Comments on: Weekend Box Office: ‘Evil Dead’ Screams Into Top Spot

By: Gadavina

Gadavina — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:15:06 +0000

I don't know, I think a lot of people who grew up watching The Wizard of Oz (not necessarily "grew up on" mind you) saw it out of a sense of curiosity, while the rest probably break down into the "my kids wanted to see it" category, the "I love everything Raimi makes" category and the remaining likely evening out into subdivisions of "think Franco is hot, so why not", "I hear J.D. from Scrubs is a monkey" stoners and "so this is who Ashton left Demi for" types.

Personally I just want a nice release of David Shire's Return to Oz score. If nothing else positive comes from the "rejuvenation" of the series I'd be happy with that.

By: Denis McKeown

Denis McKeown — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:15:05 +0000

I thought Danny Boyle's "Trance" was riveting and surprising all the way through, with excellent performances by the stars James McAvoy, Vincent Cassel and Rosario Dawson.

By: Arch

Arch — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:15:05 +0000

3000+ screens, no real competitors, an aggressive campaign that began last summer (ComiCon) and maintained a daily pressure for a whole month (since SXSW): I'd say it was kinda obvious Evil Dead would be #1.

For the sake of the argument it's safe to say Campbell's involvement, the no-CGI motto etc. appeased old-school fans, but I doubt it was the core audience (reviews were mixed here). Cody, uncredited but all over the promo, probably didn't bring much people from outside the genre (Jennifer's Body was a BO failure), most of the audience would be the regular recent horror crowd.
Alvarez said his sequel would be more "personal" (he may pull a Rob Zombie) but there's no indication about the tone (does the BO ask for grim/gore?). Raimi's new take? We would have 2 ongoing franchises, The Evil dead w/Ash VS Evil dead W/out Ash? (haven't heard about merging the two). I don't see it happening for some reason, Sony may even have something to say.