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Sucks that it's tanking, but it clearly is. Weekend estimates that are based on the Friday gross usually aren't off by that much. Also, cinemascore is usually *very* accurate when it comes to audience reaction and a B is a lacklustre rating.

Puffing out your chest and getting enjoyment out of Dredd failing is a dick move, though. But that's to be expected from the DURRR DEY SHOULDA MADE DUH SCRIPT I WRITTEN MYSELF fanboy troll.

So, odds of Dredd opening at no.1 in the us box office?

Tbh, I think it has a shot, but I reckon House at the End of the Street will get the top spot.

I think top 3 is realistic, though.

I think the grumpy Clint Eastwood movie Trouble with the Curve and House at the End of the Street will finish 1 & 2. Number 3 will probably be a close race between Dredd and End of Watch.

sorry

74% of their audience is aged 21 or older
http://corporate.wwe.com/company/overview.jsp

Reviews that don't gush over EVERY MOMENT and comparisons to The Raid are to be expected. What's important is that every review I've read seems to be positive.

screening at 10 pm PDT

Right now it's 10:25 am PDT

[Alex Garland:]

Cursed Earth was considered for the first movie.
Origins and Dark Judges are the sequels they might do.

Do we get to see any of the Dark Judges in the film?

Alex Garland:

"In the sequel. Which we can make as long as the film grosses over $50 million in the States. It might be tough – this is an 18, an R rating. The first time I sat down to do the script I did sixteen drafts of (Judge) Death. It didn't feel right. We needed to set it all up first. The next version was all sort of the Long Walk (when Dredd loses faith in the justice system and leaves the city to bring law to the lawless in the Cursed Earth) and America (acclaimed as one of the best Judge Dredd stories), but we needed to get to know Dredd and everyone first. The trilogy would be this film, then Origins (the story of the rise of Mega City One and the Judges) and then the Dark Judges."

Actually I don't see the runtime listed anymore? I could have sworn the runtime was listed under the movie title when I did a google search for DREDD today.

I think there's a bit of that scene in the trailer?



Also, I don't know someone already mentioned this, but when you google DREDD it lists the runtime as 2 hours.

But [spoiler]Dredd doesn't kill the woman. Dredd shoots her through the shoulder and tells the freaked out woman that he hit no vital organs and she's going to be fine.[/spoiler]

A question about the new clip description for people who read leaked script.

[spoiler]I am assuming they have replace Dredd shooting through a citizen to hit the fleeing perp with this hotshot scene (the former being one of my favourite bits of the script, so a bit disappointed about that), but I slightly recall there being a choice of death or the cubes for somebody early on. I can't remember too well though, anyone know?[/spoiler]

I also [spoiler]liked that scene with Dredd shooting through the woman. I hope it's still in the movie. Who knows, maybe two guys escape from the van instead of one. And I don't remember Dredd giving someone a life in the cubes or death option in the script.[/spoiler]

As for the 50 million dollar number, this bleedingcool article says

Garland noted that they'll have a hard time hitting the $50 million with an R-rating

I have to agree. Don't get me wrong, I liked the script, I've always liked the character and I really hope the movie does well, but DREDD seems like a hard sell. It has nothing to do with 'good' or 'bad'. It has everything to do with Hard R "guy movies" not really lighting up the box office anymore. These days, they usually find their audiences on video. The ones that do good business at the box office seem to be nostalgia trips like THE EXPENDABLES and RAMBO. Stuff like Freddy vs. Jason is in a different category because it's a horror movie with two characters that had  built-in fanbases from a ton of previous movies. Dredd doesn't have much of a fanbase in the US. Bring up Dredd and you'll probably get either a "huh?" or "LOL STALLONE" reaction.

It all depends on the marketing, though! Hopefully Lionsgate does a good job in the coming months. Concentrate on the unique visuals and show some of Anderson's backstory so you're not just appealing to a certain male demographic.

Jock liked it

Heading to the #DREDD movie panel at LFCC. Loved the movie. A visceral, violent, beautiful looking thriller....

hahaha he's not throwing himself out of a window, dailymail.

I actually really liked "JUDGEMENT TIME" in the script. I think this is a case of trailer editing making certain lines seem stupid. In the script he doesn't just turn to Anderson and say it, he [spoiler]says it at the end of his "Ma-Ma isn't the law..." speech. IIRC it's something like "And as for you, Ma-Ma...JUDGEMENT TIME.[/spoiler]

Youtube version's been yanked

Are we talking about the 10 second youtube rip? It was taken down because it's from Machinima's video and they want you to watch their video.