Animated Delgo Has Worst Wide Release Ever

[P@t_Mtl]

Anyone think this might become one of those cult following sleepers once it's on DVD?

[DetroitSportsFan]

It had no promotion, of course it did poorly. I never heard of it until I saw this story yesterday.

[QwikSand]

Here is Box Office Mojo's list of the ten biggest wide release bombs:

Rank / Title / Opening Theaters / Per Screen Average /Release Date
1 Delgo $511,9202,160 $237 12/12/08
2 P2 $2,083,3982,131 $977 11/9/07
3 Major League: Back to the Minors $2,087,0112,322 $899 4/17/98
4 The Real Cancun $2,108,7962,261 $932 4/25/03
5 College $2,153,1092,123 $1,014 8/29/08
6 The Adventures of Pluto Nash $2,182,9002,320 $940 8/16/02
7 All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 $2,256,1182,037 $1,107 3/29/96
8 Deception $2,312,1462,001 $1,155 4/25/08
9 I Dreamed of Africa $2,411,4452,112 $1,141 5/5/00
10 Teacher's Pet $2,461,2522,027$1,214 1/16/04
See the full chart >>

[HAMP]

Originally Posted by DetroitSportsFan

It had no promotion, of course it did poorly. I never heard of it until I saw this story yesterday.

+1


I actually want to see it myself.

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

Anyone think this might become one of those cult following sleepers once it's on DVD?

Here's the trailer--
I believe the operative question is "...What do YOU think? "

[Red Hood]

I don't know what to think after that trailer, I guess a direct to dvd would have been the best way. Still amazed that many people did voice work for it

[EricJ]

It's the Doogal/Happily N'Ever After rule:
If you see an animated you've never heard of, with a seeming parade ofA/B-list cast voice credits, then it's either
A) a foreign acquisition or
B) an indie,
that was able to hire the usual voicework suspects for literally a day or two of in-studio mike work.

(Double that if you see "Val Kilmer", "Freddie Prinze Jr." or "Eric Idle" on the cast list...)

[Jonty]

Meh - I can't remember where I saw the trailer, but the first thing that I thought was "That's one to avoid..." It's unfortunate, but what can you do?

[Blu-Buddha]

We're showing this at my theatre now - we've been running trailers for a month or so. It's doing lousy and we're dropping it Thursday. I've only poked my head in a few times - it really should have been straight to video. The sound is lacking - I watched a long scene of two guys talking and there were long pauses and it was then I noticed there was no background music or sound fx, nothing. I'd say at least half of those coming to see it walk out. A good chunk of them came because they thought it was Despereaux (which doesn't open until this Friday).

[Gamma_Winstead]

Originally Posted by Blu-Buddha

We're showing this at my theatre now - we've been running trailers for a month or so. It's doing lousy and we're dropping it Thursday. I've only poked my head in a few times - it really should have been straight to video. The sound is lacking - I watched a long scene of two guys talking and there were long pauses and it was then I noticed there was no background music or sound fx, nothing. I'd say at least half of those coming to see it walk out. A good chunk of them came because they thought it was Despereaux (which doesn't open until this Friday).

It's playing at a theater near me too. I thought the sign said Diego... as Dora's cousin or what ever, so i was gonna take my nephew. Guess not now.