Now that we have some respectable genre films back in theaters, I’m resuming the Box Office report. I almost posted something for the week Jackass 2 was tops at the box office, but I preferred to spend the time openly weeping for the demise of intellect and good taste.
Not making the Top Ten, but a new genre release is the 3D rerelease of “Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas.” Considering I could only find it on 2 screens in my entire state (Colorado), I imagine few people even knew of its existence.
- The Prestige *
- The Departed
- Flags of Our Fathers *
- Open Season
- Flicka *
- The Grudge 2
- Man of the Year
- Marie Antoinette *
- Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
- The Marine
More facts and figures from Box Office Mojo
Coming This Week:
- Catch a Fire
- Saw III
- Babel (Limited)
- Conversations with God (Limited)
- Death of a President (Limited)
All releases (unless otherwise noted) are for Friday. Limited releases are usually constrained to New York, LA and other major cities.
The Prestige
We *need* a Prestige thread as it definitely has scifi elements. Fantastic movie too btw. :)
the nightmare before christmas
i loved this movie when i was younger, and thought that it had disappeared from the face of the planet. i almost had a heart attack when i saw the commercial for the re-release of the 3D version. except i cant find out where in ohio its playing someone help me!!
the grudge 2
okay one more comment before i get back to work, was the grudge 2 as stupid as everyone said it would be? should i go see it?
Re: the grudge 2
I saw a preview screening. It’s terrible. Without giving too much away I’ll just say the movie had no point and I don’t think the writers or director knew where they were going.
Genre?
I often wonder what people mean when they say "genre film". I mean, everything out there is part of a genre. Its just that most of it is part of the genre "suck". Especially Jackass, etc.
Re: Genre?
We at the Bureau (at least in our emails to each other) have taken to calling anything Sci-Fi/Fantasy as "Genre." True, everything is part of a genre, but not necessarily our genre. Maybe we need a better term? "Speculative Fiction" is the technical term for Sci-Fi/Fantasy, but it doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue.