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...disappointment," Nikki Rocco, the studio's president of distribution, said of Green Zone. Actually, it's a bit of a disaster. It's a smidge of financial calamity. It's a flop of Universal proportions. With a grudging B-rating from CinemaScore's polling of moviegoers who'd seen the film, Green Zone could join Syriana, The Kingdom, Lions for Lambs, In the Valley of Elah, Rendition and the Oscar-triumphant The Hurt Locker in the box-office body count of Mideast war movies. Indeed, the film's opening-weekend tally was almost exactly the same (factoring in inflation...
...real Damon will survive Green Zone. And those critics (like this one) who gave it a favorable review think he should be proud of a movie that provokes political discussion among viewers even as it amps up their adrenaline rush. But his and Greengrass's flop makes this potentially valuable genre even more endangered. They fought...
...Alice in Wonderland, $62 million; $208.6 million, second week 2. Green Zone, $14.5 million, first weekend 3. She's Out of My League, $9.6 million, first weekend 4. Remember Me, $8.3 million, first weekend 5. Shutter Island, $8.1 million; $108 million, fourth week 6. Our Family Wedding, $7.6 million, first weekend 7. Avatar, $6.6 million; $730.3 million, 13th week 8. Brooklyn's Finest, $4.3 million; $21.4 million, second week 9. Cop Out, $4.2 million; $39.4 million, third week 10. The Crazies, $3.7 million; $33.3 million, third week...
...Sometimes if you can get pucks in behind them and get speed through the neutral zone, you can get some really good opportunities,” Derraugh said...
...They were in our zone a lot,” Derraugh said, “they were getting lots of shots. All the sudden we just put pucks in behind their defense and got lots of speed, and we got some really good opportunities, and we buried them...