There’s no contest which movie won this week’s battle, but still, let’s look at this week’s BOX OFFICE BATTLE!
The Next Three Days came in at number five on the box office charts, grossing $6,750,000 this weekend. At Rotten Tomatoes, the film scored 41%, with critics say the highly unrealistic plot and unevenness was too much to bear:
“It’s fun while it lasts, and when it’s over, you’ll move on to the next three movies.”–Access Hollywood
“If the misleading teaser trailers tempt you to watch this preposterous no-brainer, wait patiently for the redbox DVD at a cheap $1 rental fee.”–Entertainment Spectrum
“It’s really, really stupid but in the best ‘so crazy I can’t believe it’s a movie’ way… I’m especially surprised that Crowe and Haggis made this. They’re usually so serious but it seems they just went WTF.”–Screen Junkies
Of course, the winner is Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows, pt. 1. Needless to say, it came in at number one, grossing $125,120,000. However, it is only mildly successful critically, gaining 79%. Most critics came out of the film of the opinion that even though it’s beautifully acted, shot, and edited, the fact still remains that the only thing that could make it better is if pt. 2 was also part of the movie:
“Saved by a riveting first hour, excellent cast and beautiful production, a multitude of flaws in pacing, exposition and the strange point at which the film ends puts this chapter far from the best in the franchise.”–TheDivaReview.com
“…the elements of scene and sound combine to reveal a maturity to the Potter franchise that surprises, scares and entertains in all the ways the lifeless Twilight films failed to accomplish.”–Cinemalogue.com
“the cleaving of Rowling’s 759-page finale into two separate films ultimately benefits the material, allowing the filmmakers to take their time and keep as much of the story as possible while also maintaining a taut narrative pace”–Q Network Film Desk
The top five movies of the week are:
All ratings stats by Rotten Tomatoes, all monetary and b.o. stats by Box Office Mojo
