Daryle, IMO, Julia Roberts was done at "Stepmom". If I'd paid to see that, they would've had to taze me, bro.
---------[ Received Mail Content ]---------- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Re: "Museum" comedy beats "Terminator" at box office Date : Mon, 25 May 2009 13:21:31 -0400 From : Daryle Lockhart <dar...@darylelockhart.com> To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Duplicity was so bad I wanted my money back at a press screening. Julia Roberts is DONE. Clive Owen gets a 5 movie pass due to "Children Of Men". Terminator:Salvation was a waste of $200 million. If James Cameron doesn't want to direct another Terminator movie, then the story is done. The only way to save Terminator is to give it to Robert Rodriguez. Night Of the Museum could be awful. We'll never know. It's a family movie. And family movie means one car = 2-5 tickets sold. Terminator movie is barely a date movie, so one car = 1 ticket. This is why Star Trek is still doing well. People aren't going alone. So yeah, Terminator was beat by 10 million dollars. What was Warner Brothers thinking? You only go against a family movie if you think the movie has something offensive that will keep a segment out of theaters. It will do sorta well on DVD, but Paramount will probably time the DVD release of Transformers to beat it there, too. On May 25, 2009, at 10:11 AM, ravenadal wrote: > > > I went to the Budget Theater Sunday and plunked down my two bucks > to see "Duplicity" starring Julia Roberts and Clive Owen. Roberts > and Owen are great on-screen together but it was easy to see why > this movie just sort of laid there at the box office. It COULD have > been a contenda but the ending twist, which should have popped like > champagne, is flat like reopened soda where someone forgot to > properly fasten the cap. On the plus side, the theater, the > purveyor of the best popcorn in Milwaukee - REAL butter! - has > introduced an EXTRA-LARGE bucket to go with their regular small, > medium and large bag offerings. It's all good. > > ~rave! > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson > wrote: > > > > I'm not. People just want to see stuff in the summer. I lament > the ascent of the term "summer movie", and how people put their > brains on hold for explosions and CGI during the warmer months. > > But what's really doing well still is Star Trek. My wife wanted > to see it again (her second time) Saturday night at the five dollar > theatre near us. We jetted over for the 7 pm show, and it was sold > out thirty minutes before showtime. We caught the 3 pm show Sunday, > and it sold out too. It's a cut above a "summer movie"--several > cuts, in fact, but it too has its share of brain-on-hold action, > laughs, and FX. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "ravenadal" > > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 10:11:19 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > > Subject: [scifinoir2] "Museum" comedy beats "Terminator" at box > office > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I am surprised by the performance of the 4th Terminator movie. > Guess it just goes to show in this economy people just wanna see > stuff blow up good. > > > > ~rave! > > > > http://movies.yahoo.com/news/movies.reuters.com/quotmuseumquot- > comedy-beats-quotterminatorquot-box-office-reuters > > > > "Museum" comedy beats "Terminator" at box office (Reuters) > > > > May 24, 2009, 12:57 pm EDT Buzz up! > > > > Night at the Museum: Teaser Trailer > > > > Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines: Terminator 3: Rise of the > Machines > > > > LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Ben Stiller beat Christian Bale in the > North American weekend box office duel between their respective > "Night at the Museum" and "Terminator" sequels, according to studio > estimates issued on Sunday. > > > > The 20th Century Fox comedy "Night at the Museum: Battle of the > Smithsonian" sold $53.5 million worth of tickets during the three > days beginning Friday, far exceeding the $30.4 million debut of its > 2006 predecessor. > > > > "Terminator Salvation" earned $43.0 million. The film fell short > of the $44 million start for the previous entry in the cyborg > series, 2003's "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines," the swan song > of franchise star Arnold Schwarzenegger. > > > > But the race between the two new sequels was closer than it > appeared because Warner Bros. got a head start on the U.S. Memorial > Day holiday weekend by opening "Terminator" on Thursday, when it > earned about $13.4 million. That takes the film's four-day total to > $56.4 million. > > > > The studios generally try to avoid each other when they roll out > their big movies. In this case, "Night at the Museum" played to a > broad audience, while "Terminator" was more targeted at male > moviegoers. > > > > Time Warner Inc-owned Warner Bros. said "Terminator" was likely > more affected by competition for older men from the National > Basketball Association playoffs, which hurt business in cities like > Los Angeles. > > > > Fox, a unit of News Corp, said the "Night at the Museum" opening > set a new live-action record for Stiller. The film also opened in > most international markets, earning $50.5 million. > > > > Last weekend' North American champion, "Angels & Demons," slipped > to No. 3 with $21.4 million, taking the 10-day total for Columbia > Pictures' Tom Hanks religious thriller to $81.5 million. By > contrast, its 2006 predecessor "The Da Vinci Code" had earned > $136.5 million after the same period. > > > > But the Sony Corp unit has said it never expected the second film > to be as big, and noted it that it was the top choice > internationally with sales of $60.4 million. Its foreign total now > stands at $198.3 million. > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
