Apparently, there will be a sequel to Wanted, one of the most violent films of the past year. Appropriately, they’ve hired the writer of Pooh’s Heffalump Movie to take the reins.
I don’t have a joke here. I’m just sayin’…
Apparently, there will be a sequel to Wanted, one of the most violent films of the past year. Appropriately, they’ve hired the writer of Pooh’s Heffalump Movie to take the reins.
I don’t have a joke here. I’m just sayin’…
Does that even make sense? Wanted opened to $51.1 million this weekend, and while it wasn’t enough to beat Wall-E ($62.5 million), it was the second biggest debut ever that didn’t hit #1.
I love stats like this. Also, I am a dork.
Here are the top five #2 debuts of all time (via Box Office Mojo)
Rank | Title | Opening | Weekend Winner (Weekend Gross) |
1 | The Day After Tomorrow | $68.7 million | Shrek 2 ($72.1 million) |
2 | Wanted | $51.1 million | Wall-E ($62.5 million) |
3 | The Longest Yard | $47.6 million | Revenge of the Sith ($55.2 million) |
4 | Alvin and the Chipmunks | $44.3 million | I Am Legend ($77.2 million) |
5 | Casino Royale | $40.8 million | Happy Feet ($41.5 million) |
I know, it’s early yet. But still, this gets my hopes up.
Hats off to Nathaniel R over at Film Experience Blog who beat me to the punch today. I mean, I know math and stuff is hard since we’re all so busy watching The Hills and Living Lohan, but why is everyone in the industry so happy that the new Hulk film opened to $55 million with a $150 budget, while the so-called Ang Lee bomb from a few years ago opened to $62 million with a lower ($137 million) budget?
To recap, here’s a handy table:
The Incredible Hulk | Hulk | |
Year | 2008 | 2003 |
Director | Louis Leterrier | Ang Lee |
Stars | Ed Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth | Eric Bana, Jennifer Connelly |
Production Budget | $150 million | $137 million |
Opening Weekend | $55.4 million | $62.1 million |
Per Screen Average | $15,810 | $16,974 |
Industry Buzz | Yay! | Boo! |
Yes, opening weekend is just one measure of success, as the 2003 Hulk suffered a severe drop off and bad word of mouth, but can we all stop salivating and crying a sigh of relief when the numbers are clearly worse?
Expectations must have been god awful to celebrate this way…
Oh, and as David Poland rightfully points out, the new Hulk film “faces Wall-E, Wanted, and Hancock while Hulk faced Charlie’s Angels 2, Legally Blonde 2, and Terminator 3.”
Let’s not break our arms patting ourselves on the back, shall we?
There’s a seven minute clip from Wanted over at Empire Online, and I just couldn’t be more eager to see this thing. I’m not sure why people are so jaded about it… it’s not getting the buzz that I thought it would – too much like The Matrix? James McAvoy not a big enough star? Morgan Freeman doing his all-knowing wise sage act again?
Anyway, I was worried that they had already shown us all the cool stuff, but I can see just from this clip alone that they seem to have lots of surprises up their sleeves.
First, for those of you who were expecting to see the two year stale site of Craig's Flick Picks at www.craigbe.com, well, I'm sorry. I just had to shelve it. It was fun while it lasted, posting all my movie reviews, tracking box office data, and keeping an Academy Award database, but it became so much work that it had fallen hopelessly, helplessly behind. There's much more activity here on the blog though (and much more traffic), so please... enjoy.
Secondly, I apologize to those of you who got flooded with random posts from my feed. I posted once yesterday (about the new Wanted trailer) but everyone who subscribes to my feed got all sorts of items from someone else's blog. Ironically, it was also entertainment-focused, so I hope it wasn't too distracting... but it wasn't me. I'm not yet sure how or why it happened, and I don't even know if I should be yelling at Typepad or Feedburner, but please let me know if it happens again.
Thanks...
Angelina Jolie is very bendy.
Wanted just looks incredible. I have nothing else to add. Enjoy the new trailer in HD here.
I'm having a little trouble finding the right words to describe my feeling after watching the new trailer for Wanted, starring Angelina Jolie, James McAvoy, and Morgan Freeman (See that? I put the female lead's name first! One commenter is going to be very proud of how far I've come so quickly...)
It's a struggle to put my finger on the exact emotions this trailer evokes. Oh wait, I've got it:
"OH MY FREAKING SH*T! MUST SEE THIS MOVIE RIGHT EFFING NOW!"
I should write poetry for children.
Note that this is directed by Timur Bekmambetov, who made the visually stunning Russian films Day Watch and Night Watch. If you can find them, go watch those trailers too. They'll make you tingle.
I am pumped.
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