why is Tom Cruise, day after day barraged with insults and lied about in the press with wild abandon? Is it because his behavior is so completely reckless and what he speaks of is so completely off-base? Or is it really that he spoke the truth and might have hurt an industry that relies on the public’s ignorance in order to survive?

By: D

Fri, 25 Aug 2006 10:41:29 +0000

An answer to Rose’s earlier question: Yes I would go to a movie that Brooke Shields was in before I would go to a movie Tom Cruise was in. I will not be giving him any of my money any time soon.

By: Ale

Ale — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 07:09:46 +0000

I have such a confused opinion about Tom Cruise. You see, I’m not from North America, so for a long time, all that I saw from Tom Cruise were his movies. A few good men, Cocktail, Rain Man, Top Gun, go on man, the guy is a mark in the movie industrie. Way more than Brad Pitt may I add. That’s when I moved to the US,and the information is ANYWHERE. God, he is a big ass !!! His comments, his attitudes are so rude, to don’s say worst. That interview with Matt was spooky. It’s like watching a soap opera, I get totally amazed by the psico look he can give. Damn you internet, it makes me question the whole thing. They say life imitates art, but I think that Mr Cruise is showing us different, that art imitates life.

By: blackpower

blackpower — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 23:47:41 +0000

I’ve been a Tommy Cruise fan since he played “STEVE” in the The Outsiders! Yeah he’s become sought of a joke but still NO ONE comes close to his track record.
Tom, since the white community has abandon you come on back to BET. We showered you with love on 106 & Park! Plus we all know you helped Jamie Foxx get respect as an actor (Best Supporting Nomination). We’ll help you get that confidence back!!!!!!

By: Rose

Rose — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 21:56:36 +0000

Jeez, all the hatin’ on Tom Cruise here! So he acted a little nutty, so does almost every celebrity. A few years ago everyone thought it was a brillant move for Sony to break their contract with Mariah Carrey, until she had a huge comeback, suddenly, paying almost 100 million to get out of a relationship with a succesful star didn’t seem like such a good idea after all.
Also, didn’t War of the Worlds make a sh!tload of $$$ – even though he committed the “Great Brooke Shields Diss” incident during promotion for that film? Maybe MI3 didn’t meet expectations because people were bored with the franchise.
Anyway, I think Tom Cruise is a very talented and good looking guy. If he makes a movie that interests me I’ll be there. I’m curious though – how many people who were so offended by his comments about Brooke Sheild would sooner go to a movie starring her than him? Hmmmm…anybody?

By: Gina

Gina — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 19:27:55 +0000

It is a matter of how well you like a person, how much of their garbage you will tolerate. If you don’t like them, it’s really easy to judge harshly. He should remember that the more you judge others the more others will judge you. It’s a given. Where much is given, much is expected. Maybe, someone should tell him to try politics, maybe then he’d take the polls seriously and he’d have to work for his vote.

By: Milly

Milly — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 18:33:58 +0000

Unfortunately, Tom Cruise has made himself into a parody of himself. He has made his image so unpalatable and overwhelming that it is hard to get past this effect and watch him as a character in a movie – without being all too aware that we are watching crazy Cruise. I suspect Tom has gotten caught up in his own self-importance. He should bring it down a couple of notches and go back to being an actor (and he is a good one), not a jester.

By: bg 17

bg 17 — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 18:20:41 +0000

I don’t think that Redstone watches Oprah, I think that he reads EW. This was predicted on an issue this year that had Tom on the cover advertising the approximate $100 million he made for War of the Worlds. Viacom realizes that the current marketplace is looking for originality, spectacle and quality, not just a name above a title. I have never been a Cruise fan, but I loved WotW and MI:3; more due to Spielberg and Abrams than any of the stars (although Maggie Q should continue the franchise if Tom is done).

By: covertanjou

covertanjou — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 17:56:22 +0000

Cruise’s meltdown began with the firing of his long-time manager and the hiring of his Scientology-believing sister. Under her “management” he filed for divorce from Kidman but didn’t see fit to tell Kidman before renewing their vows. He then became much more vocal about his “religious” beliefs. This culminated in his haranguing Matt Lauer and having the gall to criticize Shields for daring to help herself by using anti-depressants.
Both Cruise and his sister delusionally believed that as “Tom Cruise” he was immune to bad press. Both seemed to believe that Cruise’s mission was to enlighten the masses. The fact that his sister is no longer his manager/publicist shows that Cruise finally realized what a horrendous job she did steering his career.
I used to be a fan, but I did not watch MI3 (even though I am a huge JJ Abrams fan) because I refuse to give someone like Cruise my money. I think that although he may be delusional about his “power” as a movie star, movie studios care about what the masses think. The fact that Cruise alienated so many women (me included) has played out to his being fired by his studio.