Brian Fowler Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 I saw the trailer for it in front of 4 or 5 different movies this past year, so I knew it was a movie. Couldn't figure out any reason anyone would go see it, though... And nobody did. That third place Friday? Finished SIXTH for the weekend. Ride Along did another 21 million, and Frozen, in it's 10th weekend, finished 4th with about 9 million. It's about 11 million behind Despicable Me 2 for highest grossing animated film of 2013. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Looking at the full list Poor poor terrible non-Rock Hercules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 Ride Along wins again. Frozen came in second, in it's fucking 11th weekend. That Awkward Moment was just below it for the best debut of the week. Slow weekend. I, Frankenstein followed it's bad opening weekend with a 59% drop and finished in 10th place. Even modestly budgeted at 65 million, it's shaping up as a bomb. Only 14 domestic, and just 16 more foreign thus far. Yeouch. EDIT: Oh, and the terrible non-Rock Hercules: Did about half a million bucks for 19th place. Through 4 weeks it's done just 17 and change domestic, and LESS THAN 2 MILLION FOREIGN. Folks, do not make a movie directed by Renny Harlin where Hera supports Zeus sleeping with mortal women. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 I'll be interested to see how "With Rock" Hercules does -The failure of this recent Hercules movie may not bode well. -Are people even really that into Hercules anymore? -I'm still not sold on Rock as a guy who can draw without the padding of a franchise or a famous co-star, either (Game Plan did well, though, so there's that.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Spanish Waiter Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 I'll be interested to see how "With Rock" Hercules does -The failure of this recent Hercules movie may not bode well. -Are people even really that into Hercules anymore? -I'm still not sold on Rock as a guy who can draw without the padding of a franchise or a famous co-star, either (Game Plan did well, though, so there's that.) IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuetsar Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 It looks like Van Helsing in the year 2014, was anyone expecting a huge total? Van Helsing was bad, but was at least watchable, I frankenstein doesnt even look that good. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuetsar Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Ride Along wins again. Frozen came in second, in it's fucking 11th weekend. That Awkward Moment was just below it for the best debut of the week. Slow weekend. I, Frankenstein followed it's bad opening weekend with a 59% drop and finished in 10th place. Even modestly budgeted at 65 million, it's shaping up as a bomb. Only 14 domestic, and just 16 more foreign thus far. Yeouch. EDIT: Oh, and the terrible non-Rock Hercules: Did about half a million bucks for 19th place. Through 4 weeks it's done just 17 and change domestic, and LESS THAN 2 MILLION FOREIGN. Folks, do not make a movie directed by Renny Harlin where Hera supports Zeus sleeping with mortal women. There's a lesson in this, and it is that release a competent family movie against no competition during the holidays, its going to make some serious bank. As for I, Frankenstein, someone(more likely a few someone's) career in movies is probably over. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipGofern Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 The fact the best they could do for a director on I, Frankenstein was hiring the guy who wrote the first atrocious GI JOE movie and shared "screen story" credit with like 4 other guys for Pirates of the Caribbean (which usually means he wrote something shitty they had to farm out to competent screenwriters to salvage) likely means everybody in Hollywood knew it was going to be a turd so anybody with any talent stayed far far away. I have nothing against the guy but I hope this is the end of them trying to push Aaron Eckhart as a lead. Dude is just an older version of Chris Pine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuetsar Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 The fact the best they could do for a director on I, Frankenstein was hiring the guy who wrote the first atrocious GI JOE movie and shared "screen story" credit with like 4 other guys for Pirates of the Caribbean (which usually means he wrote something shitty they had to farm out to competent screenwriters to salvage) likely means everybody in Hollywood knew it was going to be a turd so anybody with any talent stayed far far away. I have nothing against the guy but I hope this is the end of them trying to push Aaron Eckhart as a lead. Dude is just an older version of Chris Pine. I think Pine is a better actor actually. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 And speaking of all that - I think we can officially put the nail in the coffin of the Jack Ryan franchise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antacular Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 One Affleck movie too late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted February 3, 2014 Author Share Posted February 3, 2014 I think the Ryan character appealed to a very specific type of person at a very specific time. And that time is long gone. The type of people who loved Ryan aren't in the demographic that fuels blockbuster movies anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_MJ_ Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 The Lego Movie is at 96 percent approval on Rotten Tomatoes, yet I feel I haven't been bombarded with ads for it. It might not need it because it's an animated movie with strong word of mouth. Meanwhile The Monuments Men is not getting the critical love. Take your impressive, ensemble cast and shove it. You have to ride with The Lego Movie to win the box office this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 69 million for The LEGO Movie. Only Jesus has ever had a better February open. The Monuments Men did 22.7, which is Clooney's best open as a director. Strong open. Frozen is still going. 6.9 despite getting a major new player in the animated field, passed Despicable Me 2 for highest grossing animated film of 2013, and third highest film of last year overall. Ride Along did over 9 million, first 100 million dollar movie of 2014. Vampire Academy (which I confess to being slightly interested in because it's the director of Mean Girls. And vampire girls in high school...) bombed HARD with 4.1 million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Kevin Hart is in the remake of About Last Night that is coming out on Valentine's Day Because of the timing and it's competition (Robocop isn't really a date movie)... that movie will make a zillion dollars Isn't 'Winter's Tale' supposed to be the big Valentine's Day movie, based on a loved novel, romantic flick with Colin Farrell and tossing in Will Smith and Russell Crowe for good measure?! About Last Night = $27 million Robocop = $21.5 million Winter's Tale = $7.785 million Now they all got smoked by the Lego Movie but I love it when I am right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 About Last Night was not as horrible as date movies go. My girl got her romantic movie and I got my comedy. I feel badly for the guys that got roped into watching A Winter's Tale over the Valentine's Day weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Winters Tale is one of those books that should never be a movie. And then I saw Akiva Goldsmith wrote and directed and that pretty much guaranteed it was shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Is About Last Night a remake of the Rob Lowe movie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driver Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Yes, minus Demi Moore's boosh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Strangely, three different remakes of 80's movies opened this past week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Yes, minus Demi Moore's boosh.Rob Lowe, naked Demi Moore, and Jim Belushi > whoever the hell is in this remake. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Remake wasn't horrible but Demi and Rob had better couple chemistry that Mike Ealy and Joy Bryant. Remake racked up cool points for casting Selita Ebanks as the obligatory smoking hot random babe, but lost cool points for no one bothering to get anyone do an R&B cover the John Waite end credit track, If Anybody Had A Heart. C'mon, man.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 I only know one of those four people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Oh, you'd know Selita Ebanks if you saw her. Wow. My girlfriend now regrets insisting that I watch Real Househusbands of Hollywood marathons with her when I am up for the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Given i watch almost no tv anymore and stopped reading ent weekly, maybe maybe not. I dont think ive seen one minute of any of those real X of ax shows. Is that on Bravo? If so, the last show i watched on there was Inside the Actors Studio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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