Weekend Box Office Report: 2/25/05 - 2/27/05

[kkktookmybabyaway]

I'm not saying MORE blacks tried to sneak in and do other naughty things. But as a group percentagewise, more of them tried sneaking in 'n stuff, although many of these fine movie-goers were from the ghetto. It was amusing because we were located along a public transportation line and could tell when a bus from downtown Pittsburgh would stop at the mall the cinema was located in. It would be a bumrush of loud, bright-colored, um, patrons. One highlight came when a co-worker of mine said to a little kid with a "10 Crack Commandments" t-shirt -- "Do you have any idea what your shirt is talking about?"

 

Normally, I didn't care if people snuck in, etc., but two of my managers were freakin' NAZIS over that sort of thing, so if we didn't ask for ID, etc., we'd hear about it. Plus it was fun busting dumb kids. Oddly enough, I received three formal complaints at that place -- all of them from black patrons. Draw your own conclusions from that, although there was only one incident that I could/should have gotten fired for as a result of my behavior.

 

And yes, black movie-goers sure do love that kung-fu...

[Ripper]

One highlight came when a co-worker of mine said to a little kid with a "10 Crack Commandments" t-shirt -- "Do you have any idea what your shirt is talking about?"

Oddly enough, one of the shirt designs I sell is the 10 crack commandments shirt.

 

 

Ripper - Keeping stereotypes alive since 2004

[Guest JMA]

3 2 Constantine Warner Bros. $11,820,000 $50,751,000

 

That's like a 60% dropoff compared to last week, so that's terrible news for the movie. No chance in hell it makes its $100 million back.

No offense to Keanu, but he was completely wrong for the role. I think Constantine would've done much better had James Marsters been cast in the title role. Alienating the fans of the source material is NEVER a good idea.

 

The fanbase would not have carried the movie to 100 million. James would have led the movie straight to bomb town.

 

Keanu hasn't done much better but at least it has a shot to clear over 60 million and possibly earn major money in the DVD market.

 

There are zero blonde haired british guys who could have carried this movie to 100 million. There probably isn't anyone in Hollywood, outside of Tom Cruise, that could have gotten to 100 million.

To be honest, I doubt this movie would've made over 100 million with any actor in the lead role, John Constantine is just a very obscure comic character. In hindsight, it probably shouldn't have been made in the first place. Or perhaps they should've spent less money on special events and released it at a different time. Who knows?

[spman]

I work at a movie theater, and although the fact that we are right in the middle of a downtown of a large inner city area had something to do with it, Diary of a Mad Black Woman was easily our busiest movie this week, even with running it on 2 screens, it was still packed all weekend. Not a single white face in any of the crowds though.

[Ravenbomb]

I actually thought "Diary" would come in first and would have been shocked if it hadn't. As someone said, it is based on one of several plays about some old black woman named Madea. I had never heard of them until this past summer when a girl I worked with mentioned them. Apparently they are VERY popular in the black community

There's an understatement.

 

 

 

Madea wasn't in the play much, it seems like she's in the movie more, going by the trailers

[Vyce]

3 2 Constantine Warner Bros. $11,820,000 $50,751,000

 

That's like a 60% dropoff compared to last week, so that's terrible news for the movie. No chance in hell it makes its $100 million back.

No offense to Keanu, but he was completely wrong for the role. I think Constantine would've done much better had James Marsters been cast in the title role. Alienating the fans of the source material is NEVER a good idea.

Are you fucking kidding me?

 

The only person from the entire Buffy / Angel crew who you could say, with some degree of accuracy, is a box office draw is Sarah Michelle Gellar.

 

Everyone else? Not a fucking chance. And I'm INCLUDING Joss Whedon in that group.

 

And another thing: while I generally agree that it's not good to alienate the source material, it's not as if Hellblazer is a comic that has the same sort of following as Superman, or Batman, or Spider-Man, or the X-Men.....hell, it doesn't even have the same sort of following as Sandman does, and that comic has been finished for years.

 

It's not as if changing the film adaptation around was going to piss off these legions of Hellblazer fans who otherwise would make the film a 100 million + success.

[Toshiaki Koala]

I, for one, had no idea that the Hellblazer comics existed until my DAD mentioned that Constantine was based on a comic series.

[Guest JMA]

And another thing: while I generally agree that it's not good to alienate the source material, it's not as if Hellblazer is a comic that has the same sort of following as Superman, or Batman, or Spider-Man, or the X-Men.....hell, it doesn't even have the same sort of following as Sandman does, and that comic has been finished for years.

That's another reason why making the movie wasn't a good idea in the first place. You have a very interesting and complex character in John Constantine, but the general public pretty much knows nothing about him. That aspect was pretty much thrown out to make the character more palatable to mainstream audiences as well. Keanu can sometimes draw in fans, but he's a constant target of critics and fans because they see him as incapable of showing genuine emotion. With John Constantine, someone who could pull off "wise-ass motherfucker" should've been cast for the role. Keanu isn't a guy that people can see in that light, IMO. This film might've done better if it was handled in the vein of Hellboy.

 

On another note, I've been pretty disappointed with all the movie adaptations of Alan Moore's work. Apparently he is as well, seeing as he's requested that his name is taken off of the credits of the various movies and his share of the money split among the artists. I'm hoping Watchmen breaks this trend, and I believe that it will.

[ant_7000]

Im suprised that "Diary" did so well, my mom liked it too. Im not a fan of the "Madea plays" myself because all the singing in between, but there is a new Madea play "Madea goes to Jail" thats out.