Friday & Early Wknd Estimates (9/21/12): END OF WATCH Solid, everything else soft...

[acsc1312]

I think Looper will break out

[Adm56]

Dredd was never going to make a lot of money.

[forg]

I saw a lot of exploding heads. And there were scenes that were still cut?

Yup some of the slow-mo scenes were shortened. It happened in The Expendables 2 as well. I found some of cuts off but thankfully the movie was strong enough to overcome the sanitizing of the movie here

[The Toymaker]

Perhaps Urban should have gave a damn what Stallone thought. lol

[The Toymaker]

Dredd has a budget of $50m.

Lionsgate have only paid for the prints and advertising, so they will not lose out.

The production company won't either. It's a British/South African movie. The USA is just another one of its markets. Getting $15m from 1 market is not bad at all when your budget is so low. It'll make money, not a lot, but it'll make some.

[lab276]

Perhaps Urban should have gave a damn what Stallone thought. lol

What did Stallone think?

[The Toymaker]

No idea. An interviewer asked Karl Urban "What do you think Stallone would think of the new movie?" and he replied "I don't give a damn what he thinks".Perhaps he should have asked him to take a look. Stallone knows how to make a film popular. His so-called terrible Judge Dredd movie made good money unlike Urban's bomb.

[baumer]

Stallones Dredd made 120 mill I think WW. It cost 90 mill. so the ROI Wasnt that great.

[Chewy]

Yikes that's horrific for Dread

[lab276]

No idea. An interviewer asked Karl Urban "What do you think Stallone would think of the new movie?" and he replied "I don't give a damn what he thinks".Perhaps he should have asked him to take a look. Stallone knows how to make a film popular. His so-called terrible Judge Dredd movie made good money unlike Urban's bomb.

It was most likely advertising that made the difference, it had awful legs for 1995. And Stallone was still a big name then, so they could get by on that.

[Adm56]

Combine the two films and you have a good Dredd film.What 1995 did right:MegaCity One looked more like the comics to me.They did a better job of establishing the Judge system.Lighter tone...more of the satire from the comics ('You could have gone out the window'. '30 floors Dredd?' 'Yes...but it would have been LEGAL).Costume design of the general public (the block warriors in the opening sequence could have come straight from the comics).Over the top but much more interesting Lawmaster Bike.What 2012 did right:Karl UrbanJudge uniforms and equipment looked cool.Actress playing Anderson was cute. :)No 'making copies' guy.The new film is just another example of the recent trend to make things TOO dark and serious IMO. That's not Dredd. My favorite 'short story' with him is where he's in a diner's bathroom...gets interrupted while on the john by a robbery....bursts out to dispatch the perps with violent efficiency...and then mumbles something about having to finish his 'paperwork' while stumbling back to the bathroom (who knew that Dredd even needed to wipe!).These filmmakers missed the point by just turning him into a violent cop without the irony.I'm going to go fire up my Dredd pinball machine before I get depressed.

Edited September 22, 2012 by Adm56

[Adm56]

I should also add that this serious / grounded take on Dredd would make it near impossible to introduce the Dark Judges IMO. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_JudgesThey kick ass but would be a stretch for what this movie has setup.

[rahvinn87]

No idea. An interviewer asked Karl Urban "What do you think Stallone would think of the new movie?" and he replied "I don't give a damn what he thinks".Perhaps he should have asked him to take a look. Stallone knows how to make a film popular. His so-called terrible Judge Dredd movie made good money unlike Urban's bomb.

He probably said that because of how badly Stallone's film sucked. Hence, why would he care what Stallone's opinion was since he so utterly failed with his version.

[wileECoyote]

Dredd only at 5.7M!?

[Taylor]

 

TD	YD	Title (Click to View)	Studio	Daily Gross	% +/- YD / LW		Theaters / Avg		Gross To-Date	Day
1	-	House at the End of The Street	Rela.	$4,640,000	-	-	3,083	$1,505	$4,640,000	1
2	-	End of Watch	ORF	$4,600,000	-	-	2,730	$1,685	$4,600,000	1
3	-	Trouble with the Curve	WB	$4,165,000	-	-	3,212	$1,297	$4,165,000	1
4	2	Finding Nemo (3D)	BV	$2,388,000	+248%	-53%	2,904	$822	$22,922,000	8
5	-	Dredd	LGF	$2,230,000	-	-	2,506	$890	$2,230,000	1
6	1	Resident Evil: Retribution	SGem	$1,950,000	+88%	-77%	3,016	$647	$28,718,000	8
7	18	The Master	Wein.	$1,386,000	+2,135%	+472%	788	$1,759	$2,442,000	8
8	4	The Possession	LGF	$815,000	+155%	-55%	2,598	$314	$43,465,000	22
9	3	Lawless	Wein.	$704,000	+72%	-48%	2,614	$269	$32,895,000	24
-	8	The Bourne Legacy	Uni.	$479,000	+121%	-43%	1,431	$335	$109,272,000	43
-	5	The Expendables 2	LGF	$395,000	+53%	-56%	1,820	$217	$81,957,000	36
-	13	The Odd Life of Timothy Green	BV	$375,000	+160%	-44%	1,752	$214	$47,488,000	38
-	9	The Campaign	WB	$370,000	+82%	-51%	1,250	$296	$84,151,000	43
-	11	The Dark Knight Rises	WB	$345,000	+91%	-43%	948	$364	$442,203,000	64
-	10	Hope Springs	Sony	$250,000	+33%	-56%	1,147	$218	$61,548,000	45
-	6	The Words	CBS	$230,000	-5%	-75%	1,247	$184	$10,475,000	15
-	-	The Perks of Being a Wallflower	Sum.	$84,900	-	-	4	$21,225	$84,900	1
-	-	10 Years	Anch.	$25,800	+1,363%	+258%	43	$600	$57,000	8

 

[Taylor]

Very strong for Perks!

[#ED]

Dredd was always DARK in the comics.Really upset this movie flopped. I would say its better than TBL.

[Noctis]

AWESOME for Perks!

[Heretic]

Perks is the only interesting thing about the BO this weekend. I'm happy for it.

[Adm56]

Dredd was always DARK in the comics.

Really upset this movie flopped. I would say its better than TBL.

Nope....it could actually be quite goofy.