Karma At The Weekend B.O. (Another Spike Lee bomb?)

dirtyharrysplace.com ^ | September 28th, 2008 | Dirty Harry

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Karma At The Weekend B.O.

Posted by Dirty Harry on Sunday, September 28th, 2008

Spike Lee’s Miracle At St. Anna:

There have been few films I wanted to see flop more than Spike Lee’s Miracle At St. Anna, and flop it has taking in a humiliating $3.2 million. I’ll see and review it in the coming days, but regardless of how good or bad it is, race-baiting to promote a film needs to forever be rewarded just like this.

Tim Robbins’ The Lucky Ones:

Kyle Smith: “The Friday night box office figures are in and it appears that the latest Iraq War flop “The Lucky Ones” (seem my review below) is going to be distinguished by an even more gargantuan lack of interest than most films in this stillborn genre: the first estimates are that it sold $118 worth of ticket per screen on its opening day. At $10 a ticket, that’s 12 tickets per screen.”

The Christian based Fireproof:

Nikki Finke: “A surprise was the 4th place debut of Provident/Samuel Goldwyn’s Fireproof which debuted to a $2.3M Friday and $2.6M Saturday for a $6.4M weekend though released into only 839 dates. The reason why is that the studio targeted Christian audiences to push the PG-13 film starring the grown-up TV child star Kirk Cameron. “Just between you and me, keep your eye on the Fireproof per screen averages this weekend,” a Grace Hill Media source tipped me. “On Sunday, I think there will be some distribution execs around town who will be asking ‘What the hell is Fireproof?’”

Gotta love it.

[count-your-change]

My somewhat facetious comment was meant in belief that most of what comes out in movies each year is a waste of effort. If less money is tossed at junk we might get less of it.

[MarkL]

I recently changed my mind about Spike Lee. Before I saw "Inside Man" I thought he was a no-talent hack who did movies about race from a Black racist point of view.

But with "Inside Man" I have come to realize that he's quite a good movie-maker, if he will just drop his "it's all about race" attitude.

I'm not saying that it was a masterpiece, and for some reason, it really reminded me of "The Usual Suspects," though I really don't have a reason for that. It was a very enjoyable movie, and well made. To be honest, I had no idea that Spike Lee was involved with the movie until the second time I saw it.

Mark

[DustyMoment]

In the meantime, Spike Lee has stiffed the IRS for over $3 million in back taxes.

Will YOU get the same kid glove treatment HE is getting if you do the same thing??