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How it Performed at the Box Office Opening Weekend: This movie opened at the number 5 spot at this weekends movies, bringing in roughly $12.3 million. Sony Pictures doesn’t seem unhappy with that result, but I think that is a pretty abysmal opening for a brand new movie with some “star power” behind it. It being a scary movie and opening while Paranormal Activity is still taking in all the viewers for that genre at movie theaters right now just gave this movie more competition than it could handle.
Release Date (everywhere): October 16th, 2009
Their Plot Synopsis: Michael Harding (Penn Badgley) returns home from military school to find his mother (Sela Ward) happily in love and living with her new boyfriend, David (Dylan Walsh). As the two men get to know each other, Michael becomes more and more suspicious of the man who is always there with a helpful hand. Is he really the man of her dreams or could David be hiding a dark side?
Starring: Penn Badgley, Dylan Walsh, Sela Ward
My Thoughts: Well, in case you didn’t know, this movie is a remake of a movie (that shares the same title). Remakes can sometimes go very very well, and sometimes they go very very awry. Which direction this one will take, I’m not entirely sure. From the previews it looks as though Penn Badgley is doing a great job as a psychopath, but then again, previews always look great. I enjoy a good thriller movie…actually, I enjoy almost any thriller movie. I may see this…I’m undecided.
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