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Vantage Point did about $7,963,000 last night with a projected weekend tally of $24.6 million, and it's a total piece of shit. (Doesn't matter, nobody reads reviews, America the Beautiful.) But three other openers have completely tanked. Be Kind Rewind will do about $4 million, Witless Protection will grab a pathetic $1.9 million, and poor Charlie Bartlett will only do about $1.6 million.

The Spiderwick Chronicles will come second in Sunday night with $12.7 million. Jumper will be third with $12 million even. Step Up will do about $9.2 million. Fool's Gold is expected to take in $6.1 million. Definitely Maybe is $5 million even. Juno should do about $3.9 million.

Fantasy Moguls' Steve Mason is reporting similar but slightly different figures.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on February 23, 2008 at 8:16 AM

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Josh Massey says ...

If you're going to make a snide comment about the American public for seeing Vantage Point, at least give them credit for staying away from Witless Protection.

And I love that this post is sandwiched by Vantage Point ads.

Posted by Josh Massey at February 23, 2008 8:35 AM

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buckzollo says ...

I saw Charlie Bartlett months ago and liked it just fine. Some good performances and I really like Anton Yelchin. My friend who was with me absolutely hated it and wanted his 2 hours back. Vantage Point is all about the marketing. Finally, my in-laws and six year old will make a Spiderwick contribution today. I suspect it will be the one that exceeds expectations.
Yo Wells thanks for the spell-checker; overdue!

Posted by buckzollo at February 23, 2008 8:35 AM

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George Prager says ...

VANTAGE POINT was something to look at during digestion and before unconsciousness.

Posted by George Prager at February 23, 2008 8:38 AM

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OddDuck says ...

"And I love that this post is sandwiched by Vantage Point ads."

I hope P.Vice sees this and remember it next time he thinks of making his almost monthly accusation of Wells bending his reviews for ad dollars.

Posted by OddDuck at February 23, 2008 8:48 AM

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actionman says ...

Wells--did you actually see Vantage Point? I mean pay to see it?

Definitley, Maybe should be doing much better. Great romantic comedy.

Posted by actionman at February 23, 2008 8:59 AM

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rgmax99 says ...

U2-3D opened in more theatres this weekend. It'll grab my weekend moviegoing $$$.

Posted by rgmax99 at February 23, 2008 9:05 AM

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romeoisbleeding says ...

I saw Charlie Bartlett last night and loved it. It is a shame it is rated R.. this is a movie that parents and kids can watch together. It has some very good themes and good acting. I hope it catches on when it comes out on DVD.

Posted by romeoisbleeding at February 23, 2008 9:08 AM

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thatmovieguy says ...

One of my co-workers is a big Larry the Cable Guy fan (even has Larry wallpaper on his desktop -- eeek), but even he wasn't going to WITLESS PROTECTION. A quote: "He's so great doing stand-up, but his movies are terrible. He can sell out stadiums, but nobody goes to see his movies." So if even the faithful won't line up...

Posted by thatmovieguy at February 23, 2008 1:28 PM

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JckNapier2 says ...

Re - random thoughts on Vantage Point (mega-spoilers):
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First off, I'm stunned that this film received a PG-13. Aside from the subject matter, the violence is copious, brutal, and just bloody enough to be realistic.
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My friend and I correctly guessed the mystery villain from the trailer (hint - which known actor doesn't have an apparent reason for being in the movie). And there is a dead give away right in the first ten minutes. Gee... Quaid says that control won't answer. Then Fox says that he's already talked to control. Then Quaid calls control again and they still don't answer. Wait a minute... how come Quaid can't reach them but Fox can? Besides, any story that has a bunch of evil foreigners killing civilians and police has to invariably reveal a white American as one of the lead bad guys, to even things out (24 did this every season after the first one).
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The only reason that the bad guys' plan doesn't work perfectly is that the driver of the getaway van, having already caused or ordered the deaths of hundreds of innocent people, chooses to swerve in panic so as to not run over a young child in the street. My wife and I just had a baby, so she's sometimes over-sensitive to kids in peril, and even she commented on how dumb that was.
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As Forrest Whittaker is racing through the streets, to either chase the secret service men or to save the child in peril, was anyone else tempted to shout out 'run, Forrest, run!'?
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In true chronological order, Matthew Fox spends months/years as a double agent, arranges the entire scheme, then is INSTANTLY caught on film by Dennis Quaid right as the plan goes into motion.
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The entire climactic car chase was pointless as the President was not in the car being chased and the occupants of said car perished without giving our heroes any information of substance.
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When we finally find out what happened to the alleged Mayor's bodyguard, ask yourself what happened to Richard T Jones and the other secret service agent that were right behind him in the previous 'viewpoint'.
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Casting Bruce McGill as a red-shirt secret service agent wrongly led me to believe that he wasn't quite dead. Still, he helped make that viewpoint my favorite segment of the film (of course he was also a red shirt cop in Cliffhanger, but he wasn't the crusty dependable character actor that he is now).