BATTLESHIP Sinks but AVENGERS Continues to SMASH!!

BATTLESHIP Sinks but AVENGERS Continues to SMASH!!

Early estimates put "Battleship" at a disappointing $9.5 million while "Avengers" is on track to win the weekend with $50 million.

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By BJD - May 19, 2012 03:05 AM EST
Filed Under: Avengers
Source: Hollywood Reporter



Wow! Taylor Kitsch just can't seem to catch a break. You know 6 or 7 years ago "Battleship" would have easily been the #1 movie at the box office. I saw "Battleship", and while it's nothing to write home about it did seem to check off all the appropriate boxes that are required of a summer blockbuster. Unfortunately that doesn't seem to be enough anymore. The appetite of the masses has reached insatiable levels. At least this means we can look forward to more studio safe, overwhelming comic book movies.

"Dictator" is performing on the softer side domestically, but easily pulls ahead of "What to Expect When You're Expecting"; "Avengers" continues to dominate and will win weekend with $50 million or more.


Universal and Hasbro Entertainment's big-budget Battleship barely made it out of port at the Friday box office, with early estimates showing the action pic grossing a disappointing $9.5 million.
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BJD
BJD - 5/19/2012, 3:33 AM
^ yes, "shit" went down
imnotahero
imnotahero - 5/19/2012, 3:43 AM
WOOT! BOOYAH! AND OTHER EXCITED HAPPY NOISES!
jazzman
jazzman - 5/19/2012, 4:00 AM
BATTLESH!T'S has sunk lol
DukeAcureds
DukeAcureds - 5/19/2012, 4:14 AM
Battleship is the definitive historical record of everything ludicrous about Hollywood ever.
marvel72
marvel72 - 5/19/2012, 4:41 AM
its gonna take something special to stop earth's mightiest heroes.

battleshit has got some great cgi & hot as hell brooklyn decker going for it,the rest of it is a crock of shit.
sansClaymore
sansClaymore - 5/19/2012, 4:54 AM
not to mention the director is batshit insane
Superheromoviefan
Superheromoviefan - 5/19/2012, 5:02 AM
[frick] the trasformers shit
this is the real action flick
sansClaymore
sansClaymore - 5/19/2012, 5:28 AM
word grif.... word
Ha1frican
Ha1frican - 5/19/2012, 5:36 AM
Lol after how many weeks Avengers is still doing better numbers than the OPENING of Dark shadows
R888
R888 - 5/19/2012, 6:01 AM
Well men in black won't beat it but this film will



Don't care which is the best film all of them are going to 1 billion dollars blockbusters, comic book fans FTW
BJD
BJD - 5/19/2012, 6:10 AM
@Grif: Like the "Avengers", "BattleShip" also was released over seas first, giving the bootleggers a chance to get it up on the web for everyone to see. While I may have been wrong about the "Avengers", I am a firm believer that releasing movies like "Battleship" over seas first is a mistake because it mitigates their opening performance here in the States....this could be one possible explanation for "Battleship"'s poor performance.

Or it could just be the awesomeness of the "Avengers" overshadowing everything at the box office...including "Dark Shadows"
Ha1frican
Ha1frican - 5/19/2012, 6:33 AM
@R888 I think it will rival it as far as good film making is concerned but remember it's rated R so it has a smaller audience so it could go either way
Silmane
Silmane - 5/19/2012, 7:17 AM
Looks like that movie was a miss.

hnnnnggg
Seabz
Seabz - 5/19/2012, 7:26 AM
@BJD Avengers was released overseas first too. And still no decent bootlegs, where as there's already a 720p bootleg of Battleship. It's clearly because it was a terrible movie, no two ways about it.
BJD
BJD - 5/19/2012, 7:45 AM
@Seabz: Nothing of what u said contradicts anything I said before....Yes "Battleship" was a bad movie but if it hadn't been released overseas first no one would've known that for sure and it would've probably had a better opening.

Avengers is just so good that it doesn't matter that it was released overseas first
Ghostfire
Ghostfire - 5/19/2012, 8:01 AM
Either the ADHD generation came to their senses, or they are grounded at home for not getting good grades this year.

Or maybe they are waiting for their parents to take them to go see Battleshit, but their parents are unwilling to spend their hard earn cash on this pile of shit.

Just my two cents...
Asterisk
Asterisk - 5/19/2012, 8:23 AM
Thank god. I saw both The Dictator (very funny) and the Avengers again ,in 3D this time, last night, but I didn't even touch Battleship.
Talontd
Talontd - 5/19/2012, 9:11 AM
@Seabz

What's funny too is that the 1st good bootleg of AVENGERS (Solid CAM with TeleSync) was released only a couple of days ago!!! In the comments for every AVENGERS bootleg, everyone is encouraging not to watch and to go see it in the theaters.

If a film is good and worth paying for the good rippers will wait to release quality rip's. One of the things i love about the scene and the private torrent community. :)
Floke
Floke - 5/19/2012, 11:02 AM
So.. I guess this mean we wont get movie adaption of either Hungry Hungry Hippo, Ants in the Pants or Three in a Row.. that sucks!
mc7791
mc7791 - 5/19/2012, 12:13 PM
Avengers (or should I say Hulk- you wouldnt like him when he is angry) already sank Battleship weeks ago. When Universal released Battleship internationally it make 170 million over 3 weeks. In the first 3 days of international release Avengers made 185 million. People seem to have finally smartened up about big budgeted movies that rely on affect and explosions to entertain. Battleshit sounds like this years Green Lantern where there is something after or during the end credits that allude to a sequel that most likely will not be made. Works for me. Avengers rule. best film of the year for me too
CapFanLex005
CapFanLex005 - 5/19/2012, 12:16 PM
@ Floke I was looking forward to a Candy Land game myslef
superotherside
superotherside - 5/19/2012, 12:19 PM
Awesome. Avengers is soooooooo much better than those movies it shouldn't even be mentioned with them... lol.
ralfinader
ralfinader - 5/19/2012, 2:19 PM
Taylor Kitsch sunk my Battleshit!

"Wow! Taylor Kitsch just can't seem to catch a break."

Probably because he makes Ryan Reynolds look like Sir Laurence Olivier when it comes to acting.
BJD
BJD - 5/19/2012, 4:48 PM
@ralfinader: I 91.3% agree with you
JazzBebopHero
JazzBebopHero - 5/19/2012, 5:14 PM
Hulk put a hole in that Battle Ship.
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