Critics Torpedo Expensive "Evan Allmighty"

if the critics hate it I generally like it...

yeah me too.

Hm.

When the critics overwhelmingly pan a film, it's generally worthless even if it does bring in some box office in the opening weekend. Let's see what looks like corny, unfunny nonsense does on that second weekend. If there are mixed reviews, I will be unlikely to pay $20.00 to go to the multiplex (the total for car expense, popcorn or other eats, and admission -- not counting we always go to lunch or dinner at The Cheesecake Factory before a movie, in the same shopping complex as my favorite Century Theaters, ten minutes from my house). I'd wait for a free HBO showing.

Didn't especially care for "Bruce Allmighty" as a comedy.

The comedy I'm anticipating is Ben Kingsley in "You Kill Me." It's about a recovering alcoholic who happens to be a hit man. The trailers show him at an AA meeting announcing on the podium, "I'm and alcoholic and I kill people." Love those dark comedies.

(And if you are purposefully racing to the cineplex to see movies that get trounced by most of the critics, I suggest therepy).

This weekend will be crucial to the most expensive comedy made to date, but it's figures so far aren't that bad. It will have to do in the neighborhood of $250,000. to break Evan. I mean even.


Domestic Total as of Jul. 2, 2007: $62,861,090
Distributor: Universal Release Date: June 22, 2007
Genre: Fantasy Comedy Running Time: 1 hrs. 30 min.
MPAA Rating: PG Production Budget: $175 million


TOTAL LIFETIME GROSSES
Domestic: $62,861,090 95.0%
+ Foreign: $3,316,348 5.0%
= Worldwide: $66,177,438

Evan is not too Almighty -- audiences are agreeing with the critics as the bottom drops out for super-priced comic epic. I'm sure studio execs are already anticipating that the DVD sales will have to pull the movie out of the hole.:

From Box Office Mojo

Last weekend's top grosser, Evan Almighty, evaporated 51 percent to $15.1 million, and the $175 million-plus comedy's $60.7 million ten-day haul is less than what Bruce Almighty grossed in its first weekend alone. 1408 lost a genre standard 48 percent for a $10.7 million weekend, and the $25 million horror drama has made $40.4 million in ten days.