Thanks MB. I was just poking around in BOM for some lifetime totals, because there've been a lot of articles the last few days implying that Depp isn't loved anymore and DS is a failure, etc. etc. because it couldn't knock one of the biggest blockbusters EVER from the #1 spot
But I hadn't seen today's total yet. Mainly, we Depp fans were saying that if you take the 4 Pirates films and Alice In Wonderland out of the equation, the box office of the rest of his films haven't really been that extraordinary, and we shouldn't have expected DS to be an extraordinary box office hit. Other than Platoon (one of Johnny's first films in which he had a very small role) and 21 Jump Street (in which he has a small uncredited cameo), he's only had 8 films that made over $100 million. So, we just don't see DS as the sinking ship that some of the media would like to claim it is! (And MB, I know you always like to point out the "failure" of The Tourist not really being a box office failure at all, but for the entertainment media, it makes a good story
)
Anyway, a couple of points. First, DS's Sunday to Monday decline is about the same as that for The Avengers (-74.8% vs. -74.4%). Second, another recent horror film, The Raven, which I thought looked pretty good from the trailers but which got ripped apart in the reviews, has made less than half of what DS has made already ($14.9 million). Why isn't anyone ripping on John Cusack?
DS will probably pass Cabin In The Woods (currently at $39.9 million) this weekend. This seems a lot of hoopla about nothing. I would like to see DS top $100 million. I don't think that is guaranteed- we'll have to see how sharply it drops. But I think it will end up looking respectable compared to similar films in this genre. Just MHO.