Subject:  I guess Killing Them Softly did really bad at the box office this weekend. |
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Date Posted: 03:26:24 12/03/12 Mon
Brad Pitt¡¯s 'Killing Them Softly' Dies As Twilight Saga, James Bond, And 'Lincoln' Dominate Domestic Box Office Again
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Traditionally the weekend after Thanksgiving gives new definition to the term ¡®quiet¡¯. I¡¯m told it¡¯s failed to produce a wide release hit ¡®for 20 years and counting¡±. So there were low expectations for producer Brad Pitt¡¯s R-rated ruthless star turn in Killing Them Softly (2,424 theaters) from his Plan B production company and Oracle heiress Megan Ellison¡¯s Annapurna Pictures which financed it for $15M. But Friday night¡¯s miserable 'F' CinemaScore from audiences despite decent reviews means it¡¯ll drag down the domestic box office despite its stellar cast including Ray Liotta, Richard Jenkins, and James Gandolfini. Little wonder that distributor The Weinstein Company dumped the film this off-weekend - no movie has opened north of $10 million since 2005¡äs Aeon Flux - after acquiring it after its Cannes premiere for a release commitment only in the U.S./Canada. ¡°If we do double digit millions, we will be fine. And if it happens to get into the teens, we would be very happy,¡± an exec told me before it opened. So TWC must be mad as hell because the pic will only open to single digits. Killing Them Softly was scheduled to be released September 21st, then moved to this weekend to avoid competing against TWC¡¯s The Master. The film retained its original release date in other regions where Inferno International is representing overseas sales which have produced nearly $15M in grosses so far. (Inferno filed for bankruptcy protection in Los Angeles earlier this year, citing a legal judgment related to the 2005 release of the Ryan Reynolds comedy Just Friends.) The film, shot in New Orleans for tax credits, follows three dumb guys who think they¡¯re smart and rob a Mob-protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse. Pitt plays the hit man enforcer hired to track them down and restore order. Based on George V. Higgins¡¯ 1974 crime novel Cogan¡¯s Trade, it was scripted and directed by Australian Andrew Dominik who previously teamed up with Pitt on another of Brad¡¯s passion projects ¨C 2007¡äs The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford which also laid a box office egg (just $3.9M). Harvey and Bob Weinstein, as well as Ellison, are among the executive producers. Besides Pitt, Dede Gardner, Steve Schwartz, Paula Mae Schwartz, and Anthony Katagas produced the film.
Re: KTS Friday Box Office from Deadline $2.7M
1. Twilight: Breaking Dawn 2 (Summit/Lionsgate) Week 3 [Runs 4,008] PG13
Friday $5.5M, Weekend $15.5M, Cume $252.7M
2. Skyfall (Eon/MGM/Sony) Week 4 [Runs 3,463] PG13
Friday $4.5M, Weekend $15.0M, Cume $244.0M
3. Lincoln (DreamWorks/Fox/Disney) Week 4 [Runs 2,018] PG13
Friday $4.0M, Weekend $13.0M, Cume $83.2M
4. Life Of Pi (Fox) Week 2 [Runs 2,928] PG
Friday $3.2M (-64%), Weekend $10.0M, Cume $46.4M
5. Rise Of The Guardians (DreamWorks Anim/Par) Week 2 [Runs 3,672] PG
Friday $2.8M (-70%), Weekend $13.0M, Cume $48.4M
6. Killing Them Softly (Annapurna/Weinstein) NEW [Runs 2,424] R
Friday $2.7M, Weekend $7.5M
7. Red Dawn (FilmDistrict) Week 2 [Runs 2,781] PG13
Friday $2.0M (-66%), Weekend $6.5M, Cume $31.3M
8. Wreck-It Ralph (Disney) Week 5 [Runs 3,087] PG
Friday $1.4M, Weekend $6.2M, Cume $157.4M
9. Flight (Paramount) Week 5 [Runs 2,603] R
Friday $1.2M, Weekend $4.3M, Cume $81.3M
10. Silver Linings Playbook (Weinstein) Week 3 [Runs 371] R
Friday $891K, Weekend $3.0M, Cume $10.7M
11. The Collection (LD Entertainment) NEW [Runs 1,403] R
Friday $850K, Weekend $2.2M
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