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New movies bombed this weekend (B.O. Sept 30-Oct 2)

Posted on 10/2/11 at 5:22 pm
Posted by Unknown
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Posted on 10/2/11 at 5:22 pm
1 Dolphin Tale
$14,245,000

2 Moneyball
$12,500,000

3 The Lion King (in 3D)
$11,057,000

4 50/50
$8,858,000

5 Courageous
$8,800,000

6 Dream House
$8,209,000

7 Abduction
$5,650,000

8 What's Your Number?
$5,600,000


Dear Hollywood:
STOP PUTTING SETH ROGAN IN MOVIES!

Sincerely,
People with money
Posted by Superior Pariah
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Posted on 10/2/11 at 5:25 pm to
I like Seth Rogan and 50/50 looks good
Posted by BluegrassBelle
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Posted on 10/2/11 at 5:26 pm to
Sadly I've heard good things about 50/50 from people who don't just run to the box office to throw their money at hot garbage.
Posted by Unknown
your momma
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Posted on 10/2/11 at 5:32 pm to
"I too think 50/50 looks good and don't forget about that new Anna Faris movie! She's a hoot!

Sincerely,
A. Farris
Posted by TotesMcGotes
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Posted on 10/2/11 at 5:40 pm to
That's not that bad for a dramedy about cancer.
Posted by Unknown
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Posted on 10/2/11 at 5:44 pm to
Wut?

Schindlers List, the Adam Sandler cancer movie, the HIV movie with Julia Robers and the two 9/11 movies are lol'ing at you. 50/50 is a box office bomb.
Posted by TotesMcGotes
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Posted on 10/2/11 at 5:48 pm to
No. That's a pretty decent start for a movie about cancer, and should hold up well for the next few weeks.

You can't see a difference between some of the movies you listed and 50/50?
Posted by PsychTiger
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Posted on 10/2/11 at 5:51 pm to
I know I had no interest in seeing any of the new movies that opened this week, and that's pretty rare for me.

Perhaps I should have gone to see 50/50 today as cancer is less depressing than reading the Rant.
Posted by Unknown
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Posted on 10/2/11 at 5:54 pm to
quote:

No. That's a pretty decent start for a movie about cancer, and should hold up well for the next few weeks.




quote:

You can't see a difference between some of the movies you listed and 50/50?


Are they not all comedies?

Oh. Oh. My bad. Clearly Adam Sandler movies aren't funny.
My bad.
Posted by TotesMcGotes
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Posted on 10/2/11 at 6:01 pm to
The movie cost $8 million to make. I guarantee the studio thought a ceiling for this movie going up against the competition it went up against was low teens.

$8 million and change was not very bad, and it'll do alright in the coming weeks.
Posted by Unknown
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Posted on 10/2/11 at 6:16 pm to
A) where did you find the budget cost? It's not on boxofficemojo.com

B) at you for thinking it's numbers are only going to get better after opening in 5th place.

C) more laughing at you because more people saw a movie about a gimped dolphin than saw 50/50.
Posted by TotesMcGotes
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Posted on 10/2/11 at 6:34 pm to
More people saw a movie about a gimped dolphin than any other movie this weekend. Does that make it better than Moneyball? The Lion King? No? Then what's your point?

I never said that numbers would get better. Just that it would do well in the coming weeks. Also, if you can direct yourself to your original post, you'll see that it finished in 4th place, not 5th.

AND OH MY GOD THE BUDGET ISN'T ON BOXOFFICEMOJO?!?! HOW DOES ANYONE KNOW ANYTHING IF IT ISN'T ON BOXOFFICEMOJO?!?!
Posted by TotesMcGotes
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Posted on 10/2/11 at 6:37 pm to
From your beloved boxofficemojo.com:
quote:


50/50 opened to an estimated $8.86 million from 2,458 theaters, which is the lowest debut ever for a Seth Rogen movie. Considering the grim subject matter, though, that's not an entirely awful start, and an "A-" CinemaScore should translate in to decent word-of-mouth in coming weeks.

I think I pretty much said exactly that.
Posted by Superior Pariah
Member since Jun 2009
8457 posts
Posted on 10/2/11 at 6:42 pm to
50/50 made $8.8 million with an $8 million budget (unless they aren't including marketing costs which can't be but a few million for this movie). That's not the definition of a bomb. It made a profit. Now if the movie was made for, say, $30 million then it would in fact be a bomb.
This post was edited on 10/2/11 at 6:43 pm
Posted by Unknown
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Posted on 10/2/11 at 6:45 pm to
quote:

I never said that numbers would get better. Just that it would do well in the coming weeks.




And I said no it's not going to do any better. And you said it would do well. If by "do well in the coming weeks" you mean sink like a stone and end up in the walmart $5 bin before New Years, then yes. Yes it's going to do well over the coming weeks.

@ u
Posted by TotesMcGotes
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27900 posts
Posted on 10/2/11 at 6:47 pm to
What the frick are you talking about?

Are you mentally off?
Posted by Unknown
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Posted on 10/2/11 at 6:48 pm to
Seth, is that you? I loved you in that movie where you played a fat, semi-witty sidekick with that "what am I doing here?" look on your face in every scene. Which movie was that? I forget.
Posted by Superior Pariah
Member since Jun 2009
8457 posts
Posted on 10/2/11 at 6:49 pm to
Yea I don't understand what his problem is.
Posted by TotesMcGotes
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Posted on 10/2/11 at 6:49 pm to
quote:

should hold up well for the next few weeks.

quote:

it'll do alright in the coming weeks
Where did I say it'll do better?
Posted by Unknown
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Posted on 10/2/11 at 6:51 pm to
Were talking about how you think 50/50 is a good movie that's going to do well over the next few weeks after opening in 5th....4th....whatever place. Behind a movie that's re-released and a movie about a handicap fish.
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