WEEKEND SUPER FOR FOOTBALL, NOT SO FOR MOVIES
Record numbers of Super Bowl viewers translated to fewer viewers in movie theaters. Attendance was even scantier than the low estimates issued by the studios on Sunday. The No. 1 film for the weekend, The Roommate, debuted with just $15 million, and the No. 2 film, Sanctum, opened with just $9.4 million, despite having 3D […]
THE ROOMMATE WINS SUPER BOWL WEEKEND
February 7, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
Super Bowl weekend always throws the box office for a loss, but, if studio estimates hold, fewer tickets were sold this weekend than at any time since the comparable one in 1996, according to box-office trackers BoxOfficeMojo.com. Sony’sThe Roommate landed in first place — but with only about $15.6 million. That compares with the $30.5 […]
EMPTY SEATS LIKELY AT THEATERS ON SUPER BOWL WEEKEND
February 4, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
With the Super Bowl sucking up the movie-going audience this weekend — what with party preparations on Saturday and the actual game on Sunday — movie studios are releasing two films, both of which are intended to counterprogram the game. One is the female-skewed The Roommate; the other is the James Cameron-produced Sanctum, for those […]
MOVIE REVIEWS: SANCTUM
February 4, 2011 by admin · 4 Comments
Universal is clearly flinging out the James Cameron-produced Sanctum over Super Bowl weekend in the realization that it’s not likely to perform much better on a weekend when people actually go to the movies. The movie, filmed overseas (Australia) and underseas in 3D, is drowning in reproving reviews. “A documentary on the formation of stalagmites […]
