TServo2049 Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 (edited) Passion of the Christ is a run that might not have been possible today. It would still have opened as well, but would it have had legs as killer? And any controversy with AS could never measure up to Passion. That movie was such a phenomenon that I took a college course about the movie two years later. It was still being discussed two years after its theatrical release. (And this was before Gibson's DUI reignited it.) The Da Vinci Code was flying off bookshelves at the same time, that had to have played a role in fanning the flames. The two fed off each other - I was there, there was a lot of stuff in religious circles where Passion and Da Vinci were compared/contrasted, "Da Vinci is a lie," "Passion is the truth about Jesus," there were so many think pieces and opinion pieces about one or the other or both that it stayed relevant long enough for me to be taking a course about the two in the fall semester of 2006. Yes, the Da Vinci Code movie had recently come out, but Passion was two years old. It just feels like the phenomenon wouldn't have the same kind of staying power in the age of Twitter... Edited January 30, 2015 by TServo2049 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Marston Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 It's Super Bowl weekend. Next weekend could have an extremely low drop 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozymandias Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 (edited) Passion>Sniper Jesus still trumps 'Murica? I was hoping the sky wizard would get taken down by a Sniper for all time R-rated film, but honestly anything over 300m for an R-rated drama film is just incredible in this day and age and works for me. Where did most most people have this a week before release, 60-90m total? lol. Edited January 30, 2015 by Ozymandias 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAJK Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Kids disappointing for Almanac I was hoping it could reach high teen millions... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Kids disappointing for Almanac I was hoping it could reach high teen millions... Is it really disappointing, though? The "found footage" scenario is beyond played-out at this point, and this didn't look to offer anything new to the genre whatsoever. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grim22 Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 How did this happen? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Futurist Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 The 'Murica Dream is Collapsing. Call Nolan and Leo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozymandias Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 How did this happen? Critics went and saw the movie and died. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojoguy Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Karl Urban appears in another FLOP! DREDDDDDDDDD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TServo2049 Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Oh wow, if the film is so bad that it's getting negative scores, I can understand why Universal didn't want to release it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Cant believe some are saying AS is colapsing. US north east just got walloped with a massive snow fall this week and now its Super Bowl weekend. Its not collapsing at all. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 The premise of The Loft alone (a "whodunit" centered around five dudes who share a single loft just for when they want to cheat on their respective spouses) is really repugnant. No wonder it sat on the shelf for so long. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 RIP FREEDOM 1776-2015 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miketheavenger Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Cant believe some are saying AS is colapsing. US north east just got walloped with a massive snow fall this week and now its Super Bowl weekend. Its not collapsing at all. It's certainly not collapsing, but it seems like it's coming down to earth a little bit after it started off with ridiculous grosses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovieMan89 Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 50% drop for AS from last Friday? ba ba ba ba bum... It might seem crazy what I'm bout to say. Sunshine she's here, you can take a break. I'm a hot air balloon that could go to space. With the air, like I don't care, baby by the way BECAUSE I'M HAPPY!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 posts like that oughta put you on a watch list. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxmoser3 Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Cold weather and Super Bowl are going to be the effect but this looks like a nicer weekend in comparison to the past few weekends 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxmoser3 Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Cant believe some are saying AS is colapsing. US north east just got walloped with a massive snow fall this week and now its Super Bowl weekend. Its not collapsing at all.i agree with you baumer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blankments Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 I asked in a different thread, but seriously, how likely is Still Alice ever hitting 500 theaters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Futurist Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 AS may not be Collapsing but at least it shows he s human because his run until now put him into the freak category. But yep, it s very possible that the drop next week end for The most lethal sniper in america ´s history will be small even with Jupiter Ascending, Seventh Son and Spongebob openings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
