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Absolutely! I don't see what it has to do with What to Expect When You're Expecting though. {nm}

Posted by: Bionic Moron (a.k.a BionicMoron) on May 18, 08:21 in response to rtbgamer76's post Anybody remember the first Pirates of the Carribean?[nm]

BOF/Xiayun's guesses are up: Paul2k May 18, 07:37

Loving that Battleship number. {nm} Tanker May 18, 07:40

it's a doozy {nm} jwammo May 18, 07:42

Ned Ryerson? Needle Nose Ned? Is that you? {nm} Paul2k May 18, 07:44

whehehew, watch that first step... {nm} jwammo May 18, 07:47

What to expect when you are sinking !! ;-) {nm} karspov May 18, 08:05

+1 {nm} Tanker May 18, 08:09

Good stuff! {nm} thatpj May 18, 07:43

Would Battleship have been better off opening in August or another off-peak time with less competition? {nm} jmrickey May 18, 08:11

Anybody remember the first Pirates of the Carribean?[nm] rtbgamer76 May 18, 08:18

Absolutely! I don't see what it has to do with What to Expect When You're Expecting though. Bionic Moron May 18, 08:21

I meant with BTSHP's low projections[nm] rtbgamer76 May 18, 08:22

You'd be better off comparing Battleship with Poseidon. {nm} Tanker May 18, 08:28

BTSHP has much better name recognition than Poseidon, and more likable concept, imho[nm] rtbgamer76 May 18, 08:31

If you mean lotsa big asplosions and not much more, then yes. Tanker May 18, 08:35

Pirates had a ton of good buzz heading in. Battleship has the opposite. They both have boats, I guess. {nm} Bionic Moron May 18, 08:29

Actually a lot of people expected Pirates to flop.[nm] rtbgamer76 May 18, 08:32

Name five. {nm} Tanker May 18, 08:33

Technically speaking, HSX, as it adjusted up ~50 points. Bionic Moron May 18, 08:41

I meant more like Titanic, which had bad press leading up to it, then was predicted as a success closer to release time.[nm] rtbgamer76 May 18, 08:43

Ok. That's reasonable. {nm} Bionic Moron May 18, 08:46

Hard to name specifics, but the financial viability of a movie based on a ride being questioned was well chronicled. Article inside. rtbgamer76 May 18, 08:41

Is your premise that every movie with a stupid premise will turn out as well as Pirates did? Bionic Moron May 18, 08:45

No, I'm saying there is precedent for it. Summer movie audiences aren't necessarily that smart[nm] rtbgamer76 May 18, 08:49

winter movie audiences traded 200 guys over, so that might have evened it out {nm} alfpaulytd2012 May 18, 08:55

Pirates at least had Johnny Depp's Oscar nominated performance to hang it's hat on thatpj May 18, 08:40

But if films with solid CGI and dumb plots should not do well... does that mean writers will be fired, or hired? :) {nm} second gary May 18, 08:26





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