Doom drops a staggering 120% in box office

by Ross Miller { Oct 31st 2005 at 8:00PM }

Doom Urban Rock (225) This weekend marked the climactic downfall of the Doom movie. After a modest $15 million opening weekend, Dateline Hollywood is reporting a box office drop of 120%, which would be of epic proportions (not to mention statistically impossible). Truth be told, according to Box Office Mojo, Doom only declined 72.7%, bringing in ticket sales of $4.2 million. Still, that is an unbelievable shift; apparently everyone that was curious got their fill last weekend.

Did anyone see the Doom movie twice? Or, better yet, what was your favorite quote?

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Jacob @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM

It dropped 120%?

So ticket sales dropped to nothing, AND it somehow lost 20% of last week's revenues?

Matt @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM

Sort of reminds me of the AOL advert running these days in which a lady claims that spyware can slow down your PC 400%. Not quite sure how that works either...

Seamus @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM

Did any gamer even see this movie?

Oshi @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM

I refuse to watch anything that has The Rock in it.

Spiffae @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM

Oshi,

I respect your point of view, as I used to feel like you did. The Rock must certainly be the worst actor ever, right? Making stupid movies for dumb people, right? Wrong. Watch The Rundown. The Rock has a charisma that is hard to match. He seems like a genuinely nice guy, whose acting range far surpasses most people working in action movies these days. Check out Be Cool if you don't believe me about his acting - the movie is forgettable and dumb, but The Rock is the one moment of greatness in that movie.

Either way, The Rock's action movies are fun and enjoyable much like early Arnold flicks. The actor brings a sense of fun and a physical charisma to every role, and I'd advise you to change your ways.

That said, I'm living in Japan now and haven't gotten to see Doom yet, seeing as there's no movie theater on my tiny island. Guess I'm waiting for DVD, as usual.

BD @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM

Hey, the Rock is damn fine! That's why I saw Doom.

CapAmerica @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM

I've saw it twice since one set of friends didn't see it with the other. I liked the movie, I'm also a big fan of The Rock's movies.

If you liked the Resident Evil movies you'll like Doom.

Jon @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM

I'm a gamer and I saw it. When it goes first person, I actually yelled out "HELL YES!"

Rhine @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM

Yes i saw the rundown great movie i actaully think the rock is a decent actor now

Matt @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM

The Rock was highly successful in his days with the WWE (wrestling) mostly because he actually has a very care-free and humorous personality. That and he speaks English... let's see Arnold try that.

Ian Gibson @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM

yea i saw the movie, when it was finally over all i could say was "eh". the story was alright, and the transition from scary horror to zombie action was kinda weird - definately worth a rental when it comes to DVD. I downloaded it through bit torrent, and I've watched it about 3 times now. It's not too good, but something about it just keeps bringing me back.... :)

Chris Maguire @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM

SEMPER FI, MOTHERFUCKER!!!

Gaming-Setups @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM

It's because of Saw II. That was an awesome movie.

Alex @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM

... I'm just content with not wasting $8 on it. =]

Jon @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM

I hope some of you actually read the article. It's actually a joke. Select quotes include:

"According to industry tracker Exhibitor Relations, �Doom� is the first film to ever see its gross decline by more than 99.99%, a mark set in 1997 by �Batman and Robin."

and

"It doesn�t seem possible that a movie�s gross could drop more than 100%, but somehow �Doom� seems to have done it."

They also joke Tom Cruise in the beginning. I can't believe this made "news"

dusda @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM

Joystiq, the article was a satirical joke. Heh, I didn't quite catch it till I did a double take...

Lukalicious @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM

http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=doom.htm

And Box Office Mojo is a great resource for film geeks.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com

Pretty Obvious @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM

The Rock is really starting to come in on his own as an actor, dont be blinded by the fact that he used to be a wrestler.

And Doom had no chance against Saw 2, which is the best horror movie ive seen in a while.

sean @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM

"I'm not supposed to die!..."
-Sarge

graham @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM

best quote:
"Holeee Shit!"
(about twenty times)

Kwipper @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM

As Nelson from the Simpsons would say....

*points finger* HAH-HAH!

ToasterProse @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM

Hey now..I hate bad acting as much as the next guy, which is why I didn't go see Doom..It just looked like a movie that focused way more on action than char. development..But Mr. Rock was very good in Be Cool..which sucked, by the way..He totally stole the show..He looks to have some range, just not in movies where the scripts are full of one-liners and egregious plots.

Phong @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM

Game time soldier!

Hami @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM

"we kill them, and let god sort them out"

something like that. the rock said it.

he was a big meanie in that movie.

i saw it after i saw SAW II with my friend (double feature, so we only paid for saw2) and i would have been dissapointed if i paid for it, but i didnt, so its ok.

BUT SAW II WAS AMAZING.

go see it now.

Catharsis @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM

favorite quote

"HE'S JUST A KID!!!"

poosibly the most cliched line ever spoke

Oshi @ Dec 18th 2005 10:09PM

Spiffae,

I never said anything about his acting abilities or anything of that nature. I merely stated that I refuse to watch anything with him in it. Now if I haven't seen any of his films there isn't anyway I could critique his acting can I?

I've watched a lot of movies over the years and recently (for about 2 years at least) I have been watching a lot of Korean movies. Mainly to take a break from the normal Hollywood movies that are on TV and at theatres every day.