Box Office Wrapup: New Films No Match For Scary Shia
Summary
In the battle of the single-word-titled thrillers, "Fracture" beat out "Vacancy" but neither could dislodge "Disturbia" from the number one spot this weeend. It was mostly a sluggish frame at the North American box office as the top ten slumped to its third worst level of 2007. Back to Article
In the battle of the single-word-titled thrillers, "Fracture" beat out "Vacancy" but neither could dislodge "Disturbia" from the number one spot this weeend. It was mostly a sluggish frame at the North American box office as the top ten slumped to its third worst level of 2007. Back to Article
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on Apr 22 2007 05:53 PM What a horrendously weak box office this weekend, with the TOP film of the week grossing only $13.5 mil. That's just painful. Thankfully, May's coming. And May's box office will be one for the record books. (Reply to this) |
on Apr 22 2007 06:03 PM Wow so people would rather see 300 and Blades of Glory twice than go to some crappy new movie sad. (Reply to this) |
on Apr 22 2007 07:05 PM What happened with Grindhouse?!?!? That movie should have grossed 40 mil by now! It's by far my favorite film of the year. 300 was suposed to be it, but it disappointed me a little (still an awesome movie). Grindhouse was my 2nd choice for spring and it surpassed my expectations. I wish it would have a better run at the theaters than it has had. At least DVD sales will save it from losing money which means there is still hope for these movies to be made in the future. (Reply to this) |
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on Apr 22 2007 07:11 PM How much you want to bet Hot Fuzz would of done a lot better if it had opened at more than just 825 theaters? (Reply to this) |
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on Apr 22 2007 11:13 PM I hope Hot Fuzz does get a deserved wider release because it was compltely genius. I think good word of mouth could really help this movie out a lot, too. Also, as mizzoucritic said, May is going to be record breaker. It'll make up for the box office suckage that was this weekend. (Reply to this) |
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on Apr 23 2007 01:08 AM [b]to missoucritic's post[/b] There's no correlation between a film's box office totals and the actual quality of the film. So I don't quite get especially where you are coming from. Grindhouse rocked completely and it's the fault of others who didn't see it for whatever reason. Yes, Spiderman 3 will generate 5 hundred million jillion gazillion dollars in its opening nanosecond but that doesn't mean the film won't blow chunks completely (doubt it). Dittos for P of the C part 3 which has a better chance of chunk blowing than Spiderman3 IMO. I repeat, there is no corrleation between box office and quality. (Reply to this) |
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on Apr 23 2007 06:44 AM Anybody know why Hot Fuzz got an R Rating? It's been a few months, but I don't remember anything that would earn an R being in it or is it just the language? I do remember a few F bombs. It's kinda accepted here in the UK. They're on a whole new level of swearing. (Reply to this) |
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on Apr 23 2007 06:46 AM In reply to this comment (#862359) I think there's some correlation. Look at the top 20 grossing movies of all time and there probably aren't a lot of stinkers on there, although I get what you're saying. A high gross is definately no "Guarantee". (Reply to this) |
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on Apr 23 2007 07:09 AM In reply to this comment (#862360) Graphic Violence, mainly. Quite a lot of blood, actually. (Reply to this) |
on Apr 23 2007 08:42 AM Vacancy and In the Land of Women both were allright, was going to see Fracture but never got around to it, guess I'll see it this next weekend. Can't believe The Hoax is playing in that many theaters and is still not here, which sucks I would have liked to have seen it. (Reply to this) |
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on Apr 23 2007 01:25 PM In reply to this comment (#862362) Really?, but the violence was so cartoonish. Oh well, the better for watching without annoying kids. (Reply to this) |
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on Apr 23 2007 01:54 PM Are they gonna open Hot Fuzz in more theaters? (Reply to this) |
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on Apr 23 2007 08:13 PM In reply to this comment (#862360) Big Brother said: "Anybody know why Hot Fuzz got an R Rating?" You have GOT to be kidding, right? Church steeple + head meld = R rating. Don't even get me started on the hedge shears. (Reply to this) |
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