Thread: Halo 3 hurting box office take?

OMG I think I'm going to wet myself w/ how funny this is!!!

http://us.i1.yimg.com/videogames.yah...e-take-/534234

Is video game blockbuster to blame for movies' box office shortfall?

By Mike Smith

Could the release of Halo 3 be behind October's underperforming box office numbers? That's the suggestion made by industry journal Advertising Age. In a Monday article, the publication linked Ben Stiller flick The Heartbreak Kid's disappointing first-weekend take of $14 million to the release of Halo 3 the previous week.

September 25, Halo 3's launch day, saw the game haul in a gargantuan $170 million, more than doubling the October 6-7 weekend's total box office take of $80 million -- the lowest October weekend since 1999. According to Advertising Age, execs at Paramount are investigating the possibility of a correlation.

Ben Stiller's next movie, an adaptation of Scott Smith horror bestseller The Ruins, is due to release on April 4, 2008. Cruelly, this stands a significant chance of sharing the stage with what's expected to be the biggest video game release of next year: Grand Theft Auto 4.

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LMFAO!! Seriously?!?! they're going to blame a video game release? What are they going to do, hound down those who bought it and demand payment for the movie? Maybe the movie wasn't that appealing to many people? (like me...) Or maybe they were busy? But to blame a video game, that's just hilarious.