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Movie: Box Office Thread
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At least all the movies will be doing very well for the next two weeks.
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Tintin and Dragon Tattoo were far too good to underperform this weekend.. but everyone needs to consider that Christmas weekend (and the entire holidays for that matter) deflate weekend numbers as movies still do gangbusters during the week. Hopefully with good word of mouth both films can inch their way to 100 million and then some!
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Originally posted by LightandDarkness
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo flopped.
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They should have hired Keira.
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Originally posted by Celestial
They should have hired Keira.
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Right?
I watched it today and I liked it. I must admit I expected more after Nicole's hardcore stanning, but oh well. The second half of the movie, after they met, was far less captivating. The ending was really screwed up; it was so anticlimactic. David Fincher also disappointed me; the directing was pretty sloppy at times. I cannot believe the same person who directed the masterpiece that was “The Social Network” directed it.
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Originally posted by LightandDarkness
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo flopped.
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I think that it's going to stabilize slowly.
$5,065,496
$3,310,977 -34.6%
$4,628,000 +39.8%
$2,499,000 -46%
$5,623,000 +125%
$6,650,000 +18.3%
=$27,776,000
It had a decent increase today.
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Originally posted by Nicole
Too early to make that conclusion!
American moviegoers just need time to meet Lisbeth Salander. Despite the success of the book, most still don't know who this mysterious tattooed girl is. Once they do, they won't be able to resist her. $21.4M is enough for word of mouth to start spreading. The only problem (especially in the US)is that the movie is very cold and cerebral like all of David Fincher's movies. So is the book - that's probably why he was drawn to it.
I think by next Sunday, it could top $50M.
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That's why I think it will do much better overseas, like most of his movies do.
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Is it true that The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo flopped at the box office because people went to see a Tom Cruise movie instead? What's wrong with people?
—NeatElla, via the inbox
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Yep, the Dragon Tattoo girl got flamed all right. Charred. Scorched. Pick your favorite Lisbeth Salander-on-fire analogy and go with it. The film's opening is an unquestioned disappointment. Now, if you're hoping to blame Cruise for this debacle, here's what I can tell you...
Yes, his movie won, and David Fincher's U.S. remake of the Swedish juggernaut, well, did naut. The numbers are brutal. Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol, brought in an estimated $26.5 million over the weekend. At No. 2 was the new Sherlock Holmes installment, at $17.8 million. Even the new Chipmunks movie did better than Dragon Tattoo, which came in fourth with an estimated $13 million.
Does that mean that Salander has been officially trounced? Analysts tell me yes.
"A debut of $13 million over the holiday season is equivalent to a lump of coal, especially for a film that brings along this much fanfare," says Jeff Bock of Exhibitor Relations. "Dragon Tattoo will no doubt perform better than Zodiac, which also debuted with $13 million and finished with $33 million. But it is doubtful foreign grosses will bring much merriment, as the Swedish version of Dragon Tattoo previously lit it up overseas, grossing $94 million.
"With a budget approaching $90 million, plus purchasing the rights to the Millennium franchise, plus big-time marketing, this will go down as a dud."
But why? Well, you have my permission to blame the squeamishness of the American audience, especially during the holidays, when people want only escapism or sentimentality. The Dragon Tattoo series offers neither, instead depicting, among other violations, the graphic shackling and rape of Salander.
"The subject matter is very disturbing and ultimately dour, and as we saw earlier this fall with Drive, those films don't often connect with moviegoers, especially over the holiday season," Bock tells this B!tch.
A shame, really. In my opinion (which totally counts), this new interpretation of Dragon Tattoo is terrific. I highly recommend it.
Source: E online
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Member Since: 11/23/2011
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The rape scene (and subsequent revenge scene) was brutal, and quite uncomfortable to watch. But I'm still surprised by how much it underperformed. It's a great movie, so hopefully the box office reports get better over time. If not, then I hope Rooney's career isn't affected that much since she was hyped beyond belief.
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People are writing off TGWTDT WAY too soon.
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They're equally critically acclaimed, so that is comparable, however, I think it's stupid to compare the success of the new version to the 2010 version, since it had a $13 million budget, and made 8x its budget. For this version to do that, it would have to gross $723 million, which is impossible. I stand behind my statement that it will perform much better overseas.
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Originally posted by Nicole
People are writing off TGWTDT WAY too soon.
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I love you avi. Rooney was a perfect Lisbeth. I want her to blow up so badly.
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Originally posted by Box Office Mojo
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo grossed an estimated $19.4 million from Friday to Monday for a six-day total of $27.8 million. That's tops among the new releases, but is also a bit disappointing considering the movie is an adaptation of one of the most popular books of the last decade and featured a killer marketing campaign from distributor Sony Pictures ("The Feel Bad Movie of Christmas," Trent Reznor and Karen O's version of Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song," etc.).
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This is where the ever so fickle Americans comes into play. Majority of Americans find movies like The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo appalling.
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The movie will still end up being profitable which is most important. I'm sure it will end up with over 100 million
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Keep in mind that this dark 3 hour movie - in which a man violently rapes a woman, and in which she gets her revenge by tasering him and kicking a huge metal ***** into his ass - scored an A Cinemascore. Let's see what word of mouth does.
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David Fincher is my favorite director and he is very ambicious. I'm so jealous you guys got to see the movie, I don't even know when it opens in Mexico.
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Originally posted by Duca
Right?
I watched it today and I liked it. I must admit I expected more after Nicole's hardcore stanning, but oh well. The second half of the movie, after they met, was far less captivating. The ending was really screwed up; it was so anticlimactic. David Fincher also disappointed me; the directing was pretty sloppy at times. I cannot believe the same person who directed the masterpiece that was “The Social Network” directed it.
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Well if you read the books, the ending is anticlimatic as well, but it works. You still can't stop reading.
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Originally posted by LightandDarkness
Hollywood's Young Elite Actresses as Lisbeth Salander.
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I can't believe Ellen Page was actually considered for the part.
Rooney was perfect.
To be honest this season seems to be a snore in terms of box office. Glad MI4 is doing great though, I still need to see it.
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Tues #s: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/daily/chart/
Wed #s: Exhibitor Relations 1. 1. M:I-GP - $8.5 mil, 2. SHERLOCK 2 - $6.5 mil, 3. ALVIN 3 - $6.5 mil, 4. TINTIN - $4.2 mil, 5. DRAGON TATTOO - $4.1 mil
Looks like Sony might have to invest in tattoo removal. With these dismal #s, the next installments might not see the light of day
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Does that mean Sony might pull the plug on the three-film franchise? I guess time will only tell.
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