Monday Morning Box Office: The Golden Age Of Crappy Horror Movies
Welcome to your Super Bowl hangover edition of the box office numbers. You really should've passed on that last Michelob Ultra.
1. Boogeyman—$19.5 million
No star power! Terrible reviews! A title that brings to mind the dustiest genre movie on the horror shelf at your video store in 1985! And it still only did slightly worse than Hide and Seek's DeNiro and Fanning-powered opening last weekend. Studios are realizing that they can invest that A-list casting money in a few extra, somewhat creepy commercials and are tearing up stars' contracts as we speak. Welcome to the Golden Age of crappy horror flicks.
2. The Wedding Date—$11 million
At least half the people who bought tickets to this had no idea what the movie was about. They just thought that something called The Wedding Date would be a pleasant break from dressing up their cats and crying during telephone commercials.
3. Are We There Yet?—$10.4 million
By the end of the year, the movie market will have completely polarized into low-budget horror movies and cynically urban-targeted road-trip comedies.
4. Hide and Seek—$8.9 million
In about ten minutes, nobody will remember that DeNiro and Fanning's Big Horror Flick dropped 60 percent in its second weekend. Once you've been Number One, all is forgiven.
5. Million Dollar Baby—$8.8 million
Clint Eastwood and Hilary Swank are busy writing their Oscar speeches and currently unavailable for snarky euthanasia jokes.