UPDATE: BOX OFFICE: JOHN CARTER Fails To Hit #1 Spot; Unlikely To Reach $30M

OH DEAR..

am hoping JC overtook The Lorax at the first weekend BO.

I'm okay with disappointing films failing.

@DCF: so? lots of people claim a movie is going to suck months before its release and the trolls on here are certain to come back even years after a film has failed to meet any kind of expectations, just so they can remind you that they were right and someone was wrong (even though they did not know for sure at the time and were just hoping the film would bomb), just because someone had a little faith in the project. But since most trolls support one movie over the other they're going to want to see the other side destroyed and that means they're going to try and be mean to the extent that they're able because they enjoy the feeling of righteousness it gives them (even though they'll just be remembered as jerks)once the dust has settled. Taking pleasure in the suffering of others is considered evil but this guy here just reports the numbers without trying to insult anyone and i don't see the harm in that.

dude [frick] YOU LORAX!

Once I saw the first trailer, I had a feeling the movie would be this year's Cowboys vs Aliens. After watching it last night, I was right. I thought JC was long, drawn out and uneventful. Taylor Kitsch is the new Sam Worthington.

Most of the negative comments are from people that either didn't see the film or were predicting failure before seing it and can't stand to go back on their predictions.

If you take the comments from people that actually saw the film you see it's mostly positive

The movie is awesome indeed.

mothman: Ghost Rider was not a Marvel Studios film.

The Avengers is not a Disney Studio film.

You just typed a bunch of words for no reason.

who u.....wat ever......al i can say i love 2 watch again the john carter...ok donkey..go [frick] ur slf.

You want an honest, unbiased review, click the link:

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/john_carter_of_mars/news/?a=56086


...oh, and all these pseudo-intellectual, pretentious self-important tools who try and pass themselves off as mainstream and contemporary speaking for the 'masses-at- large', duplicitously asserting altruism for our wallets are full of pomposity and arrogance.

If you don't own stock in Disney , why do care how much money it's made thus far.
The weekend hasn't even ended yet!
Do you care how much money McDonalds made last quarter?

The movie is terrific. Go to the theater, sit down and enjoy a very well made, entertaining movie. You won't regret it.

I wouldn't worry about MARVEL & THE AVENGERS.

JOSS WHEDON knows how to please the common
movie-goer.

He's had some very successful, long-running
TV shows that appeal to almost everybody (BUFFY,
ANGEL), he's written & rewritten scripts for
movies that were very successful.

He's very good at ensemble pieces. He knows
how to direct people/actors and get the
"character" out of them and characters are
the center of any movie. That's what you learn
first when you begin learning scriptwriting.

The characters drive the movie and get the
audience (which are people) drawn into the
experience. Without good character presence a
movie has no heart. The character can be a
person or a thing or even an "occurrence/happening"
but without good character development their is
no feeling from the audience.

WHEDON knows characters. So I wouldn't worry about
AVENGERS too much!

This Article is a LIE according to Box Office Mojo John Carter was #1 on Friday.

Josh Wilding seems intend to see this movie fail.

CORRECT HAWKS@!

mothman: I'd say Whedon would take Transformers in tights in a heartbeat if it meant getting the 1 billion-plus take that it made.

It seems you're a Nolanite (sorry to hear that btw) so it's funny that you talk about geeky fanboys yet you'd lick Nolan's cum like ice cream and ask for seconds.

I saw this coming months ago.. Once Disney took Mars out of the title and started promoting the [frick] out of it I knew there were gonna be problems.. The fact of the matter is that the average movie goer has no idea about JC and the movie will feel like a rip off of Star Wars or Avatar to them.. Of course it's not a rip off but the average movie goer doesn't care if the literature of Borroughs was written first, they just kno that They SAW it done first in Stat Wars & Avatar.. Also the movie just feels dated to me.. How many people today can sympathize with a Civil War soldier transported to Mars? The Civil War is practically ancient by now and everyone over the age of 10 knows Mars is a desolate wasteland.. The writing was on the wall for this movie the entire time.. Might've been a great story in it's day but today it simply falls short..

@ DMON I loved the movie and hope it makes a bundle for the selfish reason that I'd love to see sequels and I'd love to see this classic get its due also.

But to be fair all the numbers being tossed about are estimates. I believe boxofficemojo more than deadline because the bitch nikki there has an axe to grind when it comes to some studios and she loves big failures because a loser like her has nothing better to do than hope those that dare fail