People’s attentions are already turned towards this coming Friday’s debut of Thor, but another comic book movie came out this past weekend: Dylan Dog: Dead of Night, starring comic book movie veteran Brandon Routh (Superman Returns, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World). It’s based on the long-running Italian comic book Dylan Dog, about a paranormal investigator. According to Box Office Mojo, it only made it to 875 theaters (by contrast, the weekend’s No. 1, Fast Five, debuted at 3,644) and netted $885,500 over the weekend, for No. 17 and a per-screen average of $1,011 — a lower average than No. 18, The Lincoln Lawyer, in its seventh week of release.
Critics haven’t been too kind to Dylan Dog: Dead of Night, either, with the film sitting at a 30 — “generally unfavorable” — average on Metacritic. Rotten Tomatoes has it at a 7% fresh rating, with one favorable review (from Horror.com, who urged, “don’t take it too serious”) against 13 unfavorable takes.
May 2nd, 2011 at 2:17 pm
I guess I’m one of the few people who saw this movie this weekend, and I enjoyed it. It’s not deep or anything, and the twists are pretty predictable, but the performances are good (especially Sam Huntington). It’s a perfectly good movie for a lazy Spring Saturday. Of course, being I was one of 7 people in the theatre, I’m not exaclty surprised by these results.
May 2nd, 2011 at 10:51 pm
You can sell comics with the suite.
Here is the link to load your items for sale:
http://www.commercesocial.com/?cpid=BUZZ
Here is the article presenting the media suites showcasing your items:
http://www.buzznews.net/buzzblog/item/3123-powerful-social-commerce-company-commercesocial
May 6th, 2011 at 11:47 am
I was hoping to catch DD at home, but I was surprised that it was virtually not playing in my area. I should’ve caught the matinee while I was on my way to Cape Canaveral. I ended up in a mall theater playing it and I passed it up. Time will tell if it would’ve been worth it.