alfredofroylan on 30 May 2010
Why caring about Prince of Persia The Sands of Time? Well it's the first movie based on a videogame with a big budget (200 millions), a big producer (Jerry Bruckheimer from Pirates of the Caribbean), big ads, a good weekend for release, etc.. Basically in paper it has everything for a good movie and a good start for a new franchise...... in paper of course.
Not even the abs of Jake Gyllenhaal could boost the movie version of the Prince of Persia game series to the top of the box office for the Memorial Day weekend. The Associated Press (yia Yahoo) reports that Prince of Persia The Sands of Time could only manage a third place finish in the box office in its debut weekend with $30.2 million.
That amount was behind the second place position of Sex and the City 2 with $32.1 million and first place's Shrek Forever After with $43.3 million. Even with the modest opening Prince of Persia The Sands of Time still had the third biggest box office opening for a video game-based movie, according to Box Office Mojo. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider is still number one at $47.7 million while (ugh) Pokemon: The First Movie is number two with $31 million.
That amount was behind the second place position of Sex and the City 2 with $32.1 million and first place's Shrek Forever After with $43.3 million. Even with the modest opening Prince of Persia The Sands of Time still had the third biggest box office opening for a video game-based movie, according to Box Office Mojo. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider is still number one at $47.7 million while (ugh) Pokemon: The First Movie is number two with $31 million.
http://news.bigdownload.com/2010/05/30/prince-of-persia-movie-comes-in-third-in-debut-weekend-with-30/
And of course a lovely 23% in Rotten Tomatoes.
http://beta.rottentomatoes.com/m/prince_of_persia_sands_of_time/?critic=creamcrop
At least the game based on the movie is good
