Friday Estimates (1:30PM Update) -- JC ($9.5-11m), Lorax ($9-9.5m)

[kayumanggi]

I don't understand what you guys don't get. The advertising is why people see a film, so I'm glad when a film does poorly that is badly advertised. That's all.

That's not what you said earlier. And even so, being happy because a movie failed out of poor marketing is just

[egoplant]

That's not what you said earlier. And even so, being happy because a movie failed out of poor marketing is just

I disagree.

[rockNrollaDIM]

I personally love that John Carter failed. It deserves to on every level.

[MovieMan89]

I personally love that John Carter failed. It deserves to on every level.

After seeing it I mostly agree, although I do feel somewhat bad for Stanton. Then again he made a subpar movie here and if this is an indicator of his live action chops it will be a blessing in disguise if JC's failure forces him to stick to animation. Edited March 11, 2012 by MovieMan89

[Hatebox]

If it makes studios think twice about insane budgets then I'm glad JC failed. That might be optimistic, though.

[SchumacherFTW]

Is it bad that it's sunday and I can barely remember what happened in JC on friday? Granted it's not been a fun weekend, but I honestly can't remember much about it.

[kayumanggi]

I remember Woolah.

[CJohn]

I remember Woolah.

Who doesn't remember Woolah ?

[SchumacherFTW]

Was that the uber fast thing?

[kayumanggi]

Yup!

[SchumacherFTW]

And to think, he could have had a ride at disney world