# Steve Martin, What Expensive Habit Do You Have That Requires So Much Whoring? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 24, 2007, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-martin-what-expensive-habit-do-you-have-that-requires-so-much-whoring/409222 "2007-06-24T17:06:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![stolichnaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@stolichnaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolichnaya)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-martin-what-expensive-habit-do-you-have-that-requires-so-much-whoring/409222/41 "2007-06-26T19:21:09Z")
I heard he freebases saffron. ---
**Author:** ![stolichnaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@stolichnaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolichnaya)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-martin-what-expensive-habit-do-you-have-that-requires-so-much-whoring/409222/42 "2007-06-26T19:26:25Z")
[QUOTE=slaphead] And Ben Kingsley did _BloodRayne_, along with Billy Zane and Michael Madsen. 😕 [/QUOTE] My favorite Ben Kingsley one-off is his appearance in the terrible recent adaptation of “A Sound of Thunder”, in which he takes scenery-chewing to hilariously self-conscious heights. He winks openly at the audience throughout. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-martin-what-expensive-habit-do-you-have-that-requires-so-much-whoring/409222/43 "2007-06-26T20:44:03Z")
[QUOTE=slaphead] And Ben Kingsley did _BloodRayne_, along with Billy Zane and Michael Madsen. 😕 [/QUOTE] But he wouldn’t do _Cleaver_ and they had to get Daniel Baldwin to take the role. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-martin-what-expensive-habit-do-you-have-that-requires-so-much-whoring/409222/44 "2007-06-26T21:06:16Z")
4 words: [Jon Voight Vs. Dog](http://youtube.com/watch?v=hywK7SsqE8Y). ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-martin-what-expensive-habit-do-you-have-that-requires-so-much-whoring/409222/45 "2007-06-26T23:00:41Z")
Buddhist Richard Gere in a Japan-only commercial for Dandy House, an “Exclusive Men’s Beauty Day Spa” [http://www.japander.com/japander/gere.htm](http://www.japander.com/japander/gere.htm) Lots more at that site. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-martin-what-expensive-habit-do-you-have-that-requires-so-much-whoring/409222/46 "2007-06-27T00:09:49Z")
When people ask question like this, I always go by the old truism - follow the money. Checking out [boxofficemojo](http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=pinkpanther05.htm), I see that the PP starring Steve Martin cost $80M to produce and grossed $158,851,357 which gives Hollydumb $78,851,357 reasons to produce a sequel ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-martin-what-expensive-habit-do-you-have-that-requires-so-much-whoring/409222/47 "2007-06-27T00:28:39Z")
[QUOTE=Charlie Tan] When people ask question like this, I always go by the old truism - follow the money. Checking out [boxofficemojo](http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=pinkpanther05.htm), I see that the PP starring Steve Martin cost $80M to produce and grossed $158,851,357 which gives Hollydumb $78,851,357 reasons to produce a sequel [/QUOTE] 'Cept, of course, because of Follywood’s “creative accounting” practices, a film has to gross **twice** what it cost to produce, just to break even. So, they’re making a sequel to a film in which they _lost_ basically $2 million on. That’s the kind of “logic” that inspires them to [make a sequel to a film which costs **more** than the domestic gross of the original!](http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/la-fi-boxoffice25jun25,1,7032267.story?track=crosspromo&coll=la-headlines-entnews&ctrack=1&cset=true) > [@](#): > > The first movie in the “Almighty” series, 2003’s “Bruce Almighty,” grossed $68 million in its opening weekend and went on to generate $243 million domestically and about the same amount abroad. > [@](#): > > The modern-day Noah’s Ark tale, starring Steve Carell, cost more than $250 million to produce and market. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-martin-what-expensive-habit-do-you-have-that-requires-so-much-whoring/409222/48 "2007-06-27T17:41:50Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] 'Cept, of course, because of Follywood’s “creative accounting” practices, a film has to gross **twice** what it cost to produce, just to break even. [/quote] That’s also because some of the box office money (about half, I think) goes to the movie theaters themselves. But when you throw in DVD sales and rentals whatever else, I’m sure the movie made a profit. ---
**Author:** ![stolichnaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@stolichnaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolichnaya)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-martin-what-expensive-habit-do-you-have-that-requires-so-much-whoring/409222/49 "2007-06-27T17:45:21Z")
I thought the big scandal with the creative accounting was that the books didn’t show a profit to minimize back-end participation, not that “Hollywood” isn’t making “a profit”. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-martin-what-expensive-habit-do-you-have-that-requires-so-much-whoring/409222/50 "2007-06-27T21:31:46Z")
My favorite part of PP was when Beyonce was talking about how wonderful it was to be part of the legend and of course she said yes to the role. And what’s her favorite of the Pink Panther movies? Well, she hadn’t actually seen any of them. If you know you’re going to be answering these questions, watch one or two of the movies. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-martin-what-expensive-habit-do-you-have-that-requires-so-much-whoring/409222/51 "2007-06-27T21:59:42Z")
[QUOTE=Bill Door] Hell, I saw Ocean’s 11 and completely forgot seeing 1 through 10. [/QUOTE] We have a winner ! Look, the guy’s harmless. It isn’t art. It sells popcorn. He _collects_ art. He doesn’t make art. Why is this a problem? Cartooniverse, camera operator who never turned down a paying job. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-martin-what-expensive-habit-do-you-have-that-requires-so-much-whoring/409222/52 "2007-06-27T23:22:19Z")
[QUOTE=Cartooniverse] We have a winner ! Look, the guy’s harmless. It isn’t art. It sells popcorn. He _collects_ art. He doesn’t make art. Why is this a problem? Cartooniverse, camera operator who never turned down a paying job. 😃 [/QUOTE] Well, who has more “cred” (and died with more money) Boris “Frankenstein” Karloff or Bela “Plan Nine From Outer Space” Lugosi? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-martin-what-expensive-habit-do-you-have-that-requires-so-much-whoring/409222/53 "2007-06-27T23:34:14Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] That’s also because some of the box office money (about half, I think) goes to the movie theaters themselves. [/QUOTE] Not even close. The exhibitors don’t start getting half of the ticket revenue until a movie’s been out for many, many weeks, which very few titles manage any more. All things considered, the theater is very lucky if it sees a third of what it collects at the box office. ---
**Author:** ![melvin\_coznowski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@melvin\_coznowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melvin_coznowski)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-martin-what-expensive-habit-do-you-have-that-requires-so-much-whoring/409222/54 "2007-06-28T20:47:38Z")
Martin pretty much lost me when he made The Three Amigos (what a piece of shit that was!). I saw him on Letterman pushing that crap–he was the exec producer, and said he didn’t know what the exec producer does. IMO, it showed in the film. ---
**Author:** ![stolichnaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@stolichnaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolichnaya)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-martin-what-expensive-habit-do-you-have-that-requires-so-much-whoring/409222/55 "2007-06-28T21:08:45Z")
I have a soft spot for that piece of crap. I think it weirdly helped that the actors had the same mercenary attitude as the characters they were playing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-martin-what-expensive-habit-do-you-have-that-requires-so-much-whoring/409222.md?page=2)