I think audiences just don't want to suffer through the whole ordeal all over again. And why would you? If you want to watch a good movie, go rent something else.


The whole 9/11 thing can have an effect on the box-office, but I think the effect is more evident in the case of films like Spider-Man, where cinema is used as a way to escape reality, or to watch something which is affirmative and vaguely patriotic and uplifting. If I had a tough day at work, do I want to spend the evening watching a film about a guy who is having a tough day at work? Or do I want to watch a comedy or a thriller that will help me forget things for a while? It's far worse with tragedies, where anything remotely connected with the event will continuously evoke the traumatic experiences initially suffered through.

But this is a VH-Troy flop right now. Its as bad as a flop finaically as VH was, but its a Troy-flop as well as it had high expectations and failed to deliver.

but i thought Poseidon was the flop

Exactly. And neither is MI:3. Like Troy, I expect the film to perform well (not as well as Troy) internationally. I don't find the opening surprising, or particularly disappointing. Spider-Man and X2 have spoiled us, to be frank. Excluding them, this is one of the best openings for the first May release ever.

This is not Van Helsing though! This is Cruise in his signature role. This is a huge disappointment, and you can't spin it any other way. I agree that Troy was far from a flop, but this film will make about 120 mill, and yes, that is a flop. Internationall, this will do another 250 probably, for about 400, so it is not a bona fide flop, but here, it is.

The second release didn't do that much than the first one, and that only because 2000 was a horrible, horrible year for films (The Grinch making $260m? Come on...).

I'm not sure why the rest of the year matters. The weekend at hand is all that matters. MI3 had the weekend all to itself.

Disappointed in M:I-3. I wouldn't exactly call it a "flop," but yeah, it's a disappointing number. It'll make around $125-130 million total.

So crazy Roid was right all along despite his crazy United 93 prediction.. Oh and Simpsons wont make 150 million, you can put that in the bank next year

Just for future reference, MTC usually are on the money on most flicks but when it comes to movies that are receiving alot of hype like MI3 and King Kong, they are very off. They had Kong at 88 million for 5 day right? Its probably more about awareness and like Joe pointed out, other sites like hollywoodelsewhere should be looked into and yahoo buzz as Dp07 has used to make his MI3 prediction

And Ronnie's 20 parking lot.

Also never dismiss midnight showings entirely as an early sign