Long time reader Doug writes:
Hey Stink,
Why no mention of local boy “the Rock” and his new flick, Doom? It killed at the box office opening weekend. Critics probably hate it. Feh.
I know you’re a gamer, too!
Frag on,
Doug
While there is a long and sorted history of gaming at the Stink Compound many former gamers here suffer from repetitive stress injuries, trigger finger, and monsteritis, which for lack of a better term is fear of bad video game movies.
If Doom were the President of the United States it’d have an approval rating of 19%.
Worst. President. Ever.
Then it’d probably frag everyone in sight and win on a popular vote, which is exactly what Doom did this past weekend at the box office. Don’t ask us to explain the analogy, we’re making this up as we go along.
The Rock, Dwayne Johnson, helped put Doom at number one this weekend with a $15 million dollar take. Not too shabby for a video game flick. Let’s see how it stacks up to other video game movie’s opening weekends…
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider $47.7 million Pokemon $31 mil Mortal Kombat $23.2 mil Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life $21.7 mil Resident Evil $17.7 mil Final Fantasy: Spirits Within $11.4 mil
The first Tomb Raider movie is the only video game adaptation with a total gross over $100 million. There’s no surprise there since everyone and their mom loves Angelina Jolie. We’d pay money to watch her clip her toenails, we would.
Video game adaptations are never about story, so we won’t even mention it. We’re sick of thinking about it anymore so let’s end it by saying congratulations to The Rock for the ninth best opening weekend for a movie made from a video game.
Box Office Mojo: Lifetime Gross of Video Game Adaptations (may require registration)
