Weekend Box-Office

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by: JoBlo May. 31, 2009


WEEKEND BOX-OFFICE

Pixar in driver's seat...again!

Once again, Pixar's latest animated movie finished atop the box-office as UP managed $68M in receipts, making it the 3rd highest opening for any Pixar film right behind FINDING NEMO and THE INCREDIBLES, each of which blew their doors open with $70M. Those two films went on to gross $339M and $261M respectively, so things bode well for UP at this point. For those scoring at home, last year's WALL-E opened with $63M and went to gross $223M overall.

Last week's #2 movie, TERMINATOR SALVATION, dropped like a hooker on New Year's Eve, losing 63% of its audience from last weekend, while nabbing another $16M along the way. The film has now grossed $90M in the first 10 days of its release, which isn't a great number considering that it apparently cost about $200M to make. STAR TREK, on the other hand, continued to chug along with another $13M added to its coffers this weekend, giving it a grand total of $209M so far this year, which makes it the #1 movie of the year so far in 2009. WOLVERINE is surprisingly the #3 movie of the year so far. Huh, who knew?! I guess that "internet leak" didn't make that much of a difference, eh?

Last week's #1 movie, NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM 2, managed to hang around the top 2 for another week, shelling in another $25M, which took its total over $100M after only 10 days of release. The weekend's only other major release, Sam Raimi's DRAG ME TO HELL, managed a decent 3rd place showing with about $17M (an even greater accomplishment when you note that it played in about 1,000 less theaters than any of the other films in the top 6). Go Raimi!

Next weekend sees the release of two other big summer possible blockbusters in LAND OF THE LOST starring Will Ferrell and Danny McBride (these two might be officially married at this point) and THE HANGOVER, director Todd Phillips' latest "men drinking and carousing" comedy. Nice! HANGOVER has been receiving tons of sweet buzz over the past few weeks, but we haven't heard much about LAND OF THE LOST. What are your thoughts on the film? And the question of the week: which film will finish atop the box-office next weekend? VOTE HERE!!!

1. Up $ 68.2 Million
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2. Night at the... $ 25.5 Million $ 105.3 Million
3. Drag me to Hell $ 16.6 Million
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4. Terminator Salvation $ 16.1 Million $ 90.7 Million
5. Star Trek $ 12.8 Million $ 209.5 Million
6. Angels and Demons $ 11.2 Million $ 104.7 Million
7. Dance Flick $ 4.9 Million $ 19.2 Million
8. Wolverine $ 3.9 Million $ 170.8 Million
9. Ghosts of... $ 1.9 Million $ 50 Million
10. Obsessed $ 0.7 Million $ 67.5 Million

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Source: BoxOfficeMojo.com

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Derkesthai
7:50PM on 06/01/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Good to see T4 bombing.
I'm so glad a movie that deserves to bomb finally does. About damn time. Hopefully this lets Hollywood know that people dont want to see movies milked to death.

The Terminator ended with 2, everyone knows this, and no one gives two shits about what hack filmmakers think they can add to the story. Its finished, McG, so go fuck off.
I'm so glad a movie that deserves to bomb finally does. About damn time. Hopefully this lets Hollywood know that people dont want to see movies milked to death.

The Terminator ended with 2, everyone knows this, and no one gives two shits about what hack filmmakers think they can add to the story. Its finished, McG, so go fuck off.
 
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thundercat64
5:37PM on 06/01/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
No actually most people want to stay home and watch a movie in the comfort of their own home. Lately it takes a lot and i mean A LOT to get people away from their HD tvs and blu-rays and netflix. It is sad, but the theater is dying. The industry hasn't seen a great money making films within the same year! There is usually one or two. A few years ago there were four and five. People say that mo...
No actually most people want to stay home and watch a movie in the comfort of their own home. Lately it takes a lot and i mean A LOT to get people away from their HD tvs and blu-rays and netflix. It is sad, but the theater is dying. The industry hasn't seen a great money making films within the same year! There is usually one or two. A few years ago there were four and five. People say that movies do well because they pass 100 million within a week, but wih ticket prices at most theaters being 9-12 dollars 100 million isn't good. This is why the industry has been relying on dvd, netflix and blu-ray. The numbers speak for themselves. Aspecially when the industry double dips with the many releases of special editions, extended editions and criterion editions. The studios play an okay game at the theater business, but they play the most intelligent game with the home market. They need to be smarter with the theater releases and STOP pushing everything into May for the begining of summer. It does okay for them, but they could do better.

By the way Terminator came in 3rd this weekend with Drag me to Hell coming in 4th. Boxofficemojo.com If Drag me to hell was in a few more screens it would have made second place. But the studio was probably smart not to trust SM with another big movie until he has redemption with the next Spider-man, since the third one made a lot of people not trust him. This time he has total control!!! He should have from the get-go.
 
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martinphipps
4:00AM on 06/01/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Huh?
thundercat64 on Jun 1 2009, 2:42:17 AM writes: The bad thing is that too many studios competing with releasing movie after movie after movie with little to no gaps. That is bad for the entire business.

Um, isn't the opposite true? Would it really be better for the theatres if a whole month went by and no new movie came out? Wouldn't people stay away from the theatres? "What's ...
thundercat64 on Jun 1 2009, 2:42:17 AM writes: The bad thing is that too many studios competing with releasing movie after movie after movie with little to no gaps. That is bad for the entire business.

Um, isn't the opposite true? Would it really be better for the theatres if a whole month went by and no new movie came out? Wouldn't people stay away from the theatres? "What's new at the theatres this week?" "Nothing." "Nothing?! Let's rent a video instead." The fact is that the box office is up this year compared to last year and it's mostly because of family films: parents can't afford to take their kids to Disney World anymore so they're waiting for the next big family film to come up so that their kids can brag to their friends about how they saw it already. Oh and family films are having legs this year because the kids who didn't see the latest family film are going home and begging their parents to take them. It's really not all that different from thirty years ago when all the kids wanted their parents to take them to see a latest Star Wars movie. In retrospect, Term4 didn't have the kind of kiddie appeal that Trans2 is going to have. 90mil is not bad for the first nine days. Oh and you're wrong about Term4 not having come out worldwide yet: it came out in Asia this past weekend, no doubt to take advantage of the fact that last weekend was a long weekend as a result of the Dragon Boat Festival. Of course it'll take longer for the overseas numbers to become available, maybe another week.
 
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thundercat64
2:42AM on 06/01/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
The fact is that T4 hasn't opened around the world yet. Those sales will be better than america. the TV show does (did) better everywhere else but america. The movie like the third is relying on DVD, Forgein market and now the amazing blu-ray. It will make its money back. WB isn't worried at all. They optioned another Terminator film with the same writers, and with the same budget and without A...
The fact is that T4 hasn't opened around the world yet. Those sales will be better than america. the TV show does (did) better everywhere else but america. The movie like the third is relying on DVD, Forgein market and now the amazing blu-ray. It will make its money back. WB isn't worried at all. They optioned another Terminator film with the same writers, and with the same budget and without Arnold and they proved they could be as succesful. It was a fun great adition for the franchise and better than the third outing by far. A step in the right direction. The bad thing is that too many studios competing with releasing movie after movie after movie with little to no gaps. That is bad for the entire business. It doesn't give movies a chance to make great money, instead they make okay to good money. Theaters lose with this as well since people will decide when they see a movie and will not go to a movie every weekend. They cannot afford it so they have to pick and choose. So those who don't take their families to everything will have to wait until it hits the home market. T4 and Night at M. dropped more than 50 and 60% NO SHIT!!!! Hollywood needs to be smart about how they make money. As long as all films are released before Christmas on dvd then they are happy. That is truly what makes the machine keep moving for ALL films. I've worked at movie theaters since 1995 and have seen a HUGE change in how many people go to movies and lets face it, there are only a handfull if that a year that will bring in ALL the crowds.
Look at the first and second place of Box office gross. There is a big gap that would be acceptible if the second place film wasn't released 9 days ago. Its sad.
 
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writer19
11:38PM on 05/31/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I’m gettin ready to get bigtime pissed
WHEN LAND OF THE LOST GETS A BILLION next week
I’m gettin ready to get bigtime pissed
WHEN LAND OF THE LOST GETS A BILLION next week
 
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UrNeighbor'sDog
10:49PM on 05/31/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
This was a great week for films. Up was a really strong and sentimental film. Carl was a great character. Drag me to Hell was also very impressive. Raimi went back to the old reliable and he did not disappoint. There were some very creepy sequences throughout, but just enough humor to keep you watching for more. Alison Lohman was perfect for the role of Christine. I'm glad Ellen page dropped ou...
This was a great week for films. Up was a really strong and sentimental film. Carl was a great character. Drag me to Hell was also very impressive. Raimi went back to the old reliable and he did not disappoint. There were some very creepy sequences throughout, but just enough humor to keep you watching for more. Alison Lohman was perfect for the role of Christine. I'm glad Ellen page dropped out because that film would have been completely different.
 
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talknerdytome25
10:12PM on 05/31/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Up was sooo good, I dont think I enjoyed it as much as Wall E..but it did get to me. I couldnt help crying about 3 times. Very heartfelt and clever :)
Up was sooo good, I dont think I enjoyed it as much as Wall E..but it did get to me. I couldnt help crying about 3 times. Very heartfelt and clever :)
 
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dellamorte dellamore
9:48PM on 05/31/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Star Trek blows chunks
What a disappointment that film was . After all this breathless hype , i expected something more than a rehashed , yet another origin story that tries so hard to appeal to the hipsters .

It was a generic Hwood offering that had no pulse , save for when the original Spock makes appearances ,now that's pathetic . Don' get me started on the toothless villain who wouldn't scare a pre...
What a disappointment that film was . After all this breathless hype , i expected something more than a rehashed , yet another origin story that tries so hard to appeal to the hipsters .

It was a generic Hwood offering that had no pulse , save for when the original Spock makes appearances ,now that's pathetic . Don' get me started on the toothless villain who wouldn't scare a preschooler . It wasn't godawful but it isn't the second coming of cinema either . Take a deep breath and say , it was good but not terrific .

Anyway , i was glad to have seen Up , that one delivered and i'm eagerly awaiting T2, should be the big hit of the "summer" .
 
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locREDUX
9:30PM on 05/31/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
At least we still have TF2 to look forward to...save us Michael Bay...!
who would have thought many of us would feel like this?
who would have thought many of us would feel like this?
 
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JohnLocke2342
9:25PM on 05/31/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
housecoatman
hit it right on the head... bravo man, you said exactly what is happening.
hit it right on the head... bravo man, you said exactly what is happening.
 
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Housecoat man
9:23PM on 05/31/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
T4
It's not about making 90 million in a week my friend, it's about whether or not T4 is going to ultimately make back it's $200 million budget domestically and by the looks of it, it'll probably barely scrape by.

The reason for this being that T4 was by all accounts damn disappointing. Think about it, why is Star Trek making a ton of dough and has legs and T4 is already showing ma...
It's not about making 90 million in a week my friend, it's about whether or not T4 is going to ultimately make back it's $200 million budget domestically and by the looks of it, it'll probably barely scrape by.

The reason for this being that T4 was by all accounts damn disappointing. Think about it, why is Star Trek making a ton of dough and has legs and T4 is already showing major signs of weakness? Because Star Trek was a good movie and T4 wasn't!

The opening ten minutes of Star Trek are brilliant because the filmmakers get you emotionally invested in the film. That's the focus in the opening. They want to make sure you care about the characters because if you do, you will be along for the ride for the next two hours. T4 had nothing like that, not just in the beginning but throughout the entire film. If anything it made me care less about JConnor because a) he was someone else's bitch through the film and b) he literally sits on his ass for an hour before doing anything. There's nothing to emotionally connect you with Connor and in this weird way it makes it seem that if Connor died, the fight would go on without him no big deal. Bad Editing (the scene where the girl and Marcus Wright cut from being in the old gas station at night to her getting attacked by thugs in the football field), lackluster action sequences and ultimately nothing whatsoever being accomplished with the mythology make it a disappointing flick.

No one was more disappointed then me. I effing love the terminator films but T4 made T3 look like T2. I actually felt bad for Christian Bale while watching it because he seemed to be trying so hard but the film as a whole just wasn't up to par.

All they needed to do was tell the backstory of the Terminator time travel. Take me up to the point of skynet sending back the terminator and the resistance sending back Kyle Reese. Dammit the movie practically writes itself!!! Instead we get some out of left field story that bears no relevance to the mythology or whats at stake. The only way I can see people enjoying the Terminator is if they aren't too familiar with the other films. My sister and her kids who know nothing about cinema or the Terminator films enjoyed it. But where as Star Trek managed to miraculously satisfy diehards and newbies, Terminator made no such effort.
I know some people disagree but hey...the numbers don't lie.

At least we still have TF2 to look forward to...save us Michael Bay...!
 
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JohnLocke2342
9:18PM on 05/31/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
And no, I'm not a Terminator hater.. I thought this movie was very, very poorly executed. McG wasn't awful but he wasn't anything great either. I wouldn't mind seeing a T4 as long as it's a different director and screen writer
And no, I'm not a Terminator hater.. I thought this movie was very, very poorly executed. McG wasn't awful but he wasn't anything great either. I wouldn't mind seeing a T4 as long as it's a different director and screen writer
 
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JohnLocke2342
9:17PM on 05/31/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Congrats to UP and Star Trek, the two best movies of the summer.

It's nice to see audiences staying away from Terminator, maybe there is some hope left in the movie goer after all.
Congrats to UP and Star Trek, the two best movies of the summer.

It's nice to see audiences staying away from Terminator, maybe there is some hope left in the movie goer after all.
 
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locREDUX
9:14PM on 05/31/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
hey preston79 go choke on your boy mcgs cock. im sure he needs a good bj after this boomb. youll never see him direct another movie again. unless its a straight to dvd movie. maybe a third charlies angels. haha. i wouldn't mind seeing a t5 but if mcg directs it nvm!
hey preston79 go choke on your boy mcgs cock. im sure he needs a good bj after this boomb. youll never see him direct another movie again. unless its a straight to dvd movie. maybe a third charlies angels. haha. i wouldn't mind seeing a t5 but if mcg directs it nvm!
 
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Balboa6
8:53PM on 05/31/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Terminator Salvation made $90Million it's first week and that's somehow a failure? Interesting.

Anyway, can't wait for the additional two installments. =)
Terminator Salvation made $90Million it's first week and that's somehow a failure? Interesting.

Anyway, can't wait for the additional two installments. =)
 
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Preston_79
6:11PM on 05/31/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Terminator was so fucking awesome. Tragic that people aren't seeing it becuase of many bad/bias reviews. I'm talking to the MCG haters. You all can choke on my cock.

Drag me to Hell was entertaining and the crowd in the theater seemed to love every minute of it. Stop bashing the pg-13 rating. If anything the rating forces the director to be more creative with how they scare ...
Terminator was so fucking awesome. Tragic that people aren't seeing it becuase of many bad/bias reviews. I'm talking to the MCG haters. You all can choke on my cock.

Drag me to Hell was entertaining and the crowd in the theater seemed to love every minute of it. Stop bashing the pg-13 rating. If anything the rating forces the director to be more creative with how they scare you instead of just giving you blood and guts.

I'll probably check out up sometime this week. Summers off to a good start. Now if I can only forget what a disapointment Wolverine was all will be well.
 
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ragekorne
5:35PM on 05/31/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Sorry bout the mad delayed double post. I posted, then left for a few hours and came back and hit refesh....so it posted again. lol.
Sorry bout the mad delayed double post. I posted, then left for a few hours and came back and hit refesh....so it posted again. lol.
 
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ragekorne
5:31PM on 05/31/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Ugh, mad sick of the hate that Terminator is receiving. Congrats to Pixar once again on Up's numbers. Good to see they're rewarded once more on coming up with something original and entertaining.
Ugh, mad sick of the hate that Terminator is receiving. Congrats to Pixar once again on Up's numbers. Good to see they're rewarded once more on coming up with something original and entertaining.
 
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slimbo0330
5:26PM on 05/31/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
say what you want, actually not what you want but exactly what the studios want you to say. halloween wouldnt have had the f-bomb being dropped and some of the kill scenes. if it was PG13 it would be among the ranks of Prom Night and Pulse and those terrible horror movies. so i did consider that and thats stupid to say halloween would be PG13 nowadays

Regardless of what you say, ...
say what you want, actually not what you want but exactly what the studios want you to say. halloween wouldnt have had the f-bomb being dropped and some of the kill scenes. if it was PG13 it would be among the ranks of Prom Night and Pulse and those terrible horror movies. so i did consider that and thats stupid to say halloween would be PG13 nowadays

Regardless of what you say, PG13 horror movies are for pussies. Hell, spiderman and indy 4 would have been PG fifteen years ago, but they get a PG13 rating nowadays. studios know that pg13 means its a bit risque and balsy, but your whole family can come too. so PG13 is a joke. the teenie boppers i saw going to DM2H was enough to turn me away.

PG13 hurt this film, no doubt about it. Guarantee if it was R it wouldve beaten a lot of the R rated horror movies that have come out in the past year, but it only beat 1 -quarantine, barely. you cant contradict the numbers, they dont lie
 
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ColonelColinCaine
4:49PM on 05/31/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
There was nothing pussified about DM2H!
I'm sorry slimbo0330, but copious amounts of gore and violence do not a good horror movie make (though it usually helps). The fact of the matter is the movie worked gangbusters with the Friday night crowd I saw it with. The movie was fun as hell and delivered some genuine scares, all the while delivering copious amounts of fluids(bodily and otherwise) that while not bloody, were still horrendou...
I'm sorry slimbo0330, but copious amounts of gore and violence do not a good horror movie make (though it usually helps). The fact of the matter is the movie worked gangbusters with the Friday night crowd I saw it with. The movie was fun as hell and delivered some genuine scares, all the while delivering copious amounts of fluids(bodily and otherwise) that while not bloody, were still horrendously disgusting. Also, consider this: save for a few tit shots, the original Halloween, with it's mostly bloodless kills, would more than likely have wound up with a PG-13 nowadays. Fuck, DM2H actually had an old woman's eyeballs exploding out of her skull!
 
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rbevanx
4:32PM on 05/31/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
No T5 then lol
I'm quite surprised Terminator has dropped the most.
Big franchise, looks like Transformers, has Batman in it, loads of things blowing up from the trailers I’ve seen.
Just shows you need to make a good film (I Live in the UK, but reviews from critics and film fans, not a very good film), rather than rely on a name or happy meals to market your film.

Word of mouth cl...
I'm quite surprised Terminator has dropped the most.
Big franchise, looks like Transformers, has Batman in it, loads of things blowing up from the trailers I’ve seen.
Just shows you need to make a good film (I Live in the UK, but reviews from critics and film fans, not a very good film), rather than rely on a name or happy meals to market your film.

Word of mouth clearly is the deciding factor if a film is a success or not.
 
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zilla68
4:28PM on 05/31/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
wait a fucking minute
t4 was ok, im sick of all this pixer fucking love fest, up was just ok ,now drag me to hell needs more love guys go fucking see it nowwwwwwwwww
t4 was ok, im sick of all this pixer fucking love fest, up was just ok ,now drag me to hell needs more love guys go fucking see it nowwwwwwwwww
 
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KickyVonKickerton
3:54PM on 05/31/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I hope MuckGee doesn't get to make the second Terminator. Later, homo!
I hope MuckGee doesn't get to make the second Terminator. Later, homo!
 
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Jack_Torrance
3:45PM on 05/31/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Wooooo hoooooo
This is great news, go Up and Star Trek! Really glad to see Terminator dying, and people aren't even talking about Angels and Demons or Wolverine anymore. Hopefully this trend will continue and we'll get some good summer programming in years to come.
This is great news, go Up and Star Trek! Really glad to see Terminator dying, and people aren't even talking about Angels and Demons or Wolverine anymore. Hopefully this trend will continue and we'll get some good summer programming in years to come.
 
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razgriz21
3:24PM on 05/31/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Bye Terminator and McG.

Glad to see Star Trek staying up in the charts.
Bye Terminator and McG.

Glad to see Star Trek staying up in the charts.
 
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slimbo0330
3:21PM on 05/31/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
i dont understand all the hate for T3. course it wasnt going to live up to T2, but i would say it is a decent addition to accompany the first two. it was actually a gnarly arnold movie

T4 should have bombed, it deserved to. did anyone actually know what it was about before they went into the theater? it was just taking a familiar franchise, capitalizing on the giant robot fuss (t...
i dont understand all the hate for T3. course it wasnt going to live up to T2, but i would say it is a decent addition to accompany the first two. it was actually a gnarly arnold movie

T4 should have bombed, it deserved to. did anyone actually know what it was about before they went into the theater? it was just taking a familiar franchise, capitalizing on the giant robot fuss (transformers), capitalizing on bale's success, and slapping PG13 on it, to get money from a bunch of idiots. the worst part is the people who try to argue that PG13 is intense and most old school action movies would be PG13 by today's standards. this is exactly what studios want moronic audiences to think, when in actuality - PG13 is for pussies.

Yes batman, transformers, james bond, bourne are intense and PG13, but batman, transformers, & bond were all initially created for kids, so PG13 is risque for these franchises anyway.

im also glad to see DM2H didnt do well either. The strangers, Friday the 13, My bloody valentine and even garbage like Saw 5 surpassed DM2H at their respective opening wknds at the box office, it just about matched no star/no director 'quarantine'. so basically, people prefer their horror movies to be R. dont start pussying up the horror genre either. please
 
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ttop33
3:05PM on 05/31/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Can you blame terminator for failing? After terminator 3 did anyone think audiences were going to buy into the same crap? Had this been terminator 3 it would've made 3 times what it is.
Can you blame terminator for failing? After terminator 3 did anyone think audiences were going to buy into the same crap? Had this been terminator 3 it would've made 3 times what it is.
 
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ragekorne
2:58PM on 05/31/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Ugh, mad sick of the hate that Terminator is receiving. Congrats to Pixar once again on Up's numbers. Good to see they're rewarded once more on coming up with something original and entertaining.
Ugh, mad sick of the hate that Terminator is receiving. Congrats to Pixar once again on Up's numbers. Good to see they're rewarded once more on coming up with something original and entertaining.
 
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vini
2:42PM on 05/31/2009 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I'm beyond happy that Terminator Excretion is flopping hard
Hopefully this will teach studios and produces all over who they should trust with a movie license, much less a beloved franchise like Terminator. That's what you get when you hire a generic director who's only talent is to blow shit up and film it.

Where's your PG-13 money now you fucking cunts?
Hopefully this will teach studios and produces all over who they should trust with a movie license, much less a beloved franchise like Terminator. That's what you get when you hire a generic director who's only talent is to blow shit up and film it.

Where's your PG-13 money now you fucking cunts?
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