{"id":16431,"date":"2018-04-13T21:44:28","date_gmt":"2018-04-14T01:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bombreport.com\/?page_id=16431"},"modified":"2020-01-26T16:25:19","modified_gmt":"2020-01-26T21:25:19","slug":"pathfinder","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bombreport.com\/yearly-breakdowns\/2007-2\/pathfinder\/","title":{"rendered":"PATHFINDER"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><div class=\"schema_block schema_movie\"><div typeof=\"schema:Movie\"><div class=\"schema_name\" property=\"schema:name\">Pathfinder<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-16432\" src=\"https:\/\/bombreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/pathfinder.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"260\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15912 alignnone alignleft\" style=\"box-shadow: none; padding-top: 15px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bombreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2000px-RATED_R.svg_-e1520094966823.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"38\" height=\"33\" \/><button style=\"background-color: #c47135; box-shadow: 1px 2px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5); margin-top: 10px; font-family: Arial Black; font-size: 11px;\"><strong>Genre(s): Action<\/strong><\/button><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong style=\"color: black;\">Directed By:<\/strong>\u00a0Marcus Nispel<\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"color: black;\">Written By:<\/strong>\u00a0Laeta Kalogridis<\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"color: black;\">Release Date:<\/strong> April 13, 2007<\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"color: black;\">Domestic Distributor:<\/strong> FOX<\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"color: black;\">Cast:<\/strong>\u00a0Karl Urban, Moon Bloodgood, Russell Means<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2B4FUOA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-21017\" style=\"box-shadow: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/bombreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/amazon.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"42\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr style=\"clear: both;\" \/>\n<pre>Box Office Info:<\/pre>\n<table border=\"\u201d5\u2033\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th><strong>Budget: $30 million<\/strong><\/th>\n<th><strong>Financed by: Phoenix Pictures<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Domestic Gross: $10,232,081<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Overseas Gross: $20,590,780<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16435 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/bombreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/pathfinder-flop.jpg\" alt=\"pathfinder 2007\" width=\"1200\" height=\"615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bombreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/pathfinder-flop.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/bombreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/pathfinder-flop-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bombreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/pathfinder-flop-768x394.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bombreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/pathfinder-flop-1024x525.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bombreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/pathfinder-flop-400x205.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nPhoenix Pictures head Mike Medavoy purchased the remake rights in 2001 to\u00a0Nils Gaup&#8217;s classic Norwegian movie <em>Pathfinder<\/em> (<em>Ofelas<\/em>), which was nominated for a best foreign picture Oscar in 1987.\u00a0 The project began to actively move forward in early 2005, with Phoenix Pictures financing Pathfinder for $30 million.\u00a0 Endeavor was tapped to handle international sales, which sold well to distributors and would limit Phoenix&#8217;s exposure to this turkey.\u00a0\u00a0Phoenix brokered a negative pickup deal with FOX for the domestic release, where the studio would only have P&amp;A expenses on the line.<\/p>\n<p>Hired to direct was Marcus Nispel \u2014 best known for his hilarious ego blown\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/variety.com\/1998\/scene\/vpage\/world-according-to-nispel-1117479307\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">64 pages of written demands<\/a> on his commercial shoots where he refers to himself in the third person.\u00a0 After <em>Pathfinder<\/em> tanked, he helmed another failed sword &amp; sandals picture <em><a href=\"https:\/\/bombreport.com\/yearly-breakdowns\/2011-2\/conan-the-barbarian\/\">Conan the Barbarian<\/a><\/em> (2011), which would end his studio helming days.<\/p>\n<p>FOX first dated <em>Pathfinder<\/em> for a prime summer release on July 14, 2006 and the studio clearly had little faith in the picture and began to move it all over the calendar.\u00a0 First it was pushed it back to September 8, 2006 and then delayed until January 12, 2007, then moved to April 27, then pushed forward a week to April 20 and finally dated for April 13.\u00a0 <em>Pathfinder<\/em> bowed against <em>Disturbia<\/em> and also opening were the duds <em><a href=\"https:\/\/bombreport.com\/yearly-breakdowns\/2007-2\/perfect-stranger\/\">Perfect Stranger<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/bombreport.com\/yearly-breakdowns\/2007-2\/redline\/\">Redline<\/a>, Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theaters<\/em> and <em>Slow Burn.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Pathfinder<\/em> had no buzz going into release and received atrocious reviews.\u00a0 It was dead on arrival with\u00a0$5,001,214 &#8212; placing #6 for the weekend led by <em>Disturbia<\/em>.\u00a0 Audiences gave <em>Pathfinder<\/em> a terrible C- cinemascore and it sank 62.8% to\u00a0$1,858,237 the following weekend and tumbled 70.9% in its third frame to\u00a0$540,519 and then promptly lost most of its theater count.\u00a0 The domestic run closed with a terrible $10,232,081.<\/p>\n<p><em>Pathfinder<\/em> was a total flop overseas and cumed $20.5M across a numerous distributors.\u00a0 It was dumped straight to video in most smaller markets including Norway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Genre(s): Action Directed By:\u00a0Marcus Nispel Written By:\u00a0Laeta Kalogridis Release Date: April 13, 2007 Domestic Distributor: FOX Cast:\u00a0Karl Urban, Moon Bloodgood, Russell Means Box Office Info: Budget: $30 million Financed by: Phoenix Pictures Domestic Gross: $10,232,081 Overseas Gross: $20,590,780 Phoenix Pictures head Mike Medavoy purchased the remake rights in 2001 to\u00a0Nils Gaup&#8217;s classic Norwegian movie Pathfinder [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/bombreport.com\/yearly-breakdowns\/2007-2\/pathfinder\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":216,"featured_media":0,"parent":2388,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"yasr_overall_rating":0,"yasr_post_is_review":"","yasr_auto_insert_disabled":"","yasr_review_type":"Product","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16431","page","type-page","status-publish"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pathfinder (2007): Failed Sword &amp; 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