The full report can be seen here, but it looks like we have two new movies on top. Coming in at number one with over $35 million is The Expendables in its first week of release. I honestly doubt this movie has very much staying power because I just don't think it looks that good. Trevin said it looks like a "so-bad-it's-awesome ride" in his New Releases preview last week and I have to agree with him. With guys like Stallone, Willis, and even Stone Cold Steve Austin you aren't exactly going to have a classic. This movie just seems rather forgettable.
However, rottentomatoes.com has The Expendables with a 43% positive rating whereas our number two this week, Eat Pray Love, has a 39% rating. This movie, based on an Elizabeth Gilbert novel of the same name [crap, crap, crap my girlfriend liked that book how am I going to get out of seeing this movie? I need to find some asbestos.] Anyway, this movie made $23.7 million in its first week of release. Last week's number one The Other Guys pulled in only $18 million more in its second week to fall in at third place. Summer blockbuster Inception piled up over $11 million to bring the total to $248.5 million in five weeks.
One big surprise came from Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. It earned only $10.5 million in this first week and now runs the risk of falling into absolute obscurity. It is possible that much of the target audience went to see The Expendables but this movie is really going to have to rally in the upcoming week if it wants to outlive Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore. [C'mon really people? Who is still seeing that crappy movie? It came in at number 10! Stop watching it.]
That's surprising about Scott Pilgrim. The movie got great reviews and seemed to have a lot of appeal, but I think these graphic novel adaptations don't really translate to box office success, because Kick-Ass didn't make a ton of money, either.
ReplyDeleteYeah, it was very surprising to see a movie with such good reviews [81% on RT compare this to 87% for "Inception" last time I checked] do so poorly. I think it falls into the category of "pretty good movie that few people care about."
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