2010 at the movies: "Critter Comedy Collapse"
Oliver
"Critter Comedy Collapse - It's pretty sad when the top-grossing
talking-animal movie of 2010 was Yogi Bear, which tried to mimic Alvin
and the Chipmunks with its musical angle and pre-Christmas release but
wound up doing barely average business for the previously bustling sub-
genre.
The biggest disappointment, though, was Marmaduke, which had prime
summer positioning. Trying to imitate Chipmunks, Garfield: The Movie
and Beverly Hills Chihuahua, the rote Marmaduke grafted on the talking
angle to a non-talking property and the result was a not-so-Great Dane
($33.6 million).
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore was a sequel-no-one-asked-for
released nine years after the first Cats & Dogs, leading to a
predictably skimpy $43.6 million, despite being pushed in 3D.
Furry Vengeance didn't even spring for talking animals, offering only
the partially anthropomorphized variety. Hoping to recreate his lone
family hit, George of the Jungle, Brendan Fraser was on hand to be
viciously attacked by the animals in this environmentalist propaganda.
Audiences, of course, avoided this human cruelty, and it made just
$17.6 million."
Laurence "GreenReaper" Parry
> released nine years after the first Cats & Dogs, leading to a
> predictably skimpy $43.6 million, despite being pushed in 3D.
Locally, yes, but Boxofficemojo also says it made $111 million
worldwide, which suggests it might have covered its budget of $85
million:
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=catsanddogs2.htm
Can't just count the USA!
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Laurence "GreenReaper" Parry