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Lifestyle => Sports & Entertainment => Topic started by: Elano on December 17, 2007, 02:35:26 PM

Title: ''I Am Legend'' Makes Box Office History, Rakes In $76.5 Mil
Post by: Elano on December 17, 2007, 02:35:26 PM: Former rapper turned blockbuster actor, Will Smith proved his star power this weekend, breaking box office records with the debut of his new film, I Am Legend.

According to Variety, the sci-fi zombie thriller raked in $76.5 million over the weekend, the best December opening for a film of all time.

"It's nice to be in the Will Smith business," Dan Fellman, head of distribution for Warner Bros. told New York's Daily News. "He is just the No. 1 box-office star in the world today."

I am Legend pulled in more dollars at the ticket box than all three Lord of the Rings films, each of which also opened near Christmas. Yet while Smith is a known beast at the box office, I am Legend marks a personal best for the can't-miss actor.

Check his resume: In 2002 Smith pulled in $52 million with Men In Black 2; in 2003 Bad Boys 2 raked in $46.5 million; I, Robot made $52 million in 2004; Shark Tale earned $47.6 million, the same year; the 2005 release, Hitch, pulled in $43 million; and The Pursuit of Happyness, which came out last year, made $26.5 million all in their opening weekends.

I Am Legend sees Smith playing the role of a plague-survivor living in New York City who may be the last man on earth. After losing his family and all his friends, Smith, who plays a scientist, roams the empty streets of the city with his dog, trying to come up with a cure for the deadly zombie creatures that threaten his sole existence,

The movie is based on Richard Matheson's 1954 classic novel of the same name. The book's been adapted into two previous movies, The Omega Man and The Last Man on Earth.
Title: Re: ''I Am Legend'' Makes Box Office History, Rakes In $76.5 Mil
Post by: Javier on December 17, 2007, 06:09:35 PM: I wonder how many people went to just see the Dark Knight related stuff
Title: Re: ''I Am Legend'' Makes Box Office History, Rakes In $76.5 Mil
Post by: Elano on December 17, 2007, 10:55:01 PM: Quote from: Mr. Javii on December 17, 2007, 06:09:35 PM
I wonder how many people went to just see the Dark Knight related stuff

??
Title: Re: ''I Am Legend'' Makes Box Office History, Rakes In $76.5 Mil
Post by: Teddy Roosevelt on December 17, 2007, 10:56:35 PM: You got to be famous when you are the only person in a movie and can still draw a record setting audience.
Title: Re: ''I Am Legend'' Makes Box Office History, Rakes In $76.5 Mil
Post by: BIG SB on December 18, 2007, 12:06:53 AM: movie wasnt even that good
Title: Re: ''I Am Legend'' Makes Box Office History, Rakes In $76.5 Mil
Post by: eS El Duque on December 18, 2007, 08:40:19 AM: Quote from: Mr. Javii on December 17, 2007, 06:09:35 PM
I wonder how many people went to just see the Dark Knight related stuff

this was the first time I was really trying to make sure i got to the theatre early!! i didn't want to miss the dark knight trailer..only reason i went to watch this movie.

good movie though
Title: Re: ''I Am Legend'' Makes Box Office History, Rakes In $76.5 Mil
Post by: LyRiCaL_G on December 30, 2007, 09:04:45 PM: lol i never known a person who went to watch a movie for a trailor only.....

seriously though, smith is a beast at the box office, dang,

props 2 a nigga

pz!
Title: Re: ''I Am Legend'' Makes Box Office History, Rakes In $76.5 Mil
Post by: 187_gangsta_crip on January 03, 2008, 04:27:21 AM: Quote from: DOCKWILDER on December 18, 2007, 12:06:53 AM
movie wasnt even that good
Title: Re: ''I Am Legend'' Makes Box Office History, Rakes In $76.5 Mil
Post by: swangin and bangin on January 03, 2008, 04:33:49 AM: i aint mad at him
shit was a good movie imo just the ending was a little shitty

all the movies hes made have been good
and dude has a classic tv show on nickelodeon every night

doggies doin his thing
Title: Re: ''I Am Legend'' Makes Box Office History, Rakes In $76.5 Mil
Post by: Elano on January 17, 2008, 11:38:47 AM: now almost 400 million dollars all over the world :o
Title: Re: ''I Am Legend'' Makes Box Office History, Rakes In $76.5 Mil
Post by: eS El Duque on January 17, 2008, 12:08:54 PM: Quote from: LyRiCaL_G on December 30, 2007, 09:04:45 PM
lol i never known a person who went to watch a movie for a trailor only.....

Transformer ---> Cloverfield trailer

;D

Transformer turned out to be a good movie
Title: Re: ''I Am Legend'' Makes Box Office History, Rakes In $76.5 Mil
Post by: Joseph Bonanno on January 17, 2008, 10:03:07 PM: A bunch of my pseudo "intellectual" friends said they didn't like the film and it was crap but I love this shit. It made me re think my life like when elior saw the secret. the bob marley thing was huge cuz ive always been a big fan.
Title: Re: ''I Am Legend'' Makes Box Office History, Rakes In $76.5 Mil
Post by: Now_Im_Not_Banned on January 17, 2008, 11:16:21 PM: Quote from: Me Llamo: Platanos on January 17, 2008, 10:03:07 PM
A bunch of my pseudo "intellectual" friends said they didn't like the film and it was crap but I love this shit. It made me re think my life like when elior saw the secret. the bob marley thing was huge cuz ive always been a big fan.

"I Am Legend" made you rethink your life? AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. What a loser.
Title: Re: ''I Am Legend'' Makes Box Office History, Rakes In $76.5 Mil
Post by: Joseph Bonanno on January 18, 2008, 09:02:03 PM: ^^stay positive elior, if you think people are losers you will become one. AHAHAHAHAHAHA. go ask dad for some weed $$
Title: Re: ''I Am Legend'' Makes Box Office History, Rakes In $76.5 Mil
Post by: Now_Im_Not_Banned on January 19, 2008, 02:15:58 AM: I am positive...that you're a loser. Now go rethink your life and move back to Montreal, or wherever the hell it is you go when you're feeling confused.
Title: Re: ''I Am Legend'' Makes Box Office History, Rakes In $76.5 Mil
Post by: Joseph Bonanno on January 19, 2008, 12:49:04 PM: Quote from: Now_I_Know on January 19, 2008, 02:15:58 AM
I am positive...that you're a loser.

oh my god you are funny
Title: Re: ''I Am Legend'' Makes Box Office History, Rakes In $76.5 Mil
Post by: Now_Im_Not_Banned on January 19, 2008, 12:55:55 PM: and you're a loser.
Title: Re: ''I Am Legend'' Makes Box Office History, Rakes In $76.5 Mil
Post by: .:TimeLock:. on January 19, 2008, 10:50:37 PM: that's good man cuz the DVD screener had leeked to the net the day after it came out and it still didn't have much of an affect on sales!
Title: Re: ''I Am Legend'' Makes Box Office History, Rakes In $76.5 Mil
Post by: Invincible on February 03, 2008, 09:05:10 PM: Quote from: BIG SB on December 18, 2007, 12:06:53 AM
movie wasnt even that good

Yer, it was shit. I was watching it then i walked out the room in boredom.
Title: Re: ''I Am Legend'' Makes Box Office History, Rakes In $76.5 Mil
Post by: TJHend on February 05, 2008, 03:28:35 PM: the movies nearly made a billion dollars worldwide so you know the studios going to pop another one of these out.
Title: Re: ''I Am Legend'' Makes Box Office History, Rakes In $76.5 Mil
Post by: Matty on February 10, 2008, 07:03:14 AM: watched the dvd screener. pretty crap movie thought, don't see how it made so much...
Title: Re: ''I Am Legend'' Makes Box Office History, Rakes In $76.5 Mil
Post by: when it rains it pours on February 10, 2008, 11:40:06 AM: i watched it a few weeks ago. it was built up to be a big movie. i liked the book better.