BOX OFFICE: $55.7 MIL FOR WATCHMEN
03.09.09
As expected, Watchmen kicked ass at the box office this weekend against basically non-existent competition. Its $55.7 million dollar take, however, wasn’t quite up to studio estimates in the $60s, nor was it as big as Snyder’s $70 million opening for 300. People will now probably blame the fact that Watchmen was dark and violent for it not quite living up to expectations, even though that was the film’s saving grace. Overall, film revenue is up 16% over last year.
Elsewhere, The Jonas Bros in 3-D shot from number two to number 9 (with a bullet), dropping 78% in its second weekend and proving that the NAMBLA crowd doesn’t have the box office clout they once did.
Slumdog Millionaire landed in the four spot. The film has gotten a bigger Oscar bump than any other movie in history, making it that much more surprising that Fox has announced a DVD release on March 31st. Seems odd that they’d rush the DVD of a film that’s still doing solid business at theaters. Then again, being surprised by something Fox does is like going to the zoo and being surprised when one of the monkeys masturbates to completion in front of your daughter. Put a dumb beast in a cage or a business suit, anything can happen.
1. “Watchmen,” $55.7 million.
2. “Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail,” $8.8 million
3. “Taken,” $7.5 million.
4. “Slumdog Millionaire,” $6.9 million.
5. “Paul Blart: Mall Cop,” $4.1 million.
6. “He’s Just Not That Into You,” $4 million.
7. “Coraline,” $3.3 million.
8. “Confessions of a Shopaholic,” $3.1 million.[Editor's Note: Suck it, Bruckheimer]
9. “Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience,” $2.8 million.
10. “Fired Up,” $2.6 million.
[via Yahoo and BoxOfficeMojo]
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Good to see Paul Blart is still kicking ass!
“Madea” is in second place. Just goes to show you, give the American public what it wants (black people in jail) and they will beat a path to your door.
PS: the Jonas Brothers movie dropped drastically because pre-teen girls only get their allowance money every TWO weeks.
Slumdog winning the Oscar might have been great for the country of India but awful for the millions out there needing tech support.
I was lost in Manhattan for 4 fucking hours because every Onstar representative was celebrating in the streets of Mumbai.
Fuckers.
I hate it when you accidentally roll into the four spot. Sticky.
The great thing about Slumdog Millionaire is that it leaves a lot of room for sequels. They can just replace the game show framework with…
a Press Junket
the Academy Award Categories
People’s Choice Award Categories
White People Writing a Movie Starring Indian People so Everyone Thinks They’re Seeing a Foreign Film and Feel Cultured
Jamal’s Brother’s Murders as an Indian Crime Boss Hitman (Actually, this one sounds interesting)
I’m trying to work up my sense of schadenfreude for the movie not meeting studio estimates, but it’s difficult to do when the movie pulled in more than $55 Million.
I guess I could go with knowing that Watchmen’s opening weekend is going to help pay for principal photography when Fox decides whether Marmaduke should be a real dog or CGI.
I really should have formatted that list differently.
Also, they plan to use the movie Watchmen in the Slumdog sequel to explain his life further when Rorschach’s mask gives him flash backs to an arbitrary moment in his life.
Dr. Manhattan isn’t circumcized? As if having a blue dick wasn’t weird looking enough, but it’s hooded too? No wonder he’s so reluctant to want to help the world.
I would have had to slit my wrists if for some unholy reason Paul Blart managed to beat Watchmen.
After seeing Smurf Dick twice, I have to say I’m completely 100 percent okay with Jackie Earle Haley being Freddy Krueger.
I’m also okay with him wearing a wifebeater everyday for the rest of his life. Thank you Mini Red Headed Clint Eastwood, you made my night.
Then again, being surprised by something Fox does is like going to the zoo and being surprised when one of the monkeys masturbates to completion in front of your daughter.
The biggest surprise was that I didn’t even know Mickey Dolenz was going to be there.
Are we sure that Jakie Earle Haley isn’t just Clint Eastwood with red hair dye after a rejuvenation program that had the side effect of shrinkage?
So, have we settled the issue of whether that was Manhattan’s real blue schlong, or if he was wearing a prosthetic?
So yeah I went and saw Watchmen like a good little consumer this weekend, and paid for it twice (you’re welcom Fox, I’m a dumbass), and here’s my review.
I liked the comic and the movie was pretty damned good.
Jacky Earl Haley does a better Batman impression than Christian Bale does.
To much cock and not enough tits.
Oh and I almost forgot . . . the brutal rape scene? Not nearly enough rape, or brutality.
Was there any Crud Up in there?
/\ Yuckie
My friend kept asking me “Do you think he added some when he put himself back together…cause I would.” Most likely.
When he turned around being all 80 feet tall, I”m surprised we didn’t see Rorschach ducking and snarling out “Doc, put that fucking thing away.”
Rob, I never thought of that. It would explain all the anger and hatred for liberals.