Comments on: Weekend Box Office: ‘Sherlock’ And ‘Alvin’ Underperform, ‘Mission: Impossible’ Scores In Limited Release

By: perry

perry — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:47:35 +0000

Young Adult has only been in theaters for 2 weeks, hasn't even gas a wide release, and has already made 4 million. I wouldn't exactly go as far as saying things aren't looking good. Its budget was only 12 million. Once it go es wide it'll likely surpass that. Its only in 900 theaters.and it cracked the top 10. Judge quickly, do you?

By: john

john — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:47:35 +0000

No one thinks of Downey like that anymore. What a moron…

By: manonthemoon748

manonthemoon748 — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:47:35 +0000

I'm obviously not the first person to say this, but "The Dark Knight Rises" prologue only played on about 10% of the IMAX screens hosting "Ghost Protocol." It seems suspicious (or at least sloppy) to credit more than a sliver of that film's success to the upcoming Batman picture. Wasn't the official trailer attached to "Game of Shadows"? Does that account for its disappointing box office? Are people avoiding Sherlock Holmes 2 because they don't want to see the new Christopher Nolan trailer??? (No, of course not.)

Credit where credit is due, guys.

By: mandie may

mandie may — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:47:35 +0000

i think i am officially done reading any blogs by this writer. won't be surprised if tomorrow i open US weekly and see a picture of robert downey jr. with a tattoo of johnny depps face on his arm. you know, because he's soooooooooooooo emulating his career. paaah—leaaaaaaaase.

and ps, all young adult needs to do is make more than 12 million (its budget) and it'll be a hit. it's already made 4 million and it hasn't even had a wide release yet. watch it NOT BE A FINICAL SUCCESS, bitch.

By: Brock

Brock — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:47:35 +0000

Well said, Mike. Tear this Playlist writer a new ***-hole. Well said. More proof that Playlist is all opinion and not facts.

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:47:35 +0000

This is a ridiculously uneducated article, as others have mentioned your random diatribe against Downey & your assertion that the Dark Knight prologue was much if a factor in Ghost Protocol's opening are without base. The per screen average of the 42 theaters the trailer played in (yeah, that's less than 10% of the 425 theaters the move was in) are available on other articles & they are not much higher especially considering these are much much larger film based IMAX theaters in major metro areas that consistently have the highest grosses throughout the year. As for Downey, where the hell did you get this dubious idea that Downey has a stated goal to be as big of a box office star as Johnny Depp? The man has cleaned his life up & is proud of that, and he's had franchise successes he never had before, other than that he's been in 3 movies since his renaissance one was a completely risky role playing comedy in black face, one a small real life drama, and the third an R rated dirty comedy, hardly a record of pandering to four quadrant audiences, and two out of three were big successes. As for the idea that he doesn't have the record of acclaim Depp has to fall back on? He was a teen heartthrob at the same time as Depp with a long list of acolades from his 90s work in movies like Chaplin, Short Cuts & Natural Born Killers. His "dark days" were only in the latter half if the 90s and he early years of the last decade, and then he still managed plenty of good reviews and awards for his role in Ally McBeal. Following that he turned in respected performances in well received films from noted directors like George Clooney, David Fincher & Richard Linklater. I'm in the 20 to 30 bracket you claim bears him ill will, and that's bull, all my friends enjoyed him in his franchises and Tropic Thunder & Due Date. The plain and simple reasons for its lower opening are these: the original opened over the much bigger box office Christmas weekend (this weekend is historically depressed) & the marketing failed to present the difference between this & the first film (the same thing that plagued the very well reviewed Kung Fu Panda 2).

By: Drake

Drake — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:47:35 +0000

Gabe, Young Adult will push through once Christmas hits. David Poland wrote up a great article on the box office earnings this weekend and his analysis of Young Adult's performance is a must read. People are going to initially write off YA's weekend performance, but it's the kind of film that gradually build momentum. Plus, WOM is pretty good. It's not going to match Reitman's other films, but keep in mind Young Adult was made on a 12 million dollar budget. It's needs only a MODEST shelf-life to earn back its budget and be considered a success. Please consider these factors before you write off a film.

By: RJ

RJ — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:47:35 +0000

"Downey still hasnât completely shaken his bad boy image, and thereâs an entire generation who still thinks of him as his 1990âs itineration – which is to say, working intermittently and moving in and out of jail."

this might be the dumbest sentence of box office analysis ever. find me one person who decided against seeing Sherlock Holmes 2 because RDJ was a "bad boy" in the 90s. That didn't hurt the first movie a few years ago, or the Iron Man movies, so its obviously not a factor in his box office at all any more and hasn't been for quite some time.

By: kure

kure — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:47:35 +0000

it takes a pretty damaged brain gabe,to think that mission will flop.especially now after weekend like this,and especially if you know(and you should know) that it took 68 mill overseas.
also all that bullshit about robert and wb not doing sherlock 3??????????????????????
just think before you speak.

By: StephenM

StephenM — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:47:35 +0000

Huh. I saw Sherlock Holmes and really liked it–thought it was better than the first one, in fact. Surprised it didn't do better business. The trailers were pretty lousy, though.

By: sara

sara — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:47:35 +0000

i just want this twilightcrap ends soon…

By: smitch

smitch — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:47:35 +0000

but the The Dark Knight Rises prologue was only on 40 of 400 screens. I doubt the majority of grosses for mi4 are from batman fans as you suggest. If that is true, batman fans are nuts