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Press Release
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group will give fans the ultimate inside track on two landmark releases at Comic-Con International on Saturday, July 25 with a Live Community Screening of Watchmen: Director’s Cut via BD-Live, and a first-look panel for the breakout Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment game, Batman: Arkham Asylum.
The event begins at 8:30 p.m. in Room 6BCF of the San Diego Convention Center.
I knew Zack Snyder’s Watchmen movie would have a drop in box office over the weekend, but I didn’t expect the feature film to drop a whopping 67% from its debut a week ago. Watchmen was only able to bring in $18.1 million over the weekend, while Disney’s Race to Which Mountain, debuted with $25 million.
“This drop falls within the norm for big and highly anticipated movies,” Warners exec VP of domestic distribution Jeff Goldstein said.
Pointing to several examples, Goldstein noted that “The Incredible Hulk” fell 60% in its second weekend after opening to $55.4 million. That film cumed $134.8 million domestically. “Sex and the City” fell 63% in its second frame on its way to cuming north of $150 million domestically.
While this may be the norm for Warner Bros. a 67% drop means there are a lot of people aren’t seeing the movie. Could this be due to the subject matter getting an R rating, a plot mainstream audience won’t/can’t understand, the graphic violence, or does this mark a significant decline in interterest in comic book movies? If it is, that could really be bad for the movie industry, as there are a plethora of comic book adaptations currently grinding their way through the Hollywood machine.
As expected, the Zack Snyder adaptation of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ masterpiece Watchmen was the top movie this past weekend bringing in $55.7 million domestically and $83.2 million worldwide. As great as that news is, Watchmen didn’t open as high as some had expected, not even meeting Zack Snyder’s last film, 300, which brought in $70.9 million domestically.
As hyped as audiences were after seeing the trailer that was tacked on to the Dark Knight Returns movie, I wonder what could be the reason for the lower than expected numbers? Fans loyal to Alan Moore, boycotting the film? Too much hype that overloaded and turned off potential audience? Those waiting until next weekend to see the film in hopes of avoiding the large crowds this past weekend? The R rating and two hour forty minute run time? Or is it the economy?
Those expressing caution turned out to have been right, so Warners had to manage expectations after the fact.
A substantial roadblock was “Watchmen’s” running time of 2:40. At that length, theaters couldn’t play as many runs of the pic as they did “300,” which ran under two hours.
“It truly makes a huge difference. Every studio wanted to attach their trailer to ‘Watchmen,’ so it ended up being more like three hours. When a movie is 2:40, there’s only one main show a day,” Warners prexy of domestic distribution Dan Fellman said. “We’re pleased with the opening.”
I went and saw the movie on Sunday, and there were less than a dozen people in the theater; great for me as I didn’t have to worry about all the talkers as I spilled nacho cheese everywhere, but not so good for those hoping comic book movies will remain strong draws at the box office.
Don’t forget, for those that did see the movie, we do have a talk back post for you to weigh in your thoughts.
Perhaps you’ve heard of this highly hyped Watchmen movie that opens today. Perhaps you were one of the fortunate masses, who stood in line for hours, only to wide up sitting next to that big sweaty smelly guy, who ended up dripping nacho cheese on your arm, but on the plus side offered you some of his Junior Mints, but you got to see the film before anyone else (although that other big sweaty smelly guy in front of you was blocking half the screen). Perhaps you were the big sweaty smelly guy who was annoyed by that person sitting behind you, who constantly complained about the smell, and the nacho cheese sauce that has ruined his cardigan. Or perhaps you were the nacho cheese, and the only thing going through your head was, “Oh no, not again.” In any case, here’s your chance to talk about the film; what worked, what didn’t, and why you are (or aren’t) going to see it again. Oh, and feel free to be all spoilery, ’cause if you haven’t figured it out yet, that’s the name of the site Russell.
I think things are slow today because everyone is in line for the Watchmen movie. For the rest of you, here’s yet another Watchmen feature from CineMax.
Look at it this way, after Sunday, all this Watchmen stuff will disappear, and the Intarwebs will be a quiet, quiet place.
Make sure you check out the full HD version over at Yahoo! Movies.
The rumors circulating about the change to the ending of the Watchmen movie have been confirmed by Zack Snyder – the giant squid is out.
The squid was not in the movie when I got the script, the squid was never in any draft that I saw. My point is only that there was this elegant solution to the squid problem that I kind of embraced. I’m a fan of the thing as much as anyone, I was saying what are we going to do about this before I even read the script.
So…hmmm…
Okay, the whole point of the squid was it was that its creation was the McGuffin that caused the Comedian to be killed, and is vital in getting the heroes to follow the trail of the missing scientists, artists, and others. The appearance at the end is also necessary to move the clock back a few minutes from Armageddon in an attempt to unite the planet against a supposed alien invasion from beyond.
How will the movie end now?
Looks like everyone is going to point the finger at Dr. Manhatten and his “particular energy beam signature”. So much for staying true to the source material.
I’m still super excited about the film, and can’t wait to see it. I enjoyed Wanted in both its forms, and think I can live with this change, providing the rest of the holes are filled in a way to make sense.
Warner Bros. has released the second teaser poster for the upcoming Watchmen flick. It looks pretty sweet and I can’t wait to see this film in theaters.
The latest video journal from director Zack Snyder features discussion on the female heroes in the upcoming Watchmen movie.
IGN has the latest video journal on the making of the upcoming Watchmen movie. In this installment, the look of the film is discussed with Producer Deborah Snyder.
Here’s the latest entry in the G4TV Watchmen video diary, the network has been running.
Check out this behind the scenes feature on Archie, the Owlship from the upcoming Zack Snyder Watchment movie.
Warner Bros. has released high res images of those Watchmen promo posted viewed at the San Diego Comic Con.
Take the jump for all seven posters that are re-interpretations of the 1986 DC house ads promoting the series.
To help promote the upcoming Watchmen movie, promo posters, like the one above began appear at the show. The teaser posters recreate Dave Gibbons in house ads used to promote the mini-series back in 1986.
Head over to The Omlette to see all six of the posters.
I know people who have watched the Watchmen trailer over 100 times since it was released last week. I’ve also seen people bicker back and forth over the shots seen, and how close of an adaptation Zack Snyder will bring to the big screen.
To help in your decision making, Major Spoilers has gone through the trailer and compared shots from the movie with shots from the graphic novel. Take the jump to see the comparison for yourself.
UPDATE: Looks like Empire Online beat me to the punch by a couple of hours on this story. I honestly didn’t realize it until just a few minutes ago when submitting the story to DIGG. That’s what I get for sleeping last night.
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