Bombs Away!
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The new X Files movie has debuted disastrously at the U.S. box office!
The movie took in an embarrassing $4 million on Friday.
Ouchie ouch ouch.
The pic is expected to only take in about $10 million for the entire weekend.
How could this have happened????
Meanwhile, The Dark Knight continues to devour the box office.
The film took in another $23.1 on Friday and is expected to make around $73 million this weekend.
The film is on track to beat the record set by Pirates Of The Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest , which took in $300 million at the box office in 16 days.
The Dark Knight is expected to do that by day 10!
And, based on their continued strength and repeat business, it is even being mentioned that The Dark Knight could beat Titanic to become the biggest grossing film of all time.
Bananas!
not first =(
ah i was 1st
bc today is such a dull day, i dont think its going to be a good gossip day
first!
ris Nolan is also well on its way to making $300M in just 10 days, the fastest ever (beating which did it is 16 days). All any
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Some of these sentences don't make any sense? what does ris Nolan mean? and the last words are "All any" lol
"ris Nolan is also well on its way to making $300M in just 10 days, the fastest ever (beating which did it is 16 days). All any"…
HUH? What're you smoking, Perez?
Were you drunk writing this??
FIRST FUCKERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"ris Nolan is also well on its way to making $300M in just 10 days, the fastest ever (beating which did it is 16 days). All any"
Huh?
I'm glad Batman is continuing to flourish.
BUZZCLICKBOOM
haha you didn't finish writing the last sentance for your post
grammar.. it kills me
"ris Nolan is also well on its way to making $300M in just 10 days, the fastest ever (beating which did it is 16 days). All any"
Ughh… what? Check over your posts before submitting them Perez!
no comments today perez. btw wtf happened to the bottom of the post?
the dark knight is awesome!!!
I hope it doesn't beat Titanic.
I loved the Dark Knight but I love Titanic more =)
I've seen The Dark Knight, at least 5 times already.
Great movie!
o hai crackbabble! Also, fuck Batman.
SHIT …..I JUST LOVE THE 'X-FILES' ! ……GUESS THIS SPELLS THE END OF SCULLY AND 'SPOOKY' MULDER'S CINEMA CAREERS IN THIS FRANCHISE. …………..
………..DAYUM PEREZIOUS, DID YOU HAVE AN ANUREYSM AT THE END OF THE BLOG POST? GET THEE TO A HOSPITAL, SWEETIE!
NO! Titanic has to be number 1, forever…
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Awwww Shut up We Fans Love IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It will do well over the long haul, particularly when it goes to video. X-Files gripped the minds of a generation who are ensconced at home raising children and watching their gas bucks; it will mostly be enjoyed eventually by couples and families noshing on microwave popcorn on their couches. It's art that salutes an ever present and interesting subject matter, and the movie has intrinsic value in and of itself because of that; but I predict it will nevertheless make money over time.
Perez, when you copy and paste from other stories, then reword things, make sure you do a better job. Don't make it so obvious.
TYPOS!
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its just REALLY bad timing. everyones talkin about batman… and obvioulsy no promo,cause i didnt even know it was coming out. and i know everything.
DON'T GET ME WRONG ..BATMAN IS A GREAT MOVIE…BUT
THE COST OF ADMITION FOR MOVIES IS MORE NOW THEN BACK WHEN TITANIC COME ON…
I just put his last incomplete sentence in google and… surprise surprise… he ripped the story from: deadlinehollywooddaily [dot] com.
the original complete sentence was:
the Christian Bale-Heath Ledger actioner directed by Chris Nolan is also well on its way to making $300M in just 10 days, the fastest ever (beating Pirates Of The Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest which did it is 16 days). All anybody can do at the studios is keep repeating the word, "Amazing".
How about citing a source Perez? LOL That's so embarrassing!!!
Re: Dina –
OMG!!! I just checked the site and he has indeed copied/pasted the main story! LOL LOL Too dumb to steal!
Batman its an over rated movie, its not even that good..
How can people even compar it to Titanic!?!?
Re: Dina – Oh Perez! Caught!!! This is funny though
This is really depressing. I guess this means they're not going to make another one. I would just like to thank all of the asshole who went and saw Dark Knight for the 18th time. Now I'll never know if aliens take over the earth in 2012.
Aw I wanted that movie to be good too
They STILL have no idea how to freshen up the x-files.
With saw and hostile out it just makes this movie look cheesy
Re: MATH – That doesn't matter because Titanic itself is only the overall highest money maker because inflation is not accounted for. Gone With the Wind is actually the most profitable movie of all time when inflation is taken into consideration.
The production budget is said the be $35 million, so if that's the case, this movie will show some nice revenue. It doesn't have to be a blockbuster; it just has to show a nice little profit to be worth the effort and keep the series alive for those who love it.
They should not have taken out the seen where Mulder is going down on Scully and she squirts a gallon of Gilly Juice into his face. Kind of like what happened to his buddy on Californication.
Re: Adri – lol dun dun dun 2012!
Re: piazzasbuttplug – It is scene, not "seen" dummy.
I never even saw any promos for it on tv.
That is because The Dark Knight is the best movie in the history of mother fucking time!
Sorry A.P.
because no one knows what the hell the plot is!! They show nothing in the previews!!
Would Dark Knight be doing this well if Heath Ledger hadn't died? And, with the increase in ticket prices, it's no wonder they make so much more money
I'm not surprised it's not doing as well as hoped. It's been over six years since the series ended, and people move on. I imagine everyone who watched the TV show is now watching other paranormal and conspiracy shows, and have just gotten over it.
Re: Anastasia –
I think it would be doing as well, even if Heath was still alive. God, I wish he was. =[ It is really a great movie. The acting was the best I've EVER seen.
Have You ever gotten $4,000,000 on a friday night?
maybe $4. Jealous!
im pretty sure the x files movie didnt do too well because:
a. the trailer wasnt shown until about a month before it came out.
b. the show ended too long ago to pick back up successfully.
i went to see it as soon as it came out and i thought it was good. not great…but good. gillian anderson and david duchovny did a good job acting as scully and mulder-as always. i just think that there wasnt enough passion between them. it seemed like the actual episodes trumped the movie. it could've been made better but i liked it all the same. im sure there will be plenty of x files nerds who will go to see it.
The movie was under-promoted and pretty much turned out to be an ill-written piece of work that was not worth paying to see. Chris Carter has somehow morphed the franchise from being a cult show with great writing, to being a laughable franchise with bad one liners and over-used "X File" cliches.
I saw the X-Files movie last night. It was really enjoyable. No one should expect any Oscars, but if you liked the show, you'll enjoy the movie.
awwww. i love x-files, I saw the movie and it was great. Too bad we are not going to see mulder and skully back together in future films.
it's not going to be Titanic please. Titanic was a hit in Iraq even and it reached more demographics than the Batman films do. SO all the Dark Knight fans claiming it's going to smoke Titanic, you're delusional
Perez, you have to remember that the X-files had a loyal but relatively small following so it wouldn't be realistic to think it is going to bank as much money as a movie like Batman.
Perez, you have to remember that the X-files had a loyal but relatively small following so it wouldn't be realistic to think it is going to bank as much money as a movie like Batman.
***Attention***
Courtney Love will be filling in for Perez today.
Thank you.
yeah perez learn how to fucking spell. CHANGE all your errors in this post FUCK NOW IDIOT! but i still love u
I just saw the movie even though many have bashed it and critics hated it. What I found was a movie about Faith and the willingness to believe. I loved every bit of it!! There was alot of good mood and tension in the scenes and the music throughout was excellent. I am sorry it is doing bad at the box office.
x files SUCK! And no one likes that mangirl redhead whatever she is
Maybe amanda peete with her absurd comments about vaccines had something to do with it….google amanda peete and vaccine and read about it…she is done
I used to be an avid x-file fan, but then Duchovny turned into an arrogant douche, and I refuse to watch him in anything. I find it amusing that he was too good to shoot in Canada and had the production moved to L.A. and yet this movie was shot in Canada - how's the career David? little bit desperate? cash grab perhaps?
serves them right for treating their crew like crap. i worked on that set and it was just terrible. they had such a small budget, they didn't even feed the crew. i used to love the xfiles but after working for the production, i will wait till it hits the video stores.
Fuck this shit. X-Files:I want to Believe was WAYYYY better than stupid fucking pansy ass Batman. The onlt reason that film did any good was because of Heath Ledger. Fuck that. X-FILES IS AMAZING.
I saw it the day it came out, and it was incredible. Batman is a fagg.
Tried tp like the show because friends did. Don't care for him, can't stand her.
Great movie, but almost made for the Direct To DVD market. Often movies will be quietly released in theatres just for appearances sake.
It won't beat Titanic, because all the fanboys in the world cannot win over the masses of teenaged girls crying over DiCaprio.
Re: Dina –
Ha ha! Caught!
The X-Files movie is going to be one of those films that people will rent on a dull friday night. I was a HUGE fan of the show in the 90's but along the way, the show lost it's mystique. The X-Files movie coming out right now just seems so awkward. It is 2008 and the relevance is lost on audiences.
Gillian is a great actress and I'm sad she doesn't work more. I can't believe she has never been approached for her own show. There are all these female driven series's now and it would be great to see her work again. I cannot say the same about David Duchovony. He was impressive as Mulder but I've never seen him in a compelling role outside of the X-Files. Never.
And The Dark Knight is a masterpiece of superhero action movies. It deserves to beat Titanic as the highest grossing film ever. No offense to James Cameron but Chris Nolan is the shit. His movies are never boring even when the end result is not so perfect. We need new icons in film making.
I'd still lick and spank Scully's ass !!!
@ this point any summer movie that comes out is going to be extremely overshadowed by the dark knight…w/ the x-files i don't think there was enough promotion of the film and quite a few years has passed between this film and the last one…some people may have just lost interest…
X-files only did poorly because of the Dark Knight. If they had released it after Dark Knight it would have done better. Heath dying did a lot for the film, sad.
I heard that 50% of fans of the former show have not turned out for the film.
Its easy to explain why this bombed
1) The last 3 seasons of the show sucked
2) Weak Story
3) Pandering/Catering to the romance fans, or Mulder/Scully relationshippers.
When you make a film you are supposed to make for all aspects of the audience and not one segment. LOL
i don't think that the film is bad. i just think people are broke and wanted to see batman more.
i absolutly loved this movie!!!
watched two times on friday
it's really made for the fans!!!!
i'm really happy to see m&s again on the big screen…
just loved!!!!!!!
THE X FILES 3 >i do believe
I still cant get tickets for Batman at Imax… its well sold out for another week !! i am sure it going to beat titanic.
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Chris Carter said that if I Want to Believe proves successful, he would propose that a third movie go back to the TV-series' mythology and focus on the alien invasion foretold within the series, due to occur on December 22, 2012
Long time fan here and I didn't like the movie at all. However, I'd love it if they made XF 3. I can only hope that with such a small budget that the film will wind up making money.
I'm not holding my breath.
THAT ASSHOLE DUCHOVNY RUINED EVERYTHING WHEN HE THOUGHT HE WAS TOO GOOD FOR THE SHOW AND WALKED AWAY AT THE HEIGHT OF IT'S POPULARITY. THEN HE WENT AND MADE A FEW SHITTY MOVIES NO ONE CARED ABOUT SO NOW HE WANTS TO SUCK UP TO US FOR ANOTHER TRY AT MULDER. TOO LATE DOUCHEBAG.
Hey dumbfuck we all know you don't write your own shit , you copy and paste
at least do it right!
Look at the ending what is this shit! SLOPPY! Is the queen of media loosing her touch
ris Nolan is also well on its way to making $300M in just 10 days, the fastest ever (beating which did it is 16 days). All any
I'm just wondering… all of you who are bashing David Duchovny, have you actually ever seen him in anything else? Anyone who's seen "Californication" can tell you exactly why he won a Golden Globe for his portrayal of Hank Moody. Come on, you can't say he was awesome as Mulder but sucked everywhere else because you're just comparing whatever character he's playing to Mulder. Duchovny's great in just about anything. Who else could steal an entire movie during a three minute stint as a former hand model?
i'm hoping the dark knight beats everyy record
It's because the movie is about religion. How fucking stupid is that. No one wants to see fucking bullshit religion in their scifi.
Honestly? I think 4 million is a good amount, considering not many people are interested in x-files, and it's being released around the same time as step brothers and batman.
X-Files was dead 10 years ago. No one cares about Mulder and Scully anymore.
Re: adawg – that's what you think
Yeah…newsflash. It's not 1995. Don't know why they made this movie. I'm waiting for the Charles in Charge movie that's coming out at Christmas.
[re=2658918]Re: Laure[/re LOL! that's the only reason i ever watch zoolander
Re: Anastasia –
Heath had to die for the Dark Knight to be a success. Nolan and his minions sacrificed him at the altar in order to ride a never-ending wave of sympathy fucks at the box office. It worked for The Crow, too. Hollywood will catch on to this new fad and begin the slaughter.
I'm a fan, and I saw it last night. I enjoyed it. In my opinion, thoughtful, intellectual movies don't equal 'BIG BOX OFFICE'. The big box office movies appeal to the masses, ie: people with IQs under 120. The X-Files appeals to smarty pants, and there are less of us.
Perez, you fcking cretin…did you know thta the budget for the Xfiles movie was around $30 million as opposed to the $185 million budget for the Batman movie. Do the math,you creep…oh, my bad…you are retarded so that may be impossible!!!
Re: Mich – fuck you.Gillian's wayy more attractive than you'll EVER be.If I see your fucking hypocrite ass on here again, I'll fucking kick it as hard as i can.Peace fucker.
because there's no aliens!!!
I'm a lapsed X-Files fan who went and saw the movie yesterday. I watched the majority of seasons, but stopped after Duchovny left and when they added all those people in the 9th season. Like most people, I thought it was good, but not great. The ending kind of sucked actually… kind of sad considering how smart the writing used to be!
NOOOOOOO!!!!!
No! NO! NOO!!!
The Dark Knight can't make more than the Titanic!
IT JUST CAN'T
what person with a brain releases a movie the same weekend as the dark knight comes out?
the reason this movie did so poorly is because it's just that bad. As an x-files watcher years ago, I'd say i was looking forward to seeing it without being a rabid fan….but it was sooo disappointing.. I was about to walk out when Spinner did his cameo..only reason I made it to the end.. Only movie that compares it is suckatude was Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey…
the x-files movie SUCKED. it wouldn't have even made a good episode. i was so dissapointed.
I just saw the X-files movie and it was good! It makes me excited for more. I hope they decided to make another one and focus ont he alien plot
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Seriously? The Dark Knight was so boring! So unintelligent! I miss the old Batmans. Not with these freaking foreign actors! Sorry Ledger fans, but he wasn't that great.
Well, I'm a huge X Files fan, but I would rather watch it at home. Its not a "movie" series. Mulder and Scully belong in the home, not in the theatre. Leave that for the brainless action films. Besides, the film was already leaked online. It was good. Probably too smart for your average Perez reader though. ;p
Re: Gia –
HEY! YOU USED MY NAME!!! LOL!
The new X Files movie has a gay subplot. Seriously. It does! You might like that Perez.