Please refer to my last comment. On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 7:55 PM, Kelwyn <ravena...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > > http://articles.latimes.com/2010/aug/17/entertainment/la-et-scott-pilgrim-20100817 > > For Amy Berciano, this was the moviegoing weekend of the summer. > > More than a year before "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World" hit movie theaters, > the 20-year-old UCLA junior became a huge fan of the graphic novels that > inspired the film. At July's Comic-Con International in San Diego, she > waited more than an hour to meet the cast and filmmakers; "I even kissed > [director] Edgar Wright on the cheek!" she bragged. > > After attending the debut midnight screening of the movie Thursday night > while dressed as one of the characters — Knives Chao, Scott Pilgrim's > obsessive ex-girlfriend — Berciano declared herself eminently satisfied. > "They got the tone of the book just right, especially the way they brought > to life those fighting scenes," she said. "I couldn't get enough." > > Her enthusiasm was shared by nearly everyone who saw the film in its > opening weekend, particularly those younger than 35, who gave "Scott > Pilgrim" an average grade of A, according to market research firm > CinemaScore. Universal's internal exit polls were equally strong, and the > film attracted scores of positive reviews. > > But as last weekend's box office numbers rolled in, all that hardly > mattered at all. > > The movie sold only $10.6 million worth of tickets, a disappointing figure > given that Universal Pictures spent about $85 million, before tax credits, > on production and tens of millions more on marketing. > > Comic book hits: > (since 1978) > The Dark Knight, $533,345,358 > Spider-Man $404,706,375 > Spider-Man 2 $373,585,825 > Spider-Man 3 $336,530,303 > Iron Man $318,412,101 > > Comic book misses: > > Sheena $5,778,353 > Batman: Mask of the Phantasm $5,617,391 > Tank Girl $4,064,495 > Barb Wire $3,793,614 > Steel $1,710,972 > > > -- "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
