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John Carter Comes in Second

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Disney’s hopeful blockbuster John Carter came in second this weekend earning $30.6 million in the US and $70 million overseas.  It’ll be a tough battle for the $250 million adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Barsoom novel A Princess of Mars to make back it’s budget.  The audience gave the movie a solid “B+” CinemaScore.

The audience for John Carter was mostly male, 63%, and older, 59% of the crowd over 25. 8% of the audience was there because of the film’s star Taylor Kitsch who has two more movies debuting this year including the high profile Battleship.

The blame game has already started over the movie as to it’s failure, but the movie was plagued with issues before it’s debut. Tracking was poor leading to a schizophrenic ad campaign and testing lead the title to change from John Carter of Mars to the generic John Carter.  What’s interesting is this site has seen a big increase in searches for comic book related material….

Battleship Trailer

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I’m both horrified and intrigued by this summer’s movie Battleship, based on the classic board game.  I mean the trailer says “From Hasbro, who brought you Transformers”… This movie could be over the top cheese and/or completely brainless, but also be beyond garbage.  We’ll find out May 18.

Cast:  Taylor Kitsch, Brooklyn Decker, Alexander Skarsgård, Rihanna, Asano Tadanobu and Liam Neeson
Directed by:  Peter Berg
Writers:  Jon Hoeber & Erich Hoeber, Brian Koppelman & David Levien
Produced by:  Scott Stuber, Peter Berg, Sarah Aubrey, Brian Goldner, Bennett Schneir, Duncan Henderson, Jeffrey Silver

Peter Berg (Hancock) produces and directs Battleship, an epic-scaled action-adventure that unfolds across the seas, in the skies and over land as our planet fights for survival against a superior force.  Inspired by Hasbro’s classic naval combat game, Battleship stars Taylor Kitsch as Lt. Alex Hopper, a Naval officer assigned to the USS John Paul Jones; Brooklyn Decker as Sam Shane, a physical therapist and Hopper’s fiancée; Alexander Skarsgård as Hopper’s older brother, Stone, Commanding Officer of the USS Sampson; Rihanna as Petty Officer Raikes, Hopper’s crewmate and a weapons specialist on the USS John Paul Jones; and international superstar Liam Neeson as Hopper and Stone’s superior (and Sam’s father), Admiral Shane.

Berg directs this epic action-adventure also produced by Scott Stuber (Couples Retreat), Sarah Aubrey (The Kingdom), Brian Goldner and Bennett Schneir of Hasbro (the Transformers franchise), along with Duncan Henderson (Master and Commander) and Jeffrey Silver (300).  The film is written by Jon Hoeber & Erich Hoeber (Red).

The battle for Earth begins at sea.