Posted on 10/26/2015 1:51:51 PM PDT by Red Badger
A frightening showing at the box office this weekend featured five disappointmentsincluding two of the biggest flops in history.
Steve Jobs, The Last Witch Hunter, Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension, Rock the Kasbah and Jem and the Holograms all fell short, with only Witch Hunter cracking $10 million. Kasbah and Jem now rank among the worst openings of all time, and Paranormal missed expectations after weeks of anticipation over its divisive distribution strategy.
Instead, holdovers The Martian and Goosebumps came in first and second place, respectively. The Martian grossed an estimated $15.9 million in the U.S. and Canada, bringing the space dramas total to $166 million.
(Excerpt) Read more at wsj.com ...
This has 'CHICK FLICK' written all over it............................
Aging female Gen-Xers trying to relive their childhood?..................
True, especially the horror genre:
Friday the 13th part 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9.........
Nightmare on Elm Street, 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9.....
Final Destination,1.2.3.4.5.6.......
Halloween,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9................
et al.............................
Alien Vs Predator................really?.........................
They’re in luck this year... lots of losses.
MAybe they should get a clue from Mel Gibson:
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=passionofthechrist.htm
Actuarial Accounting has taken over the movies. Certain plot themes, actors, plot twists are all known quantities and ‘guarantee’ specific box office revenues according to the actuaries. So a movie about blowing up the Kremlin, with Bruce Willis and a few other name actors and with plenty of explosion specific CGi is a guaranteed financial success but not necessarily an artistic success.... Its all about the $$$ and the fear of failure of the corporate moguls and their minions.
They like the product, not the buggery behind it.
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