NO ONE INTERESTED IN MEETING DAVE
07.14.08
Hellboy 2 claimed the top spot in a weak field at the box office this weekend, pulling in a modest $35.9 million dollars. In other not surprising news, Meet Dave, the Eddie Murphy vehicle for which the star skipped his own premiere, was a complete failure, opening in the seventh spot and earning just $5.3 million. The movie looked horrible. But knowing these industry analysts, I’m sure there’s a more science-y sounding reason for its failure…
Science-fiction comedy has not been a kind genre for Murphy. His biggest bomb ever was the sci-fi tale "The Adventures of Pluto Nash," which cost about $90 million and took in just $4.4 million during its entire run. "It was a tough concept to get across," 20th Century Fox distribution executive Bert Livingston said of "Meet Dave," which cost about $55 million to make. "It’s upsetting for all of us and for Eddie. He’s very funny in this. Just not enough people came."
If only some of that money had gone towards fat suits. Full top 10 after the jump.
1. "Hellboy II: The Golden Army," $35.9 million.
2. "Hancock," $33 million.
3. "Journey to the Center of the Earth," $20.6 million.
4. "Wall-E," $18.5 million.
5. "Wanted," $11.6 million.
6. "Get Smart," $7.1 million.
7. "Meet Dave," $5.3 million.
8. "Kung Fu Panda," $7.54.3 million. [Sorry, CNN's error, not mine]
9. "Kit Kittredge: An American Girl," $2.5 million.
10. "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," $2.3 million.
[CNN]
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How is Kung Fu Panda 8th and it made more than 6th?
Doesn’t Dave usually use the other entrance, ifyouknowwhatimean?
what the fuck is hand-cock still doing in theatres? fuck!
Rotten Tomatoes has KFP making 4.1m…
BTK, The Dark Knight is currently 100% on RT. :D
My new friend Bruce took me to a screening of Dave’s Meat. I’m never letting him buy movie tickets again.
That’s because Anne Hathaway’s tits are better than Jack Black’s tits, Luch.
Why is Vlance always trying to hold the Panda down?
I am calling it now, if The Dark Knight is on enough screens, it will take $75m.
His biggest bomb ever was the sci-fi tale "The Adventures of Pluto Nash," which cost about $90 million and took in just $4.4 million during its entire run.
That wasn’t just his biggest bomb; it was the biggest bomb.* And yet they spent at least $55 million (that they’re willing to admit to) on another Eddie Murphy sci-fi comedy.
* http://entertainment.msn.com/news/article.aspx?news=131054
Dor sho gha! Eddie Murphy plays for The NY Giants????
Why is Vlance always trying to hold the Panda down?
*Throws bucket full of PANDA SEMEN through window*
ATTICA! ATTICA!
*air guitar*
They had some sneak previews of Meet Dave on ABC Family this weekend (tangentially related shout-out to my daughter on her 9th birthday – Daddy will watch you blow out the candles just as soon as he’s done making fun of rich people, Sweetie…). Dave wins some contest at a carnival and is handed a stuffed frog, which Little Dave thinks is an alien and begins to attack, confusing Elizabeth Banks and her inexplicably red hair. As I watched a little piece of my soul died, slid out of my ass, and left a big grease stain on the carpet.
The point bring, anyone who paid $8 to see this should immediately be thrown into a volcano to appease the angry gods (I’m naturally assumimg they’re all virgins).
Well, after seeing this poster, The Mighty Fek’lhr doesn’t feel bad about thinking, as a child, that He had Stormtroppers marching through the snow living in His ear.
Eddie Murphy inside himselfself has always been his biggest sexual fantasy too bad for him it is nobody elses
$55 million to make “Meet Dave”?
How much was that fucking head?
Only tangentially related but is it bad when the Q-tip comes out all bloody? Cuz I just can’t seem to stop.
Rot-it is much worse it it comes out brown/grey.
BTK, Echoing Bex’s comments from earlier, Hellboy II is a good movie. I didn’t like the first one, but this one was kick-ass.
"Eddie Murphy in Eddie Murphy"
Looks like he finally took me seriously when I told him to go fuck himself.
Maybe Dave should try J date or something.
I’m not interested in inter-racia,l dating Michelle. Unless it’s Halle Berry.
And seriously, does EVERY movie poster have to be black white and red?
Or Nia Long.
Or Gabrielle Union.
Aw fuck it. I like the dark meat. What can I say?
Wait, that came out wrong……
Aisha Tyler.
Or Queen Latifa, but other than that…FORGET IT
YEAH!
Yeah to Vince, no no no no no to Michelle.
In the UK Dark Knight tickets are selling so fast the Imax in London is seriously considering having it run 24hours over the first weekend, I’m so tempted to get down to london to see a 3am Imax showing.
Also I know what Eddie Murphy needs to do. He needs to stop making shit movies that’s what.
$55 million to make "Meet Dave"?
How much was that fucking head?
The head was free – Eddie was happy to oblige.
A few years ago (ok, ten), I couldn’t have been convinced I’d be making fun of Eddie Murphy this way.
Me thinks that everyone is to afraid to give Dark Knight a bad review. That or this movie is indeed the second coming of Christ as that angel told me. Then I shot it. Second amendment bitches!
What’s really sad is that Bravo aired Beverly Hills Cop II this weekend, and even with the clever editing and sneaky voice-overs of "shoot" instead of "shit" and the like, it was still infinitely better than anything he’s done in the last 10 years or so.
Except for Life. That shit was funny.
"Git your mad ass in this pool wit me."
see the problem with Eddie is he’ll do several shitty movies, but then he’ll throw in a good one, or at least not a totally hateful one. You could say he jumped the shark with Beverly hills cop 3, but then the original Dr dolittle was alright and i thought Bowfinger was pretty sweet.
I think he finally left us when he did Nutty proffessor 2, he’s done nothing good since then.(apart from maybe I spy) But fucj him.
that right fucj, if you don’t know what it is then you’re a total square.
Yeah, I Spy was kind of funny. Not theater funny, but watch when it’s on tv funny.
Bowfinger was great. Maybe he just needs to fire his agent. Like out of a cannon.
You know who I’d fuck? That Madea chick.
New up.
now eddie murphy knows what its like to be a kiddie porn dungeon. he got owned by brendan fraser.
Fek iu see your 75 mil and raise you to a cool 110. think about it. im gonna see it twice on friday. won’t you?
What makes me sad is Bill Corbet aka Crow from MST3K helped write this steaming pile, and so it makes me think that maybe at some point this was a legit funny idea, and that somehow execs and Ed Murphy filtered it to shit.
Bert Livingston said of Meet Dave. "It’s upsetting for all of us and for Eddie. He’s very funny in this. Just not enough people
camecare." Corrected.