BOX OFFICE: Arnold Schwarzenegger's THE LAST STAND Flops In North America

BOX OFFICE: Arnold Schwarzenegger's THE LAST STAND Flops In North America

Despite it marking Arnold Schwarzenegger's seemingly highly anticipated return to the big screen, Jee-woon Kim's The Last Stand has flopped at the North American box office with an estimated 4-day weekend total of a paltry $6.6 million. Read on for details!

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By JoshWilding - Jan 19, 2013 05:01 PM EST
Filed Under: Action
Source: Deadline


Despite a 'B' CinemaScore from audiences, Jee-woon Kim's The Last Stand has failed to make any sort of significant impact at the North American box office. Released in time for the long Martin Luther King holiday weekend, the action movie marked Arnold Schwarzenegger's return as a leading man to the big screen and also features the likes of Johnny Knoxsville (Jackass) and Jaimie Alexander (Thor). The film opened to only $1.9 million on Friday and looks likely to gross less than $6.6 million for the weekend, possibly even less. That meant it only managed to reach NINTH place in the Top 10. "Nobody wants to see Arnold," a rival studio exec told Deadline yesterday. Guillermo Del Toro's Mama took the top spot with a predicted $30.5 million for the 4-day weekend.





Action icon Arnold Schwarzenegger makes his much-anticipated return to the big screen in Korean director Kim Jee-woon’s hard-hitting US directorial debut, THE LAST STAND. After leaving his LAPD narcotics post following a bungled operation that left him wracked with remorse and regret, Sheriff Ray Owens (Schwarzenegger) moved out of Los Angeles and settled into a life fighting what little crime takes place in sleepy border town Sommerton Junction. But that peaceful existence is shattered when Gabriel Cortez (Eduardo Noriega), the most notorious, wanted drug kingpin in the western hemisphere, makes a deadly yet spectacular escape from an FBI prisoner convoy. With the help of a fierce band of lawless mercenaries led by the icy Burrell (Peter Stormare), Cortez begins racing towards the US-Mexico border at 250 mph in a specially-outfitted Corvette ZR1 with a hostage in tow.


STARRING:

Arnold Schwarzenegger as Sheriff Ray Owens
Rodrigo Santoro as Deputy Frank Martinez
Zach Gilford as Deputy Jerry Bailey
Forest Whitaker as Agent John Bannister
Genesis Rodriguez as Agent Ellen Richards
Johnny Knoxville as Lewis Dinkum
Jaimie Alexander as Sarah Torrance
Luis Guzmán as Mike Figuerola
Peter Stormare as Burrell
Eduardo Noriega as Gabriel Cortez

RELEASE DATE: Out Now!


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marvel72
marvel72 - 1/19/2013, 5:26 PM
not surprised arnie was a big box office draw in the 80s & some of the 90s,now he is an out of shape has been.
wallhead
wallhead - 1/19/2013, 5:39 PM
Soo soo sad
jimpinto24
jimpinto24 - 1/19/2013, 5:40 PM
Terrible shame!
AmazingFantasy
AmazingFantasy - 1/19/2013, 5:44 PM
Washed up old man.

What happened...
animeex
animeex - 1/19/2013, 5:44 PM
Not surprised. Maybe they should rename it Last Try. Just kidding.
ManofSteel23
ManofSteel23 - 1/19/2013, 5:45 PM
Nobody wants to see Johnny Knoxsville in an arnie movie,i sure don't
MisterMagurlypse
MisterMagurlypse - 1/19/2013, 5:47 PM
A horror movie in the middle of January beat the return of the almighty Ahnold! Ha!
Not only beat but, dare I say terminated.
nld3
nld3 - 1/19/2013, 5:48 PM
I heard it has uncharacteristic gore in it for an Arnold movie & that didn't even work!
ManofSteel23
ManofSteel23 - 1/19/2013, 5:48 PM
The trailer just looks like it just selling itself with arnie and guns,doesn't work like that anymore! Lol
ForeverPowerful
ForeverPowerful - 1/19/2013, 5:56 PM
Yikes. Too bad, Arnie is coming back too. Not like its going to slow him down, he's unstoppable. Looking forward to seeing this, his future films, and his inevitable reapperance in The Expendables 3.
Kyos
Kyos - 1/19/2013, 5:57 PM
Well, I'm not planning to see it when it opens here. All in all no big surprise, althiugh I wouldn't have guessed it'd start that bad.
KeefNCookies
KeefNCookies - 1/19/2013, 6:02 PM
Is anybody really surprised? I know there are SOME people that still wanna see Arnold but anybody who does definitely does not have their mind intact. Finally, something happens that makes sense (unlike another Conan with Arnold).
TerminalVoyd
TerminalVoyd - 1/19/2013, 6:05 PM
It probably would have helped if the studio marketing machine got behind this one a little bit, particularly playing up the triumphant return of Arnold to the screen. Yeah, Maid-Gate might have mitigated the effect of that a bit, but the effort and a few more mea culpas might have made a dent.

Fact is, it wasn't a very high profile project, and Arnold was just not in a position to elevate it under the current circumstances. It needed that extra push and it just wasn't there. Guess it's gonna be a slow climb back.
Darkhaven
Darkhaven - 1/19/2013, 6:15 PM
It's the middle of January and people today are much less of action fans than people back in the day. It's all the skinny jeans, non-prescription glasses and body glitter they wear now.

Also, I wish I could have something I made "only" make 6.6 million bucks in a few days time.
edmundo
edmundo - 1/19/2013, 6:17 PM
I saw this movie after a few geritol shots and wearing my Depends. Mad me feel like Arnold
DCjohnny
DCjohnny - 1/19/2013, 6:23 PM
I knew it will be a flop ....
DCjohnny
DCjohnny - 1/19/2013, 6:23 PM
ill rent this movie
syman404
syman404 - 1/19/2013, 6:42 PM
A small town sheriff with a retard as his sidekick? How could that fail?... Oh right, it's a ridiculous concept that has already been done, with the same sidekick. Fail.
localman22
localman22 - 1/19/2013, 6:46 PM
Even huge Ah-nold fans have been saying that this film isn't very good. Add that to the fact that a lot of his "older" fans may have been turned off by his bad behavior, and it was a sure-fire flop.
GreenHalJordan
GreenHalJordan - 1/19/2013, 6:53 PM
It does not have a good marketing team imo.
Ranger14
Ranger14 - 1/19/2013, 6:54 PM
Johnny Knoxville and Arnold teamed up is just a recipe for failure.

"Arnie was awesome in Expedables 2 he stole the show with his performance"

Seriously? Is that the punchline? To each their own, but I had to read the whole sentence a number of times just to make sure I didn't misread something. Arnold and "stealing a show with his performance" is way too out there for me to even comprehend. :-P
CharacterAssassin
CharacterAssassin - 1/19/2013, 7:06 PM
Considering I've only seen 1 promotional trailer played on tv since yesterday for this movie and a message/ad in my gmail mail account. Who wouldn't expect it to be a flop? If it weren't for those two I would have never known this movie existed other than coming to this CBM site.
TerminalVoyd
TerminalVoyd - 1/19/2013, 7:11 PM
What's really sad is that this movie is getting decent "action movie" reviews. And let us not forget the beauty that is Jaimie Alexander appearing in this. Alas, too little, too late.
marvel72
marvel72 - 1/19/2013, 7:20 PM
it had a budget of $30,000,000 it should get that back at least when it gets released in europe.
CoolantTech
CoolantTech - 1/19/2013, 7:24 PM
Good.. Bullet to the head should fail miserably as well somebody should just tell these old no-acting farts their time is up, only your acting skills can preserve you as an actor as you get older, because good looks fade over time
CaptainAmerica31
CaptainAmerica31 - 1/19/2013, 7:27 PM
Stan lee has reportedly past away
CaptainAmerica31
CaptainAmerica31 - 1/19/2013, 7:30 PM
Stan lee is still alive, Stan the Musial died I guess?
LAXtremest
LAXtremest - 1/19/2013, 7:40 PM
I thought this movie looked like complete shit. So I was surprised to see it was getting decent reviews.
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