islandclaws

April Fools! You knew parents were going to get dragged to see that shit...

From Deadline:

1. Hop (Illumination/Universal) NEW [3,579 Theaters]
Friday $11.4M, Estimated Weekend $38M

2. Source Code (Summit) NEW [2,961 Theaters]
Friday $5.2M, Estimated Weekend $14.5M

3. Insidious (FilmDirect) NEW [2,408 Theaters]
Friday $5M, Estimated Weekend $12M

4. Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (Fox) Week 2 [3,169 Theaters]
Friday $3M (-58%), Estimated Weekend $11M, Estimated Cume $39.1M

5. Limitless (Relativity) Week 3 [2,838 Theaters]
Friday $3.1M, Estimated $10.5M, Estimated Cume $56.7M

6. The Lincoln Lawyer (Lionsgate) Week 3 [2,707 Theaters]
Friday $2.2M, Estimated Weekend $8M, Estimated Cume $40.6M

7. Sucker Punch (Universal) Week 2 [3,033 Theaters]
Friday $2M (-74%), Estimated Weekend $6M, Estimated Cume $29.8M

8. Rango (Paramount) Week 5 [3,134 Theaters]
Friday $1.3M, Estimated Weekend $5M, Estimated Cume $104.5M

9. Paul (Working Title/Universal) Week 3 [2,550 Theaters]
Friday $1.3M, Estimated Weekend $4.5M, Estimated Cume $32.2M

10. Battle: Los Angeles (Sony) Week 4 [2,263 Theaters]
Friday $1.1M, Estimated Cume $4M, Estimated Cume $79M

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Solid hold for Limitless. I'm sure Relativity is surprised by the small dropoffs it's been having.

Hop proves kids will watch any colorful piece of crap you throw in front of them. I don't think those trailers could have looked worse to me.

Falc04

haha, good one...you certainly got me with your subject title. And you're right, even though Hop is getting terrible reviews, it's a movie that (on paper) could not fail.

Now, Mars Needs Moms...who gave that one the green light?!?

TheMovieman

Not only for Limitless but Lincoln Lawyer as well. 26% drop.

And a woeful 68% drop for Sucker Punch. Ouch.

onebyone

With the tiny budget Insidious had, they are really rolling in the profits. I want to see it and Source Code. Actually, I thought the trailers for the later were awful and had no desire at all to check it out, but the reviews have me intrigured.

Limitless and The Lincoln Lawyer really are baffling. They definitely found their audience.

islandclaws

I thought the trailers for Insidious looked good, but friends have told me it's terrible. I'm not very surprised considering Wan's track record consisting of exactly one good film.

Source Code didn't look good to me, but I'm hearing it's great.

Decisions, decisions...

Supermallet

Source Code at #2 makes me happy.

Deftones

too bad source code wasn't #1.

musick

I took the kid to see Hop on Friday to a packed theater
don't understand all the hate for it

The Antipodean

Wow, that's a hell of a drop for sucker punch

Solid Snake

it's cuz we're not infected by the wants of a child. Just cuz you love the kid...doesn't mean the kid don't have shit taste in movies sometimes...most kids do.

mdc3000

If you ask me, the success of Limitless and Lincoln Lawyer can mostly be explained by targeting the right audience and being GOOD movies - quality sure helps if word of mouth is good. I loved Insidious and Source Code, so I'm hoping they hang around for a while.

TimeandTide

Absolutely inane thing to say.

Why do you even have an opinion about Hop anyway, a movie you probably have zero interest in?

You know you don't have to comment on every post in every thread in every forum, right?

fumanstan

Poor Sucker Punch. Hopefully watching Source Code tonight.

BravesMG

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say most kids would say you have 'shit taste' in movies as well. It's not really the point.

Groucho

I'll take this one step further and say that most people have shit taste in movies.

Jaymole

I'll take even another step further and say all people shit.

kd5

And then.....Shit happens. -kd5-

Charlie Goose

On a related note, the bunny in Hop shits jelly beans.

resinrats

I always wonder when people say kids movies are such crap is what movie 'should' the kid be watching. Its like people expect kids to demanding some artsy, oscar worthy drama instead of goofy cartoons.

Dragon Tattoo

Trust me when I say that he most certainly does not know that.

I love how having a kid and taking them to see movies that appeal to them was described as an "Infection" as well.

Tarantino

Coming from the guy who lists The Expendables as one of his all time favorites...

Ash Ketchum

In defense of Solid Snake, kids are different now. Their narcissistic, over-protective baby boomer parents insist on taking them to shitty kids' movies instead of letting them figure out what they like and what they want to see. And so MUCH of this crap comes out now that kids don't get a chance to see things that might expand their horizons. And then they buy these things on tape or disc so the kids never have to watch anything else.

When I was a kid we weren't particularly interested in "children's movies." My father took me to see THE ROBE, DEMETRIUS AND THE GLADIATORS and SEVENTH VOYAGE OF SINBAD when I was five. My mother took me to see GOLIATH AND THE BARBARIANS the following year. Before I was 9, I saw the following:
HANNIBAL (the Carthaginian conqueror, not the serial killer)
SERGEANT RUTLEDGE
THE LOST WORLD
YOUNG JESSE JAMES
JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH
SWORD AND THE DRAGON
FRANKENSTEIN 1970
ONE-EYED JACKS
BEND OF THE RIVER
THE MAGIC SWORD
THE LAST OF THE VIKINGS
THE MONGOLS
THE MINOTAUR

Plus, countless old classics on TV, like FRANKENSTEIN, KING KONG, THE THIEF OF BAGDAD, ONE MILLION B.C., GODZILLA, MIGHTY JOE YOUNG, etc. And when cartoons or movies weren't on, we watched what the grown-ups were watching, like "Perry Mason" or "Maverick" or a Sunday afternoon documentary series hosted by Walter Cronkite called "20th Century." Today, kids can watch children's programming and dumb cartoons all day long thanks to the Disney Channel, Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network. In my day we had one hour a week of Disney and that was it! And it included great stuff like Zorro, The Swamp Fox and Davy Crockett. You won't find any content like that on The Disney Channel today.

Solid Snake

off topic...did you know that you're now a meme in millennial thread in otter?

On topic: I've never said it is a favorite of mine...I fucking enjoyed it cuz it's essentially a movie that I've wanted to happen in some form since I was 4yrs old...but that sure as hell doesn't stop me from criticizing the shit out of it. It was pretty damn mediocre but damnit....I enjoyed it.

Also...kids do have shit taste in movies. I'm not saying I didn't...I did. Anything w/ Hulk Hogan was gold for me as a kid in the early 90s.

ken_572002

You sound like someone with the IQ of about 13.

Solid Snake

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