Box Office: WALL-E Victorious But WANTED Strikes Hard - Jun 29, 2008 - 04:20pm
Hang on, I was just handed a note by James McAvoy concerning WANTED stealing some of WALL-E's audience over the weekend. FROM JAMES McAVOY: "Disney......I'M SORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRY!!"

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Box Office: WALL-E Victorious But WANTED Strikes Hard - Jun 29, 2008 - 03:22pm
Appearently Wiseguy, you must do a poor job at tracking Will Smith's July 2nd box office track record. Will Smith has reached a point in his career in which whenever he has a big movie, especially his "CONTRACTUALLY ETCHED IN STONE JULY 2 MANDATE", it generally means bonafide hit. While WILD WILD WEST was a turkey (and still made a profit shockingly), was his weakest, worse and lowest moneymaker AS A SUPERSTAR. Six Degress to Separation, which was solid... doesn't count because he wasn't on the Hollywood map at the time and it got limited theater play even during his FRESH PRINCE run.I wasn't too keen about I AM LEGEND back in December. I didn't hate it, just thought it was underwhelming but its success was guranteed regardless. I, ROBOT...same feeling yet success guaranteed but that was on his July 2 mandate and it did rake in more money than it probably should have. HANCOCK is getting as much pub as THE DARK KNIGHT, because...1. its Will Smith...NO SURPRISE2. the idea of a superhero who saves you 1 minute, then turns into "Stone Cold" Steve Austin on your ass the next when he feels unappreciated, gets drunk and cause more destruction than Godzilla with little regard for anyone has been the big sellig pointis why people find this hero (MORE LIKE ANTI-HERO) pretty damn funny and wanting to see it in droves and the part where he tosses the kid in the air for calling him a jerk (edited for tv, while he called him an asshole in the previewed theatrical version), continues to be the one mark out scene that gets the loudest laughs3. Of all his July 2 releases, HANCOCK is probably Will's most eagerly anticipated sinceINDEPENDENCE DAY (though it was the concept of aliens bringing worldwide destructionas the selling point more than it was Will, plus he had a star-studded supporting castas cannon-fodder).HELLBOY 2, despite being sandwiched between big releases when it comes on the 11th, will do better than anyone expects and probably will be #2, but will have the impact in that spot as WANTED did at #2. May not have the same impact box-office gross wise, but will perform well.And Disney I'm sure has to be more disappointed than happy at WALL-E and its box-office take. Yeah they should be happy at $62.5 million, but having most of its thunder stolen and A BIG CHUNK OF IT I MIGHT ADD from WANTED probably stunned them more than anybody. I seen WANTED last night, and boy did it deliver. WALL-E is a success, but to Disney's standards (which generally are arrogant standards), somewhat bittersweet as they probably expected WALL-E to run roughshod at the theaters, but I think it was more their failing as WANTED was promoted bigger and better than WALL-E during the weeks we kept track of it. Someone in the Disney office probably had this thought in mind......."HEY, IT'S A DISNEY FILM. HOW MANY PEOPLE GONNA GO SEE AN R-RATED ACTION FLICK MATRIX-WANNABEWITH ANGELINA, MORGAN AND J. McAVOY??" Appearently a lot more than you realized Disney.Just because you slap a Disney name on it, doesn't gurantee you box-office supremacy anymore. That peak was reached with THE LION KING and TOY STORY, though Pixar and Disney bicker over who deserves credit for TOY STORY (Pixar in my view)... and don't get me started on how many Disney clunkers you got in your vault. Underdog, Insepctor Gadget and Robin Williams' FLUBBER remake to name a few. And it amazes me how people can sniff out a Disney clunker better than any other clunker by any other studio....COUNTRY BEARS and DUDLEY DO-RIGHT anyone??But nonetheless.....July is gonna be dictated by Big Willie early on, but once the 18th hits, a bunch of bats and Joker grins lurk in the shadows ready to strike.

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Top Maniacal Rumors: Shazam-mess , Avengers Team & Super Survival - Jun 27, 2008 - 01:59pm
Then forgive the error on my part Amish, I was getting hounded by yahoo chats during my last posts and got me unfoucused when I did it my last comment. Been a hectic day so far....I meant to respond to Todd's comment.

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