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Old 03-26-11, 10:26 AM
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Weekend Box Office (3/25-3/27): Wimpy Kid scores k.o. with a Sucker Punch

1. Sucker Punch (Warner Bros) NEW [3,033 Theaters]
Friday $8M, Estimated Weekend $22M


2. Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (Fox) NEW [3,167 Theaters]
Friday $7.3, Estimated Weekend $24M


3. Limitless (Relativity) Week 2 [2,085 Theaters]
Friday $4.6M (-29%), Estimated Weekend $14M, Estimated Cume $40M

4. The Lincoln Lawyer (Lionsgate) NEW [2,707 Theaters]
Friday $2.9M (-28%), Estimated Weekend $10M, Estimated Cume $28M

5. Rango (Paramount) Week 4 [3,645 Theaters]
Friday $2.3M, Estimated Weekend $8.5M Estimated Cume $104.1M

6. Paul (Working Title/Universal) Week 2 [2,806 Theaters]
Friday $2.2M (-49%), Estimated Weekend $6.5M, Estimated Cume $23.6M

7. Battle: Los Angeles (Sony) Week 3 [3,118 Theaters]
Friday $2.1M, Estimated Weekend $6.5M, Estimated Cume $71.6M

8. Red Riding Hood (Warner Bros) Week 3 [2,715 Theaters]
Friday $1.4M, Estimated Weekend $4.5M, Estimated Cume $33.6M

9. The Adjustment Bureau (MRC/Universal) Week 4 [2,282 Theaters]
Friday $1.2M, Estimated Weekend $4M, Estimated Cume $54.5M

10. Mars Needs Moms (ImageMovers Digital/Disney) Week 3 [2,170 Theaters]
Friday $675K, Estimated Weekend $2.5M, Estimated Cume $18.5M

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I like Snyder's films, but I hope this tepid opening for his latest ocular assault allows WB to reign him in a bit more for Superman.
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Re: Weekend Box Office (3/25-3/27): Wimpy Kid scores k.o. with a Sucker Punch

Having not seen the film yet but just based off his previous work in general, he has style for visual which I think in some forms would work w/ Supes but.....wondering how strong WB is going get on him about it.
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Re: Weekend Box Office (3/25-3/27): Wimpy Kid scores k.o. with a Sucker Punch

I saw Sucker Punch yesterday. On the whole I did not enjoy it and while I like Snyder's past work I'm hoping that this movie was just something to get all of this out of his system and that now he's ready for the next phase of his career.

I don't think I saw a single ad or preview for Wimpy Kid.
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Re: Weekend Box Office (3/25-3/27): Wimpy Kid scores k.o. with a Sucker Punch

yeah...how is it that I didn't hear about the wimpy kid sequel till like 2 weeks ago? Like...nothing. Aren't kid's movies mostly advertised the fuck out of them? Yet this thing...not as much I assume..and it makes a profit.
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Re: Weekend Box Office (3/25-3/27): Wimpy Kid scores k.o. with a Sucker Punch

I haven't seen any ads for Wimpy Kid either, however I would assume Fox advertised it on networks like Nick and Disney and in front of more kid friendly movies in theaters...
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Re: Weekend Box Office (3/25-3/27): Wimpy Kid scores k.o. with a Sucker Punch

Originally Posted by TheMovieman
I haven't seen any ads for Wimpy Kid either, however I would assume Fox advertised it on networks like Nick and Disney and in front of more kid friendly movies in theaters...
This. It was surely advertised, they just spent that money in the right places.
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Re: Weekend Box Office (3/25-3/27): Wimpy Kid scores k.o. with a Sucker Punch

Originally Posted by Solid Snake PAC
yeah...how is it that I didn't hear about the wimpy kid sequel till like 2 weeks ago? Like...nothing. Aren't kid's movies mostly advertised the fuck out of them? Yet this thing...not as much I assume..and it makes a profit.
Do you watch Nickelodeon or the Disney Channel? If not that would explain why you didn't see ads for it.

People always say this stuff about kids movies, but unless you're a 12 year old or a pedophile of course you aren't going to see ads for movies like this.
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Re: Weekend Box Office (3/25-3/27): Wimpy Kid scores k.o. with a Sucker Punch

While I netiher watch a lot of Nickelodeon, nor fuck children, I do remember seeing a lot of ads for Percy Jackson, Despicable Me, Train Your Dragon, Karate Kid, and that Cats & Dogs sequel - all aimed at the same audience. I even saw a lot of ads for the first Wimpy Kid movie. I was just surprised I didn't see any ads at all for this sequel since the first was a modest hit and the books are so popular.
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Re: Weekend Box Office (3/25-3/27): Wimpy Kid scores k.o. with a Sucker Punch

Glad to see Rango holding up.

I bet WB is wishing they had shot/converted Sucker Punch to 3D so they could have at least charged premium prices for the fewer tickets they sold and inflate their numbers. It's going to drop like a rock in the coming weeks. Hope WB takes note that Snyder is not the best man for Superman at this point.

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Re: Weekend Box Office (3/25-3/27): Wimpy Kid scores k.o. with a Sucker Punch

Originally Posted by CharlieK
While I netiher watch a lot of Nickelodeon, nor fuck children, I do remember seeing a lot of ads for Percy Jackson, Despicable Me, Train Your Dragon, Karate Kid, and that Cats & Dogs sequel - all aimed at the same audience. I even saw a lot of ads for the first Wimpy Kid movie. I was just surprised I didn't see any ads at all for this sequel since the first was a modest hit and the books are so popular.
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Re: Weekend Box Office (3/25-3/27): Wimpy Kid scores k.o. with a Sucker Punch

Originally Posted by TheMovieman
I haven't seen any ads for Wimpy Kid either, however I would assume Fox advertised it on networks like Nick and Disney and in front of more kid friendly movies in theaters...
I watch Young Justice on Cartoon Network, and I've literally seen four commercials for that Wimpy Kid film during one half-hour long show. So it seems the ads are all over these kid networks.
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Re: Weekend Box Office (3/25-3/27): Wimpy Kid scores k.o. with a Sucker Punch

I've seen a ton of ads for Diary of a Wimpy Kid these last couple weeks - and every one featured that kid lip-syncing to Ke$ha.

IIRC, were all over E! (probably targeting the moms) and Comedy Central.
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Re: Weekend Box Office (3/25-3/27): Wimpy Kid scores k.o. with a Sucker Punch

Originally Posted by Dr. DVD
Hope WB takes note that Snyder is not the best man for Superman at this point.
Wasn't he hand-picked by Nolan? WB isn't really in a position to say no to Nolan at this point.
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Re: Weekend Box Office (3/25-3/27): Wimpy Kid scores k.o. with a Sucker Punch

I thought the first wimpy kid would be entertaining but it bored me to tears. Apparently, I'm not their target audience.
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Re: Weekend Box Office (3/25-3/27): Wimpy Kid scores k.o. with a Sucker Punch

I had no idea the Wimpy Kid movie was a sequel.
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Re: Weekend Box Office (3/25-3/27): Wimpy Kid scores k.o. with a Sucker Punch

I saw "Paul" today and I thought it was a pretty good film. Lots of laughs
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Re: Weekend Box Office (3/25-3/27): Wimpy Kid scores k.o. with a Sucker Punch

Originally Posted by Dr. DVD
I bet WB is wishing they had shot/converted Sucker Punch to 3D so they could have at least charged premium prices for the fewer tickets they sold and inflate their numbers.
Warner proposed to convert Sucker Punch to 3D, but Zach Snyder shot it down.

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Re: Weekend Box Office (3/25-3/27): Wimpy Kid scores k.o. with a Sucker Punch

Originally Posted by Dragon Tattoo
Wasn't he hand-picked by Nolan? WB isn't really in a position to say no to Nolan at this point.
WB was already throwing a tantrum after Sucker Punch got negative reviews at test screenings a month or two ago. They'll probably tell Nolan to supervise his ass.
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Re: Weekend Box Office (3/25-3/27): Wimpy Kid scores k.o. with a Sucker Punch

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I thought the first wimpy kid would be entertaining but it bored me to tears. Apparently, I'm not their target audience.
My 12 year old daughter saw the movie Friday with some of her friends, and was not impressed.
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Re: Weekend Box Office (3/25-3/27): Wimpy Kid scores k.o. with a Sucker Punch

Apparently both Limitless and Lincoln Lawyer dropped a small 20%. That's cool, surprising for Limitless though.
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Re: Weekend Box Office (3/25-3/27): Wimpy Kid scores k.o. with a Sucker Punch

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WB was already throwing a tantrum after Sucker Punch got negative reviews at test screenings a month or two ago. They'll probably tell Nolan to supervise his ass.
I wonder if those test screenings were of the one with the musical numbers or the one in theaters now? I really think the best thing to do would have been to delay its release by half a year and re-shoot most of it save the action scenes.
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Re: Weekend Box Office (3/25-3/27): Wimpy Kid scores k.o. with a Sucker Punch

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I wonder if those test screenings were of the one with the musical numbers or the one in theaters now? I really think the best thing to do would have been to delay its release by half a year and re-shoot most of it save the action scenes.
So...your plan would've been to have the studio spend many more millions of dollars on a movie that was DOA...? Sucker Punch was never going to be a hit.
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Re: Weekend Box Office (3/25-3/27): Wimpy Kid scores k.o. with a Sucker Punch

Originally Posted by Dr. DVD
I wonder if those test screenings were of the one with the musical numbers or the one in theaters now? I really think the best thing to do would have been to delay its release by half a year and re-shoot most of it save the action scenes.
When they're running against a deadline for Superman? That wasn't going to happen.

Also, what they really needed was a total rewrite of the script.
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Re: Weekend Box Office (3/25-3/27): Wimpy Kid scores k.o. with a Sucker Punch

Originally Posted by Dr. DVD
I wonder if those test screenings were of the one with the musical numbers or the one in theaters now? I really think the best thing to do would have been to delay its release by half a year and re-shoot most of it save the action scenes.
Naw nothing could have saved the movie -- dull action sequences, lame plot, corny dialog, bad acting -- it was DoA from the start.
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Naw nothing could have saved the movie -- dull action sequences, lame plot, corny dialog, bad acting -- it was DoA from the start.
Actually, it made D.O.A. look like Citizen Kane by comparison.

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