Audiences Hostile to 'Hostel II' At Box Office
Filed under: Horror, New Releases, Lionsgate Films, Box Office Predictions
Although it opened pretty wide, on over 2,300 screens, Hostel: Part II failed to connect with audiences on its opening weekend, pulling in only $8.7 million for a sixth place finish, behind the box-office leader Ocean's 13, the second place finisher, Knocked Up, and three other films. There's no danger of the film not making its budget back, which was pretty small, but it seems that unless the film has some serious legs, it won't be considered a worthy follow-up to its predecessor when the final numbers are tallied. (The first Hostel raked in $47 million at the domestic box office, despite a budget of only $5 million.) If that proves to be the case, this will be the second film in two months -- the first being Grindhouse -- to be smacked down by a national audience in spite of seeming like a home run.Whether or not Hostel: Part II underperforms, it probably won't affect Eli Roth's immediate plans -- he apparently has no interest in returning to the well for a third Hostel. Instead, he's going to be mounting an adaptation of Stephen King's Cell and putting out a movie made up entirely of trailers, called Trailer Trash. At a Q&A last week, he told the crowd he was even including Howard Stern in the trailer movie -- they're going to make a trailer for his never-made project, Fartman. Roth also said he didn't yet know which project he'd shoot first -- Trailer Trash or Cell. We'll be posting a full report on the talk soon.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
6-10-2007 @ 6:55PM
Don't Panic! said...
The trailer movie? That's to www. I don't think that would make much money in general release. Too many peoples have been on the webs.
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6-10-2007 @ 7:55PM
ihatemoviesdotnet said...
"...he apparently has no interest in returning to the well for a third Hostel."
Thank god.
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6-10-2007 @ 8:16PM
Kevin said...
"Seeming like a home run"? Man, the people that write for this blog are out of touch with mainstream audiences. Thank god that the general public doesn't agree with these people, otherwise we'd have a deluge of awful movies with tons of gore and "cool" looks to them. If I want to see crap at the movies I would rather have it be in the form of some lame romcom then in the form of bodies being hacked to bits. I prefer to keep my lunch in my stomach, thanks.
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6-10-2007 @ 10:54PM
liya said...
Maybe you should just give them some time. Not everyone rushes to see a movie right away. I actually just saw Grindhouse this weekend because I wanted to wait until it came to the run-down theater where I live as opposed to the multiplex. Hostel II could hang on and still make a good amount of money and viewers.
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6-11-2007 @ 12:00AM
Lawrence V Gaiderowicz said...
Whats with all the press on Death Proof. Planet Terror was an awesome movie in its self. Everyone disregards Planet like it was a bad movie.It was great.Death proof was OK to much talking not enough action.
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6-11-2007 @ 9:11AM
Ian said...
The list of R-rated horror pics released in 2007 that have grossed less than $30 million is long: THE HITCHER, HANNIBAL RISING, THE HILLS HAVE EYES 2, THE REAPING, DEAD SILENCE, VACANCY. These all had openings comparable to that of HOSTEL PART II, so I think it's safe to predict that it'll also have trouble cracking $30 million.
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6-11-2007 @ 11:19AM
Kitty said...
Cinematical certainly seems to be turning into "All Eli Roth, All the Time." He's just not that interesting, nor is his... er... oeuvre.
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6-12-2007 @ 7:38PM
joey mack said...
I think a main reason th movie didn't do well in the box office was timing. Typically, horror movies are released in the fall and winter. Not to mention, it went up against Oceans 13. Also, I've heard from multiple sources that Eli has been publicly saying that it's the best ending for a movie you’ll see all year, and that everyone will be blown away by it. Of course with a bold claim like that, I made sure to watch the movie opening day. I wrote a "non-spoiler" post about the movie in my blog. Check it out if you get a chance.
http://www.tonightwemakesoap.com/2007/06/best-movie-ending-ever.html
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6-20-2007 @ 10:09PM
candycane said...
I had difficulty with the violence in this movie. An article that talks about this and why the film is problematic is here for discussion.
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