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2003-01-27
almost every analyst, and the horror of almost every critic, Darkness Falls lead the weekend charts this week with a larger than expected $12.5 million. As reported here earlier, Darkness Falls was produced for only $7 million, however Revolution studios showed themselves to be masters of marketing, spending an estimated $20 million dollars in pushing the movie to top spot.
Recently, top spot has been held by a series of critically vilified movies. Starting two weeks ago when Just Married won despite getting only 20% on Rotten Tomatoes fresh meter (and 0% from the Cream of the Crop reviewers.) Last week Kangaroo Jack received a tiny 9%, a figure matched by Darkness Falls. Although Darkness Falls received much better User Ratings on IMDB than Kangaroo Jack.
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2003-01-17
y panned movies open wide today, while two critically praised
films widen their releases.
Martin Lawrence is back yet again in the comedy, National Security,
where he teams up with Steve Zahn (Out of Sight). If you thought
Lawrence received bad reviews for Black Knight, just check out
Rotten Tomatoes (www.rottentomatoes.com) for some scathing critiques.
The teen romp A Guy Thing also makes its way into theaters, starring
Julia Stiles and Jason Lee. And for the kiddies, there's Kangaroo Jack,
probably the most reviled new flick of the week. Brian Webster, of the Apollo
Guide, says, "Kangaroo Jack is the most ill-thought-out cinematic
exercise in a long, long, long time." Touche.
Expanding is The Hours, with Meryl Streep, and opening in select cities,
City of God, which Roger Ebert placed on his Best-Of list. Also opening
in limited run are Divine Intervention and Steve Guttenberg's P.S. Your Cat is Dead.
Enjoy the movies, everyone!
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