Friday Box Office: Fast Five Floors it to First
If you had any doubt that the franchise that spawned this weekend's Fast Five remains as relevant as ever, maybe Friday's eye-popping $34 million windfall will change your mind. The muscle-car opus is on track for a three-day total of $80 million, leaving fellow newbies Prom and Hoodwinked Too and the incumbent champ Rio choking on its exhaust. Your Friday Box Office is here.
1. FAST FIVE: $34,000,000 (new)
2. RIO: $3,200,000 ($101,800,000)
3. MADEA'S BIG HAPPY FAMILY: $3,100,000 ($41,500,000)
4. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS: $2,700,000 ($32,000,000)
5. PROM: $2,000,000 (new)
6. HOODWINKED TOO: $1,000,000 (new)
[Numbers via Deadline]
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Why did I bet on Dylan Dog taking all?!?! What the hell was I thinking?!?!
Hahaha!
The 8% Rotten Tomatoes score seems suspiciously high to me. Can it go even lower?
There are so many depressing things about this. That Fast Five got a fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. That said movie won the weekend. That said movie won the weekend by that much. That the guy who directed this pile is the same guy who directed Better Luck Tomorrow, an actual good movie. Just when I thought I couldn't get more depressed, Mr. and Mrs. America, you do this shit to me.
What's even more depressing is how we view it all as a competition. "Winning the weekend" should be reserved for sporting events or that coked out lunatic from that stupid tv show who has to pay for sex, not how much money crap movies can bilk out of unsuspecting people in relation to other movies just trying to make money.
You're right about this as well. Blerg.