More Rambo on the way

Posted on January 28, 2008
Filed Under Actors

A new week with more exciting news from the movie mecca of the world. Today is “Rambo day”. I didn’t know that when I woke up this morning but as soon as I saw “Rambo” in the headlines I knew… And when we are on the subject – what is it with Rambo? I mean, no one really likes the Rambo movies. Sure, ”First Blood” was ok but from then it was downhill. But still, you can’t help smiling when John Rambo goes bananas and shoots up the place. It’s unrealistic, it’s often bad acting and… still you are silently cheering for Sly when he delivers his dumb one-liners. I haven’t seen Rambo 4 yet but I admit I’m looking forward to it. And the mentioning of number 5… I’m smiling. And I don’t know why.

Dark Horizons reports that Harvey Weinstein says that another “Rambo” sequel is already planned and will involve “bringing the character back to the United States.”

The comments come after the fourth film “Rambo” opened to a solid but unspectacular $18.1 million and second place spot over the weekend. Weinstein is bullish over its economic prospects, despite “Rambo III” taking in $53m domestic back in 1988 – an amount this “Rambo” isn’t expected to top despite two decades of inflation.

Weinstein’s hopes lie in the international market as the “Rambo” films, like the James Bond series, have consistently made 75% of their profit overseas – a quite different margin than other action franchises like superhero films or the Jason Bourne series which earn notably more domestically than internationally. Yet, analysts predict Harv may be disappointed with global totals considering the political climate change in the past two decades.

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