Beaver FAIL

[marmar]

from HuffPost:



The world, it seems, isn't ready to forgive Mel Gibson. Or maybe it just suddenly hates beaver puppets.

Gibson's first attempt at a big screen comeback, the Jodie Foster-directed indie dramedy "The Beaver," was a resounding bomb at the box office over the weekend, taking in just $104,000 on a limited release on 22 screens, according to The Hollywood Reporter. That gives it a per-screen average of $4,745, which is about $10-15,000 less than its distributor Summit was counting on.

So, why did "The Beaver" bite the dust? Probably a combination of four interconnected reasons. One, its star is currently going through a nasty custody battle involving domestic violence; that, of course, comes on top of Gibson's infamous racist and anti-semitic rants. Needless to say, despite his character in the film being a shaken and fragile individual, audiences don't quite see Gibson that way.

That brings up the second reason for the film's failure: Gibson did basically no press for the film, agreeing to only one interview as the release creeped forward. And that wasn't exactly a cushy promo piece -- Gibson faced tough questions about his past in a conversation with Deadline.com, and he largely tried to defend himself while still apologizing for what he may or may not have done. ............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/09/the-beaver-mel-gibson-box-office-flop_n_859248.html

[Drale]

1. No one wants to see Mel Gibson movies anymore

plus it was competing with Thor and Thor was an awesome movie.

[Rabblevox]

3. bingo on both counts!

[matt819]

2. I saw that the reviews were positive, but I won't pay to see it. (nt)

[mackerel]

4. The reviews I heard were that it was so forced and just not

good.

[brettdale]

5. Perhaps he can do a lethal weapon five

or something.