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Re: 2009 at the Box Office
Some critic said it best. You can no more turn your brain off to have fun than you can cut your tongue out to enjoy a meal. The fun happens IN YOUR BRAIN. I would not expect Megan Fox to grasp that, based on her filmography. I can list 20 blockbusters at the drop of a hat that were well-written, full of spectacle, and possessed decent characters and motivations.
There are levels of movies between Van Helsing and Schindler's List. But I think the concept of gradations are beyond many filmgoers.
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Jeez. Isn't there anyone here who enjoyed Transformers 2? Was it that bad? I'll be seeing it next week but I have a feeling it won't be as 'terrible' as some of you whingers have made it out to be. I mean it's a movie about giant alien robots I know what to expect. I can watch pretty much anything and enjoy it, even Van Helsing, though I had to draw the line at Speed Racer which gave me the impression it was made exclusively for pre-teeners.
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thanks brandon and chuck. I agree with you both. I also have trouble with that stupid term.
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it's made like 80mil now just in 2days right?
bay is laughing all the way2the bank
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It is mind-bogglingly stupid throughout. Not at times. It depends on what you need for entertainment. I don't need an amazing story, but I do need a passable one. If you short me on story, you can make up for it with characters (Trek) or humor (The Hangover). TF2 brought nothing for me.
Many of us enjoy being entertained by movies, of many varieties and skill levels. I am tired of excuses for lazy retreads like this, of movies that literally make NO effort to be anything other than effects reels connected by objectification and lowest common denominator humor. It really does not take much more effort to develop a story hook. But as Fonger points out...why should Bay? Why should any maker of blockbusters? $80M in the bank, on the way to the triple century mark.
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Re: 2009 at the Box Office
Friday Estimates
#1 "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" $36.7 million ($125.9 million)
#2 "The Proposal" $6.2 million ($56.7 million) 52% Friday-to-Friday drop
#3 "The Hangover" $5.3 million ($171.3 million) 37% Friday-to-Friday drop
#4 "My Sister's Keeper" $5.1 million
#5 "Up" $4.0 million ($241.1 million) 36% Friday-to-Friday drop
#6 "Year One" $2.0 million ($28.5 million) 76% Friday-to-Friday drop (Ouch!)
#7 "The Taking Pelham 1 2 3" $1.5 million ($49.5 million) 52% Friday-to-Friday drop
#8 "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian" $1.2 million ($160.9 million) 44% Friday-to-Friday drop
#9 "Star Trek" $1.1 million ($243.7 million) 12% Friday-to-Friday drop
#10 "Away We Go" $510K ($2.9 million) 105% Friday-to-Friday increase
#11 "Land of the Lost" $361K ($46.0 million) 71% Friday-to-Friday drop
#12 "Terminator Salvation" $320K ($121.2 million) 63% Friday-to-Friday drop
Much to no one's surprise, "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" is completely dominating the box office. The movie looks headed for a Friday-thru-Sunday haul in the neighborhood $100-$110 million.
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Friday Estimates
#10 "Away We Go" $510K ($2.9 million) 105% Friday-to-Friday drop
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Talk about an "Ouch!" How does a film drop more than 100%? Did they start refunding some tickets that were sold last weekend?
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My bad. That meant to say increase. It's been fixed.
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That would be kind of funny, though..."We acknowledge that our film was so awful that we're going to refund last weekend's admissions, as well."
Though it seems "Away We Go" might actually be a good film. Perhaps "Transformers 2" should consider that offer.
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It should also be noted that Friday saw the total domestic mark of '09 pass the $5 billion mark in record time. Going into Sunday, more than 700 million theater admissions had been sold. This is easily the strongest pace the box office has enjoyed in terms of overall grosses and hard ticket sales since '04.
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Transfoamers is big gross %201m! whoar! 5 days bigger than nearly Dark Nite!!
That's a stupendous amount of money, would Transformers have grossed more, I wonder, if it opened on friday? What was Dark Knight's opening weekend gross? Hang on a min.... here it is, $158m, 3-days? Wow!
We still have Harry Potter coming up, will that shatter Transformers 2009 record? Exciting innit?
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I just hope it pulls a Spider-Man 3 and goes downhill fast.
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Why? What kind of reaction is that? How old are you guys here anyway? I'm starting to wonder.
Btw funny you should mention Spider-Man 3, that film grossed nearly $900m worldwide, a colossal amount of money and just $100m behind a certain Batman sequel.
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Terry, how is Public Enemies tracking? I've heard very good things about this one, and I am very, very excited to see it this week. I'd like it to do well, since I'd like all Michael Mann movies to do well. That ways, we get more Michael Mann movies.
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