The Spirit Opens in 9th Place

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The Spirit Opens in 9th Place

December 28, 2008

ComingSoon.net has posted the holiday weekend box office estimates, which show that The Spirit had to settle for 9th place:

Frank Miller's adaptation of Will Eisner's comic book The Spirit earned $6.5 million over the weekend and $10.4 million for the four days. The Lionsgate adaptation stars Gabriel Macht, Samuel L. Jackson, Sarah Paulson, Eva Mendes, Dan Lauria, Paz Vega, Jaime King and Scarlett Johansson.

You can read more on the box office estimates here.

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Posted by: Rich on December 28, 2008 at 15:34:02

ouch.

Posted by: carlos on December 28, 2008 at 15:34:34

FLOP!

Posted by: adam on December 28, 2008 at 15:40:53

damn

Posted by: Batfan on December 28, 2008 at 15:41:17

I'm pretty sure that's the effects of a poor marketing campaign. The Spirit is not a particularly popular character these days. I don't think that the trailers did enough to let non-readers know what the plot actually was.

Posted by: Allah_master_of_Bubbles on December 28, 2008 at 15:44:26

And in the Comik book, the monkey don't know whom is truly his master, until the end when Dorothé is back for him

Posted by: wooba on December 28, 2008 at 15:46:02

IT WAS SO BAD

Posted by: TPJR on December 28, 2008 at 15:46:23

That's a shame, because it was pretty friggin' sweet... It's definitely not for everyone, and it's very weird, but that was right up my alley. It had a lot more humor than I thought too.

Posted by: Captain Hulk on December 28, 2008 at 15:47:06

Punisher War Zone should have done better than this crap.

Posted by: Paddon on December 28, 2008 at 15:47:29

heard it was **** anyways

Posted by: endymion on December 28, 2008 at 15:47:43

Good. Now hopefully Miller will realise he isn't a director and stick to comics.

Posted by: NOT A TUMOR on December 28, 2008 at 15:49:34

Come on! It opened on Christmas! You really expect it to make any money over the holidays when every body is rushing to get there Boxing Day big screens from Best Buy? I haven't seen it yet either but I'm going this week, and I heard it was awesome.

Posted by: mike1010 on December 28, 2008 at 15:54:20

I agree with NOT A TUMOR. Money is tight and it's Christmas time. This should have been released in the Fall or the Spring, not Christmas Day.

Posted by: Punisher75 on December 28, 2008 at 15:59:47

You can't blame the fact it came out on Xmas day for the box office. Christmas is a very busy time for theaters...I had to wait in a line that went out the door on Christmas night. Several other movies were sold out that night such as Yes Man, Valkyrie, and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Spirit had a decent crowd but everyone hated it!It got booed at the end I am not kidding! The movie was one of the worst films I have ever seen!
It dropped off 60% from Xmas day to Friday so word of mouth helped kill this garbage film. Frank Miller needs to stick to comics and leave movies to real directors.

Posted by: Jesse on December 28, 2008 at 16:06:42

seriously. i dont understand why movies come out during the holidays. especially ON xmas day. who ****ing goes to movies on xmas day? stupid idiots.

im a huge comic geek and i have yet to see punisher or spirit simply due to how busy i am in december. If someone like me, who lives for this ****, cant make it out to the theatres what makes these studios think that the average citizen who isnt huge into comics is going to go out of their way to go see movies?

sheesh.

Posted by: Oogzie on December 28, 2008 at 16:18:13

Well... Ow. What's worse? That Marley & Me, a FOX release, won the box office.

Posted by: Jessey custer on December 28, 2008 at 16:25:50

lionsgate has been really been Fu@kin up with there relases latley.

Posted by: Keith on December 28, 2008 at 16:26:17

Posted by: Jesse on December 28, 2008 at 16:06:42

seriously. i dont understand why movies come out during the holidays. especially ON xmas day. who ****ing goes to movies on xmas day? stupid idiots.
_________________

Because not everyone does exactly the same as you on Christmas for their whole lives.

Non christians, people working away, people who don't have family, people for whom Christmas is just another day...

I've done it when working in a foreign country (Holland), living in a city where I didn't know anyone - it was something to do...

You'll understand a bit better when you've grown up a bit and experienced a bit more of life and the world, I'm sure.

Posted by: NEB on December 28, 2008 at 16:40:00

HAHA!!

i recall someone on here saying it was going to blow every other movie in the box office. HA!!

Posted by: Neufaeth on December 28, 2008 at 16:45:53

The problem here is that nobody knows or cares who or what the Spirit is ! Stupid choice for a movie adaptation ! And It was way to much like Sin City visually ! Frank Miller is a great writer but this was a dumb movie for him to cut his teeth on ! This would have done better if it was done as a minuet along side the Phantom And the Shadow ! Like 3 short stories rolled in to one movie !

Posted by: miller schmiller on December 28, 2008 at 16:46:36

Personally,I hope this keeps Miller away form movies AND comics!

Posted by: jim on December 28, 2008 at 17:04:13

i haven't seen the movie yey but i plan on seeing it tomorrow.i can't say i'm surprised the movie is not doing well.for the average movie goer it looks like a rip off from sin city.but sin city was directed by robert rodriguez and he was the one who set the tone and the look for that movie and not frank miller imo.that's the second flop for lionsgate(first punisher war zone) and it's sad because being a punisher fan i really enjoyed that movie and deserved to make enough money for a sequel.

Posted by: AJC on December 28, 2008 at 17:10:44

If you like The Spirit, it was an alright movie. Definitely not for everyone. I got to my local theater, and there was a line around the building. I was pretty sure I was the only one there for the Spirit. I was wrong; I had twelve other lonely companions. Damn Marley.

Posted by: wilyking on December 28, 2008 at 17:13:03

Am glad the film was shizer

Posted by: Etna on December 28, 2008 at 17:13:30

speed racer did better lol

Posted by: AJC on December 28, 2008 at 17:13:37

Well, needless to say, it was like **** Tracy on crack. So, at age seven, **** Tracy was cool. Now that I'm old, and looking for that childish side of myself, but without the embarassment... The Spirit is the way to go.

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