The Australia Movie Flops On Opening Day in the US
This confirms my earlier suspicions, the Australia movie flopped at the US box office:
The much-hyped Baz Luhrmann movie Australia has flopped at the US box office on its opening day, according to reports.
Figures quoted from US entertainment newspaper Variety said the movie made a paltry $3.4 million on its Thursday opening in the key market.
That worked out at a per screen average of $1318, compared to the $35,055 per screen earned by teen movie and box office leader, Twilight. [Sydney Morning Herald]
It will be interesting to see what its total take on its opening weekend is on Monday because I don’t expect its number to improve much once word of mouth about how disappointing the movie is spreads.
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It was always going to bomb. While Hugh Jackman doesn't really offend too many people out there, Nicole Kidman probably has more haters out there than fans and to be honest I think a lot of people think Baz Lurhman is completely buried up his own arse. Kidman plays an English woman – why oh why didn't they get an English actress to play the role??? The story is soooooooo cliched it's utterly embarrassing. The young boy (Brandon?) is quite good, but it's an horrific film that no doubt within 2 years people will make constant jokes about it and… Read more »