Scott Pilgrim Tanks At the Box Office

It seems that despite some seriously intense online buzz about Scott Pilgrim vs The World the movie didn't find its audience on Friday night. Scott Pilgrim opened up against The Expendables which is not the best position to be in when you consider that the testosterone rich male fans are likely going to go watch all our 80's action heroes kick ass and take names and not watch Michael Cera fight evil ex-boyfriends. Turns out that this was true.

The Expendables came in at the top spot on Friday with just under $14million and in the number two spot was Julia Roberts Eat Pray Love. Far behind in 3rd place was Scott Pilgrim vs The World with just over $4 million.

Scott Pilgrim vs The World is in a really rough spot right now since the film had a budget of $60million but its still early. Once we see the Saturday and Sunday numbers it might not look quite so dismal. DrHideous who writes for our site loved the film saying;

Great acting, fantastic humor, a killer soundtrack, and kickass action sequences; there’s nothing about this flick that’s less than incredible. Older audiences may not understand most of the humor, but honestly they’ve been lost since the SNES came out. For anyone under thirty though, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World is the zeitgeist of contemporary geek culture. [ read review ]

Josh over at ReelComix enjoyed the film but also found its faults saying;

Scott Pilgrim is a fun film that is very well written with some laugh out loud moments. It shows off a whole new style of action film but ultimately the shiny new toy loses its giddy up and you find yourself looking for something new to hold your attention [ read review ]

I am in the midst of moving this week so I did not see any of these film unfortunately but if you did leave some comments and let me know what you thought of this weekends new film releases.