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Everything Sucked This Weekend, and Other Box Office News

IT. GETS. NO. MEDIOCRER. Wait, that isn't a word...

 
  
Watch the above clip. Go ahead, I'll wait.
 
Cool, done not laughing yet? Excellent, so that was a clip from Vampires Suck, the number two opener at the box office this weekend. Yup, it beat out the four other new movies out this weekend, as well as a couple of last week's entries, Eat Pray Love, and Scott Pilgrim (more on that tragedy later). 
 
Granted, nobody did big bucks this weekend. The Expendables held onto the number one slot for the second week, but did it with only around $16 million to its name. Vampires Suck managed around $12.2, giving it a five-day total of $18.5 million (again, WHY did that movie open on a Wednesday?). 
 
The next closest opener was Lottery Ticket, the Ice Cube-produced comedy about Bow Wow winning the lottery, and then engaging in endless black stereotypes for like a hundred minutes. It made $11.2 million. Gross.
 
The best of the lot (and I use that term somewhat loosely), Piranha 3-D and The Switch, came in 6th and 8th respectively, with Nanny McPhee, the movie no one at Screened could muster up enough gumption to actually go out and review, came in seventh.
 
Not much else to note except that this was a pretty lousy weekend for movies all around. With so many middling-to-terrible newcomers, all targeting pretty different audiences, the money was split all over the place. Even the 16th place movie, Toy Story 3, still made over a million this weekend (and is like $40 million away from a billion dollars, worldwide--I'm betting on next week!). 
 
Hit the link to see the full list. But be forewarned, there be piranhas here. 


Box Office Report: 08/20 - 08/22

1. The Expendables

$16.5 million / $64.9 million
I pretty much expected this. None of this week's movies looked like they had even the remote chance of unseating this thing, and you know what? Good. The Expendables runs exploding circles around any of the crud that slunk out from the cave of Hollywood's mistakes this week.

2. Vampires Suck

$12.2 million / $18.5 million / NEW
If anyone on this site actually paid money to go see this unfunny pile of dogshit, please speak up in the comments. I promise I won't ban your account*.

*Not a valid promise.

3. Eat, Pray, Love

$12 million / $47.1 million 
As much of a pisser as it is that Vampires Suck made so much money, it is kind of funny that it beat this movie. You know what real wish-fulfillment is? Seeing Eat, Pray, Love disappear from this list in a hasty, brutal fashion. Will it happen? Probably not, unless Takers or The Last Exorcism prove downright magical next week.

4. Lottery Ticket

$11.1 million / NEW
Considering the general quality of all these movies opening this weekend, I can't say I really had any idea how this one would do. I guess I'm a little surprised it beat Piranha, but not terribly so. The movie may kind of suck, but it does bode well that Bow Wow and Brandon T. Jackson are apparently pretty good in it. I still find it weird that Ice Cube has basically become the dad from Friday.

5. The Other Guys 
 
$10.1 million / $88.2 million
Getting real close to making back that $100 million budget domestically, and it hasn't even opened internationally yet. Still waiting for them to announce that inevitable spin-off sequel just starring Samuel L. and The Rock. I'd watch that movie...
 
6. Piranha 3-D

$10 million / NEW
Never much expected this one to do gangbusters or anything, but in a weekend this shitty, I did think something agreeably stupid like this movie might do a little better than it did. I mean, seriously, who doesn't love copious amounts of flopping tits and teenagers being horribly eaten alive?

7. Nanny McPhee Returns

$8.3 million / NEW
I guess we weren't the only ones who fully didn't care about this movie...at least in the US. It's already made a bunch of money overseas. One of those rare cases where every country except us got it first. From the sounds of the reviews floating around out there, I kind of wish the rest of the world had just kept it.

8. The Switch

$8.1 million / NEW
Speaking of movies nobody cared about, I guess after the absurd (and kind of disgusting) success of The Bounty Hunter, this one's gotta be a disappointment for Jen-heads the world over. Actually, wait, do those people exist? Or have they existed since, like, the '90s? Come to think of it, have I even liked her in a movie since Office Space? Yikes...

9. Inception

$7.7 million / $261.8 million
A seemingly big, honking drop for Chris Nolan's behemoth, but in truth, it's only about a 32% drop from last week. I honestly think half the movies that opened this weekend will be gone next, and Inception will still be hanging around. Anyone wanna take odds?

10. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

$5 million / $20.7 million
Of all the sick fucking tragedies of this weekend, this has to be the sickest. Seriously? More people went to see Nanny McPhee this weekend than Scott Pilgrim? The Switch? VAMPIRES SUCK? That is a goddamned perversion of all that is right in the world. I saw it this week, and I had a blast with it. Goddamn you people. Goddamn you all to hell.

 
Dropped Out: Despicable Me, Dinner for Schmucks, Salt, Step-Up 3-D, Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
 
Source: Box Office Mojo
Mushiron Aug. 23, 2010 at 7:05 a.m.
It makes me so sad to see Scott Pilgrim so low on the list. I was hoping for it to climb up to fourth or possibly third. This is just sad. Especially after all the marketing behind it. Definitely gonna watch it when it comes out here!
skrutopon Aug. 23, 2010 at 7:08 a.m.
Granted, I'm not really in touch with "the kids" these days, but it seemed like the Twilight and Jersey Shore references are already out-of-date.  Haven't people been making fun of this shit for awhile now?
JeanLucon Aug. 23, 2010 at 7:09 a.m.
I'm completely with you Alex on Scott Pilgrim. It makes me hate the world knowing that Vampires suck will probably end up making more money then it.
Kovskion Aug. 23, 2010 at 7:13 a.m.
Everytime you mention Vampires suck at this site, someone will pay to watch it just so they can confirm the horrors, gladly i have not seen it nor will I press that youtube clip of yours!
smartoonkidon Aug. 23, 2010 at 7:16 a.m.
I go to a high-school of twilight-haters, which would normally be a good thing, but that means all of them saw Vampires Suck.  As it's a private school, that's only like 200 kids, but they still contributed 2k.  That blows.
gelatinabominationon Aug. 23, 2010 at 7:20 a.m.
I really expected Piranha to do better. It has a cast comprised almost entirely of Ving Rhames and porn stars! What's not to love?
Lihtsteron Aug. 23, 2010 at 7:21 a.m.
I donno... I found the clip pretty funny.
Hyuzenon Aug. 23, 2010 at 7:23 a.m.
@skrutop: You're not wrong. All those movies made by the vampires suck guys have retarded pop culture references that are outdated before the movie is released, and completely unfunny about a month afterwards. go ahead, watch any of the scary movies again, theres nothing funny about them anymore
HT101on Aug. 23, 2010 at 7:40 a.m.
I am not surprised about SP because there is SO much hate for Michael Cera right now that they will avoid any movie he is in.  That is part of the reason why I haven't SP yet.  The other is that I am almost flat out of money so there's that as well.  Still need to see the Expendables though.
skrutopon Aug. 23, 2010 at 7:56 a.m.
@Hyuzen said:
"go ahead, watch any of the scary movies again, theres nothing funny about them anymore "
No thanks, I'll just take your word for it. :)
whopper1631on Aug. 23, 2010 at 8:06 a.m.

Not surprised by Vampires Suck, I know alot of people that hate/love Twilight and will go and see Twilight been ripped to shreds/be counted as a part of "pop culture". 


Tell me HT101, were is the hate for Micheal Cera at? The nerd idiot on the internet that says Cera sucks to sound "edgy" doesn't count. The Expendables rocked hard and glad it's beating these poor excuses for movies. 




formulaonefrankon Aug. 23, 2010 at 8:17 a.m.
i feel like all my efforts were wasted. I saw scott pilgrim for the 3rd time this weekend with my buddy and even coerced friends to come and see it again, but now I see it was all in vane
nofx4208on Aug. 23, 2010 at 8:31 a.m.
3 times.... i saw Scott Pilgrim 3 more times and told everyone i can to see it.
 
i hate you all.
 
kidding, but FUCK.
FLYmeatwadon Aug. 23, 2010 at 8:33 a.m.
Poor Scott Pilgrim. Poor Edgar Wright. You make great films, you take risks, you decay in the wrong half of the Top 10. 
 
I'm curious to see how Avatar does this weekend.
 
This weekend also marks the second weekend in a row that a 3-D film did not make the top five since October of 2009. I am of the minority that really enjoys 3-D films, but glad to see that some people are starting to not jump on everything 3-D just because of the 3-D, though I hope to see Pirahna this week as it looks fun. Like I said, it will be interesting to see how Avatar does this weekend.
GhostyGhoston Aug. 23, 2010 at 8:37 a.m.
more people went to see a movie with a non-funny trailer from the idiots who have never made a funny movie ever then Scott Pilgrim?
 
oh society you exist to disappoint.
Sandoron Aug. 23, 2010 at 8:39 a.m.
Whoa, what's with all the hate towards Nanny Mcphee? The first one was a good kids movie and this one has a freshness rating of 77%.  
 
I will go see Scott Pilgrim and I will probably like it, but you can't blame people for getting sick of Michael Cera. Not really a big surprise, considering how bad Youth in Revolt did.
DiscoBearon Aug. 23, 2010 at 8:47 a.m.
@Lihtster said:
" I donno... I found the clip pretty funny. "
:(
Red12bon Aug. 23, 2010 at 8:54 a.m.
@DiscoBear said:
" @Lihtster said:
" I donno... I found the clip pretty funny. "
:( "
...You have no soul.
Red12bon Aug. 23, 2010 at 8:55 a.m.
@Lihtster said:
" I donno... I found the clip pretty funny. "
Seriously, you don't
Colonel_Furyon Aug. 23, 2010 at 8:58 a.m.
That clip was the most unfunny thing I've ever seen.

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