Grindhouse Flops at the Box Office

Posted on April 9, 2007

Quentin Tarantino's Grindhouse absolutely tanked at the box office this past weekend, coming in fourth with a paltry $11,596,613 in revenues. It was a major disappointment for Tarantino, Rodriguez and the Weinstein Brothers. The winner at the box office this past weekend was Will Ferrell's Blades of Glory, which came in first with $22,522,330, bringing its total to $67,905,237.

In second place was Meet the Robinsons, which made $16,715,437. In third place was Are We Done Yet?, which made $14,262,724. Also having a disappointing opening was Hillary Swank's The Reaping, which opened in fourth place with $10,025,203.

Harvey Weinstein is so unhappy with the Grindhouse numbers, that he said he's going to re-release the two films separately later this month, which was the plan for the European market. The fact that Grindhouse is a double feature which runs 3 hours limited the number of theaters it could play in, and Weinstein is hoping that the good reviews and plentiful violence will draw in viewers.

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