Patman

"You had me at 'blow me'"

The Nature Boy

She should have been nude in it. Too many actresses are prudes these days, and some nudity probably doubles this gross.

Supermallet

Or, in this case, it probably would have raised the gross by about five times.

jaeufraser

Seriously, did everyone think this was going to do boffo box office? These numbers, while disapointing, aren't really that surprising.

Patman

So was it the R rating, the unfortunate release weekend of easter, or something else that produced the so-so box office performance?

Jackskeleton

R rating on a film that LOOKED to be targeted at a younger audiance who might not have been the 24 target audiance. mixed in with one hell of a crowded weekend... or something else.

shaqIQ1

Sucks that it bombed. I really enjoyed the movie. I bet it'll be one of those movies that will play over and over on cable (e.g. MADE) and will get its following that way..cuz once you see Elisha Cuthbert..I don't see how you could turn the channel.

Dr. DVD

I wonder if the people in charge of finding a date to release this would have stuck with March 12th had they known the power of Passion?

turborobb

One problem IMO, when I saw the trailer for "Girl next Door" I didn't understand what the movie was tring to be... is it a wacky teen comedy like American Pie, it is a serious coming of age film, a chick flick? I have no idea.

UKingdom

the film is not a wacky american pie movie but is being marketed as such, which is likely the problem. it is more of a coming of age/romantic comedy, but i think people get way caught up in the whole porn star aspect of it and expect a raunchy sex comedy (and the marketing makes it seem like that), which it isn't.

nudity would not have enhanced the gross too much; she shows some skin and there is some nudity in the film, but it's not that big a deal

saw it again yesterday, love this film.

Nosebleed

This was rated 14A in Canada, meaning you only need to be 14 to see it, and it was #3 at the box office here last week. Perhaps if it was rated this way in the US it would have done better.

Or maybe all the American kids bought tickets for The Passion and snuck into this instead.

Jackskeleton

^^^ you have a point nosebleed. I think the rating and it's target audiance (base on adverstisment) really held this back.

MasterCXtreme

Why, are kids having a fairly easy time of geting into The Passion like that joke on South Park?

UKingdom

Just a bump, go see this movie this weekend if you don't see Kill Bill...it's the next best thing out there.

Supermallet

While I'm definitely seeing Kill Bill, I may give this one a chance this weekend.

Or maybe I'll see Hellboy again instead.

POWERBOMB

I didn't know who she was until I saw the vid in the mature forum. I think the R rating and common knowledge she did not go nude in this movie really hurt it's chances.

Supermallet

Actually, I would say the R rating only hurt it after people found it Elisha Cuthbert doesn't get nude. Because if it were R but people heard she bared all in it, I think we'd have seen a substantial jump in the box office.

steebo777

That's pretty pathetic if people will go to a movie based on the sole fact of the main star's nudity IMO

C-Mart

I have a friend who used to buy DVDs without having seen the movie based soley on the fact that a certain actress happens to be nude in it. (Swimming Pool comes to mind w/ Alyssa Milano... I think) Man those were some horrible movies.

Supermallet

The movie you're thinking of is Embrace of the Vampire. Swimming Pool does have nudity, but it does not have Alyssa Milano.

I saw Girl Next Door today. It was good for that kind of movie. Solid, but not amazing. Elisha Cuthbert looked exceptionally hot. I had problems with some of the directorial and editing choices, but I guess those are minor quibbles.

Fox really did a terrible job of marketing this film. It felt nothing like the movie they were advertising.

Supermallet

I did want to add, however, that the music in the movie was fantastic. I expected the usual mix of bad emo bands but the film opened with "Under Pressure," the second song in the film is by Elliott Smith, and Elisha Cuthbert's entrance comes complete with a song by Echo And The Bunnymen, of all bands. I was consistently impressed by the musical choices in the film, even if the style lacked in other areas.

EvilConradBain

I haven't seena commercial for this movie in more than a week. Looks like FOX stopped promoting.

Supermallet

Yeah, Fox knows spending any more money on this is like throwing objects into a black hole, hoping you'll plug it up. If they release some unrated version on DVD I'd rent it, though.