Audience Quote by Robert Redford

It's not about an opening weekend. It's about a career, building a set of films you're proud of. Period.

— George Clooney

The bigger problem still is that it determines in many ways what movies get made in the first place. Because as sources of finance…

— Curtis Hanson

A lot of times, we're just sold these movies that are really cynically conceived and marketed, and they just want you there opening weekend,…

— Josh Radnor

The stakes are high on every film now because there's the opening weekend. The first week is extremely crucial; increasingly, films are being judged…

— Vidya Balan

I do know my own films don't necessarily work within that high-pressure reductive moment of the opening weekend - or all the ways that…

— Todd Haynes

I've been lucky enough to do a few films that will last longer than an opening weekend and those films are the ones I'm…

— George Clooney

When I'm working, I look forward to weekends. Film sets give your time a structure; otherwise, one day can run into another. I often…

— Thomas Sangster

My films may not have a great opening, but I am not bothered about it. Whatever the numbers be, I want those viewers who…

— Fahadh Faasil

It doesn't matter how good the movie is. What matters is what it takes during the opening weekend. It's slightly distressing sometimes but that's…

— Emma Thompson

I think that with piracy and tighter funds being around, people are realising that the game to play is to try and win people's…

— Riz Ahmed

No one knows why a film does well or not. The reasons for this are not important. What is important is the intention you…

— Vivek Oberoi

So many large movies come to you with a huge marketing campaign and it's like you have to see this movie this weekend, otherwise…

— Joe Cornish