I was just over checking out the various charts on Box Office Mojo, and even though
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter isn't exactly raking in money, at least those involved with the film, though chiefly Seth Grahame-Smith, can take some consolation in the fact that it's doing better than both
That's My Boy (apparently Adam Sandler should never release a film when there are superhero films to compete with it because those superheroes tie up his young male fanbase) and
Rock Of Ages (a seemingly real bomb for Warner Brothers). But that may not continue for long if what's happening around here is happening elsewhere in the country because I also noticed that 8 out of the 14 theaters within a 30 mile radius of me have reduced AL:VH to only two showings a day in only its 2nd week in release.
And much worse: 1 one those 14 theaters is only showing it once a day! All of that is practically unheard of!
I mean, the vast majority of films never have their showings reduced until weeks into their releases. It most certainly does not bode well for AL:VH to have it happening at such an early point in its release.
To think that at one point I was worried that if AL:VH was released before DS, it might have overshadowed DS. But I'm guessing there probably wasn't ever any worry of that. Actually, it's quite possible that if DS had come out after AL:VH and even if it was to bring in the same amount of money at the box office that it currently is, it would have been heralded as a hit (certainly a hit by comparison for both Seth Grahame-Smith and Tim Burton) by all the snarky film commentators instead of as a bomb or a dud or a flop. But then, timing is everything.
And something else that I also noticed on Box Office Mojo is that Warner Brothers closed
Wrath of the Titans on Thursday after its 13th week in release. We should only be so lucky that they might leave DS in theaters that long - particularly considering how DS has been outperforming it lately. Although, something else that I noticed today that I'd never paid attention to is that when it comes to head-to-head comparison of Mondays through Thursdays at the box office, DS has actually been consistently outperforming
Wrath of the Titans since their 3rd weeks in release, with DS bringing in $2,689,413 more than what
Wrath of the Titans was grossing during weekdays in its 3rd through 7th weeks. I don't know what it means or what may have caused it - and I may be the only one - but I do find it fascinating.
Particularly when, once again, no one is calling
Wrath of the Titans a bomb or a dud or a flop.
50 days 12 hours 7 minutes 40 seconds since the Depp/Burton Dark Shadows has been in release(ET)!!