This Week's Box Office Results: Too Damn Close To Call Edition

Hope you all had a decent weekend so far. The following is courtesy of Box Office Mojo.com:

1 Cowboys & Aliens- $36,200,000 $36,200,000

2 The Smurfs- $36,200,000 $36,200,000

3 Captain America: The First Avenger- $24,905,000 $116,772,000

4 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2- $21,925,000 $318,460,000

5 Crazy, Stupid, Love.- $19,300,000 $19,300,000

6 Friends with Benefits- $9,300,000 $38,200,000

7 Horrible Bosses- $7,100,000 $96,202,000

8 Transformers: Dark of the Moon- $5,970,000 $337,892,000

9 Zookeeper- $4,200,000 $68,731,000

10 Cars 2- $2,301,000 $182,070,000

The official numbers won't be out until tomorrow, but it looks like a horserace of mediocrity all weekend. The top two movies not only share the #1 spot, but also terrible reviews; Cowboys and Aliens and The Smurfs are currently tied with $36.2 mil apiece. The other major release, Crazy, Stupid, Love., premiered at #5 with $19.3 mil. Definitely nothing to be disapointed with.

And this also brings an unofficial end to the major summer movie season. Yes, I'm aware that it technically goes on until Labor Day weekend, but looking at the rest of the schedule, I honestly don't see any of these being major box office hits. But then again, what the hell do I know?!

Next week gives us Jason Bateman and Ryan Reynolds in The Change-Up, and James Franco stars as a scientist *snicker* who inadvertently begins the war of man vs. monkey in Rise of The Planet of The Apes.

It'syour turn to sound off. What did YOU see...and was it any good?

Wait.... is that even possible? :o

Wait.... is that even possible? :o

MrEnvelope

I thought C&A was getting decent reviews?

Wait.... is that even possible? :o

MrEnvelope

I'm so sad that Cowboys got critically slammed. I'll still watch it though..is the rumors of Olivia Wilde nude scene true :O?

I'm so sad that Cowboys got critically slammed. I'll still watch it though..is the rumors of Olivia Wilde nude scene true :O?

immortality20

[QUOTE="immortality20"]

I'm so sad that Cowboys got critically slammed. I'll still watch it though..is the rumors of Olivia Wilde nude scene true :O?

Apocalypse33

Ah, the ol' cop out.

Oh yeah, we still got some good summer movies.

The Change Up
30 Minutes or Less
Fright Night
Don't be Afraid of the Dark

No oscar winners, but movies I'd still see.

'Zookeeper' is still making money...sad.SaintLeonidas

30 Minutes or Less

immortality20

Seeing this mainly for Aziz Ansari, he's hilarious.

[QUOTE="SaintLeonidas"]'Zookeeper' is still making money...sad.Swanogt19

saw Horrible Bosses, now thats a good movie :lol:

we saw Horrible Bosses last night, was funnier than I expected. Hope I look as good as Jennifer Anniston when I'm 50. =PAllicrombie

I didn't like the way they went with the smurfs art direction

I heard that Cowboys and Aliens actually got good reviews....

I heard that Cowboys and Aliens actually got good reviews....

Dawq902

Who'd you hear that from? The director?

[QUOTE="Dawq902"]

I heard that Cowboys and Aliens actually got good reviews....

Who'd you hear that from? The director?

[QUOTE="Dawq902"]

I heard that Cowboys and Aliens actually got good reviews....

Who'd you hear that from? The director?

[QUOTE="Dawq902"][QUOTE="ABCarmine"]

Who'd you hear that from? The director?

SaintLeonidas

[QUOTE="SaintLeonidas"][QUOTE="Dawq902"] Assorted interent sources. Actual movie reviers are crap. I go on sites where viewers actually rate it and go by that rather than "the professionals".Dawq902

I NEED to see Captain America. Everyone I know has been telling me it's pretty good. mrmusicman247

[QUOTE="Dawq902"]

:lol: this just about made my day :lol:SaintLeonidas

[QUOTE="SaintLeonidas"]

[QUOTE="Dawq902"] Ever read an actual movie reviers review? They are so overly biased and opinionated that it is impossible for the review to portray a large community other than themself.

Dawq902

:lol: ...again no such thing as a 'movie revier'...yes I have read many reviews on websites/newspapers/blogs ( I mean I'm only a part of a union dedicated to film discussion :roll: ) and also again an average moviegoer could also not like animation and then give an animated film a bad review based on that bias, because all reviews whether by critics or the average joe is based on that persons own preferences...and lets learn to spell before trying to tell me I don't understand a concept that you seem to not be able to grasp...that being that opinionated reviews based on ones own bias is universal and not just exclusive to professional critics.

oh wow... didn't expect the smurfs to make that much dough :|n00bkid

You bring spelling into this....okay.... Any person who reviews a movie is a movie revier, nobody cares about the technical term. Yeah a movie critic is a career and what do they do? They review movies. Call them a critic call them a revier that is besides the point and not the topic of the discussion....why you bring this up is just unnecessary and completly beside the point. Good for you for being in a movie union.... As i said before majority of minority. Sure one person who sees the movie may give it a 1 out of 10 but the MAJORITY of people will give it an honest rating. It is not like it takes much time. I would rather see 70/100 from 1,000,000 ratings over 40/100 from 30 ratings. I'm not talking about reviews composed by non critics but a rating. Reviews and ratings are very different things. I read the reviews of the critics and find their rating to be unreliable. I don't read reviews from the average person but find their rating much more reliable. Veyr simple to grasp.Dawq902

Revier:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revier

Reviewer:http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Reviewer&redirect=no

:lol: :lol:

...and again, you claim you don't read critic reviews because they are 'bias and opinionated'... news flash, those 'ratings' you speak of from the 'majority' are also based on 'bias and opinion', which is what I said twice.

[QUOTE="Dawq902"]You bring spelling into this....okay.... Any person who reviews a movie is a movie revier, nobody cares about the technical term. Yeah a movie critic is a career and what do they do? They review movies. Call them a critic call them a revier that is besides the point and not the topic of the discussion....why you bring this up is just unnecessary and completly beside the point. Good for you for being in a movie union.... As i said before majority of minority. Sure one person who sees the movie may give it a 1 out of 10 but the MAJORITY of people will give it an honest rating. It is not like it takes much time. I would rather see 70/100 from 1,000,000 ratings over 40/100 from 30 ratings. I'm not talking about reviews composed by non critics but a rating. Reviews and ratings are very different things. I read the reviews of the critics and find their rating to be unreliable. I don't read reviews from the average person but find their rating much more reliable. Veyr simple to grasp.SaintLeonidas

Revier:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revier

Reviewer:http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Reviewer&redirect=no

:lol: :lol:

...and again, you claim you don't read critic reviews because they are 'bias and opinionated'... news flash, those 'ratings' you speak of from the 'majority' are also based on 'bias and opinion', which is what I said twice.

[QUOTE="SaintLeonidas"]

[QUOTE="Dawq902"]You bring spelling into this....okay.... Any person who reviews a movie is a movie revier, nobody cares about the technical term. Yeah a movie critic is a career and what do they do? They review movies. Call them a critic call them a revier that is besides the point and not the topic of the discussion....why you bring this up is just unnecessary and completly beside the point. Good for you for being in a movie union.... As i said before majority of minority. Sure one person who sees the movie may give it a 1 out of 10 but the MAJORITY of people will give it an honest rating. It is not like it takes much time. I would rather see 70/100 from 1,000,000 ratings over 40/100 from 30 ratings. I'm not talking about reviews composed by non critics but a rating. Reviews and ratings are very different things. I read the reviews of the critics and find their rating to be unreliable. I don't read reviews from the average person but find their rating much more reliable. Veyr simple to grasp.Dawq902

Revier:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revier

Reviewer:http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Reviewer&redirect=no

:lol: :lol:

...and again, you claim you don't read critic reviews because they are 'bias and opinionated'... news flash, those 'ratings' you speak of from the 'majority' are also based on 'bias and opinion', which is what I said twice.

[QUOTE="Dawq902"][QUOTE="SaintLeonidas"]

Revier:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revier

Reviewer:http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Reviewer&redirect=no

:lol: :lol:

...and again, you claim you don't read critic reviews because they are 'bias and opinionated'... news flash, those 'ratings' you speak of from the 'majority' are also based on 'bias and opinion', which is what I said twice.

[QUOTE="SaintLeonidas"]

[QUOTE="Dawq902"] I miss letter when I type fast. It happens....my point was still understandbale. If some profesional reviewer wrote a review of a game and calimed it to be the greatest thing he had ever played but ten of your friends simply told you it sucked would you go buy it?Dawq902

Cowboys and aliens was awful I wish I could get a refund

Totally undeserving of its spot

Man, Leonidas is having a field day :P mrmusicman247

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[spoiler] Sunday boredom :P [/spoiler]