'tis true -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Have you noticed that they never track by number of people. When the track by dollars and the prices are always going up, they can always distort the picture
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > what was wrong with the flick? How does it compare to "The Omega Man"? > How does it compare to the book? > aren't critics for the most part liking it? > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: "Mike Street" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:streetforce1%40gmail.com>> > I think it's a mixture of Will Smith, Zombies, and the hope for an action > flick. Plus a lot of people are already on vacation. I saw the movie last > night in Harlem and for the most part the audience hated it. > THe acting was good but I thought the story could have used a lot of work. > > On Dec 16, 2007 5:01 PM, Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:truthseeker_013%40yahoo.com>> wrote: > > > Either guns and zombies are big sellers, or there's nothing else out > > there worth watching... > > > > Mike Street <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:streetforce1%40gmail.com> <streetforce1%40gmail.com>> wrote: > > Will Smith's `I Am Legend' Opens to $77 Million in Ticket Sales > > > > > > By Andy Fixmer and Bradley Keoun > > > > Dec. 16 (Bloomberg) -- ``I Am Legend,'' the science-fiction thriller > > starring Will Smith, opened as the top film this weekend, garnering > $76.5 > > million at the domestic box office for Time Warner Inc.'s Warner Bros. > > studio. > > > > New releases ``Alvin and the Chipmunks'' from News Corp.'s Fox opened in > > second place with $45 million, box-office tracker Media By Numbers LLC > > said > > today in a statement. Time Warner's ``Golden Compass,'' the prior > > weekend's > > No. 1 movie, dropped to third with $9.03 million in sales, while Walt > > Disney > > Co.'s ``Enchanted'' fell to fourth from second with $6 million. > > > > Time Warner scored for a second-straight week with a movie debuting > at No. > > 1 > > in U.S. and Canadian theaters, following the Dec. 7 release of ``The > > Golden > > Compass.'' As of Dec. 14, the world's largest media company had $1.7 > > billion > > in box office sales this year, the most among its competitors, according > > to > > researcher Box Office Mojo LLC. > > > > ``This is the perfect movie for Will Smith. It's sci-fi, yet it's an > > intelligent film,'' Paul Dergarabedian, president of Media By Numbers, > > said > > in an interview. > > > > In ``I Am Legend,'' Smith portrays one of the last humans to survive a > > virus > > that turns people into flesh-eating monsters. Smith works on a cure > during > > the day and hides from the demons in a barricaded New York townhouse at > > night, when they hunt. > > > > Exceeds Sales Estimate > > > > Ticket sales for the movie beat the $51.5 million estimate of Burbank, > > California-based Box Office Mojo. As of Dec. 14, ``I Am Legend'' > received > > lukewarm response, with 65 positive reviews out of 110 tracked by > > RottenTomatoes.com. > > > > ``Alvin and the Chipmunks,'' based on the 1980s cartoon series, > features a > > computer-animated version of the high-pitched singing trio. > > > > The movie received poor reviews, with New York Post's Lou Lumenick > > writing, > > ``For adults, it's like being hit over the head with a mallet every 10 > > seconds for 90 minutes. Two days later, I still had a headache.'' > > > > Luckily, children will drive ticket sales, Dergarabedian said. ```Alvin > > and > > the Chipmunks' will do very, very well,'' he said. ``It's > irresistible to > > kids.'' > > > > ``The Golden Compass,'' made for about $150 million by Time Warner's New > > Line Cinema, missed the $35.4 million opening weekend estimate of > > Hollywood > > Stock Exchange.com, where participants bet play money on a film's > > performance. The film tells the story of a young girl who uses a unique > > ability to discern truth in a cosmic battle over free will. > > > > ``It didn't have that built-in fun factor that a `Narnia' or a `Lord of > > the > > Rings' has,'' Dergarabedian said. ``Something about that movie didn't > > compel > > audiences to go out in large numbers.'' > > > > `Enchanted' > > > > ``Enchanted'' stars Amy Adams as a princess banished from her fantasy > > world > > to modern New York. The film has taken in $92.3 million since its > release > > Nov. 21. Susan Sarandon co-stars as the evil queen who engineers her > > departure. ``No Country for Old Men,'' with $3 million for Disney's > > Miramax > > studio, ranked fifth. > > > > Rounding out the top 10 were: ``The Perfect Holiday,'' which opened with > > $2.97 million for Yari Film Group; ``Fred Claus,'' from Time Warner's > > Warner > > Bros., with $2.31 million of sales; Sony Corp.'s ``This Christmas,'' > with > > $2.3 million; ``Atonement,'' from NBC Universal's Focus Features, with > > $1.85 > > million, and ``August Rush,'' in its fourth weekend from Warner > Bros., at > > $1.79 million. > > > > Among the top 10, ``Atonement,'' starring Keira Knightley, had the > biggest > > surge, climbing from the prior weekend's 15th place after garnering > seven > > nominations for Golden Globe awards on Dec. 13. > > > > Sales for the top 12 films rose 39 percent this weekend to $153.6 > million > > from a year earlier, according to Encino, California-based Media By > > Numbers. > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > "There is no reason Good can't triumph over Evil, if only angels > will get > > organized along the lines of the Mafia." -Kurt Vonnegut, "A Man > Without A > > Country" > > > > --------------------------------- > > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! 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