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WEEKEND BOX-OFFICE
Speed
runs outta gas!
Duck for cover Joel
Silver assistants: the uber-producer's latest big-budget
action flick, SPEED
RACER, is the first dud of the summer.
Despite already weakened predictions that had the kid-friendly
SPEED coming in at $35M, it finished well below that and may even
get beat by WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS when the final numbers are
released on Monday. SPEED RACER brought in a highly
disappointing (for Warner Bros. anyway) $20.2M with VEGAS nipping
on its heels with $20.1M. As you might expect, IRON MAN
retained its hold on the #1 spot with only a 49% dip for a $50.5M
weekend and $177M total.
I had a feeling SPEED
RACER was in for trouble considering my son should be the target
audience for the movie (young, hyper and in love with cars) and he
couldn't care less about it. He's counting down the days to
WALL-E though... After V FOR VENDETTA's disappointing run,
SPEED RACER could change the way studios look at the Wachowskis
who aren't so much of a sure bet as they were after THE
MATRIX. (In other disappointing performance news, PATHOLOGY,
the Milo Ventimiglia thriller, ended its run at theaters with a
total of $109,000.)
As for WHAT HAPPENS IN
VEGAS, it looked like it could quite possibly be the most annoying
movie ever, yet it scored big with women and couples looking for
something with a little more oomph than MADE OF HONOR
($7.6M). Universal's spring comedies BABY MAMA and
FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL continue to perform nicely nearing a
combined total of $100M for the studio.
Next week you don't
have a plethora of choices. It's CHRONICLES OF
NARNIA:
PRINCE CASPIAN or...your third viewing of IRON MAN. PRINCE
CASPIAN is the only wide release and it's telling that no other
studio even wanted to try to counter-program against it.
NARNIA's that big yo! I still don't get it but I'll give
some credit where credit is due. So much you think NARNIA
will make next week? VOTE
HERE!!!
DVD
WEEKLY SALES CHARTS HERE
| 1. Iron
Man |
$50.5 Million |
$177.1 Million |
| 2.
Speed Racer |
$20.2 Million |
NEW |
| 3.
What Happens in Vegas |
$20.1 Million |
NEW |
| 4.
Made of Honor |
$7.6 Million |
$26.3 Million |
| 5.
Baby Mama |
$5.8 Million |
$40.4 Million |
| 6.
Forgetting Sarah... |
$3.8 Million |
$50.8 Million |
| 7.
Harold and Kumar... |
$3.2 Million |
$30.7 Million |
| 8.
The Forbidden Kingdom |
$1.9 Million |
$48.3 Million |
| 9.
Nim's Island |
$1.3 Million |
$44.3 Million |
| 10.
Redbelt |
$1.1 Million |
$1.2 Million |
ACCESS
BOX-OFFICE ARCHIVES HERE
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Taldaran
on May 12 2008, 1:35:22 PM writes:
THAT'S TOO BAD
Have to say that I am not all that surprised. A lot of people were talking bad about the visual style of the film. I actually found Speed Racer to be a lot more entertaining than Iron Man. It was fast paced and the races kept you on the edge of your seat. I think the word of mouth will be good on speed, but not enough to pull it up. For those people that were talking bad about it, don't knock it until you have seen it. I actually want to see Speed Racer a second time more than I want to see Iron Man again. |
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tenebre
on May 12 2008, 1:20:33 PM writes:
IRON MAN STILL DESERVES #1 SPOT
Speed Racer looks hideous in a sort of "Adventures of Sharkboy & LavaGirl" kind of way. I'm glad it bombed.
Iron Man is too good a movie to be bumped to the #2 spot by something as derivative and typical of hollywood's record for crap CG movies as Speed Racer. Stop turning classic cartoons into horrible live-action movies. I'd think people would've figured out it would never work after 'Flintstones: The Movie' (another cartoon adaptation with John Goodman). But they didn't. So we have 'Alvin & The Chipmunks', 'Garfield', 'Underdog' and now this. |
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yodalovesyou
on May 12 2008, 5:56:02 AM writes:
AWWW
I feel sorry for Speed Racer. I predicted it would flop months ago and now that it has I feel really guilty. A lot of people who've seen it, say it's great. Prince Caspian looks like every other fantasy flick. |
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 X-KID
on May 12 2008, 2:37:36 AM writes:
I KNEW IT
Of course IRON-MAN was going to beat SPEED RACER, there was no competition there, I've already seen Iron-Man twice and still want to see it again, I catched the 7min. Speed Racer clip and I was surprised at how it pulled me in to the story so quickly and ended up wanting to see what was going to happen at the end of the clip, I'm going to see it and then judge, even though the first time I saw the trailer I was like...What? but I'll give this one a chance. |
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 War_chief
on May 12 2008, 1:41:32 AM writes:
SPEED
I got draggen to it by my little nephew and I am glad I did. Speed Racer was awesome. |
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 dellamorte dellamore
on May 12 2008, 12:23:34 AM writes:
ALUMINUM MAN
Speed Racer is one of the best movies to come along in quite some time . It comes with my highest recommendation . If you give it a chance and can deal with a couple of moments of down time , you'll be richly rewarded .
It's an example of why i go to the movies as opposed to waiting for dvd or downloading them :) .
Don't punk out and dl it , then talk shiite about it , this is a must see film in the theaters . You'll be enjoying yourself despite preconceived notions .
I didn't think i would enjoy it as much as i did , but it exceeded the proverbial expectations , although everything moves so fast and there is so much happening simultaneously , the enjoyment is delayed , if that makes any sense . |
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hcaulfield37
on May 11 2008, 11:55:19 PM writes:
Speed Racer was the best film going experience I've had so far this year. I was shocked by how insanely well done it was. It came as a shock by me, because MY nephew has been dying to see, and has already seen it twice.
I knew it wouldn't make much, but I honestly expected it to still open number one with, say, $60 million, and then have it drop to number 8 or 9 at the box office.
Oh well. If the public wants to see What Happens In Vegas more than Speed Racer, then what can you do? |
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Goldenarmz
on May 11 2008, 11:40:44 PM writes:
GINOPAGS
Go see the movie first then come back and talk about what didnt gel. And Photoshop? I mean really? I thought the movie was pretty good, the races were amazing in it. I dont know why people dont give it a chance. I liked Ironman and SPEED. Although a lil kid behind me who couldnt be no more than 7 said it was boring and him and his family walked out of it. SO.. there ya go |
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ginopags
on May 11 2008, 11:16:58 PM writes:
GO PHOTOSHOP GO!
havent seen speed racer yet (I will) but everything Ive seen from it just looks like a live action film composited in photoshop. looks like they had good intentions, but it doesnt gel consistently in the final look (from what the scenes and videos Ive seen online show me anyay). |
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v1023
on May 11 2008, 10:14:25 PM writes:
MAKES NO SENSE
I've seen both movies and while Ironman was a lot more serious and well perhaps even cooler, speed racer was a more "fun" watch. I'd definitely see speed racer again rather than ironman. |
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