Posted on 06/26/2010 7:15:48 AM PDT by C19fan
This is a failing grade for the 20th Century Fox film starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz on the first day of what will be its 5-day opening weekend. According to rival studios, a figure of $5+M would have been hopeful. But Fox announced just now that Knight and Day did only a nervous $3.8M. (Rival studios had it at $3.6M this morning "apparently not knowing that there was a data feed problem with one of the big circuits", Fox tells me.) "It's normally 5-times Wednesday for 5 days, but that's a number below even the most evil estimates," one rival studio exec emails me.
Well, considering I have not even heard of this movie at all it is no surprise it is flopping. Have they even advertised it at all???
My impression from reviews and the previews is the movie is good and Cruise may have stopped boring people and gotten back to entertaining.
Big HOWEVER: from talking to my wife, daughter and others they all say they “don’t like Tom Cruise” and even though he looks young they all say he is “too old” for Cameron Diaz.
He has alienated a lot of people.
I saw the preview and it looked pretty good. I am not a movie buff but the trailer made me want to see it.
I guess Cruise and Diaz don’t have the star power they used to have.
I have seen Maverick and Dipsy making a lot of “viral” type appearances on TV.
I have seen Maverick and Dipsy making a lot of “viral” type appearances on TV.
huh...Cruise is younger than me and I will never be too old for Cameron Diaz...;)
When I saw the ads/trailer, I thought it looked good and wanted to see it...even though I can’t stand Tom Cruise and never could (horrible actor IMO). But the review said it started out strong and then quickly became weighed down and drawn out. Too bad. Won’t be seeing it - I hate tedious movies.
Toy Story3 best movie of the year,so far!
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Have they even advertised it at all???
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Plenty of TV ads, at least here in Mid-Missouri.
I suspect folks are just a bit tired of Cruise.
Guess contractual photo ops with Stepford Katie didn’t hype the movie enough. ;)
I think word of mouth travels a lot faster these days with email, Twitter, Facebook, blogs so if it is a stinker nobody wastes their money. Hollywood has to be a lot smarter these days than creating hype and good 2 minute trailers. Hollywood has to produce a good product (which is rare these days) in order for people to spend money.
I think it’s all the baggage they carry. Loud mouth activists, scientology nut, worn out their welcome, relationship-challenged, Bush-haters, insane couch-jumper... I think it just wears on the public after a while, and why go see a movie of people who rag on “corporations,” yet benefit from corporations and live so lavishly in our faces, yet chastise the rest of us for “raping” the rest of the world. I couldn’t be happier that their little movie is flopping. Yeah, it looks cool on the previews, but I’ll wait until it’s in the $3.00 bin before I ever see it.
Agreed. The trailer looks good but Cruise has turned off many of his fans because of his outlandish comments, beliefs and behaviors. Cruise, at 48, is only 10 years older than 38 year old Diaz so there’s not that much of an age difference. Maybe people don’t want to believe she’s pushing 40.
I’d watch a Tom Cruise film - but not one with Diaz in.
Never heard of it either.
$3.8M
At that rate, it will probably be on Netflix in a couple of months.
I can wait.
Heard good reviews from conservative reviewers.
If not liking actors inhibits your viewing, fine.
Might be worth a reminder. The Tom Cruise Scientology video. Five and a half million views. Lots of lost ticket sales there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFBZ_uAbxS0
Cruise is 47, Diaz is 37, a ten year difference, which is not such a big difference at that age.
Ooook..nice camera bag, with yer big ol communist china star.
Tom and his wife are a weird-acting, spacy-looking couple that I don't care to enable with any ticket-buying at the movie theater.
Leni
Just my opinion on Diaz, but your eyes might be failing you!
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She looks like Hanoi Jane there. Wonder what that writing says below the star.
This one will be in the bargain bins by Halloween.
Well put. I especially hate the ones who carp on environmentalism and energy, and then make these monster movies that left a carbon-footprint during the filming and production process that Godzilla couldn't compete with.
Dare one also think that Diaz’s recent babbling about how having sex with another woman does not make her a lesbian might also have something to do with it.
If neither one is straight, why would a majority straight audience care about their chemistry, relationship etc.?
The movie execs who financed this movie are watching this very carefully in order to determine whether they will finance another Mission Impossible movie.
Saw this last night. Loved it.
At a minumum eliminate guaranteed money and gross for Cruise.
“’Serve the People’ an infamous political slogan of Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong”
Really?!! The review I read (I mentioned earlier) that it started off good but stumbled in the second half. You don’t agree, then? My daughter and I were planning on seeing it till I read that review and then we changed our minds. We were really looking forward to seeing it, too. Now, I might change my mind back...I’ll base my decision on your answer! lol!
Best news I have heard in awhile.
That’s because Diaz is a skeeve and Tommy Girl is gay. No one likes imposters, even if they’re actors.
I finally saw Valkyrie on cable, I thought Cruise was good in it, and it was a great film.
The movie was fantastic, and Tom did a great job. But it gave the appearance of showing that there were “good nazis” as well as the normal “bad nazis,” so it was dead in the water.
Me too. From all the flak it received when it came out, I thought it would suck mightily, but it was pretty okay.
I don’t claim to have the most sophisticated taste, but my wife and I thought it was hilarious.
You couldn’t pay me to see anything with Cameron Ditz in it.
However to be fair, she did give a fairly contrite and honest apology after she was informed about the meaning and history of what was on that bag, and its impact on the country of Peru (where the picture was taken).
This of course doesn't absolve Diaz of other dumb statements, like the infamous "if you think that rape should be legal, then don't vote" quote of 2004.
Disclaimer: I still think she's cute, even without makeup.
I guess when that picture was taken she was searching for another thing that starts with a “C”, Commies...
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