WHY SURROGATES WAS SUCH A BOX OFFICE HIT IN 2009
“Surrogates” was a big hit at the box office in 2009, earning just under 15 million in its opening weekend, and ultimately raking in over 38.5 million over the entirety of its initial run.
The film is a science fiction action movie which is set, as most of the popular films of the genre are, in a futuristic society. People in this future rarely leave their homes, as technological advances make it possible to perform all necessary tasks from the comfort of your own living room.
When it does become necessary to actually interact with someone else in the world, meetings are done via “surrogate robots” that project a perfect image of the person who controls them. In this way, everybody is a supermodel. Everybody is a movie star. And for movie audiences, everybody can relate to this fantasy, which is why it is understandable that the movie had such interest.
Bruce Willis, whose presence in a movie like this always prepares you perfectly for the action that is to come, plays Tom Greer, a police officer who must venture out into the world for the first time in years when a murder — the first murder in years — takes place. As the imperfect Willis ventures out into the world of the beautiful surrogates, he acts as the audience’s surrogate, representing all of our own inherent insecurities, as he tries to unearth the truth behind what is actually going on.
The movie also features familiar stars like James Cromwell (“Babe”) and Ving Rhames, who appeared with Willis in Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction” as well as Australian actress, Radha Mitchell, a relative newcomer to American audiences.
In 2009, with advances in real-life technology moving along at such a rapid pace, many films were able to capitalize on this new-found fascination of audiences with what the world of tomorrow might encompass. “Surrogates,” along with similar films like “Push” and “Gamer,” found box office magic with their take on the answer to that question.
WAS YOUR FAVORITE ACTOR OR ACTRESS IN SURROGATES?
The British Actress Rosamund Pike, played Maggie Greer in the film ‘Surrogates’ brilliantly. Pike, 32, was born and raised in London. She had a really brilliant standout role in a James Bond Film, ‘Die Another Day’. She has been on the acting scene since 1996. Her parents, Caroline and Julian Pike were both professional musicians, and Pike has publicly said that she always heard music in her home, growing up, and it got her acting bug activated at a very early age. Her parents traveled the world Read more
FINDING THE CHARACTER LIST FOR THE MOVIE SURROGATES
The film ‘Surrogates’ was released in 2009. It stars Bruce Willis as lead character, Tom Greer. This character is an FBI agent, and Willis turns in a rather stellar performance as Greer. In the future, ‘Surrogates’ are remote controlled mindless type of androids. So that sets up the scene for this film and it’s plot. Greer’s FBI partner in the film is Jennifer Peters, played effortlessly by, Radha Mitchell. Rosamind Pike, plays agent Tom Greer’s wife, Maggie Greer, who has hired a ‘Surrogate’ in the plot. The person who designed Read more
THE PLOT OF ONE OF THE HIGHEST GROSSING 2009 FILMS
One of the highest grossing movies of 2009 is a film called Surrogates. It is directed by Jonathan Mostow and
stars Bruce Willis, as FBI agent Tom Greer. Greer’s wife, Maggie is played by Rosamund Pike.
The cast also includes, Ving Rhames as the Prophet. The Prophet is the anti surrogate religious leader in this film.
Dr. Lionel Canter who is the the creator of the surrogates is played by James Cromwell.
This movie grossed 38,542,418.00, on Novemeber 29, 2009 in the USA. This was promoted as an Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller film. Read more
SURROGATES – WHY THE FANS FLOCKED TO THE BOX OFFICE
There are several reasons fan flocked to the theaters to watch Surrogates. A couple of the major box-office draws were a fantastic cast, such as Bruce Willis and Ving Rhames plus an intriguing movie trailer. With all the crime in the world, who wouldn’t want to stay in the safety of their domicile while “living” through their surrogate robot?
Bruce Willis is always a big box-office draw for the movies he is featured in. He has still has a large fan base of Read more