Posted on 05/24/2015 12:20:15 PM PDT by jimbo123
There weren't as many fireworks at the Memorial Day weekend box office this year as newcomer "Tomorrowland" disappointed with a $32.2 million debut.
The science-fiction adventure stars George Clooney and was directed by Brad Bird of "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol" renown. The Disney release is expected to pull in a lackluster $40.7 million for the four-day period.
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"Tomorrowland" had been expected to generate $40 million over the three-day period and $50 million over the four-day stretch. With a $180 million price tag, Disney faces an uphill climb to profitability. Not helping matters, overseas figures were an underwhelming $26.7 million.
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Exactly!
When Clueless Clooney is given the LEAD in any movie, it is sure to
disappoint.
I hope the bottom falls out of this Clooney movie.
I’m gonna spend my box-office dollars tomorrow, renting ‘American Sniper’.
The “pitches” are singing their way past George Clooney. Pitch Perfect 2 will make 125 million by Monday according to the article. Now I don’t care about the movie, but anybody that slams Georgie is alright by me.
I liked him in, ‘O Brother, Where Art Thou?’ Or maybe it was the music? ;)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOSB5krk9VE
When T Bone Burnett is in charge of the music, you won’t go wrong.
I’ve worn out that CD, LOL!
gee that’s too bad. Is this the same disney that has gay characters on its channel now?
Clooney’s gay. And a drunk.
I read an article where one of his ex model girlfriends said it was more like a father daughter relationship without much physical contact.
Most actors are.
My daughter wanted to see it, so we went Friday afternoon.
Not really bad, just kind of pointless. And long. It never seemed to get around to what it was trying to get around to.
A little preachy but in more of an upbeat way than usual Hollywood.
Disney’s vision of the future is $500 admission prices!
The good news is that Disney is going to lose a LOT of money on this movie.
The bad news is that any loss on this movie will be a insignificant compared to the profits from the next Star Wars movie.
Let me guess.. Another ‘girl power’ psy ops flick?
Yeah it’s expensive at the parks. I have a friend who works in Orlando and he tells me no matter what price increases they have there is no shortage of people coming. The reason being people want escapism and don’t care what the price is.
The funny part of this is that idealistic fantasy was long a mainstay of the Soviet Union and eastern bloc because of their censorship. The future always had to be perfectly communist.
The irony is that Disney always imagined a technologically advanced capitalistic future. So for Disney to make this flotsam means that it has truly discarded its old vision.
That the movie is showing signs of being a stinker is no great surprise.
I’m not going to see the next Star Wars movie either.
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