Mark “The A-Team” down as the second summer blockbuster that didn’t bust many blocks.
The film, a spin-off from the popular ’80s show, took in a mere $26 million in its opening weekend.
What’s worse, the movie got sand kicked in its face by a 12-year-old “Karate Kid.”
It’s the second time in recent weeks where a can’t miss film … missed.
“Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time” seemed a mortal lock to start a new film franchise, but now it’s struggling to reach the golden $100 million mark.
So what gives?
Consider this movie expert stumped. Both films didn’t face super-stiff competition on their opening weekends, and each offered the proper ratio of mindless adventure that’s that hallmark of summer filmmaking.
But movie audiences aren’t buying it.
Maybe these projects appeared too eager to please, and audiences smelled that sense of desperation and stayed home.
(Photo: “Is this franchise jammed?” Bradley Cooper and Liam Neeson star in “The A-Team,” a new action film which didn’t deliver much gusto at the box office on its opening weekend/photo by Doug Curran)
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I haven’t seen it yet, but other than one negative review, everyone seems to say it is a pretty good movie. I will be going this coming weekend.
I enjoyed the movie quite a bit. Certainly better than any of the Transformers trash. Of course, I was never watched an episode of the original show so maybe that give it an edge with me.
My apologies for posting before morning coffee.
The problem with “The A-Team” was it hasn’t been captured in the nostalgia zeitgeist like “The Karate Kid.” The kids who liked A-Team are more likely working in the real world, the geeks who loved Karate Kid are now writing for major media sites, like Bill Simmons at ESPN, who can hardly go two columns without writing about the movie.
Due to that, it’s stayed present. Combine that with the kiddie marketing machine, it’s way too difficult to get adults to the theaters unless it’s guaranteed, can’t-miss entertainment, and “The A-Team” fell short of that by a long shot.
I don’t think I’ve seen a single preview for this movie and didn’t even know they were making a movie out of the TV show until you invited me to the premiere.
So maybe that has something to do with the poor showing.
Kids and most likely a lot of their parents have never seen The A Team tv series so they see it as just another action flick.
I was surprised to read how long this film has been in the pipeline, the process was started some time back in 2002 and they used 11 different screen writers. One version apparently was going to be a serious action flick a long the lines of the Bourne films.
Totally agree Toto. A Team was just kind of dumb. The director also did Smokin’ Aces which should have been cool, but sucked too.
I finally went and saw the movie. I have to respectfully disagree with you on this one. I thought the characters were fun and it had the spirit of the original show. My brother and I were laughing and having fun through the majority of the movie. Granted, it isn’t going to be winning any oscars soon, but that wasn’t the point of the movie.