'Furiosa' Edges 'Garfield' in Worst Memorial Day Weekend Since 1995 ( timesofsandiego.com )

The North American box office over Memorial Day Weekend might be described as a wasteland, with “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” and “The Garfield Movie” pulling in disappointing holiday opening numbers, according to industry estimates.

“Furiosa” brought in an estimated $32 million Friday through Monday, with $25.5 million of that generated Friday through Sunday, representing the lowest total for a top-grossing film on Memorial Day weekend since 1995.

inclementimmigrant ,

Well that headline sure put some weird images in my head.

SomeGuy69 ,

I though Furiosa was good, not as amazing as the first one but not bad either. It felt a bit unnecessarily stretched though. Sad to see it bomb, it definitely wasn't a bad movie.

Aggravationstation ,

Oh no. A shitty prequel didn't convince people to spend money during a cost of living crisis. Boo-hoo for the poor actors and crew.

DaBabyAteMaDingo ,

You good?

Aggravationstation ,

Been better, been worse friend.

Did you ever find that dingo?

DaBabyAteMaDingo ,

No and that rapper is still at large

Davel23 ,

Really? There wasn't a Memorial Day during COVID that was worse?

don ,

They just let that one right in the front door, didn’t they

FiniteBanjo ,

I didn't know about either of them, so there you go.

criitz ,

Phrasing

MajorHavoc , (edited )

Damn. I saw Garfield. It wasn't good. Doing worse at the box office is quite a feat to achieve with cool car special effects, in play.

Admittedly, I didn't previously believe that Bill Murray could talk for two hours without saying a single funny thing.

(Edit: What. The fuck. They made another Garfield movie. This year. Society is truly doomed to repeat it's worst mistakes. I haven't seen that one. I will take no part in this depravity.)

I guess there's still new horizons out there...

aeronmelon ,

Because the article doesn't say, the American box office numbers for the week of Memorial Day 1995 (unadjusted):

  1. Casper - $25,511,615 (opening week)
  2. Die Hard with a Vengeance - $22,492,166 (-24.7% week over week)
  3. Braveheart - $15,571,948 (+489.3% week over week)
  4. Crimson Tide - $15,116,928 (-3.1% week over week)
  5. Forget Paris - $8,974,170 - (+13.9 week over week)

(Sixth place was the premier of Johnny Mnemonic at only 8.9 million.)

Keanu Reeve, Bruce Willis, Denzel Washington, and Mel Gibson all got beat by Bill Pullman!

I remember seeing Casper in the theaters with my family, and it's entirely possible it was over Memorial Day weekend. Which means I might be partially responsible for this. 🙃

metaStatic ,

I watched Casper in theatres more times than is reasonable

downpunxx ,
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bow chicka bow bow

TropicalDingdong , (edited )

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bus_factor ,

This is sad to see. It's a great movie except for the inherent spoilers due to it being a prequel (instead of going "oh shit" you go "ah, this is where she loses her arm"), and it deserves better than bombing. I hope it recovers in the next couple of weeks, but at this rate they'll probably cancel The Wasteland.

Kolanaki ,
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She's just mashing it.

Windex007 ,

There is no fucking way that's an actual headline, right?

niktemadur ,

Quite a choice of words, ain't it?
Hashtag They Definitely Knew (dot com)

Emperor OP Mod ,
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!theyknew

Emperor OP Mod ,
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It fucking is!

lastunusedusername2 ,

The crossover event of the decade!

Leate_Wonceslace ,

I completely misread it at first lmao!

MBM ,

I also saw one that talks about Garfield topping Furiosa

IWantToFuckSpez ,

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