>The studio poorly marketed the film because they ignorantly
>thought all the marketing was built in with the internet
>fervor.

man, shut the fuck up...that movie was written about in newpapers and magazine FAR MORE than any other film this summer.

snakes on a plane was a fuckin catchphrase BEFORE it was a movie.

>I've met dozens of people who didn't even hear about
>the film until it dropped.

riiiiiiight...all those muhfuckan people who went to see ricky bobby that weekend didn't notice snakes on a plane was out too.

All the internet shit just got the
>geeks and college students into the theater, but when a
>quarter of the country doesn't even own a computer (let alone
>go digging for fansites),

even if this were true...15 opening on 3555 screens is INEXCUSABLE EVEN IF A QUARTER OF THE COUNTRY WAS IGNORANT OF THE FILM.

>how the hell are they supposed to
>hear about it without copious commercials, interviews and
>posters?

fuck outta here, nigga. there WERE commercials...and stop acting like sam dawg wasn't on leno and dave...even that wack chick from the TV version of clueless did talk shows AND was in parade magazine, which is WIDELY circulated, as it is in nearly every fuckin sunday newspaper. MORON!

>One interview with Jackson on the Daily Show ain't
>gonna cut it.

he was on dave and leno, bitch!

The studio got cheap on the back end of the
>film and they fucked themselves over.

nope. you fuckin hipster faggots turned regular folks off. just cop too it. y'all made it seem like an inside joke and people ain't wanna be bothered.

You're right in that
>the hype had a hand in the poor ticket sales, but only because
>the studio didn't utilize the hype.

man, shut up. you faggots say you got what you wanted? well, guess what? i got what i wanted and predicted: a tank job.