
The Oogieloves in the BIG Balloon Adventure (as if “big” was the word that needed emphasizing in that phrase) narrowly edged out your mom’s crotch to become the worst opening of all time this weekend, earning just $445,000 on 2,160 screens. The only two things I knew about this film before today were that the producer was apparently inspired by people yelling at the screen during Madea Goes to Jail (no, really), and that the character on the right up there would kill my parents if I told anyone where she touched me.
It was pretty obvious that Oogieloves in the BIG Balloon Adventure wasn’t going to do well, but no one expected it to open this low. The movie earned an estimated $445,000 from 2,160 locations this weekend; that tops 2008′s Delgo ($511,920) for the worst debut ever for a movie in more than 2,000 theaters. It also had the second-worst per-theater average for a movie in nationwide release at just $206. To put that in perspective, if each location played Oogieloves five times a day on one screen at an average ticket price of $7, that would translate to fewer than two people per showing. [BoxOfficeMojo]
The fourth worst opening ever was for Major League: Back to the Minors, so you can understand why when Charlie Sheen was running his mouth about making another Major League movie a year or so ago, they were all calling it “Major League 3,” just ignoring the fact that there already was a Major League 3. And why not? It’s not like people were really looking for continuity in the Major League franchise. They already replaced Wesley Snipes with Omar Epps and just acted like they were the same person. Anyway, I digress. The Oogieloves trailer is after the jump, in case you want to feel like you’re tripping balls for a couple minutes.
Wow. Okay. Can someone take just that two seconds of Cary Elwes in a cowboy hat saying “don’t forget to wobble!”? I feel like you could splice that into anything and make it 20 percent better.



“This was never about box office,” [producer] Viselman told TheWrap Monday morning. “It was about exposure. We’ve now got the notoriety we were trying to get for weeks…The attention we’re getting as a result of this is going to help our video on demand and DVD campaigns.” (?)
Brilliant idea, Mr. Self-Proclaimed “Marketing Genius.” “People will line up to rent and buy this one because they…wouldn’t…spend money to see it in a theatre?”
Good. I’ve never heard of this movie before this news, but “Sparkeliciousness” is a term you do not want to teach little girls unless you want them to be featured by age 19 on the main stage of “The Lodge” or whatever else the local shady full-nude strip club is called. I’m glad it failed.
So Heigl no longer has the worst opening of all times?
Aw, shucks.
I think she has two of the worst openings of all time, her mouth and her ahem…
Good news, Patty! Heigl still holds the record. This is for the worst opening for a flick showing in 2000+ theaters. It’ll be pretty damn hard to do worse than the $30 Zyzzyx Road took in.
“From the marketing visionary of…”
Yeah, not exactly the best way to sell a movie to kids.
This sucks. Only because Delgo deserves to hold that title for another decade.
Michael Clarke Duncan, who did a character voice in Delgo, passes away the same weekend that this historically low-grossing film is dethroned? Coincidence, or yet another crime against humanity committed by The Oogieloves in The BIG Balloon Adventure”?
“narrowly edged out your mom’s crotch to become the worst opening of all time this weekend”
That line alone will get me through the work week. Much obliged.
Really? Cause I’m pretty sure he means “your” Mom in the generic sense. But to each their own I don’t say. Weirdo
What the fuck are you talking about? Go fuck your mother, in the generic sense.
Based on that poster, it also would appear to hold the unassailable record for “best way to frighten your children into eternal silence and therapy”.
This thing had a talking billboard in my local theater. I assumed it was one of those Wiggles things that was colossally popular already and just out of my demographic. Whoops!
What can possible be said about this that the title “Oogieloves” doesn’t already suggest? Is it a movie about a retarded kid that loves eating boogers but calls them Oogies? Is it about being touched in your “Oogielove” zone?
I think I flushed an Oogielove this morning…..