It’s fitting that one of Eddie Murphy’s next projects is a remake of “The Incredible Shrinking Man.”
His box office clout is following a similar trajectory.
Murphy’s “Meet Dave” looks to make an abysmal showing this weekend. The in-the-know Nikki Finke has the film bringing in roughly $5.3 million over its initial Friday-Sunday run.
That’s a disastrous number, although Murphy can’t be fully to blame. The movie’s concept wasn’t easily understood by adults, and yet children were a far more appropriate market for the film’s silly gags. But it’s still hard to fathom that a movie coming out against weak competition and rated PG could bring in so little.
Could a desperation move like “Norbit 2: Bigger, Fatter and Even Less Funny” be far behind?
Update: Anne Thompson of Variety has an interesting take on where Murphy stands today. She may be right, but it wasn’t that long ago that audiences cheered whenever Murphy broke into that impossibly wide grin.
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