BOX OFFICE: JACK THE GIANT SLAYER Takes The #1 Spot With An Underwhelming $28 Million

BOX OFFICE: JACK THE GIANT SLAYER Takes The #1 Spot With An Underwhelming $28 Million

Early tracking indicated that Bryan Singer's Jack the Giant Slayer was set to be another big budget box office flop, and while it did manage to make it to the #1 spot in North America this past weekend, it has seriously underperformed. Read on for details!

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By JoshWilding - Mar 04, 2013 03:03 AM EST
Filed Under: Fantasy
Source: BBC News


Critics haven't been particularly kind and neither has the moviegoing public as Jack the Giant Slayer failed to make any sort of significant impact at the North American box office this past weekend. As 2013's first big budget action movie, it came in at #1 with a paltry $28 million. It did manage to make an additional $13.7m from Asian markets, and Warner Bros.' vice president of theatrical distributions Jeff Goldstein claims that the studio aren't too disappointed by these numbers. "It was within the range of our expectations. We know that this is a global picture and the technology and the special effects will really drive this movie internationally." Deadline aren't so kind in their analysis as they believe that not even a strong international opening can make back the huge $200 million budget. Some insiders are reportedly blaming director Bryan Singer and the screenplay for its lack of success. Here's hoping that X-Men: Days of Future Past fares a little better...





Jack the Giant Slayer tells the story of an ancient war that is reignited when a young farmhand unwittingly opens a gateway between our world and a fearsome race of giants. Unleashed on the Earth for the first time in centuries, the giants strive to reclaim the land they once lost, forcing the young man, Jack, into the battle of his life to stop them. Fighting for a kingdom, its people, and the love of a brave princess, he comes face to face with the unstoppable warriors he thought only existed in legend—and gets the chance to become a legend himself.


STARRING:

Nicholas Hoult as Jack
Eleanor Tomlinson as Isabelle
Stanley Tucci as Lord Roderick
Ian McShane as King Brahmwell
Bill Nighy and John Kassir as Fallon
Ewan McGregor as Elmont

RELEASE DATE: Out Now!


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Superboyadam
Superboyadam - 3/4/2013, 3:48 AM
Fairy tale movies are holy woods new fad...hopefully this will kill it
Draven646
Draven646 - 3/4/2013, 3:52 AM
Bryan Singer is a useless director and I don't know why WB does not get it.

He made 'Superman Returns' along with his Gay pals into a Chick flick and I will hate him for all eternity.

I hope for the sake of X Men fans that he gets fired or by some miracle gives them a half decent movie.
Ace101
Ace101 - 3/4/2013, 4:00 AM
not surprised at all aye. I dont exactly have any confidence in x-men:dofp doing well when it releases as well. I just watched the first xmen trilogy again today and boy was that a not so good series. hopefully that movie would be the end of the franchise.
SaxoWolf
SaxoWolf - 3/4/2013, 4:13 AM
FLOP
Tevii
Tevii - 3/4/2013, 4:19 AM
This is no surprise at all. It'll probably drop 60% by next weekend too
CptHero
CptHero - 3/4/2013, 4:29 AM
@jimoakley666: did you read the part with the budget?
PurpleMonkey
PurpleMonkey - 3/4/2013, 4:40 AM
A clear flop at the box office, who in their right mind agreed a budget of $200 million for this kind of film! It would be probably do no more than $250-300 million.
LaputaHeir
LaputaHeir - 3/4/2013, 4:55 AM
Is "The Usual Suspects" the ONLY Bryan Singer film that was good?

From the very first trailer I saw of this I knew it was going to suck on account of just how damn silly it looks. X-Men: DOFP is most and likely going to suck as well. In fact, X-Men: FC wasn't nearly as great as fanboys and critics made it out to be. They mistook it not completely sucking ass, for it being a great film. When at best, it was average.
The entire X-Men film universe needs to be rebooted.
gambgel
gambgel - 3/4/2013, 5:02 AM
What were haters and producers expecting?

These type of movies havent appealed to a huge audience lately.

Lincoln, the vampire hunter, Hansel & Grettel, now Jack...

so why the dissapointment? USA is proving to not care too much about these movies, including John Carter too. (sad case, I know)
astromerc
astromerc - 3/4/2013, 5:16 AM
@grif

I asked the same question when i got pulled here was my response. From Josh

Dear Astromerc (he did use my real name)


This is a quick note to let you know that your article
(Box Office Report: 'Jack' Opens to Potentially Disastrous $28 Million in North America)
was removed by JoshWilding from the site.

Reason: Article completely plagiarised.

You may review our style and editorial guidelines at
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I had know idea their was so much thought into putting up these articles I honestly believed it was cut and paste.

So my bad, and I will do better next time.
Mendenhall12
Mendenhall12 - 3/4/2013, 5:20 AM
It's MARCH! I thank this is pretty good for a movie so early in the year.
astromerc
astromerc - 3/4/2013, 5:24 AM
I must say, I did source it from the hollywood reporter.

I guess the world is not enough!
gambgel
gambgel - 3/4/2013, 6:18 AM
As some have mentioned, the problem is with USA

just a few examples:

- John Carter:

International: $209,700,000
USA: $73,078,100

- X-Men: First Class

International: $207,215,819
USA: $146,408,305

- Ice Age: Continental Drift

International: 715,922,939
USA: $161,321,843


As we can see, many mainstream movies are having a hard time reaching $200m on USA, the rest of the world is supporting movies, its USA who is loosing support/interest.

So these studios should really take it into consideration and start thinking about other options
cbmf25
cbmf25 - 3/4/2013, 6:29 AM
I saw this movie and enjoyed it for what it was, a popcorn flix.

by the way I think that bryan singers contributions made it better than the script was to begin with cause its a simple story with big effects.

some of the giant shots were pretty cool
gambgel
gambgel - 3/4/2013, 6:30 AM
@teabag, you definetly has a point.

Some movies need to appeal both to kids and parents too. And in some cases, maybe parents dont feel certain movies would be right for kids, and maybe Jack... is one of these cases.
Nick56
Nick56 - 3/4/2013, 6:32 AM
I very much enjoyed the film. I think people are just jumping to conclusions about it because it was a great fantasy adventure
JohnTom88
JohnTom88 - 3/4/2013, 6:35 AM
Dang WB... Hobbit 2 and MoS to the rescue!
lntrn8
lntrn8 - 3/4/2013, 6:52 AM
gonna hate on Singer again . . . nothing against cast & crew. I hope this is an indicator of how DOFP will perform. I would love the X-Men franchise to go back to Marvel Studios.
gambgel
gambgel - 3/4/2013, 6:59 AM
@teabag I guess kids werent interested either, at least not enough.

I havent showed the trailer to my kids cousins, so dont know what they would think about it. maybe I'll do it this or next week, to see if they want to see it with me, lol
Unspoken
Unspoken - 3/4/2013, 7:10 AM
Saw the movie on Saturday and it was crap.. Terrible acting and even worse story. Just glad I did not have to pay to watch it.
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 3/4/2013, 7:50 AM
WELL MAYBE X MEN WILL DO BETTER...
126thst
126thst - 3/4/2013, 8:44 AM
I saw it..It wasn't as bad as everyone made it out to be, but definitely not a great movie. CGI on the giants was good, and they had a lot of detail. Sentinels will have far less detail, so they should come out fine. But I don't have high expectations for DOFP. I'm hoping to be surprised.

@FreakingIntelligentRobertGriffin It made less in Asia than it did in NA..What are you talking about? A flop is a flop. And GI Joe was not moved to coincide with anything. Where are you getting your facts from?
PapaEmeritus
PapaEmeritus - 3/4/2013, 12:51 PM
NO SHIT?! LOL
Armyshot
Armyshot - 3/4/2013, 4:05 PM
So back in the 90's Bryan Singer did Apt Pupil, and the Usual Suspects... since then everything he does is a let down... he demolished XMen, destroyed Superman... and I'll wait for Jack the Giant Slayer to be on netflix... (i know, that's a longer wait than DVD) i'm just not excited for this movie whatsoever... my kid was SEMI interested in it...
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