DHD Saturday: 9.6 M SAFE HOUSE | 9.3 M THE VOW | 9.0 M GR: SOV | 8.3 M JOURNEY ll

[DAR]

Great for Safe House. Nice bounce back for Reynolds

[RichWS]

A little bit of recovery for GR2. A good hold on Sunday and maybe it can avoid the bomb tag.

The 70% drop next weekend won't help that perception.

[Chewy]

Well at least if total dreck like GR can have a 9M Saturday, that bodes well for John Carter

[acsc1312]

Very nice for holdovers, decent for GR2, pretty good for TMW. Hopefully good WOM can help TMW have a nice drop next weekend.

[Cochofles]

Great for Safe House. Nice bounce back for Reynolds

Too bad this is all about Denzel and the movie's appeal. The film is a hit in spite of Reynolds.

[CJohn]

Safe House may steal the weekend. 9M for GR2 on Saturday How?!Journey 2 goes big like expected.

[fmpro]

Safe House may steal the weekend. 9M for GR2 on Saturday How?!Journey 2 goes big like expected.

Told yahh. Thats why

[fishstick]

Too bad this is all about Denzel and the movie's appeal. The film is a hit in spite of Reynolds.

Yeah, what`s going on here? RR PR is coming out of hiding or what? Safe House is all about Denzel. Remove Denzel and the movie would have been lucky to open #3 unless Denzel was replaced by Will Smith. Say what you will about Channing but he opened The Vow against McAdams whose star power is about equal to his or less. It was not the case like the combo of real star power (Sandra, Denzel) and RR where it`s obvious to everyone save RR loonies (or RR PR disguised as loonies) who the draw really is. Edited February 19, 2012 by fishnets

[Cochofles]

Yeah, what`s going on here? RR PR is coming out of hiding or what? Safe House is all about Denzel. Remove Denzel and the movie would have been lucky to open #3 unless Denzel was replaced by Will Smith.

Say what you will about Channing but he opened The Vow against McAdams whose star power is about equal to his or less. It was not the case like the combo of real star power (Sandra, Denzel) and RR where it`s obvious to everyone save RR loonies (or RR PR disguised as loonies) who the draw really is.

It's really interesting; once again, this is more proof that the internet is a smoke-and-mirrors, self-aggrandizing delusion-creator. The vocal armchair critics post on message boards and truly believe that what they type reflects America's taste: For example, if you went by online buzz, you'd think that Ryan Reynolds is a huge box office draw (I mean, even the studios believe online hype when they hinted at an actual GL sequel) and Tatum Channing is absolutely hated by people. Yet, box office numbers prove the opposite. (And seriously, anyone who believes that The Proposal was a hit because of RR and that Safe House is a hit because of RR needs to live in a looney bin) Edited February 19, 2012 by Cochofles

[fishstick]

It's really interesting; once again, this is more proof that the internet is a smoke-and-mirrors, self-aggrandizing delusion-creator. The vocal armchair critics post on message boards and truly believe that what they type reflects America's taste: For example, if you went by online buzz, you'd think that Ryan Reynolds is a huge box office draw (I mean, even the studios believe online hype when they hinted at an actual GL sequel) and Tatum Channing is absolutely hated by people. Yet, box office numbers prove the opposite. (And seriously, anyone who believes that The Proposal was a hit because of RR and that Safe House is a hit because of RR needs to live in a looney bin)

Amen. Studios are so stupid it`s unbelievable their honchos are making million dollar salaries. They think that hitting #1 Google search, Twitter trending or imdb.com equals actual popularity. The biggest stars in movies have far less hits than the lowest rated Twilight actor or actress. That proves nothing about an actual boxoffice power, just that certian demogrpahics are more prone to googling stars, voting for their favorites,etc than others. Same here. RR is always going to have more online buzz than Denzel because Denzel isn`t prone to creating one by dating Blake Lively, getting engaged to Alanis Morisette or getting married to and divorced from Scar-Jo after only a year or two. You see where I`m going with this.

However, when it comes to deciding where to put money,. they go with reliables, not with the hot gossip of the moment.