yeah I got the same reactions from my friends. They all said to pass on it.
Probably the best scenes are in the commercials.
On Feb 17, 2008 10:27 PM, Justin Mohareb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I did not see it. But everyone I know who did hated it.
>
> Justin
>
>
> On Feb 17, 2008 10:18 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net>>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Jumper" took number one at box office. I didn't get to see it this
> weekend
> > because my wife got sick and we stayed in. Anyone see it? What did you
> > think?
> >
> > ************************
> >
> > "Jumper" leaps to top of North American box office
> > Sunday February 17 2:56 PM ET
> >
> > The sci-fi thriller "Jumper" leaped to the No. 1 spot at the North
> American
> > box office on Sunday as moviegoers ignored critics' dire warnings for a
> > second weekend.
> > The movie, in which Hayden Christensen plays a man who is able to
> > "teleport" around the world, earned an estimated $27.2 million for the
> > Friday-to-Sunday period, distributor 20th Century Fox said.
> > It fended off three other rookies. The urban dance sequel "Step Up 2 the
> > Streets" opened at No. 2 with $19.7 million for the three-day period,
> > followed by the children's literary adaptation "The Spiderwick
> Chronicles"
> > with $19.1 million. The romance "Definitely, Maybe" opened at No. 5 with
> > $9.7 million, failing to rouse much Valentine's Day passion.
> > Last week's champ, "Fool's Gold," fell to No. 4 with $13.1 million.
> After
> > 10 days, the romantic adventure starring Matthew McConaughey and Kate
> > Hudson, has earned $42 million. It was released by Warner Bros., a unit
> of
> > Time Warner Inc.
> > In an unprecedented strategy, all four newcomers opened on Thursday -- a
> > day earlier than usual -- in hopes of pulling in some Valentine's Day
> > business from couples. Including Thursday sales, "Jumper" earned $33.9
> > million, "Step Up 2 the Streets" $26.3 million, "The Spiderwick
> Chronicles"
> > $21.5 million and "Definitely, Maybe" $12.8 million.
> > Both "Fool's Gold" and "Jumper" were eviscerated by critics, but
> moviegoers
> > evidently warmed to their storylines or advertising campaigns.
> > "Jumper," directed by Doug Liman ("The Bourne Identity"), cost in the
> > $80-million range to make, said Fox. About two-thirds of the audience
> was
> > male moviegoers under 25, according to first-day polling data supplied
> by
> > the News Corp-owned studio. The film was based on Steven Gould's
> young-adult
> > sci-fi novels "Jumper" and "Reflex."
> > "Step Up 2 the Streets" revisits the formula that made "Step Up" a
> surprise
> > hit in 2006: urban street dancing, relatively unknown buff actors and
> > cutting-edge hip-hop music. Both films were released by Walt Disney Co.
> > Paramount Pictures' "The Spiderwick Chronicles," following the exploits
> of
> > three children and a menagerie of goblins and fairies, pulled in a crowd
> > that was 80 percent families, said the Viacom Inc-owned studio. Budgeted
> at
> > just over $90 million, the movie is based on the best-selling short
> books by
> > Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black.
> > Young women made up about two-thirds of the audience for "Definitely,
> > Maybe," a $24 million project starring Ryan Reynolds and Isla Fisher,
> said
> > Universal Pictures, a unit of General Electric Co's NBC Universal.
> > (Reporting by Dean Goodman; editing by Cynthia Osterman)
> >
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> >
> >
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