TOLDJA! 'Speed Racer' Finishes Only 3rd; Facts Show Warner Bros Inflated Figures

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WB Overestimates 'Speed Racer' and Looks Bad Doing It
Published 5/12/2008 at RopeofSilicon: Latest Headlines
... Vegas can still call itself the "#1 Comedy" so that isn't affected. Speed can even call itself the "#1 kid's film" if they wanted to take it that far. It simply makes me wonder that if they did inflate the numbers intentionally what did they really gain? They still got clobbered by Iron Man and came in way under expectation. It doesn't make a whole lot of sense. The original figure is sure to come under question, and most likely without answer, especially since, as Finke reported only minutes ago, most studios had Racer pegged around an estimated $19.7 million. ...

Official: ‘Speed Racer’ Loses to Ashton Kutcher; Emile Hirsch Fires His Agent, Obviously
Published 5/13/2008 at Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog
... for Speed Racer just to save themselves the abject embarrassment of losing to Ashton Kutcher's What Happens in Vegas… — turns out the allegations were true! WB claimed the brain-pummeling kids' movie took in $20.2 million between Friday and Sunday, but now, after all receipts have been counted, we find out that it made only $18.5 million, compared with Vegas' undisputed $20.1 million. ...

There Are Worse Things than Speed Racer
Published 5/13/2008 by Mr. Atoz at Agent Bedhead
[image] After Speed Racer ’s opening weekend pulled a disappointing $18.5 million at the box office ( not $20.2 million, as widely reported), people are asking: What’s next in the line of live-action, CGI-heavy remakes of kids’ TV shows? The answer may surprise you—okay, given the picture at the top of this post it probably won’t, but in a year or two it might make you look back on Speed Racer with a certain degree of nostalgia. The Weinstein Company has announced plans to distribute a ...