Comments on: Weekend Box Office: ‘The Help’ Defeats Tepid Newcomers And Hurricane Season For Another Week At #1

By: Koto

Koto — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:57:22 +0000

Your post is like your mirror on the Net.Interesting.

By: Christopher Bell

Christopher Bell — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:57:22 +0000

Damn dood, you\’re really going to continue being a jackass over this? Hurray for Internet Personalities, I guess.

By: redcup

redcup — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:57:22 +0000

Gabe, I didn\’t realize the tremendous emotional, physical, and spiritual sacrifice you were making with this column. C\’mon, you\’re a guy that passes along second-hand information on a blog–not a martyr.

Humble yourself or go get some basic facts straight.

By: Gabe Toro

Gabe Toro — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:57:22 +0000

Redcup, some of us are coping with a goddamned hurricane. Please write your own column with up-to-the-minute stats next time.

By: Fred

Fred — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:57:22 +0000

No one champions old school/slow burn horror (and other genres) more than I do, but \”Don\’t Be Afraid of the Dark\” just didn\’t work, despite an effective trailer and film geek god Del Toro\’s name on the presenter line. I was hoping for it to deliver.

By: redcup

redcup — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:57:22 +0000

lol @ Gabe editing only some of his mistakes.

Do better.

By: SR

SR — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:57:22 +0000

Why do they keep spelling \”Colombiana\” with a U? Colombia is a country in South America not some district on the east coast.

By: Smokey

Smokey — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:57:22 +0000

OUR IDIOT BROTHER opened on over 2,500 screens. That\’s not \”semi-wide.\” That\’s wide.

By: redcup

redcup — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:57:22 +0000

P.S.

Your mother site says Senna averaged $8,123, which would seem to void this statement: \” the week’s highest per-screen average of $7k belonged to “Higher Ground\”

http://www.indiewire.com/article/box_office_hurricane_irene_pounds_specialty_market/

By: redcup

redcup — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:57:22 +0000

1. Bad release date for Don\’t Be Afraid of the Dark? Last year for the August 27-29 weekend the horror flick The Last Exorcism grossed $20,366,613.

2. Don\’t get how Our Idiot Brother is a \”semi-wide release\”. It opened in more theaters than The Help did in its opening weekend, more than did the last Paul Rudd-starring flick, How Do You Know, and just 60 less than Colombiana.

3. Fright Night averaged $973 to to Conan\’s $1,028.

3b. That\’s some liberal rounding for Conan\’s drop; 69% is much closer to say 70% than it is to 75%.

4. Don\’t know how you expect CSL to make the $10 million plus it would need to reach $80 million by next weekend. In its last 7-day period (08/22-08/28), it made just over $5 million, and for the majority of the time it was playing in about 400 more theaters than it is now.

5. Current wide release films with higher Metacritic scores than Sarah\’s Key\’s 58: Harry Potter, Winnie the Pooh, Crazy Stupid Love, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Captain America, Fright Night, Friends with Benefits, The Help, and Our Idiot Brother.