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Assault on Precint 13 may or may not. But it's happening constantly. Look at Dawn of the Dead or Ocean's 11. Remakes are big box office and that's the bottom line the mainstream assembly line film industry.



Dawn of the Dead wasn't that successful. A little over $58 million in domestic gross, just barely in the top 50 this year(significantly behind movies like White Chicks and Aliens vs. Predator.



And yet, it made enough money that it spawned a renewed interest in George Romero and his films. After Dawn hit, companies jumped on a "sequel" to his original Day of the Dead (don't ask, it's gonna suck) and his deals that he was already working on fell into place because companies saw that DOTD was financially viable. Whether you liked the movie or not, it was a success.

Evil Dead is also slated for a remake, because somebody somewhere thinks it will make a shitload of money. Money is the bottom line here.

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Obvious cases excluded, I'm not sure I buy the idea that remakes make more money, simply because they're remakes.



Good, because that's not what I'm saying. I'm saying that Hollywood is making them, because they're successful. When they stop making money, they'll stop making them.

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Oceans Eleven made money because it had an All-Star cast, the hottest director in the business right now, and it was marketed extremely well.



And it was also a remake. And now they've remade the remake with a sequel. Which just proves my point. Remakes are big box office, and that's why they're being made.

Wasn't your point that you wanted to see something other than these types of films from Hollywood?