Box office Report: 'G-Force' beats 'Ugly Truth' and 'Potter' with $32.2 million

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Harry
Mon 07/27/09 12:04 AM

Anybody who’s seen HALF BLOOD could tell you it wasn’t going to sustain its torrid opening pace: the movie is simply too talky and disjointed. I fear the filmmakers cowed to the TWILIGHT crowd and tried to make it too much of a teen romance, with middling results. The few action sequences in the movie also felt rather meaningless and poorly staged. I don’t think David Yates is really the best filmmaker for this, but, it doesn’t matter now, since he’s already started shooting the last 2 installments.

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Bill
Mon 07/27/09 12:45 AM

C’mon Adam, check your facts. Knocked up $30 mil.

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reyna
Mon 07/27/09 1:05 AM

I think that for every 5 million adult movies there’s one kiddy movie and kids love to go to the movies as much as adults… so every kid movie will score a good money amount, no matter how sucky it is…

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Auds
Mon 07/27/09 7:05 AM

I can’t believe a movie about guinea pigs pushed Harry Potter out of the top spot. It’s just ridiculous. People have no taste today.

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Paula Lucas
Tue 07/28/09 12:19 AM

well I saw HP this weekend and I was totally disappointed. David Yates is a terrible choice and since he is doing the next two movies, I guess I won’t be watching them. At book 6, there is no way this movie should be PG – and it should not be focusing on the kids relationships nor inputting scenes that didnt happen. What a shame a great book was a lousy movie. Who ever directed Azkaban or Phoenix SHOULD be doing the last two movies…

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Matt2
Tue 07/28/09 12:37 AM

Wow, go away for a weekend vacation, come back and find out the box office world has been turned upside down. It is shocking to see Harry Potter only able to sustain the number one spot for one weekend. That 62% drop is almost as bad as Bruno’s +65% drop. With what appeared to be no competition until August 7th when G. I. Joe mania invades thaters, I thought it would be smooth sailing for the magical one in the top box office spot. Oh well, as hard as it is to swallow you can’t force massive numbers of people to like a poorly conceived adaptation, go for repeat visits, or recommend it to their friends. These Potter dropoffs are so dramatic that this may not even catch the 292 million in domestic box office made by Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Of course, IMAX theaters aren’t showing the film yet, but that may be another case of too little too late. Congrats to Disney. I thought 24 to 26 million would be a best case scenario.

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silas
Tue 07/28/09 11:45 AM

Im not surprised of the drop with HP6. This installment and Azkaban have been the worst of the Potter movies. I was very dissapointed when they switched things around in Azkaban and just as dissapointed when they added scenes that never happened in the book in Half Blood Prince. I loved the first two movies, yes they were lighter but they stayed true to the story line although they switched some characters around with the situations. I also enjoyed Order of the Phoenix, it was also very close to the book although many things were taken out of the story. I hope they stay faithful to the story with the last book. Its going to be two parts so I don’t see why they would change things around for time’s sake.

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Kylie
Tue 07/28/09 12:23 PM

If this doesn’t tell Warner Brothers to change directors I don’t know what will!!!

But no we may have to suffer through David Yates for another HP installment.

I may just wait for the videos.

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t3hdow
Tue 07/28/09 6:50 PM

I don’t know whether to laugh or cry in horror at HP6 getting bested by G-Force after its opening weekend. Bruno’s 73% plunge was certainly surprising after making 30 or so million, but for HP6 to crumble to 30 million after the record breaking opening weekend, and to get beat by this crap? Of all summer movie scenarios, I didn’t expect this one at all.

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That1
Wed 07/29/09 7:24 AM

“Who ever directed Azkaban or Phoenix SHOULD be doing the last two movies…”

Paula Lucas, you really are an idiot. Guess who directed Phoenix? DAVID YATES.

That said, HP6 sucked…didn’t mind that most of the crap was cut but I was a little disappointed that the final Battle was cut and the Snape appeared to be protecting Harry (we don’t find this out until the 7th book)

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Coco
Thu 07/30/09 5:43 PM

I wish a critic would be honest and admit that these movies are terrible. The books are brilliant, but the only genuinely good film adaptation was done by Alfonso Curon in Prisoner of Azkaban and each one since has been progressively worse. Is it possible these kids have become worse actors as they have gotten older. Sadly the special effects were worse than the acting, the bridge collaspe was dull. I dread what kind lame watered down crib notes versions of Deathly Hallows Warner Brothers is going to put out. Shame could have been so much better.

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