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by Nicole Pedersen Posted:August 22nd, 2009 at 10:05 am
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Few films in recent memory have generated as much pre-release speculation as Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds”. Not only did the director suffer a series of derisive early reviews for his seventh feature, but his film’s commercial prospects also became inextricably linked to the very survival of the studio that nurtured him – The Weinstein Company. So how did it all play out? Let’s put it this way: we’ll probably have Harvey Weinstein to kick around for many years to come. “Inglourious Basterds” scored the highest opening ever for a Tarantino flick – an estimated $14.3 million from 3,165 dates – and now charts as the second-highest R-rated August debut (usurping last week’s “District 9″). Check back tomorrow for more on “Basterds” and the week’s other box office happenings.
| Title | Friday | Total | |
| 1 | Inglourious Basterds | $14,300,000 | $14,300,000 |
| 2 | District 9 | $5,500,000 | $60,100,000 |
| 3 | GI Joe | $3,600,000 | $111,600,000 |
| 4 | Time Traveler’s Wife | $3,300,000 | $30,700,000 |
| 5 | Julie & Julia | $2,600,000 | $52,900,000 |
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I’d rather have Dick Cheney take a Wal-Mart combustion nail-gun and pin my testicles to a rabies-infected Rottweiler while waterboarding me with my own bile reflux than watch Tarantino’s cinematic monstrosities.
I’d rather have Dick Cheney take a Wal-Mart combustion nail-gun and pin my testicles to a rabies-infected Rottweiler while waterboarding me with my own bile reflux than watch Tarantino’s cinematic monstrosities.
Eh…I’ll take Tarantino (seeing INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS tomorrow, in fact). The bile seems a little…I dunno, guess it’d depend on the day.
I mean, at least Tarantino’s films, more and more with each film, are are quite formally developed, first-class entertainment. Every shot, every cut matters. You can see sensible, exciting decisions being made, something sorely lacking from this summer’s action films.
In fact, as entertainment goes, I’d take DEATH PROOF over anything that’s come out since. Except SPEED RACER. Don’t go taking away my SPEED RACER.
Eh…I’ll take Tarantino (seeing INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS tomorrow, in fact). The bile seems a little…I dunno, guess it’d depend on the day.
I mean, at least Tarantino’s films, more and more with each film, are are quite formally developed, first-class entertainment. Every shot, every cut matters. You can see sensible, exciting decisions being made, something sorely lacking from this summer’s action films.
In fact, as entertainment goes, I’d take DEATH PROOF over anything that’s come out since. Except SPEED RACER. Don’t go taking away my SPEED RACER.
This is good news for film lovers. Harvey Weinstein, like QT, can be pretty draining and suffers from questionable taste at times, but he has nurtured some great talent. It is good to see Tarantino maturing as a writer/director; I thought Death Proof was sad retreat back into his comfort zone. I’ve been looking forward to this movie since I first heard about it – nice to see it is doing well at the box office.
This is good news for film lovers. Harvey Weinstein, like QT, can be pretty draining and suffers from questionable taste at times, but he has nurtured some great talent. It is good to see Tarantino maturing as a writer/director; I thought Death Proof was sad retreat back into his comfort zone. I’ve been looking forward to this movie since I first heard about it – nice to see it is doing well at the box office.
I’d rather have Dick Cheney take a Wal-Mart combustion nail-gun and pin my testicles to a rabies-infected Rottweiler while water-boarding me with my own bile reflux than read another comment from FilmFan
I’d rather have Dick Cheney take a Wal-Mart combustion nail-gun and pin my testicles to a rabies-infected Rottweiler while water-boarding me with my own bile reflux than read another comment from FilmFan