Turtles repeat, Expendables flop

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    In a somewhat unexpected turn of events, the critically bashed Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles held on the #1 spot while the new Expendables 3 bombed miserably this weekend at the box office. The Turtles took $28.4 million for a 10 days total of $117.6 million. It is doing good business despite bad reviews and low Cinemascore rating which means that, like the Transformers franchise, it is critic’s proof. In the second spot Guardians of The Galaxy grossed $24.7 million for a three week total of $222 million, surpassing Thor The Dark World total numbers and will most likely finish its run besting the total numbers of Captain America: The Winter Soldier.

    Let’s Be Cops debuted in the third spot with $17.7 million defeating Stallone and peers in the process. Expendables 3 crashed on the 4th spot with a franchise low $16.2 million. This might be the end of this series of films, even though audiences seemed to like it giving it A- score, but the Turtles seemed to eclipse the potential ticket buyers. Maybe the PG-13 ratings was a turn off to many fans. Who knows? The film might end its run with less than $50 million.
    The Giver is the most recent young adult scifi film based on a popular series of books that bombs at the box office. The weak $12.2 million debut will not warrant a sequel. Not even the presence of Oscar winners Meryl Streep and Jeff Bridges could help boost sales to non-hardcore book fans.
    In other news, the most recent Transformers film now ranks as the sixth most successful film of all time in worldwide box office charts. At this pace it has a chance to beat Frozen for the fifth spot.

     


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    This is why Hollywood is failing. All it cares about is profit. The Hunger Games does good so it tries out the similar Divergent crap. I guess that does okay so now they try the also similar Giver crap, and it bombs. Fans want new stuff not just rehashed similar themed films.
     
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    Expendables was also the victim of pirating. that movie was leaked ahead of time and millions of people downloaded it. IMO it's part of the blame for the low numbers
     
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    fans what new stuff, yet rehashed similar themed movies like Ninja Turtles is killing at the box office?:tick:
     
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    What is the quality of the leak?
     
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    I'm amazed Expendables had enough support to generate three films
     
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    Excellent
     
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    Btw, snipes and banderas were both pretty good here. Ford and stathem's interactions were funny
     
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    i wonder what made ninja turtles do well

    i remember in the early 90's it was huge with the tv show, trading cards, toys etc...but this success today suprises me

    is it good?
     
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    This.
     
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    They still have a TV show on Nick, Cards and toys. We are just adults who dont know or give a shit now. Kids love it. The movie is shit tho. just like the original. But we as kids loved it.
     
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    I love the original...I watch it every few years, I might watch it again soon

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