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All of the prominent weekend movies were more or less flat yesterday (i.e., didn't increase upon Friday's numbers) and yet Grindhouse dropped 19%. This means it won't even hit $13 million -- this morning's estimate is that it'll have $12,123,000 by late tonight.

Today is a dead movie-going day because almost all Middle Americans are visiting family and hiding chocolate Easter eggs and sitting around watching The Passion of the Christ on DVD as they lash each other with cat 'o' nine tails.

The rundown: Blades of Glory is #1 with $23,614,000, Meet The Robinsons is #2 with $17,175,00 Are We DoneYet? is #3 with 14,975,000. Grindhouse is fourth with $12123 and The Reaping is fifth with $10,139,000. The Hoax is projecting about $1,418,000 and $6000 a print -- fair, okay, not terrific.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on April 8, 2007 at 10:14 AM

comment #1

EOTW says ...

You know, Wells, I'm a longtime reader of yours, so it'e pretty easy to develop a thick skin when it comes to your hatred of Christians and middle America. I might be a recent new poster here, but this is getting really old real fast. I am NOT even a Christian and I get tired of your stereotypes and venom you hurl 24/7 through this site. I don't know WTF happened to you to hate anything and everyone who is a religious person or who just identifies themselves with Christianity. Is it just Christians you hate or is it anyone who is religious?

What is wrong with people wanting to stay home and touch base with their familes? There's nothing but shit at the cinema anyway!

Sure, I could easily go to another site, but that would just make it easier for you.

Posted by EOTW at April 8, 2007 11:01 AM

comment #2

EDouglas says ...

As someone who actually does lash my family with cat 'n nine tails without having to wait for a holiday to do so, I'm offended by this post.

(No, not really, but there seems to be a need for indignant outrage for everything you post here, so I'm just doing my part )

Posted by EDouglas at April 8, 2007 11:02 AM

comment #3

EOTW says ...

LOL...Wells is the Rosie O' Donnell of cineblog journos!!!!

Posted by EOTW at April 8, 2007 11:05 AM

comment #4

Howlingman says ...

Yeah Jeff, I'm outraged too and indignantly so. Our annual family Easter lashings are a source of pride, along with our "Miss Crown O' Thorns" Pageant and Crucifixion Endurance Competitions. How dare you express a smartarsed generalization when you know the Internet is supposed to be a place for indisputable facts! Really!

Posted by Howlingman at April 8, 2007 11:11 AM

comment #5

jeffmcm says ...

I think this officially crosses the line into bigotry, but who cares at this point? We all know that Jeff Wells is the internet's Archie Bunker by now except not as funny.

Posted by jeffmcm at April 8, 2007 11:15 AM

comment #6

shepherd12345 says ...

wells, that easter image is one of the funniest things you've ever written, so for god's sake don't let these idiots get you down.

Posted by shepherd12345 at April 8, 2007 11:15 AM

comment #7

EOTW says ...

So true, jeffmcm. When I think of Wells, I get that image of MM in "Clockwork Orange" lashing Jesus.

Posted by EOTW at April 8, 2007 11:17 AM

comment #8

Noah says ...

Doesn't Wells claim to be a liberal? That seems pretty weird to me since he doesn't seem to be accepting of anybody except people exactly like him.

Posted by Noah at April 8, 2007 11:23 AM

comment #9

vansmith says ...

Wells digs on the so called hypocrisy of middle america and their "family values", its red state blue state shit...

Posted by vansmith at April 8, 2007 11:29 AM

comment #10

Thrudvangar says ...

Damn good typing Jeff since you must be drunk.

And remember the good words of Oprah: "It's better to be alone and happy, than with someone and miserable."

It sucks coming down from crack. I know.

Posted by Thrudvangar at April 8, 2007 11:42 AM

comment #11

Wrecktum says ...

I laughed.

It never hurts to tweak the oppressor.

Posted by Wrecktum at April 8, 2007 11:54 AM

comment #12

OddDuck says ...

I'm pretty sure I've never said one bad thing about Wells in any of these comment threads, and have frequently jumped in to defend him from obnoxious attacks by fellow readers here, but his increasingly over-the-top snide anti-religion remarks are really starting to annoy.

Wells, stop being a douche. There are lots of problems with religion as practiced and viewed in America. Your ignorant and retarded comments show that you're one of them.

Posted by OddDuck at April 8, 2007 12:01 PM

comment #13

Mike Ock says ...

Hey Jeff,

I know it's hard for you to be objective because you're all about sucking up to A list directors like Tarantino and Michael Mann (Miami Vice anyone?), but most of Grindhouse is unwatchable.

Planet Terror was ok. It was dumb, but at least it was never boring. I'd give it maybe 2/5 stars, but Death Proof was a disaster. Some of the worst acting and dialogue I've seen in a major hollywood film in years. People walked out it in droves halfway into Death Proof when I saw it on Friday.

The only reason I didn't was because kept thinking it was gonna get better.

I loathed Death Proof, not because I'm unhip or uncool, it's because I thought DP was lazy and uninspired, and the equivalent of watching Quentin Tarantino drop his fucking trousers and start stroking his cock for 90 minutes.

Dialogue used to be his strength, but now his dialogue is becoming a chore to sit through.

And what's up with the black chick in the second half of Death Proof? It's like QT only knows how to write one black character: Jules from Pulp Fiction. It's like she was doing a shitty Samuel L. Jackson impression, complete with the bad wig.

Yes QT, we get it, you're into feet, and you like referencing old movies. But it's getting really tired already, especially when he's now referencing his own movies.

I'm not surprised it dipped 19% on Saturday.

Maybe this is a wakeup call for QT to get his shit together.

Posted by Mike Ock at April 8, 2007 12:04 PM

comment #14

travis b says ...

you people need to stop taking wells so seriously.

jesus would've laughed.

Posted by travis b at April 8, 2007 12:07 PM

comment #15

Nick A. says ...

"Today is a dead movie-going day because almost all Middle Americans are visiting family and hiding chocolate Easter eggs and sitting around watching The Passion of the Christ on DVD as they lash each other with cat 'o' nine tails."

This is awesome. Seriously, my family's Catholic and I laughed out loud at this.

Posted by Nick A. at April 8, 2007 12:29 PM

comment #16

Craig Kennedy says ...

As much as I enjoy taking shots at Wells, it's hard for me to get indignant about yet another holiday celebrated by gross displays of gluttony with hordes of obese children sliding into sugar induced comas as rivulets of chocolate drool stream from the corners of their chubby greedy mouths.

This isn't about anti-Christianity, it's about the disconnect between the message and the celebration. Jesus died for your sins so you can contentedly stuff your pie holes in blissful ignorance.

Future diabetics unite, you have nothing to lose...but maybe your feet.

Sorry, I'm a little cranky today. Please continue about your Sunday business. There's nothing to see here.

Posted by Craig Kennedy at April 8, 2007 1:04 PM

comment #17

christian says ...

i think wells would have been lashing jesus.

Posted by christian at April 8, 2007 1:15 PM

comment #18

corey3rd says ...

we had a running game in the theater to guess which scene was shot after Richard had boffed Rose in her trailer.

Posted by corey3rd at April 8, 2007 2:09 PM

comment #19

Earl Hofert says ...

The difference between Jeff and Archie Bunker is that Archie Bunker had better writers

Posted by Earl Hofert at April 8, 2007 2:37 PM

comment #20

messiahcomplexio says ...

Damn right wing bunnies!!

Posted by messiahcomplexio at April 8, 2007 3:02 PM

comment #21

rocco says ...

I laughed...sometimes mr. cranky is just being facetious, and this is one of those times. Very funny Jeff...

cj, that's some good stuff also...

...I never understood the hoopla surrounding Easter from a commercial perspective. I justify the hyper-commercialisation of Christmas with the idea that the gifts I give to people are in a genuine attempt to make them happy, as much as materialistic consumer goods made in China can, anyway...

...but at Easter, it's candy and chocolate...what confectionery genius hijacked this holiday to somehow associate the "proof" of Jesus' divinity with processed cacao and concentrated corn syrup?

Posted by rocco at April 8, 2007 5:31 PM

comment #22

scooterzz says ...

it's pretty simple....easter marks the end of lent for a whole bunch of people (who've prob given up the most obvious, 'chocolate')...if you owned a chocolate company, what holiday would you zero in on? (after you took valentine's day)

Posted by scooterzz at April 8, 2007 10:48 PM

comment #23