Movie industry? What movie industry?
I really haven't heard anyone metioning this, but this slew of summer movies seem to be tanking pretty hard.
Some of these "highly anticipated" films aren't even coming close to breaking even. Lady in the Water fell out of the top 10 this week, earning only $2.7 mil. and bringing its grand total to $38.6 mil.
Miami Vice, the Big Screen remake of the hit 80s TV show, earned $9.6 mil bringing its two-week total to $45.7 mil. Not bad for a movie that cost $135 mil. to make plus marketing. Crockett, Tubbs has been shot.
Animated movies aren't playing any better. Both Barnyard and The Ant Bully opened to so-so reviews and nuthin'-but-blah at the box office. Barnyard at least has a small enough budget (approx. $50 mil.) to make its first week box office total of $16 mil. seem relative to its production costs.
The Ant Bully's had a budget of $50 mil as well, and has raked in $19 mil in two weeks. Monster House, with a budget over $100 mil, is tanking - earing only $57 mil. in three weeks.
So far, only a handful of summer movies have passed the $100 mark, the biggest hits being Pirates of the Caribbean, Cars and X-Men 3, and there isn't much on the horizon (with the exception of Snakes on a Plane).
This summer will more than likely go down as one of the worst in recent history. Oh. And Ricky Bobby somehow came in number one at the box office this week earning $47 mil. Go figure. I'll tell you one thing Talladega Nights don't have...snakes on a plane.
Some of these "highly anticipated" films aren't even coming close to breaking even. Lady in the Water fell out of the top 10 this week, earning only $2.7 mil. and bringing its grand total to $38.6 mil.
Miami Vice, the Big Screen remake of the hit 80s TV show, earned $9.6 mil bringing its two-week total to $45.7 mil. Not bad for a movie that cost $135 mil. to make plus marketing. Crockett, Tubbs has been shot.
Animated movies aren't playing any better. Both Barnyard and The Ant Bully opened to so-so reviews and nuthin'-but-blah at the box office. Barnyard at least has a small enough budget (approx. $50 mil.) to make its first week box office total of $16 mil. seem relative to its production costs.
The Ant Bully's had a budget of $50 mil as well, and has raked in $19 mil in two weeks. Monster House, with a budget over $100 mil, is tanking - earing only $57 mil. in three weeks.
So far, only a handful of summer movies have passed the $100 mark, the biggest hits being Pirates of the Caribbean, Cars and X-Men 3, and there isn't much on the horizon (with the exception of Snakes on a Plane).
This summer will more than likely go down as one of the worst in recent history. Oh. And Ricky Bobby somehow came in number one at the box office this week earning $47 mil. Go figure. I'll tell you one thing Talladega Nights don't have...snakes on a plane.
posted by Eric LaRose at
3:09 PM
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It certainly won't break the bank at the box office, but for great, silly Summer fun I'm definitely looking forward to Broken Lizard's next flick, "Beerfest"
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Reel Fanatic, at 5:32 PM
Beerfest does look interesting, but I'm from Wisconsin. Beerfest just sounds like an idea that is tossed around here every single weekend.
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Eric LaRose, at 9:32 PM
Neither of the movies I saw this summer win any prizes -
Pirates of the Caribbean was "over the top". Why is it making money?
The Devil Wears Prada, while entertaining, could wait until it's on DVD.
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Anonymous, at 7:39 AM
I didn't see either of those films. I hate the hammock films (the second film in a trilogy) because they don’t actually end. The only one that worked was Empire Strikes Back. On its own, it is the best of the Star Wars films, old and new, and it was a great lead-in to Return of the Jedi. I have seen, and this is an all-time low for me summer movie wise, two films: X-Men 3 (which was pretty cool) and A Prairie Home Companion (also good but not astounding). The only movie I have actually been excited about this summer is Snakes on a Plane. Everything else has just been blah!
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Eric LaRose, at 11:24 AM
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