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The Golden Compass seemed such a certain winner that New Line spent more than $200m on it, more than it had spent on all three Lord of the Rings films; more, indeed, than it had ever spent on any ...
Feb 23, 2021 · New Line Cinema had been a veritable home for lower-budget indie movies before hitting it big with The Lord of the Rings trilogy, but its attempts for similar success with The Golden Compass utterly decimated its bottom line, forcing the company into dependence on Warner Bros. His Dark Materials: Why 2007's Golden Compass Movie Failed So Badly.
- Staff Writer
- 'The Golden Compass' Was Poised to Be A Hit
- It Flopped
- It Wrecked New Line Cinema
Based on the first book in the Dark Materials series, The Golden Compass was intended to be the new Lord of the Ringsfor New Line Cinema, as it geared up for a major global release. New Line struck gold with Tolkien's trilogy, and they believed that they had another franchise on their hands. Starring major names like Nicole Kidman, Ian McKellen, an...
Released back in 2007, The Golden Compasswas met with a lackluster critical response, which immediately did it no favors in the eyes of movie fans. Sure, it had a built-in audience that was ready to give it a watch, but the casual movie-goer was not quite as ready to spend their money on the film. Another thing to factor here is that the film adapt...
Unfortunately, The Golden Compass'inability to become a hit was a major blow to New Line Cinema. As we have mentioned already, rolling the dice on a blockbuster is a huge risk, even when something seems like a slam dunk. To compound matters, The Golden Compass wasn't the only New Line Cinema flick to disappoint during that time, as The Guadian wrot...
- Anthony Spencer
- Contributor
Feb 9, 2024 · 450 of the company’s 600 full-time staff were laid off from their jobs, and coupled with The Golden Compass‘ complete inability to turn a profit, it served as the instigator for the demise of the once-mighty outfit. In aiming to replicate the success of The Lord of the Rings, New Line instead effectively signed its own death warrant.
Dec 7, 2022 · The Golden Compass, if it’s remembered at all, is considered an underperformer that helped necessitate New Line Cinema’s absorption into the Warner Bros. Discovery blob. It’s no lost classic ...
Dec 7, 2019 · Meanwhile, at New Line, the additional shoot and post-production on The Golden Compass not only increased the cost of the film, but stopped it from being good enough to recover costs.
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Dec 7, 2017 · That’s right: The trailer for The Golden Compass opens with a 20-second reminder that New Line has already released a fantasy trilogy that everybody liked. And if that trailer reeks of shameless ...
