There is no God...
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I'm disguted to see so many shitty films making that kind of money. Also, there were barely any films one could watch that wasn't some mindless piece of CGI/car racing/killing IQ lowering dreck.
I enjoyed "Fast & Furious" but I have to say those numbers really shocked me. I thought it would make $40ish million and then peter out. However, I think "Monsters vs. Aliens" will have more longevity while "Fast & Furious" will maybe hit over $100 million or so and then just drop fast. "Monsters" is more of a family film so it has a bit more life IMO.
Wow... I didn't realize there were still so many fans of this series. I never got the appeal myself, and the trailers for the latest entry did nothing to change that. But whatever.
Does this mean that the summer blockbuster season has kicked off early?
Oh, and on the flip side, I'm a little surprised that Adventureland did so poorly. I mean, I wasn't expecting it to do boffo business, but I kind of thought that the Superbad crowd would give it a bit more of a box office boost. I guess I was mistaken (although, to be fair, it did open in fewer locations, so maybe it didn't do so bad after all). I suppose I shouldn't be too surprised, in any case -- it seems like the box office has been a tad unpredictable lately, at least IMO.
Does this mean that the summer blockbuster season has kicked off early?
Oh, and on the flip side, I'm a little surprised that Adventureland did so poorly. I mean, I wasn't expecting it to do boffo business, but I kind of thought that the Superbad crowd would give it a bit more of a box office boost. I guess I was mistaken (although, to be fair, it did open in fewer locations, so maybe it didn't do so bad after all). I suppose I shouldn't be too surprised, in any case -- it seems like the box office has been a tad unpredictable lately, at least IMO.
I'm still a little taken aback by the identity of the top grossing movie of 2009 (so far):
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=2009&p=.htm
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=2009&p=.htm
There's a car chase in the new Trek movie. 
It proves two things:
1. There is no God
and
2. Stupid people spend a lot of money at the movies
1. There is no God
and
2. Stupid people spend a lot of money at the movies
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Proves exactly why Watchmen is underperforming. It needed a shitload of car chases, toilet humor, and it needed to be made up entirely of CGI animation (i.e. no human characters whatsoever).
If gratutious nudity/ ultra violent scenes/ and a blue wang can't bring in big B.O. numbers, what has the world come too?!
I thought we were in the middle of a recession?
And THIS is what people are spending their limited money on? Fast and Furious 4?!
Wow.
Star Trek better make twice that opening weekend.
And THIS is what people are spending their limited money on? Fast and Furious 4?!
Wow.
Star Trek better make twice that opening weekend.
I'm thinking that during times of economic turmoil seeing movies at $10 a pop (not including refreshments) isn't something we all run out to do as much as before. So sending kids to see Monsters vs. Aliens (Dreamworks animation always does well), teens to see Mall Cop, women to see He's not that into you (a National Best Selling Book), while all the real men went to see Watchmen (based off another great literary series), overall is probably not good indicator of what we may normally watch at the movies.
I'm just taken by Taken???
$72m! Holy shit!
Well, it was a fun movie and, honestly, it's not like there's a whole lot else out, or anything more worthy.
I suspect a large drop off next week.
So in the coming years, we can expect...
Paul Blart: Texas Ranger
Paul Blart: Secret Service
Paul Blart: CIA
Paul Blart: Post-Apocalyptic Leader
Paul Blart: The next Tug Spedman!
Yeah, that that's the highest grossing movie of the year is... perpelexing. I guess people needed mildly entertaining humor.... ?
Trek XI and Wolverine should clean up this Summer.
But I think Transformers 2's numbers are going to make me want to go back in time and kill the man who invented the motion picture.
The last six months or so has been among the craziest unpredictable periods in box office performances in memory. I mean, "Marley and Me" outperforms both "Bolt" and "Bedtime Stories"? "Paul Blart" and "Taken" are big hits? Who would have seen that coming?
Marley and Me.
Ugh. If I was Owen Wilson, I would've tried to kill myself to if that's where my career had ended up.
