Is Mission: Impossible III box office gold or a dud?
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I see that DrudgeReport is already trumpeting poor numbers (relatively) for M:I:3 (Mission: Impossible III), but just how good or bad those numbers will really be remains to be seen.
On the face of it, the numbers from Friday (found easily enough at http://www.the-numbers.com) aren't great, but they aren't that bad either. Of course, given the prices of tickets for movies, and the number of theatres showing the film, $16 million - $17 million or a Friday opening isn't very over-whelming.
Is it possible that Tom Cruise's antics in the last few years have worn out his welcome with the U.S. public? Maybe. It's also possible that ever increasing gasoline prices are keeping honest movie goers out of the movie houses while some less honest individuals are still finding copies of current films via the internet, or from their friendly neighborhood bootleggers.
Either way, if M:I:3 doesn't take in a ton of money, we'll be hearing about yet another disappointing year at the box-office, and probably will get more suggestions on what is really needed to fix it (including more suggestions, as in the past, to force movie goers to turn off their noise makers, including cell phones and pagers; and more suggestions to bring prices and service back into line so that concession stands aren't the lands that time forgot, and aren't places one can only afford to visit if they've taken out a second or third mortgage on a million dollar home!).
On the face of it, the numbers from Friday (found easily enough at http://www.the-numbers.com) aren't great, but they aren't that bad either. Of course, given the prices of tickets for movies, and the number of theatres showing the film, $16 million - $17 million or a Friday opening isn't very over-whelming.
Is it possible that Tom Cruise's antics in the last few years have worn out his welcome with the U.S. public? Maybe. It's also possible that ever increasing gasoline prices are keeping honest movie goers out of the movie houses while some less honest individuals are still finding copies of current films via the internet, or from their friendly neighborhood bootleggers.
Either way, if M:I:3 doesn't take in a ton of money, we'll be hearing about yet another disappointing year at the box-office, and probably will get more suggestions on what is really needed to fix it (including more suggestions, as in the past, to force movie goers to turn off their noise makers, including cell phones and pagers; and more suggestions to bring prices and service back into line so that concession stands aren't the lands that time forgot, and aren't places one can only afford to visit if they've taken out a second or third mortgage on a million dollar home!).