Oh Sensei. This is for picking against us…!!!
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Nemo Sinks Sensei’s Streak
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Another double digit streak bites the dust…
Weekend went as follows…
1. Finding Nemo 3-D – 28 Million. Actual: #2 with 16.6 Million.
Sensei’s call streak ends at 10 straight weeks.
2. Resident Evil 5: – 22 Million. Actual: #1 with 21 Million.
3. The Possession – 5 Million. Actual: 5.7 Million.
4. Lawless – 3.8 Million. Actual: 4.3 Million.
5. Last Ounce of Courage – 3.4 Million. Actual: #15-1.5 Million.
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Your close prediction of 4/5 over the weekend hauls isn’t too shabby regardless.
[...] Last weekend saw Sensei’s call streak vanish with ‘Finding Nemo’s’ opening. [...]
Finding Nemo was well regarded, even in the elite company of Pixar films, but it seemed an odd choice for a 3D release, as I can’t think of anyone who has any kind of lasting love for it. I mean, the underwater vistas lend themselves to it, but I’m not aware of any rabid fans of the movie, unlike, say, the Toy Stories or the Incredibles.
Great point, or even “Monsters Inc” for that matter.
No rabid fans is correct. The Lion King 3D did so well because it was a masterfully manipulated grab into the adults bank accounts by stabbing a money siphon into their childhoods. The Lion King was an emotional staple in the lives of pretty much everyone who watched it as a child. So they went back to relive childhood, their children didn’t have a choice – they were going to be dragged right along with their nostalgic parents to the re-release of the movie.
Finding Nemo had no such manipulation to lean on. Neither does any children’s movie recent enough to have been seen the first time with the current crop of toddlers and children.
Hollywood might have to do something different to generate money. Like maybe create new movies that are interesting enough to engage people’s imagination to the point they will spend money.
Or they could keep trying to blame DVD piracy and skyrocketing costs to even THINK about going to the movies as the reason things aren’t going so well.
(hint, shitty movies don’t make money anywhere unless they are so epically shitty that they can be relabeled as comedies then you might see some action in the DVD market after they go down in box office flames)