‘Transformers One’ ($26.3M) & ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ ($25M) Go Toe-To-Toe At Weekend Box Office; ‘Never Let Go’ ($3.8M to $4.7M) & ‘The Substance’ ($2.65M-$3M) Come Up Short – Saturday AM Update
‘Transformers One’ ($26.3M) & ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ ($25M) Go Toe-To-Toe At Weekend Box Office; ‘Never Let Go’ ($3.8M to $4.7M) & ‘The Substance’ ($2.65M-$3M) Come Up Short – Saturday AM Update
“Box office poison” gets thrown around a lot, but Chris Hemsworth certainly comes close. Everything he does outside of Marvel is a critical disappointment, a financial disappointment, or (very often) both. Even his Wikipedia page says “best known playing Thor in the MCU and an Australian soap opera.” That’s all.
Crazy how he keeps getting lead roles in stuff over and over again.
Edit: Since reading comprehension on this sub is a bit low, I’ll make it more clear: I literally said the term gets thrown around a lot, and he comes close. Not that I actually believe a film’s box office goes down the moment they cast him (or anyone).
AGOTFAN on
Transformers One is a good movie, unfortunately the audiences are less interested in an animated movie of a live action franchise.
Paramount should just rest Transformers for a few years. Then hire a good writer and director who can make a great live action Transformers movie that has lots of spectacles and mayhem, but better than Bayhem.
Chance-Concert4570 on
That first trailer really damaged Transformers One’s reputation, possibly beyond repair.
nicolasb51942003 on
When I saw that news about Keanu Reeves signing an exclusive Sonic 3 poster in Transformers One screenings, I had a feeling Paramount was getting cold feet over the low numbers.
No-Kaleidoscope8013 on
No update on Deadpool and Wolverine so I’m guessing it’s still projected for 4m which is amazing!
KaraMustafaPasa on
How do they predict those results even though today is saturday ?
newjackgmoney21 on
That’s a shitty true Friday number for Transformers. Paramount made a animated kids movie of an IP that kids don’t care about.
Shellyman_Studios on
I was hoping for at least a $40M+ weekend, it is such a shame…
Algae_Mission on
It’s unfortunate, because people who have seen the film by and large seem to really like it. The opening weekend isn’t everything for a family movie, often times they’ll index well over the weeks that follow.
But they didn’t do the movie any favors with that awful marketing campaign.
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“Box office poison” gets thrown around a lot, but Chris Hemsworth certainly comes close. Everything he does outside of Marvel is a critical disappointment, a financial disappointment, or (very often) both. Even his Wikipedia page says “best known playing Thor in the MCU and an Australian soap opera.” That’s all.
Crazy how he keeps getting lead roles in stuff over and over again.
Edit: Since reading comprehension on this sub is a bit low, I’ll make it more clear: I literally said the term gets thrown around a lot, and he comes close. Not that I actually believe a film’s box office goes down the moment they cast him (or anyone).
Transformers One is a good movie, unfortunately the audiences are less interested in an animated movie of a live action franchise.
Paramount should just rest Transformers for a few years. Then hire a good writer and director who can make a great live action Transformers movie that has lots of spectacles and mayhem, but better than Bayhem.
That first trailer really damaged Transformers One’s reputation, possibly beyond repair.
When I saw that news about Keanu Reeves signing an exclusive Sonic 3 poster in Transformers One screenings, I had a feeling Paramount was getting cold feet over the low numbers.
No update on Deadpool and Wolverine so I’m guessing it’s still projected for 4m which is amazing!
How do they predict those results even though today is saturday ?
That’s a shitty true Friday number for Transformers. Paramount made a animated kids movie of an IP that kids don’t care about.
I was hoping for at least a $40M+ weekend, it is such a shame…
It’s unfortunate, because people who have seen the film by and large seem to really like it. The opening weekend isn’t everything for a family movie, often times they’ll index well over the weeks that follow.
But they didn’t do the movie any favors with that awful marketing campaign.