The Social Network (Oct. 1, 2010) - Facebook's story

[peewee_toot]

wala kaayu ko na convince sa reviews. hahaiz...

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If you're looking for a facebook movie with "friends request" or "likes" and "pokes" or some inspirational "follow your dream" movie, I think you'll be sorely disappointed. The movie isn't about Facebook, it's about the scandalous sh*t that went down that made Facebook what it is. Facebook is more of a footnote, really. It could be anything, it's really just the catalyst for a bunch of drama which is actually pretty interesting. It shows Mark Zuckerberg and company as smart and brilliant but also socially inept, vengeful, greedy douchebags. I think some of the script is based on court transcripts and documents. If you google 'Mark Zuckerberg lawsuits' you'll pretty much get the gist of what the movie is about.

[waterboy0911]

No. It won't even reach the success of the more modest blockbuster hits. The movie is simply a story of Mark Zuckerberg and his friends who started Facebook.



Watching this movie would be like watching this film (story of Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Microsoft and Apple)...


And since "Pirates..." didn't break any box office records, then this movie about Mark and Friends will share a similar fate.

-RODION

agree ko ani.. and this adds to popularity of facebook.

[sick6sick]

dili ni mo hit oi

[Souperman]

idol nko ang starring ani, but not sure f nindot ba jd ang whole movie, hehe

[acousticpink]

naa diay ani na movie?

[jdbebz]

tulgon ko ani dahhhh T_T

[diatabz]

Anything with Aaron Sorkin's name on it usually turns out good. Reviews have been great so far. Consider me interested.

[sharkey360]

The Social Network made an estimated $8,000,000 on its opening day in North America.

Daily Box Office for Friday, October 1, 2010 - Box Office Mojo

[sharkey360]

The Social Network was popular, though the box office wasn't as atwitter with the Facebook drama as the hype, while two horror movies about scary children, Case 39 and Let Me In, were ignored. Overall business was down ten percent from the same weekend last year when Zombieland debuted.

Handily topping the weekend, The Social Network posted an estimated $23 million on approximately 3,800 screens at 2,771 locations, which was solid for a biographical or topical drama. That was greater than Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps's $19 million launch last weekend, though it didn't score as highly as 21 ($24.1 million) among comparable titles. Distributor Sony Pictures' exit polling indicated that 53 percent of the audience was female and 55 percent was aged 25 years and older. Social Network was the third adult-appealing drama in a row to top the box office, following The Town and the Wall Street sequel, although it had a far greater youth draw than those titles.

Case 39 claimed a scant estimated $5.4 million at 2,211 locations, which was near the bottom of the supernatural horror subgenre and in the same range as The Return and The Haunting of Molly Hartley. Originally scheduled to be released two and a half years ago, Case 39 has been on the shelf for some time and was a late addition to this weekend, yet its generic ads had the temerity to proclaim the picture the horror event of the year. Distributor Paramount Pictures reported that females accounted for 53 percent of Case 39's audience, while 55 percent was 25 years and older.

Let Me In nabbed an anemic estimated $5.3 million on around 2,200 screens at 2,021 locations, which was weak by vampire movie standards and even less than Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant from last October. Let Me In's marketing favored a creepy tone over clarity and character, but the movie's premise lacked broad appeal as well: the successful vampire movies have dealt with romance and/or action, and they feature characters who are teens and/or adults (who are also the genre's audience). It also didn't help that ads emphasized that the movie was from the director of Cloverfield. In addition to its mixed reception, that picture had nothing to do with Let Me In.

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole clung to second place with an estimated $10.9 million, lifting its tally to a modest $30 million in ten days. The computer-animated adventure descended 33 percent, which was about the same rate as How to Train Your Dragon but steeper than Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, albeit with a fraction of their grosses.

The bears took Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps on its second weekend. The Wall Street sequel fell 47 percent to an estimated $10.1 million, increasing its total gross to $35.9 million in ten days.

Holding well, The Town pulled in an estimated $10 million, down 36 percent. It lost more ground to The Departed, but has been a strong performer in its own right, grossing $64.3 million in 17 days.

Comedies Easy A and You Again had relatively small dips of about 34 percent each, though their fortunes were far apart. Easy A made an estimated $7.0 million, upping its sum to a good $42.4 million in 17 days. You Again bagged an estimated $5.6 million for a poor $16.4 million tally in ten days.

'Social Network' No Wallflower in Its Debut - Box Office Mojo