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Box Office: 'Apollo 18,' 'Shark Night 3D' fail to lure theater-goers
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The first night of the Labor Day holiday weekend was an unremarkable one for box office returns. According to The Wrap, the weekend's "big" openers -- "Apollo 18" and "Shark Night 3D" failed to attract much in the way of ticket sales on Friday (Sept. 2). Meanwhile, the Emma Stone-fronted "The Help" held firm in the top position, grossing about $3.5 million for the night.Both "Apollo 18" (fictional "found footage" from a secret NASA mission) and "Shark Night 3D" (no description necessary) racked up just $2.8 million each.
Helen Mirren's "The Debt" (an espionage thriller) also grossed $2.5 million and, according to The Wrap, the overall domestic box office was down about 9 percent from the same weekend last year.
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Why is box office DOWN? Well, lets see. More Americans without jobs, than ever before. Could that be a primary reason?
East coast weather. Watch the news there are people who don't even have electric power.
I am in no mood to watch somebody to wreck such a proud and wonderful moment that took place between July 1969 to December 1972 when America saw 12 of it's bravest set foot on the Moon.
MJR, you think they would go to the movies if they have no power. what else can they do. it gets boring
"Apollo 18" has been done before, it was called "Alien". "Shark Night 3D" will flop simply because it looks stupid.
Andrew, I'm guessing that MJR is saying that when the power goes out, it goes out in theaters too.