Disturbia three-peats weekend box office

[econophile]

"Disturbia" has outgrossed all other movies for three weekends in a row - a pretty unusual feat. Typically that would make it a runaway blockbuster, but it has only made $52 million so far. That's profitable since it only cost $20 million to make, but it's nothing to get excited about. So why does it keep winning at the box office? Do movies just suck in general right now?

[guids]

next week they should re-release rear-window, and really make some money.

[XXXNoahXXX]

Isn't this late spring time always a lull in move releases?

[EvanJC]

just treading water till summer blockbusters, etc.

[RunDownHouse]

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just treading water till summer blockbusters, etc.

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Just curious, what's the "etc" here?

[EvanJC]

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just treading water till summer blockbusters, etc.

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Just curious, what's the "etc" here?

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i guess just to imply thast most studios are releasing crap right now. kind of unnecessary [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[econophile]

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i thought this at first, but this article (link) says that last weekend was the "least attended end of April weekend in a decade."

[guids]

is it possible that the internet/awesome tv's/dvd's/etc are really impacting cines nowadays?

[econophile]

for comparison:

last weekend

the same weekend a year ago

[XXXNoahXXX]

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for comparison:

last weekend

the same weekend a year ago

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Well the #1 movie a year ago was "RV" so I'm guessing your "movies are crap now" has to extend at least back to then.


Same weekend #1s going back:

2006- RV
2005- Hitchhiker's Guide to Galazy
2004- Man on Fire
2003- Identity
2002-Scorpion King
2001- Driven
2000- U-571


Seems like movies have been crap for a while now. But you're right, at least people were going to see the crap in years past.