Thumbin’ It.
History repeats itself, as The Hitcher remake doesn’t fare as well at the box office as originally predicted by most pundits. The reason the Hitcher seemed to be a cinch to win was due to the lack of fresh competition, as it was the only movie that opened wide this weekend. The Hitcher placed fourth in the rankings. Serves it right for denying the existence of modern-day hitchikers. Bastards.
Pan’s Labryinth, which has been receiving gradually wider releases over the past few weeks, placed seventh. Now that part pisses me off. I’ve been dying to see Pan’s Labryinth since I first heard of it, but it only opened in my city this past weekend. This would be fine, except it opened in the tiniest, throwaway theatre in town. I’d probably have a better experience getting a bootleg and watching it at home. All this because the powers-that-be don’t seem to have any faith in the damn thing. Now I’m not sure if I should bother going, or hope that with it’s newfound popularity it will open in a decent-sized theatre.