The Smurfs: $551M, the highest-grossing non-sequel of 2011
The Smurfs (2011)
Director: Raja Gosnell Writers: J. David Stern
David N. Weiss Actors: Neil Patrick Harris
Jayma Mays
Hank Azaria Katy Perry (Voice)
Alan ******* (Voice)
George Lopez (Voice)
Paul Reubens (Voice)
Anton Yelchin* (Voice) Composer: Heitor Pereira
I haven't seen it but I'm not surprised it got bad reviews, these types of films always do. Didn't the Scooby Doo movie get bad reviews as well? I thought it was great
I haven't seen it but I'm not surprised it got bad reviews, these types of films always do. Didn't the Scooby Doo movie get bad reviews as well? I thought it was great
Yeah bad reviews were expected. But it seems to be be doing great at theaters, it opened with 13 M.
It really is. But it still has a chance to debut at number 1 for a debut film, well it's not really a debut since she wasn't really in the movie, but you can think of it that way. So if everything goes well, it will be good and bad.
The Smurfs is the latest talking critter comedy, and the sub-genre seemed like a sure thing until such stumbles as Marmaduke, Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore and Zookeeper, though Yogi Bear and Hop saved some face with their $100-plus million runs. In addition to its brand awareness, Smurfs, which copies the premise from Enchanted, has one key thing going for it: the critters are small. Led by Alvin and the Chipmunks, the most successful talking critter movies feature diminutive critters. Aside from that, Smurfs looks like a run-of-the-mill genre entry, and distributor Sony Pictures has pegged it for the high-$20-to-low-$30 million range in its last-minute expectations.
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In Box Office Mojo's polling, The Smurfs posted 6.2 percent for opening weekend, which was close to Gnomeo and Juliet (6.3 percent) but less than G-Force (7.8 percent). Crazy, Stupid, Love. had 9.3 percent for opening weekend, which was better than Larry Crowne (5.9 percent) and similar to In Good Company and The Dilemma.
The Forecast, July 29-31
1. Cowboys & Aliens - $36 million
2. Captain America: The First Avenger - $29 million
3. The Smurfs - $26 million
4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 - $23.5 million
5. Crazy, Stupid, Love. - $19 million
Well my little sister, cousin, and aunt said they enjoyed it. I was actually considering spending 10 bucks and going to the movies to see it, but now I might just save 5 dollars and go to my local bootlegger.
