Box Office Showdown (1/3-1/5) The Grudge

[Chaotic]

The Grudge
Sony/Columbia

[Bugg]

Does anyone like or remember the last attempt at this series? This just seems to have come out of nowhere.

[snipemonkey]

Originally Posted by Bugg

Does anyone like or remember the last attempt at this series? This just seems to have come out of nowhere.

Yeah, I'm not sure who exactly was asking for this. Seems like someone wasn't told that the J-Horror remake wave peaked (and died) about 10 years ago. Weird.

[stvn1974]

If I want horror this time of year I will go see Cats.

[Britbuffguy]

Originally Posted by Bugg

Does anyone like or remember the last attempt at this series? This just seems to have come out of nowhere.

I liked the last series, clearly the first one being the best, but I also adore Gellar.

First I saw this trailer was seeing Black Christmas this week. The trailer even uses the same gimmicks the remake did....'Harold' in the shower to end with a hand coming out of his hair, they did the same with Gellar in the remake.

I will say the poster in the lobby at my theater was pretty sweet. Just a basic poster, but it had actual black hair covering the picture. Unsure if the poster is made that way or my theater just bought a black wig for kicks.

[tcripe]

Originally Posted by stvn1974

If I want horror this time of year I will go see Cats.

I guarantee Cats is 100% scarier than this cash grab of a reboot

[KManX89]

Originally Posted by Bugg

Does anyone like or remember the last attempt at this series? This just seems to have come out of nowhere.

It can't be any worse than the latest Black Christmas remake. They'd have to TRY to suck as hard as that film did.

[InuYashaCrusade]

Originally Posted by Bugg

Does anyone like or remember the last attempt at this series? This just seems to have come out of nowhere.

I liked it. I'll go and see this one on the next discount day that I have off from work.

[Creed]

The Grudge:

Horror remake #TheGrudge made $1.8M from its THU night pre-show debut. Reviews are poor and WOM is shaky. Opening wknd #boxoffice might struggle to get to the $11M neighborhood, landing in the Top 5.

[Cremildo]

I'm kinda surprised it's doing that "well" considering it's a reboot of a remake with zero buzz whatsoever.

[ctujackbauer]

Not a bad Thursday at 1.8 mil. But the 1/2 star on PostTrak means it has potential for a very low Cinemascore like a D or F.

[SilentNight]

Originally Posted by KManX89

It can't be any worse than the latest Black Christmas remake. They'd have to TRY to suck as hard as that film did.

I saw it last night and it's not remotely good but you're spot on....it's certainly not worse than the truly awful Black Christmas remake. It's actually way better, and still manages to be a turd.

Black Christmas was the worst movie of 2019 for me (at least of the movies I saw in the theater)

[prkchopexpress]

i mean, did anyone want the child’s play remake? still think that was hands down the worst movie i saw last year.

[Chaotic]

[prkprkprk]

First film since mother! to get it. History is made!

[MikeScott]

Somehow not even Slender Man got an F. You have to try really hard to get this awful a CinemaScore.

[Britbuffguy]

Maybe this tanking will stop Hollywood from starting the Remake of a Remake that just came out phase they seem to wanna start.

[HorrorBlu]

Originally Posted by Britbuffguy

Maybe this tanking will stop Hollywood from starting the Remake of a Remake that just came out phase they seem to wanna start.

This isn't a remake. It follows the previous films. It just largely ignores them after the opening scene.

[Cremildo]

The Grudge - $5.35M Friday.

[Chaotic]

Just a hair under Rings ($5.6M). This gonna plummet from here on out.