Eddie Murphy box office bombs
June 14, 2009
Has Eddie Murphy become box office poison? His new family comedy, Imagine That, grossed just $5.7 million on its opening weekend, making it only the sixth-best draw for that period.
That makes it two years in a row that Murphy’s summer release qualified for “bomb” status. Meet Dave, his 2008 offering, took in a paltry $5,251,918 during its opening weekend after brutal reviews. It was Murphy’s worst debut since the disastrous The Adventures of Pluto Nash, which brought in a meager $2,182,900 when it came out in August, 2002.
Counting only films in which he was the star — excluding, for instance, his work in the Shrek series and anything that opened in limited release (Dreamgirls) — here are his other opening weekend totals since 2000:
– Norbit (2/9/07): $34,195,434
– The Haunted Mansion (11/26/03): $24,278,410
– Daddy Day Care (5/9/03): $27,623,580
– I Spy (11/1/02): $12,752,803
– Showtime (3/15/02): $15,011,430
– Dr. Doolittle 2 (6/22/01): $25,037,039
– The Nutty Professor 2: The Klumps (7/28/00): $42,518,830
Source: BoxOfficeMojo.com
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1 Flop, Pop, Fizzle: Our Obligatory Weekend B.O. Report, 6/12 - 6/14 | Hollywood Vulture // Jun 15, 2009 at 2:52 pm
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