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Film School Rejects: The Reject Report Imagines Taking the Pelham 123

  • Reebee7 · 5 months ago
    Imagine That might do better than we think. I agree with you, I haven't heard much about it, and am wary of any Eddie Murphy comedy, but I've learned to never underestimate the family film's ability to rack in cash, no matter how bad the film actually is... I'm not sure it's been marketed all that well though, but I think more than 12 million might be possible.
  • Reebee7 · 5 months ago
    Imagine That might do better than we think. I agree with you, I haven't heard much about it, and am wary of any Eddie Murphy comedy, but I've learned to never underestimate the family film's ability to rack in cash, no matter how bad the film actually is... I'm not sure it's been marketed all that well though, but I think more than 12 million might be possible. I actually saw somewhere it was estimated as 60 million+. To which I reply, hell no, but I think decent cash is possible.
  • Cole_Abaius · 5 months ago
    Eddie Murphy comedies are pretty unpredictable though. It could be like Meet Dave and grab $5 million opening weekend or like Norbit and take $34 million opening weekend.

    Although, Imagine That looks like the first attempt at solidly hitting that generic family market - single dad learning how to be a father, that his daughter is the most important thing in his life - sounds pretty standard. Might bring in a large amount of families this weekend who don't want R-rated comedy, have heard that Land of the Lost is sort of crude, and don't want their kids to hear the F-bomb 49 times in Pelham.