GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE Already Struggling At The US Box Office

GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE Already Struggling At The US Box Office

The weekend is far from over, but Friday's box office figures indicate that Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance will fail to reach the top spot in the US. It may in fact struggle to even hold on to second place! Hit the jump for details.

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By JoshWilding - Feb 18, 2012 08:02 AM EST
Filed Under: Ghost Rider
Source: Deadline



Deadline have their early analysis of last night at US box office, and it looks as if Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance will struggle to reach the top spot this weekend as it faces off against holdover The Vow. A big budget 3D superhero movie being beaten by a critically panned romantic film is something of an embarrassment for the studio. It's likely that it will only just end up missing out, although one Sony exec told them yesterday that it, "could go higher as the night goes on". The gap is a narrow one, but the first movie made $45M during its opening weekend in the US and over $115M in total, considerably more than the Neveldine/Taylor helmed sequel is expected to earn. Whether this is down to the overwhelmingly negative reviews or the bad word of mouth left over from the last installment is unlear, although one rival exec has their own theory: "Once they started advertising it with Nic Cage, it went downhill."

Here are the early results and predictions also courtesy of the site.

1. The Vow (Screen Gems/Sony) Week 2 [2,958 Theaters]
Est Friday $7.1M (-53%), Est 4-Day Holiday $29M, Est Cume $90M

2. Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance 3D (Sony) NEW [3,174 Theaters]
Est Friday $7M, Est 4-day Holiday $25M

3. Safe House (Universal) Week 3 [3,121 Theaters]
Est Friday $6.5M (-52%), Est 4-Day Holiday $26M, Est Cume $80M

4. This Means War (Fox) NEW [3,189 Theaters]
Est Friday $5.1M, Est 4-Day Holiday $18M

5. Journey 2 3D (Warner Bros) Week 2 [3,500 Theaters]
Est Friday $4.4M (-33%), Est 4-Day Holiday $26M, Est Cume $59M

6. Chronicle (Fox) Week 3 [2,556 Theaters]
Est Friday $2M, Est 4-Day Holiday $10M, Est Cume $53.5M

7. Woman In Black (CBS Films) Week 3 [2,559 Theaters]
Est Friday $2M, Est 4-Day Holiday $8M, Est Cume $46.6M

8. Star Wars 3D (Luscafilms/Fox) Week 2 [2,655 Theaters]
Est Friday $1.9M (-78%), Est 4-Day Holiday $10M, Est Cume $35.9M

9. Secret World Of Arrietty (Studio Ghibli/Disney) NEW [1,522 Theaters]
Est Friday $1.5M, Est 4-Day Holiday $8M

10. The Grey (Open Road) Week 4 [2,107 Theaters]
Est Friday $800K, Est 4-Day Holiday $3.7M, Est Cume $48.6

Box Office Mojo meanwhile have some even more up to date figures which put The Vow at $7.4M and Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance at $7M.

Read my review of the movie by clicking HERE.


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NerdyGeek
NerdyGeek - 2/18/2012, 8:49 AM
Hahaha LMAO...



:)
ManOfKrypton
ManOfKrypton - 2/18/2012, 8:52 AM
I totally agree with the Studio Exec. we needed a total reboot of this!
BarnaclePete
BarnaclePete - 2/18/2012, 8:53 AM
Why is it an embarrassment? Those Nicholas Sparks' movies always do good business.
PaulRom
PaulRom - 2/18/2012, 8:55 AM
Called it. If it reaches $200 mil worldwide in its total gross I'll be shocked.
Jobu
Jobu - 2/18/2012, 8:55 AM
It isn't getting beaten by a romantic comedy, its a straight romance movie. And a really, really bad one at that. My old lady forced me to go see the drivel that is The Vow. And it still looks better than this Nic Cage abortion.
jessepostal
jessepostal - 2/18/2012, 8:55 AM
think about it this way,girls make the world go round. correct? every girl out there wants to see the vow. correct? every guy wants to get with a girl. guys will do what girls want to get what they want.that is how the vow is killing the box office right now.
jessepostal
jessepostal - 2/18/2012, 8:57 AM
@jobu haha sorry man but that just shows my point.

"My old lady forced me to go see the drivel that is The Vow"
superbatspiderman
superbatspiderman - 2/18/2012, 8:57 AM
The Vow is a hard movie for anything to beat.
jessepostal
jessepostal - 2/18/2012, 9:01 AM
i wouldn't smile tea,some vaginas are icky:) ive come across a few haha
Jobu
Jobu - 2/18/2012, 9:01 AM
@jesse
If you want to play with the fun parts, you have to make a few sacrifices:)
jessepostal
jessepostal - 2/18/2012, 9:04 AM
@jobu and that's how the world goes round my friend,u are a better man than i sitting through that crap
Supes17
Supes17 - 2/18/2012, 9:06 AM
CALLED IT.
This is 2012's Green Lantern
Supes17
Supes17 - 2/18/2012, 9:07 AM
Reviewers who viewed an early preview screening at the December 2011 Butt-Numb-A-Thon in Austin expressed negative reaction to the film, with two attendants saying it was worse than the first Ghost Rider film, which one of them stated was made to look like The Dark Knight in comparison with the new film.[33]

Critical reception has been highly negative. The film currently holds a 15% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 59 reviews with the consensus stating: "With a weak script, uneven CG work, and a Nic Cage performance so predictably loony its no longer amusing, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance aims to be trashy fun but ends up as plain trash."[34]

^Wikipedia baby
PaulRom
PaulRom - 2/18/2012, 9:07 AM
And I thought I heard someone say that it'll gross more than Green Lantern? Good luck with that.
jessepostal
jessepostal - 2/18/2012, 9:08 AM
@tea, pull out was the best advice my dad ever gave me, always go for the head shot:)
Moakynubs
Moakynubs - 2/18/2012, 9:08 AM
I liked it.

Since when does how much money a movie makes = how much we enjoy it?
jessepostal
jessepostal - 2/18/2012, 9:09 AM
ps i thought ghostrider was tits
Frogman
Frogman - 2/18/2012, 9:11 AM
@Supes17: not really, Green Lantern was hugely hyped up and everyone expected it to be good. SoV wasn't hyped up and very few people expected it to be good. So other than the bad reviews and box office failure its not the same.
jessepostal
jessepostal - 2/18/2012, 9:13 AM
@tea, haha well at least you've got some firepower
CaptainObvious
CaptainObvious - 2/18/2012, 9:15 AM
Good. This movie was awful. Time to send the rights back to Marvel.
Supes17
Supes17 - 2/18/2012, 9:15 AM
By the Green Lantern
Comparison I'm saying that they both underperformed at the box office and were ripped apart by critics.
CaptainObvious
CaptainObvious - 2/18/2012, 9:17 AM
Now that I think about it, I don't think even Marvel could get it right.
jessepostal
jessepostal - 2/18/2012, 9:19 AM
@tea, don't they all haha
CapA
CapA - 2/18/2012, 9:23 AM
It's deserved. I like Cage, I loved N/T's previous films, but it was just an embarassement to sit through this. FF4 2/Blade 3 type of failure... :(
LordHuck
LordHuck - 2/18/2012, 9:33 AM
I have not seen this movie yet. Nick Cage in anything is a huge drag on any movie for me. Not a huge fan of ghost rider anyway.
DudeGuy
DudeGuy - 2/18/2012, 9:33 AM
HAHAHAHAHA!
I heard its so bad that someone almost got a nosebleed. Didnt take too long for a CBM to be worse than GL
CaptainObvious
CaptainObvious - 2/18/2012, 9:36 AM
To me, the best part of this movie was when someone two seats below me made a text message.
CapA
CapA - 2/18/2012, 9:39 AM
The problem is there's no story besides the plot and every action/money shots have been seen in the trailers. It's a drag to sit through the many moments of (stupid) dialogues. The CGI are ok, but wow, Cage really REALLY went over the top on some scenes, the whole theater just disconnected from the movie. VERY disappointed.
Supes17
Supes17 - 2/18/2012, 9:40 AM
You guys actually went to see it?
CaptainObvious
CaptainObvious - 2/18/2012, 9:54 AM
@Supes17- Unfortunately, yes. But luckily I had movie passes so I didn't have to pay. But still, I feel bad for seeing it.
Squaremaster316
Squaremaster316 - 2/18/2012, 9:57 AM
Worst CBM since Wolverine.
jessepostal
jessepostal - 2/18/2012, 9:58 AM
@tea,haha im gonna try that tonight,tellin the ol lady that i want some of that sweet huge front bum haha,she will actually prob like it,thanks for the sweet talkin tip

@supes, hell ya i went to see it,its a cbm and its fn ghostrider,it was def a good time!!! It's a comic book come to life,very different from all the others,very fun popcorn flick,wasn't meant to be huge,hell it only had half the budget,but had some very good effects.The rider looked great,cage was only over the top once or twice but not too bad, a lot of small jokes that might go over a lot of peoples heads that were funny(i liked the twinky part with blackout). It kind of reminded me of sam raimis early work with the evil dead/within the woods movies with the camera styles and trippy camera shots. Ill def watch it again!!! If you like action movies with cool effects and psychedelic camera shots go see it.
jessepostal
jessepostal - 2/18/2012, 9:59 AM
@tea, i know what she's digging for:) what a dumpster she is
AnimatedTdot
AnimatedTdot - 2/18/2012, 10:04 AM


this movie blows fiery balls!!
thunderforce
thunderforce - 2/18/2012, 10:06 AM
If Marvel got the rights back just the fact of Ghost Rider being in the MCU would be a huge boost .
jessepostal
jessepostal - 2/18/2012, 10:09 AM
@tea, haha, a baby batter crunch bar, you should market that, i know a lot of girls that would deep throa um purchase them if made available,high in protein and a low sodium salty snack:)

ps did u go see ghostrider?
Seejay
Seejay - 2/18/2012, 10:15 AM
Do not want to be "that guy", but this is no surprise, neither box office or bad reviews.

"32/100". Hilarius.
Seejay
Seejay - 2/18/2012, 10:15 AM
32/100 is the metascore at this time.
HavocPrime
HavocPrime - 2/18/2012, 10:16 AM
Not really surprised tbh, watched it last night and while it was a meh experiance, I also felt cheated considering the entire end sequence of the film is in fact the trailer -.-
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