This Weekend at the Boxoffice: 2006.06.18

[Hand of Evil]

Well, I was talked into going to see Tokyo Drift and I just drifted to sleep, it was just sorry, bad actting and old ass story that was not even done well. See www.boxofficemojo.com for more. The upcoming weekend is only CLICK but I wonder what the Hidden Blade is about?

Estimated ticket sales for June 16-18

1. “Cars,” $31.2 million
2. “Nacho Libre,” $27.5 million
3. “The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift,” $24.1 million
4. “The Lake House,” $13.7 million
5. “The Break-Up,” $9.5 million
6. “Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties,” $7.2 million
7. “X-Men: The Last Stand,” $7.15 million
8. “The Omen,” $5.35 million
9. “The Da Vinci Code,” $5 million
10. “Over the Hedge,” $4.05 million

Time to keep track of the movies I see this year but think I will do it a different way...anything I go to that I feel is a waste of time is a 5 or below, 6 not a complete waste, 7 a good two+ hours spent, an 8 a good two hours I will tell my friends about, 9 something I will consider seeing again, 10 will see again.

Rank 10/10: NA
Rank 09/10: V For Vendetta
Rank 08/10: NA
Rank 07/10: Underworld: Evolution - Lucky Number Slevin - X-Men: The Last Stand
Rank 06/10: Bloodrayne
Waste of time: Slither - Tokyo Drift

 

[JoeGKushner]

Looks like if I want to go see Over the Hedge i better get moving. Won't be in the theaters too much longer with sales almost off the top ten.

But yet I haven't seen an Invoncienent Truth yet, which isn't even in the top 10!

Decesions decesions....

I've only seen a few movies this year, but enjoyed them all.

V for Vendetta
Hard Candy
Thank You For Smoking
X-Men 3

In that order of preference.

 

[jcfiala]

It's interesting that the previous week's thread had someone suggesting that Cars was going to come in third - I think this week's movies ended up being really weak.

What's with 'The Lake House' anyway? I don't think I noticed any advertisements for it until about two weeks before it came out - was that just my tunnel vision, or did this movie get hidden?

 

[Hand of Evil]

It's interesting that the previous week's thread had someone suggesting that Cars was going to come in third - I think this week's movies ended up being really weak.

What's with 'The Lake House' anyway? I don't think I noticed any advertisements for it until about two weeks before it came out - was that just my tunnel vision, or did this movie get hidden?

Lake House just came under the wire, no big push.

 

[jasper]

Lake house is a date movie. Sandra bullock and matrix guy live in same house 2 years apart 2004 2006 and send letters to each other by a magic mailbox.

 

[jcfiala]

Lake house is a date movie. Sandra bullock and matrix guy live in same house 2 years apart 2004 2006 and send letters to each other by a magic mailbox.

Oh, yeah, sorry. I know what the movie is about - I was just surprised that the movie didn't get more advertising and a larger push before the movie came out.

 

[Jarrod]

Cars was awesome. Critics had disliked the fact that they could predict the plot, but _man_ was the ride there great.

Also -- stay through the credits.

 

[Firebeetle]

But yet I haven't seen an Invoncienent Truth yet, which isn't even in the top 10!

Not in wide release, art house movies start very small and build audience over time. Hollywood flicks work the other way around, starting big and dwindling out. I think "truth" is up to over 700 screens now.

 

[JoeGKushner]

Cars was awesome. Critics had disliked the fact that they could predict the plot, but _man_ was the ride there great.

Also -- stay through the credits.

Just saw it yesterday.

I love the spoof on the other films at the end. The whole thing with the one actor pointing out all his roles was funny too.

 

[RigaMortus2]

But yet I haven't seen an Invoncienent Truth yet, which isn't even in the top 10!

I highly recommend seeing this film. Very informative, and scary when you think about it.

The problem is, it's not in a lot of movie theaters. It is limited distribution, so it's not going to get the big numbers.