Comments on: Monday Morning Box Office Report: Jacko is Boffo? http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/11/02/monday-morning-box-office-report-jacko-is-boffo/ Blog and Podcast Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:42:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: jaime http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/11/02/monday-morning-box-office-report-jacko-is-boffo/comment-page-1/#comment-653849 jaime Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:33:48 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=28036#comment-653849 Sham'ON! Sham’ON!

]]> By: rus in chicago http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/11/02/monday-morning-box-office-report-jacko-is-boffo/comment-page-1/#comment-653752 rus in chicago Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:17:37 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=28036#comment-653752 I'm not surprised, one of my biggest gripes these days is the way parenting has become an exercise in paranoia. I go back to my home town and the parks and ball fields are empty unless a "organized" "play date" thingy is going on. I can see how one whisper of WTWTA being a little scary and the parents banning it from their kids lives. I’m not surprised, one of my biggest gripes these days is the way parenting has become an exercise in paranoia. I go back to my home town and the parks and ball fields are empty unless a “organized” “play date” thingy is going on. I can see how one whisper of WTWTA being a little scary and the parents banning it from their kids lives.

]]> By: Sean http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/11/02/monday-morning-box-office-report-jacko-is-boffo/comment-page-1/#comment-653742 Sean Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:10:36 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=28036#comment-653742 Yeah good point about Where The Wild Things Are. I think that with all the stuff in the media about it being too scary for kids, it kept most of the parents away from it. So outside of that, it's basically a Spike Jonze indie film that under any other circumstances would have probably had a limited release. Yeah good point about Where The Wild Things Are. I think that with all the stuff in the media about it being too scary for kids, it kept most of the parents away from it. So outside of that, it’s basically a Spike Jonze indie film that under any other circumstances would have probably had a limited release.

]]> By: Goon http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/11/02/monday-morning-box-office-report-jacko-is-boffo/comment-page-1/#comment-653729 Goon Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:23:32 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=28036#comment-653729 I normally don't care about the box office stuff, but right now there are actually some pretty strong narratives going on - that people aren't over Jackson, but are more over than the media thinks, that Paranormal Activity is the success story of the year, and that WTWTA has been a surprisingly huge box office disappointment (despite the initial huge bump), with huge percentage drops every week. Take a look at the last couple weeks where shit nobody likes such as Couples Retreat and Law Abiding Citizen are holding to at least the average box office drop, whereas WTWTA is losing 2/3 every week. Now is that bad word of mouth, or that everyone who wanted to see it went out that first weekend, or something else? I normally don’t care about the box office stuff, but right now there are actually some pretty strong narratives going on – that people aren’t over Jackson, but are more over than the media thinks, that Paranormal Activity is the success story of the year, and that WTWTA has been a surprisingly huge box office disappointment (despite the initial huge bump), with huge percentage drops every week. Take a look at the last couple weeks where shit nobody likes such as Couples Retreat and Law Abiding Citizen are holding to at least the average box office drop, whereas WTWTA is losing 2/3 every week.

Now is that bad word of mouth, or that everyone who wanted to see it went out that first weekend, or something else?

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