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Author Topic: "Ant Bully" -it's tanking big time Dennis Benjamin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1445 From: Denton, MD Registered: Feb 2002 posted 07-29-2006 06:24 PM                        Anyone noticing this movie is stinking up the place? I haven't seen a movie doing this poorly in a while. Might it be that someone over at Warner Brothers messed up? All the ads on television, the posters, and any other advertising material all say the film opens August 4th! I think Pirates and Miami Vice will be battling for the top spot this weekend. i'd be surprised if Ant Bully is in the top 5.  |  IP: Logged Aaron Mehocic Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 804 From: New Castle, PA, USA Registered: Jun 99 posted 07-29-2006 08:15 PM                     We're still seeing good business in Cars and Monster House . Ant Bully had only two customers for the 9:00 PM Friday showing.  |  IP: Logged Mike Olpin Chop Chop! Posts: 1852 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Jan 2002 posted 07-29-2006 08:22 PM                     Were seeing OK numbers, not selling out, but it's busy.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 07-29-2006 08:50 PM                        We aren't playing it, but we ran the trailer with CARS and PIRATES and not one person yet has asked me when it is coming. That's a sign of a flop for me.  |  IP: Logged Matt Fields Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 545 From: Ohio, United States Registered: Jun 2005 posted 07-30-2006 12:17 AM                     Tanking in Southern Ohio as well. - Matt  |  IP: Logged Darryl Spicer Film God Posts: 3250 From: Lexington, KY, USA Registered: Dec 2000 posted 07-30-2006 01:44 AM                    Tanking in my area as well. Now watch it will get moved and everyone will show up next weekend. I think there are just too many kid movies out to choose from and people are choosing to see Pirates, Cars and Monster House rather than a worn out insect movie. Next week you have a bunch of Barnyard animals running around.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 07-30-2006 04:12 AM                     Makes you wonder if CGA movies are getting a bit on the boring side..and all played out .. Big problem I see is that CGA studios are desparately trying to find the successful notch as what did PIXAR did. Thus, the old saying goes "Can't follow success with hope." - and it shows when these movies are in the "hope" stage. - monte  |  IP: Logged Lyle Romer Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1400 From: Davie, FL, USA Registered: May 2002 posted 07-30-2006 10:02 AM                     Perhaps parents don't want to take their kids to see a film that preaches communist ideals. I haven't seen it but I have seen many reviews that have described it this way.  |  IP: Logged Jim Bedford Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 597 From: Telluride, CO, USA (733 mi. WNW of Rockwall, TX but it seems much, much longer) Registered: Jun 99 posted 07-30-2006 02:11 PM                        Perhaps it's just the title which really sucks. They might have attracted even fewer if they called it "The Ant Asshole."  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 07-30-2006 10:01 PM                        According to boxofficemojo.com "Ant Bully" opened in 5th place with $8M. Not good.  |  IP: Logged Eric Hooper Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 532 From: Fort Worth, TX, USA Registered: May 2003 posted 07-31-2006 05:42 PM                     Families already spent their movie $$ allowance on Pirates and Cars earlier this Summer. Barnyard will BOMB too.  |  IP: Logged Bruce Hansen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 847 From: Stone Mountain, GA, USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 07-31-2006 07:58 PM                     Nobody likes a bully. I think it was dumb to put that word in the title.  |  IP: Logged Don Anderson Master Film Handler Posts: 312 From: West Bend, WI, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 07-31-2006 08:28 PM                     Not the gem that WB thought it would be. Too many CGI films this year, with too many G,PG films on the summer lineup. Add that to the cost of Summerfest, Six Flags, Wisconsin Dells, and a bunch of State/County/Church picnics/fairs/events and I wonder how any parent can afford food/clothing for their kids this summer. Oh, and lets not forget about back to school supplies! Seems like almost all the movies running at our theatre were aimed at kids. Needless to say, I'm tired of 1000s of messy kids, who can't pick up their snacks or clean up after themselves when using the restrooms.  |  IP: Logged Ross Oba Expert Film Handler Posts: 181 From: Kailua Kona, HI Registered: Oct 2005 posted 07-31-2006 11:12 PM                     Some theaters already have the movie scheduled for just one show a day this coming Friday. One of the rare occurrences that a movie goes from a full schedule to sharing a screen in a week.  |  IP: Logged Dennis Benjamin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1445 From: Denton, MD Registered: Feb 2002 posted 08-01-2006 08:14 AM                        From IMDB.com: The Ant and the Bully The failure of The Ant Bully brings to mind a Woody Allen stand-up routine in the '60s when he told of being so poor that his parents couldn't get him a dog, so they gave him an ant instead. "And I didn't know any better, y'know, I thought it was a dog, I was a dumb kid. Called it 'Spot'. I trained it, y'know. Coming home late one night, Sheldon Finklestein tried to bully me. Spot was with me. And I said 'Kill!, ' and Sheldon stepped on my dog."  |  IP: Logged

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