The Kitchen l August 9, 2019 | New Line l Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish star l Based on the Vertigo comic book series

[JB33]

On 8/9/2019 at 8:24 PM, The GOAT said:

Why couldn't they just name this movie, "Hell's Kitchen"?

The Kitchen is more edgy and cool I guess?? Kind of like the nick names that some sports arenas have. No idea.

 

By the way I'll now be seeing this on Tuesday so I'll share my thoughts then. I was supposed to see it yesterday but couldn't make it out to Kamloops (no cinemas in this little town I'm in).

Edited August 12, 2019 by JB33

[The GOAT]

2 minutes ago, JB33 said:

The Kitchen is more edgy and cool I guess?? Kind of like the nick names that some sports arenas have. No idea.

 

By the way I'll now be seeing this on Tuesday so I'll share my thoughts then. I was supposed to see it yesterday but couldn't make it out to Kamloops (no cinemas in this little town I'm in).

No one believes that. Not even the producers.

[dudalb]

Pretty much bombed at the box office, even given it's modest budget.

This was the  equivalent of dropping a couple of bucks on a quarter slot maching..nice if you win but no great loss if you lose. Will not impact the DC film schedule at all, except to kill any idea of a sequel.

 

[dudalb]

On ‎8‎/‎1‎/‎2019 at 3:30 AM, lorddemaxus said:

I think that Scary Stories will open to that number next weekend. This seems to at least have a bit more hype than that movie and this should be a relatively walkup heavy considering the target audience.

Boy, were you  wrong....

Scary Stories opened #2 at 20 Million Dollars, and Kitchen at around Six Million dollars.

And IMHO the hype for Stories was much bigger.

Edited August 12, 2019 by dudalb

[Krissykins]

With a $38m budget, it’s going to lose money. 

 

Not out here in the UK for another few weeks, I’ll still go to see it. 

[dudalb]

I keep on hoping that Warners will take a chance on Vertigo's "Astro City" comics, but after this flopping I am not holding my breath. I think Warners wll think the money is better spent on something in the standard DC Universe.

And Astro City would cost a lot to do right, a lot more then the 38 Million Warners blew on "The Kitchen".

Too bad. Properly done, "Astro City" would be amazing. It's a take on Superheros that is for once really original, not another recycling of

"The Watchmen".  claming to be "Original".

Edited August 13, 2019 by dudalb

[baumer]

The trailers were horrible and made the film look like a silly waste of time.  And the audiences stayed away, not surprisingly.

[baumer]

On 8/1/2019 at 10:25 PM, a2k said:

looks like under-50 dom unless wom is great wait is this based of a comic book ... 50 ow incoming 

 

Under 15 million?  Possible?

[a2k]

4 hours ago, baumer said:

 

Under 15 million?  Possible?

Very likely imo. Needs 2.7x+ for 15m. Don't think it can get there as it will shed theatres fast.

 

Some other under-10m openers in recent times with a notable cast:

 

The Circle 2.28x (20.5/9)

mother! 2.37x (17.8/7.5)

The Happytime Murders 2.18x (20.7/9.5)

[dudalb]

18 hours ago, baumer said:

The trailers were horrible and made the film look like a silly waste of time.  And the audiences stayed away, not surprisingly.

Which might be why Warners basically dumped the film on a crowded weekend, rather then waste a valuable release date on it.

[MovieMan89]

Yeah, this looked abysmal. McCarthy desperately needs that Little Mermaid gig at this point, her draw power is completely gone. 

[JB33]

Saw this yesterday. I don't know, it's not nearly as bad as people are making it out to be. I enjoyed the 3 leads as I thought I would - Melissa McCarthy the most - and I was engaged in the concept/story. Nothing earth-shattering, but a solid movie.

[JB33]

This had the 2nd worst PTA ($804) in the top 20 last weekend after Brian Banks ($723), dropping 60.0% with no theatre losses. Yikes. As I've said many times, I sure miscalculated this one. Thought it would be a small hit this month.