10,000 BC does well over weekend

[stratman]

The much anticipated release did just what the studio expected.

"MARCH 10 | VARIETY BOX OFFICE REPORT: Warner Bros.' 10,000 BC speared a decent-sized aud as the prehistoric epic easily took the top spot with $35.7 million in a quiet frame in which no pics exceeded expectations.
Disney's College Road Trip drove to a so-so bow of $14 million, while Will Ferrell laffer Semi-Pro continued to miss the hoop, falling a steep 62% in its second frame.

Though hopes for the Rolland Emmerich-helmed 10,000 BC rose as high as $40 million-plus, the pic's perf ended up right in line with studio expectations. No one expected 10,000 BC to come close to the $71 million debut mounted by 300 over the same weekend last year.

 

[j_garcia]

Looks too cartoony to me...I will probably wait for rental.

 

[Jack Hammer]

I've been hearing mediocre things from my friends with similar tastes to mine. I probably won't bother seeing or renting it.

Jack

 

[Seth=L]

I enjoyed this movie more than I thought I would. I give it 3 & 1/2 stars out of 5.

 

[mike c]

i heard it was very "Apocalypto" ...
accurate?

 

[supervij]

I was really hoping to see this flick, but I just noticed a Tomatometer of 7%! (Not often you see a T-meter that low. ) And a user Tomatometer of 37%! Not very encouraging. Looks like I'll be watching this one at home . . .

cheers,
supervij

 

[MUDSHARK]

What is a Tomatometer? If it is a critics gauge then I can ignore it as I liked some movies the critics hated last year such as Transformers, The Last Legion, and Golden Compass.

 

[MUDSHARK]

BTW was any of the clan in the movie Stratman?

 

[supervij]

MUDSHARK, the Tomatometer is indeed a guage of critics' reactions. Check out rottentomatoes.com -- I use it all the time to help determine which movies to check out and which to bypass.

The 7% means that 7% of critics gave it a positive review (6 or more stars out of 10). And the user T-meter is the measure of users of that site: ordinary, movie-loving people, not critics. That's the measure I usually look at.

cheers,
supervij

 

[mouettus]

Give those guys at rottentomatoes a break. They are pretty mean on their reviews. I take it as it is. But when there is a good review, the movie is a dang good one (Michael Clayton in mind - boy that movie was a bomb).

 

[supervij]

Still, it might be worth it to check the film out -- just to see if Stratman has a cameo in it or something.

cheers,
supervij