Heretic Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 The R-rated comedy is on track for a five-day debut of $23 million to $25 million. CANNES -- Sacha Baron Cohen's new R-rated comedy opened to a solid $4.5 million on Wednesday in North America, putting the Paramount pic on track for a $23 million to $25 million five-day debut unless business drops off precipitouslyHowever, Baron Cohen's first narrative feature wasn't able to topple box office monster The Avengers, which grossed north of $6 million for the day. The Disney and Marvel Studios' tentpole is now the No. 9 title of all time, with a worldwide gross north of $1.04 billion. The Dictator's opening-day domestic gross included an impressive $600,000 in Tuesday midnight runs. Dictator -- which received a C CinemaScore -- is rolling out in 30 foreign markets this weekend, and got off to a strong start in Australia, although numbers weren't immediately available. 23-25m would be disappointing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noctis Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 C Cinemascore? REALLY? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 I guess lots of people are offended by the jokes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olive Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 (edited) Avengers’cumulative performance to date is international $646.8M and domestic $395.7M for a worldwide total of $1.042.4B. http://www.deadline....l-time-biggest/ Wednsday's 6.2M is a little low Edited May 17, 2012 by Olive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 I guess lots of people are offended by the jokes...Umm... if they haven't figured him out by now...How could anyone be surprised? You know exactly what you are getting with him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 Umm... if they haven't figured him out by now...How could anyone be surprised? You know exactly what you are getting with him.Very true. Maybe it's just haters then.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Maybe the film isn't very good in their defense. I haven't payed much attention to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 Twitter reactions have been fairly positive. But there does seem to be a large range on how funny people found it. Some said it was 'quite funny'. Some said they couldn't stop laughing throughout the whole film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanboy Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Disappointing for The Dictator. I was expecting another 10M or so for the 5-day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cedarpoint1111 Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Dictator -- which received a C CinemaScore Doesn't sound like its getting good WOM actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tawasal Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 The last good movie SBC made was Borat and from there on he has been in free fall with his movies comedy and quality. He should really stick with B-roles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 (edited) He has a massive cult following who find his movies hilarious. Why should he stop? Edited May 17, 2012 by Heretic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tawasal Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 He has a massive cult following who find his movies hilarious. Why should he stop?Because his movies are going downhill boxoffice and quality wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 Many don't think so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tawasal Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Many don't think so.his gay movie opened with 30m 3-day and this is making 23m-25m 5-day is just horrible and his next one might barely break the 10m barier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 his gay movie opened with 30m 3-day and this is making 23m-25m 5-day is just horrible and his next one might barely break the 10m barier.Maybe in the US, his popularity is waning, but he still has an audience. OS in the UK and Australia, he remains very popular though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuart360 Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 his gay movie opened with 30m 3-day and this is making 23m-25m 5-day is just horrible and his next one might barely break the 10m barier.Bruno was very funny i thought, the problem with it was the gay theme and the ending of the film shows that very effectively so its not suprising to me thats its gross was lower than Borat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tawasal Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 (edited) Maybe in the US, his popularity is waning, but he still has an audience. OS in the UK and Australia, he remains very popular though.But you know that he can't build a career outside the US only with his movies. There is a reason why he already release it in NA. His movies aren't like Pirates, Potter or Bond. They aren't just going to make shitload of money for ever in OS. Edited May 17, 2012 by Wunder Mann Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndustriousAngel Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 This is supposed to run on a 65 million US$ budget. Seriously folks? I don't doubt they'll get it back but 65 million?! What's the matter with those budgets nowadays? Has international crime discovered Hollywood as a means to whitewash their drug billions?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totem Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Damn ow well, deserves more imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
