No one saw ‘Poseidon’, Lohan

Although struggling to meet box office expectations, ‘Mission Impossible 3’ was number 1 for the second straight week, mostly because its competition was even more disappointing. ‘MI3’ dropped 49 percent from last week but held on to the top spot with 24.5 million in ticket sales. The $160 million disaster film ‘Poseidon’ opened at number 2 after making just 20.3 million. Lindsay Lohans ‘Just My Luck’ opened at number 4 with 5.5 million, her worst opening yet. ‘Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen’ was her previous lowest opening and it made almost twice as much with 9.4 million. But the real stunner was ‘Poseidon’. It will almost certainly end up being profitable, but not nearly to the degree Hollywood was expecting. A studio spokesman said:

“It’s too early to assess the financial viability of the movie at this moment. I think cruising is an international activity, and [director] Wolfgang Petersen has had great success overseas. His last movie, Troy, did $133 million domestic and $364 million international. We’re going to wait it out.”

It really is a stunner that ‘Poseidon’ didn’t make a ton of money. Their ads even made sure to show a long clip of a little kid and his mom drowning. What more do people want? Look, if there was a way to drown happiness and sunbeams, I’m sure the studio would have shown it, but those are really just concepts.


Source = Box Office Mojo