Based on "The Hobbit" crushing him? That movie is going to crush most of what enters the theaters while it is there.
Not a fair or valid comparison.
‘The Hobbit’ Crushes Tom Cruise at the Box Office: Is the Movie Star’s Career Fading?
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2012/12/24 20:00:00
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This weekend a little “Hobbit” from Middle Earth accomplished something that few before him have done. No, this has nothing to do with his “Unexpected Journey” to reclaim the Lonely Mountain. This is about the fact that he crushed one of Hollywood’s heavy hitters at the box office. While Bilbo Baggins had a $36.7 million take in his second week in theaters, Tom Cruise’s action flick “Jack Reacher” earned just $15.6 million.
Obviously the new Peter Jackson trilogy has a built in level of fanaticism after the success of this “Lord of the Rings” series. But there was time when Cruise couldn’t miss when he released a new flick. Of course, that was before the Oprah couch jumping incident, the high-profile endorsement of Scientology and the blindside he suffered in the Katie Holmes split. But all his personal issues aside, the bigger problem seems to be that the “Top Gun” star has made some less than stellar choices in recent years. Fans didn’t want to hear him sing bad ‘80s hair band songs in “Rock of Ages.” His return to the big screen with Cameron Diaz in “Knight and Day” was a disappointment. And his Hitler assassination movie “Valkyrie” was not a crowd pleaser.
Maybe “The Hobbit” was just too formidable a foe for “Jack Reacher” to take on. But the lackluster numbers could be a sign that Cruise’s career is in serious trouble. What do you think: Is the movie star’s career fading?
Read More: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-22525...
Top Opinion
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Kigan 2012/12/24 23:39:41
All 3 films were breath taking with choreagraphed fight scenes of the Orks and fantastic scenery. The fantasy of elves, dwarves and Hobbits and my favorite Golum . The fear of the Dark Riders and the dark heart of Sarumun portrayed by the fabulous Christopher Lee. I expect the Hobbits is going to be equally fantastic, can'wait to see it. Any film with any actor would of been beaten at the box office against this movie . Always loved Tom Cruise films since Risky Business but Eyes WideShut was very disappointing considering it was a Stanley Kubrick. But Magnolia, Vanilla Sky, Rainman ,Top gun and so many more all great films because he is a great actor .
Any movie was going to have a tough time up against The Hobbit, though. Scientology has had more effect on his career than any movie flop could. If he ditched it, I think his career could recover.
Had they released it in summer, it would have crushed anything else. Summer is a better open for extremely violent movies, but Christmas is better for more neutral to family movies.
he doesn't fade out, he just gets better.
A movie that's made for regular people or a movie that's made for a cult of nerds....
A movie that was just released normally, or a movie that was released in 4 different formats, 3 with heightened ticket prices...
MI4 did near $700,000,000 world wide, hardly a flop.
What a stupid question this is.