Box Office: HANCOCK Flies into July 4th Victory

I saw Hancock over the weekend. I thought it was good, but not great. It was a lot of fun and I hope they do a sequel. I wished they would have made the film a little longer so there would have been more time to develop the second half.



I thought it was an interesting idea and would have benefited from the extra room.I would like to have seen a flash back scene or two showing Hancock's past. I can't go much more into it because I don't want reveal any spoilers. But, all in all, I had a lot of fun.

I read bad reviews on this, so I stayed clear. Wow, Will Smith beats those critics, doesn't he? He did better than the new Hulk movie did!

I'm not sure why the critics blasted Hancock. It's definitely worth seeing. I'm not planning to buy it on Blu-ray when it comes out, but it was fun and interesting.
I think people enjoy movies more sometimes on what they bring to the movie and not on the movie itself. If people were expecting your usual superhero this was not it. Not even the trailers really let you know what this movie is going to be like. I liked the little twist during the second half but it did really change the flow and direction of where the movie was going. I could see this throwing people off, but I enjoyed it because it was different than the same old, same old.

107.3 million in five days isn't horrible. Now earlier I said that Hancock would beat The Dark Knight. But with reviews like this movie received, I doubt that will happen now. I'm happy about that, just surprised. Who knows maybe I'm wrong and I will be right (did anyone just understand that?).

Happy belated 4th to everyone and happy birthday to the good ol USA

Hancock IMO was just a C. Not a disaster but not that good a film. It had its funny moments and I think that's the most that can be said. The villain was stupid and just not credible, the twist I thought sucked, the way the twist was revealed was stupid. Not gonna go any further, but if you don't see it at the theater it won't be something you regret. It's borderline rental/theater sort of flick.

almost, NO WAY this beats TDK. Hancock won't even repeat at first and it'll probably top out short of 200mil while TDK will be 250mil +

Happy the Hulk is still top ten and about to pass the 1st Hulk. 4 weeks in top ten going for 5 weeks.
Not happy that Indy is running down IM. Maybe 2/3 weeks beofre it happens.

Looking forward to HB2 and Journey (mostly because I like the 3D stuff) next week.

I expect Dave to be a bomb of Pluto Nash proportions or just short of that. It just looks terrible.

Won't see Hancock until Wednesday-I get to celebrate my birthday 5 days after our great country! Wish I were more excited to see it, but my family and friends who saw it over the weekend said it was "entertaining". Not the most glowing endorsement. Now I can go into it just looking for a bit of escapism.

About the Incredible Hulk. I wonder what Marvel was hoping for at the box office--I mean realistically. I know all studios would hope/expect to make their budget back domestically, but is it possible that Marvel is happy to reboot the franchise and make what they have made so far? Does anyone have inside info on how Marvel feels about Hulk's showing? It was undoubtedly an uphill battle, and he's proving to not be as marketable maybe as everyone thought. I really enjoyed the movie and would pay the ticket price for a sequel, but I'm not sure enough people feel the same way as me...

Bring on Hellboy and the Bat! Hope everyone had a fantastic fourth of july! It's the one time of year I don't feel guilty watching the crapfest that is Independence Day. It's one of the only movies that I equally can't stand yet enjoy to watch.

I agree with you Wiseguy. I don't think it will, but in early May I thought otherwise. Then the reviews hit and I saw the movie.

Evilbeagle, that's all the movie is, entertaining. Not one you'll want in your personal collection. But fun to watch once.

Big Willie Style, is all in it! na,na, na, na,.....





Man, the critics took this film apart, so I don't know if it was that, some of the haters in this site or that I had 0 expectations for the film but I liked Hancock. Enjoyed the film, basically becomes a different movie halfway through the film but it was some nice quick 90 mins of entertainment. Could've been better of course, but damn it all, I enjoyed it. Smith is the mothafrakin man!!! Charlize is hottttttt, hmmmmmmm!


Seeing the Quantum of Solace trailer on the big screen finally was also nice.



Hancock was better than Superman Returns which is sad for Supes.



Dark Knight owns, each day it gets closer to judgement day. Believe the hype bitches!



I'm on vacation son!! So I'll see some of you jokers less and less these next couple of weeks. u will be missed.

I might skip Hellboy 2 so I can save that cash and put into good use. Good use = multiple viewings of the BAT!!! Gonna try and pull a Wiseguy, and catch that flick 7 times in 1 day.

The Dark Knight owns u!

Well, like I said last week. Will Smith has reached a point in his career where "YOU HAVE TO SEE HIS MOVIES"....whether good or not so good. HANCOCK is good, but not great but still a fun ride and no surprise about its box office take. Which was probably the kind of take Disney was expecting out of WALL-E last week but they didn't count on WANTED doing that well and WANTED was promoting more frquently than WALL-E was. From Tom Cruise, Julia Roberts, Meg Ryan, Denzel Washington, Robin Williams to Jim Carrey and now Will Smith. They reach that point to where they're so likeable that you have to take a trip to the movies. Tom and Denzel still command screen presence with certain films that gets media attention while others have lost steam over the years, but Robin and Jim find their niche in animated projects because they've become more animated performers, as Mike Myers is starting to find out after Love Guru became officially the (SUMMER TURKEY) ahead of Speed Racer, even though Speed Racer wasn't a bad movie, just lack of interest on the American front because kids today don't know Speed Racer....and the latest Speedy cartoon doesn't count because it just recently started. Warners is to blame because you have "CARTOON NETWORK" and "BOOMERANG" and really haven't showed the classic toon a great deal nowadays as opposed to the early years when both networks came about. Kids know what Pokemon is (GOD FORBID)....they know what Transfromers is (THANKS POKEMON, POWER RANGERS, SABAN ENTERTAINMENT IN GENERAL AND GLEN MURAKAMI FOR RAPING AND BASTARDIZING THE G-1 CONCEPT)....but not know who Speedy is too well. Now HELLBOY is next and while I expect HANCOCK to remain #1, Hellboy is gonna perform better than what people think and the first Hellboy was a box office hit, just now that Del Toro has gained a good deal of momentum because of Pan's Labyrinth and carving out a niche as a solid visual director...much like Tim Burton. Then after that its DARK KNIGHT. Some people talked about how Batman Begins wasn't huge at the box office despite grossing just shy of $200 million. Remember folks, Nolan had to earn the trust of the fans to make sure that HIS Batman had to wipe the stentch of the DREADED SCHUMACHER ERA which created the whole FANDOM BACKLASH AT COMIC FILMS being made for profit and not for caring about the source material in the first place. Plus people didn't know too much about Chris Nolan other than hearing his acclaimed flick DEMENTO. So naturally, there was gonna be hesitation in the beginning but ultimately won people over....now knowing that Batman is in good hands so far, don't be surprised that DARK KNIGHT winds up being the summer champ when its all over, which I believe it will be because the summer list of anticipated movies gets VERY THIN.

I'm a big fan of Will Smith's work (with Wild Wild West being the one exception), and while I enjoyed a couple of moments of the film, I thought it was one of worst movies I've seen in a while because of the story. The performances were ok, nothing spectacular, but the story was a joke...and not a funny one. I liked the premise of what happens if a near omnipotent super hero, even though he does good deeds, doesn't have Superman's "moral compass." I would have liked to see more of that and not the awful storyline that I watched. That really is 90 minutes of my life that I'll get back again. I'm a fan of director Peter Berg too, but after seeing this I can't figure out what he was trying to do with this movie.

I'm glad this movie did well for Smith, because he seems like a genuine, good guy, and has proven himself to be one of the most bankable actors alive. A definite argument could be made that he is at the top of that list. He can do action, drama and comedy equally well. I may not have liked Hancock, but that doesn't change my opinion of Smith and I know that I'll see his next film, regardless of its subject matter.

Raith, do you mean Momento? Demento is what I call my landlord. Hanso, have a good vacay. I've recently gone into DK overdrive myself and some of my friends are getting a little worried. Hancock didn't interest me in the slightest but I do like the Freshy Fresh.