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Not doing well at all
In 3003 theaters-around $15 Mil for the first weekend.
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/daily/char ... -12&p=.htm
In 3003 theaters-around $15 Mil for the first weekend.
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/daily/char ... -12&p=.htm
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Hey - I did my part with the DH. Really though it should not be altogether surprising. The Hurt Locker did really awful at the box office. It seems the American public is not ready for a war movie on Iraq yet. Plus I'd have to say the trailer they showed on TV as advert made me dizzy.
However I liked the movie for the most part and I'm glad I went.
However I liked the movie for the most part and I'm glad I went.
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Not great figures, but a good bit higher than Universal predicted.
This may sound silly, but a big factor in Green Zone box office was certainly the beginning of March Madness - NCAA Basketball Tournament opening weekend. The target audience - 18-25 year-old males - would certainly be torn by placing their bums on a bar stool, the comfy sofa or a movie theater seat.
Just food for thought.
Kate, again
This may sound silly, but a big factor in Green Zone box office was certainly the beginning of March Madness - NCAA Basketball Tournament opening weekend. The target audience - 18-25 year-old males - would certainly be torn by placing their bums on a bar stool, the comfy sofa or a movie theater seat.
Just food for thought.
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Slightly worse numbers from Box Office Mojo. Guess eveyone wants to stay in Wonderland.
The Iraq-set action thriller posted a mediocre estimated $14.5 million on approximately 3,400 screens at 3,003 sites, and it will ultimately gross only a fraction of its reported $100 million production budget.
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2686&p=l.htm
The Iraq-set action thriller posted a mediocre estimated $14.5 million on approximately 3,400 screens at 3,003 sites, and it will ultimately gross only a fraction of its reported $100 million production budget.
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2686&p=l.htm
I've been reading all morning how it's this year "Land of the Lost" but even worse cause of the cost and marketing of the film
Anyway, I did see it, and IMO the theatre was 85% full. I was pleasantly surprised that I enjoyed it as much as I did (kudos to the guy who played Freddie) though I wasn't a fan of the photography/camera work.
Aww Jason, when am I going to see you in movie worthy of your talent?
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Anyway, I did see it, and IMO the theatre was 85% full. I was pleasantly surprised that I enjoyed it as much as I did (kudos to the guy who played Freddie) though I wasn't a fan of the photography/camera work.
Aww Jason, when am I going to see you in movie worthy of your talent?
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oh wellMatt Damon’s Green Zone got a lukewarm second place reception, banking only $14 million against its $100 budget. With only $9 million more from its international screenings, Green Zoneis looking to end up in the red.
http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Weekend- ... 17553.html
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Hmmm.Chari910 wrote:Not doing well at all
Perhaps Matt Damon has reached his saturation point.
Here's an OpEd piece from the LA Times
It's dispiriting to sit back today and soak in just how poorly "Green Zone" performed over the weekend, earning a meager $14.3 million. Depression sets in because the Paul Greengrass movie is legitimately great, a potent thriller and action picture that entertains no matter your politics (we're not the only ones who feel this way -- the movie is the second best-reviewed wide release of the year according to meta-review site Movie Review Intelligence).
But what's even more discouraging about the results is that they offer definitive proof that even the highest-quality filmmaking and the most palatable marketing hook can't save a movie set in a tumultuous Middle East. This was a movie retailed as a Jason Bourne-like thriller made by the director and the star of same, with all the double-crosses, chases and explosions one would want from such a union. And yet no matter deftly it was executed, audiences didn't see pass the topicality. The simple presence of Iraq kept people home, as it has before for films of so many different stripes, tones and budgets.
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It's dispiriting to sit back today and soak in just how poorly "Green Zone" performed over the weekend, earning a meager $14.3 million. Depression sets in because the Paul Greengrass movie is legitimately great, a potent thriller and action picture that entertains no matter your politics (we're not the only ones who feel this way -- the movie is the second best-reviewed wide release of the year according to meta-review site Movie Review Intelligence).
But what's even more discouraging about the results is that they offer definitive proof that even the highest-quality filmmaking and the most palatable marketing hook can't save a movie set in a tumultuous Middle East. This was a movie retailed as a Jason Bourne-like thriller made by the director and the star of same, with all the double-crosses, chases and explosions one would want from such a union. And yet no matter deftly it was executed, audiences didn't see pass the topicality. The simple presence of Iraq kept people home, as it has before for films of so many different stripes, tones and budgets.
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