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Author:  David [ Sat Aug 02, 2014 1:29 pm ]
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This belated adaptation of the highly popular 1993 children's novel is directed by Phillip Noyce (Patriot Games, Salt). It stars, among others, Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Katie Holmes, and relative newcomer Brenton Thwaites, recently seen in Maleficent and The Signal. It comes out August 15th via the Weinstein Company, opening against Let's Be Cops and The Expendables 3.

So, how is this going to fare?

To me, it seems rather fated to flop as The Host and Beautiful Creatures did. Harvey Weinstein and his team are just not handling it right. I do not sense it is generating very much excitement among the core teenage audience. It does have a couple of the YA-hit ingredients, including a soundtrack featuring such relatively "hot" names as Aloe Blacc, Jake Bugg, and Capital Cities, but still.

A generous prediction from me might be 12/39.

Author:  thompsoncory [ Sat Aug 02, 2014 1:30 pm ]
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This looks cheap despite the cast and the ad campaign is bad. It's definitely going to flop.

Author:  Algren [ Sat Aug 02, 2014 9:44 pm ]
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It looks better than all of the YA shit of today. I hope it does well. I expect it to make around $65m domestically.

Author:  zwackerm [ Sun Aug 03, 2014 8:05 am ]
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the book was fantastic, but this looks terrible. I was excited for this until I saw it was being amde by the Weinstein Company, and then the trailer.
12/23

Author:  Magic Mike [ Sun Aug 03, 2014 11:25 pm ]
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I believe it can do 50. Probably 50-65.

Author:  Jack Sparrow [ Sun Aug 03, 2014 11:57 pm ]
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I actually like the serious tone of the trailers but they are not very well made. This won't fit the mid-tier YA novels-to-movie bill and fall short of $80m-$90m. I like Magic Mike's number for this but hope it makes $70m

Author:  publicenemy#1 [ Mon Aug 04, 2014 3:39 am ]
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Flop. I really liked the book in junior high but this looks nothing like it.

Author:  Chippy [ Tue Aug 05, 2014 12:25 pm ]
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why does this look like divergent but worse

Author:  Algren [ Tue Aug 05, 2014 6:26 pm ]
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All the YA films look and sound the same. You only just noticed?

Author:  zwackerm [ Sat Aug 09, 2014 4:18 pm ]
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12/32

Author:  thompsoncory [ Wed Aug 13, 2014 11:23 pm ]
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This movie is fucking atrocious.

Author:  DP07 [ Thu Aug 14, 2014 11:28 pm ]
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14.4m/38m

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