>>>...for things to float. Add bad word of mouth & reviews
>and
>>>that's the kiss of death...
>>
>>
>>pretty much. i mean, damn Fast 6, Epic, The Hangover, Iron
>Man
>>3, The Great Gatsby, Star Trek 2...all those movies
>competing
>>for dollars this weekend and all it takes is bad reviews to
>>fuck up momentum.
>>
>>Fast 6 has it...the others, don't.
>>
>>AE is going to need great reviews and LOTS of great word of
>>mouth to make money.
>
>Fast 6 made damn near $100 million dollars in 3 days. Add to
>it that Star Trek 2, Iron Man 3, and Great Gatsby are all
>holding over very well and will hold over next weekend too.
>Add to the fact that Now You See Me also opens and After Earth
>is just fucked in my eyes.
>
>*edit* Also, forgot that Mud is doing extremely well too for
>an indie film like that. This is a prime example of word of
>mouth and great reviews.
>

basically. Damn, Mud has been playing for what? nearly 2 months now...sheesh.

but yea AE needs great reviews and word of mouth to do remotely well. It really does.