Friday Box Office: The Social Network Is Tagged At Number One
The first big ol' schmancy Oscar bait movie of the season, The Social Network, logged in at number one last night, while the double-barrel horror flicks Let Me In and Case 39 had their screams muffled at number six and number seven, respectively. Your Friday Box Office is here.
1. THE SOCIAL NETWORK: $8,000,000(new)
2. WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS: $3,200,000 ($29,000,000)
3. THE TOWN: $3,100,000 ($55,100,000)
4. LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS: THE OWLS OF GA'HOOLE:$2,600,000 ($21,600,000)
5. EASY A: $2,200,000 ($38,000,000)
6. LET ME IN: $1,900,000(new)
7. CASE 39: $1,800,000 (new)
[Numbers via Deadline]
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I'm not surprised that it's number one but "Oscar bait"? Really?! Hmm
My audience was full of a-holes on their iPhones the whole time. Probably changing their status updates on Facebook.
Which I should have expected.
Great moive but Facebook is dangerous.
http://suspiciouspackaging.blogspot.com/2010/08/facebook-good-bad-and-ugly.html
Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, and inwardly are ravening wolves.
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Um, hell yeah Oscar bait. Where have you been? Since The Social Network started screening a few weeks ago, a lot of critics have been calling it a sure fire Best Picture nominee, with likely nominations for Fincher's direction and near lock for the win for Aaron Sorkin's script. Also probable nods for the three main cast members, but more so Jesse Eisenberg and Andrew Garfield. So yeah it's Oscar bait and has Oscar buzz.
This is definitely a blog that people need to get behind. The problem is, no one wants to do a great deal of reading and not have something else to stimulate the mind. This is the internet, after all. Maybe if you added a video or two to emphasise your point. Ill stick around, FOR SURE. But, I dont know if others will.
Um, I shouldn't have typed "Really?!" (That exclamination point was a S.N.L. Seth & Amy rant that I didn't mean) Of course, you're right about Fincher/Sorkin as Oscar bait. But it's only October, an eternity for buzz to last in Oscar's world. No matter how big the love from critics, I can still see the aging Academy giving it some nominations but not for Best Picture.