‘Speed Racer’ is a Box Office Bomb
Speed Racer, starring Emile Hirsch and Christina Ricci, has officially bombed at the box office! The film took in only $6.6 million on Friday.
It’s expected to only make around $23 million this weekend. In comparison, last week’s Iron Man made around $100 million on its opening weekend.
Warner Bros. spent almost $200 million making Speed Racer…ouch! Hopefully they make enough from merchandising and overseas sales in order to break even!
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I would have gone to see it, but they wanted $10 for the evening show and $8 for the matinee. I can remember maybe 5 years ago, I could see a film for $6.50 in the evening, and matinees for $4. This is not inflation, it’s greed. I will no longer tolerate their greed.
Thank God for small miracles. This is one of the few movies I was actually dreading this year…
I don’t think they will break even on the foreign market given the fact that Japan is the only country where the public can have a remote interest in the series…in Europe Speed Racer/Mach Go Go Go is an obscure 60s anime…
Wow - so I just went and saw it on a Mother’s Day Sunday afternoon. The theater wasn’t even full and there were screaming babies (yay.), but all in all it wasn’t a bad movie. Everybody’s been panning the shit out of it. I think Beowulf was a worse film in almost every dimension and it was based on ancient legend - not a 60’s Japanese cartoon. I think the wild, sky-is-falling reviews are going to hurt it’s chances more than a slow opening weekend. If word of mouth from people who saw it and feel as I do (that it didn’t outright suck) gets out there it could still do well.
I saw it this afternoon and really loved it. Sure, it’s simple, but it’s fun and bright and it’s really well made. I think a lot of people who would like it a lot are missing out.
It’s too bad, the adaptation was decent. John Goodman was born to play Pops Racer.
Box Office Mojo shows it doing 20 million. Ouch.
I actually enjoyed the movie. There was too much color but given that a younger audience is targeted, it is excused. Besides, the colors added to the effects and the effects were great! Definitely Wachowski! ^_^
I think maybe one of the reasons that people aren’t looking in on the movie is because they’d instead be saving it on other coming-soon movies like The Dark Knight and Prince Caspian. Some may also be resting after seeing Iron Man.
I went to see this on mothers day with my friends and it was definately worth seeing. the dialogue was a bit cheesy at times but i really enjoyed it. i think the people who went and saw it would tell you the same thing…it was a actually a pretty good movie. and it was better than beowulf
I just think this type of film has no market in the Western World. I love car and action films and the like but really can’t be even remotely bothered about this one. I dunno why, maybe it’s just do darn colourfull and the sort of thing kids would like ?
I also didn’t think it sucked as bad as the critics say. I mean, I did fear I was going to have an epileptic seizure during some scenes but it was a fun, visceral experience. It is sacchrine but I have no knowledge of the originial series (being born about two decades after the cartoon premiered) so maybe the cheese-factor is a part of the story. And besides, Emile Hirsch is hot.
The Wachowski bros certainly put a lot of effort into making Speed Racer… the movie overall looked and felt like a cross between anime, a kaleidoscope, that Flintstones movie, a video game and the Dukes of Hazard