Posted on 07/19/2014 8:06:16 AM PDT by markomalley
According to Nikki Finke the weekend box office is not only refusing to recover, it has slipped even further behind with a stunning 29% drop over last year. Despite all the industry happy talk around "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes," the sequel opened well below where other under-performers have this summer and has no dropped 53% from last weekend.
"Dawn" will do fine, no question, but within the context of what this summer needs, it is nothing close to a savior, nor were this weekend's three wide releases. "Planes: Fire & Rescue," "Sex Tape," and "Purge: Anarchy" offered a little something to everyone: families, couples, and action/horror lovers. Audiences, however, are not biting.
"Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" will come in first again this weekend. Even with a 53% drop (which is surprising for a very good film earning rave reviews and coasting on the goodwill of its predecessor), the sequel should gross somewhere around $34 million by Monday. This will put the two week take at $137 million.
The only real success story this weekend, though, is the micro-budgeted genre film "The Purge: Anarchy," which came in second. By Monday the sequel will have earned somewhere around $28 million. While not close to the $34 million its predecessor opened to last year, that's still a solid haul, especially during a year when micro-budgeted horror films have been flopping one after another.
"The Purge: Anarchy" is not only a fairly satisfying action picture, it is an absolutely brutal condemnation of Obama's and the Left's vision for America.
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Even America is a bomb this time. Last film made a ton. This one hasn’t even hit 10 million. A shame. But I did go to the last film 2016, but really don’t have much interest to see this one.
The first “Purge” movie was most definitely the opposite. The background info is that a second set of “founding fathers” have created a new America in which the “Purge” is a key component to control unemployment, eliminate the poor, lower welfare rates, etc. What is bizarre is that that people getting attacked are almost all white, middle class, college grad people.
I think the whole premise for the Purge films is less believable than talking apes shooting guns. . . and I’m not even going to see the new Planet of the Apes movie.
If I see a 120lb Scarlet Johannson take out 5 200lb guys in hand to hand combat one more time, I'm gonna puke.
We are being force fed this crap by Hollywood for an agenda people.
You got it. I pretty much only watch Korean and other Asian TV shows and films, these days. And even if Hollywood accidentally does something worthwhile, I would rather watch it at home on Netflix or Blu-ray.
Movie theaters are an anachronism - they won't die out, but their audiences will never be what they once were.
Meanwhile, the Friday estimates for America put it at about $10.25 million. So Dinesh D’Souza should easily be able to double his production budget for the next one. If he wants to.
I hope he puts out another one soon. Maybe he can sponsor other conservative filmmakers like Steve Laffey, who did the documentary Fixing America.
What else do we have to look forward too? Hercules? Lets forget that there was already a "blockbuster, big budget" Hercules movie released 6 months ago, is anyone looking forward to yet another cinematic remake of a story that thousands of years old? Rob Reiner's "And So It Goes"? Another unoriginal rehash...wasn't Michael Douglas and Diane Keaton already in a similar movie?
The only movie on the horizon that looks somewhat interesting is "Lucy". Aside from the scientifically absurd "humans only use 10% of their brain" (Hollywood producers, Directors, and screenwriters apparently only use a tiny fraction of %10) it looks like it will be fun.
I can't think of a Summer with worse releases. They didn't even try with a 4th of July release which historically has been huge.
Edge of Tomorrow is a perfect example of everything that is wrong with Hollywood. They take an excellent book ("All you need is Kill" by Hiroshi Sakurazaka) and literally rip everything good out of it. The "brothers in arms" war story? Gone. The Grizzled Sergeant passing on his wisdom? Gone. The budding romance story? Gone. The tragic love story? Gone. Sacrificing ones self for love? Gone. They ruin the books ending, main premise, main story arcs and then have the gall to cast Tom Cruise? They pulled out each and every stop to ruin this movie. Good work Follywood.
Saw it on TV.
It sux.
How about Sigourney Weaver as Ripley in the Alien series?
“How about Sigourney Weaver as Ripley in the Alien series?”
Foe me she was a good/great/credible female action hero. But notice how her role was kind of androgynous. And not made good looking like the woman who is the star of the hunger games. Sigourney Weaver looked great but carried herself in a mannish way
She’s trying to survive against an incredibly dangerous, sentient, intelligent alien species, which has multiple forms, and has a carrier that can turn a human into an incubator/host.
You do what you have to to survive; if that means turning off estrogen for a woman, so be it. I’ve never had any problems with her or how she did the role. Frankly, I think any other woman would’ve been incredibly bad at it.
My fiancé went to see Purge today... He said don’t waste your money, it want a good movie.
> My fiancé went to see Purge today... He said don’t waste your money, it want a good movie.
Thanks for saving me about $30....lol
Wait until it goes to the dollar theatre :)
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