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Where she led, people did not follow

Kim Hollis: Post-Grad opened $2.7 million. Why isn't Rory Gilmore worth more than this?

Josh Spiegel: Was Alexis Bledel ever worth a lot? She's only been in a few films, and this is her first as the lead. Moreover, nothing about this movie screamed entertainment, any more than the other options at the cineplex. It is sad, though, to see Bledel and Friday Night Lights' Zach Gilford suckered into such a flop.

David Mumpower: As Josh touches upon, at least they got the lead casting right. There is a strange phenomenon about box office that says that at any point from high school up until fraternity pledges, movie characters are worth a look from the teen audiences that drive the market. From the time these characters are 22-30, however, they're only appealing as sex objects, action stars, horror film victims or war movie cannon fodder. I have no idea why that is, but naming this film Post Grad was the same as naming it Do Not Go See This Movie. As a diehard Gilmore Girls fan (you heard me), I adore Alexis Bledel and I enjoy the eclectic films she has chosen recently such as I'm Reed Fish, Life Is Short and this. At some point, she's going to have to do something conventional (a hard to explain return in Sin City 2?) or go back to television to sustain her career, though.

Tim Briody: Apropos of nothing, Alexis, call me. This kind of smacked of something that Isla Fisher passed on and as with her Confessions of a Shopaholic earlier this year, this movie may have hit too close to home for their target audience. It was like they titled it "You, Yes, You, Upcoming College Graduate! You're Totally Screwed!" Who wouldn't want to see a movie about that?





Max Braden: I'm watching the wrong channels I guess, since I don't recall seeing a single ad for this. I think I only ever caught one episode of Gilmore Girls (was it ever high in viewership?), and I'd probably even have trouble picking Bledel out of a lineup. It's so under the radar for me that I won't even catch it on DVD.

Jason Lee: I saw one ad for this and I was half-expecting a "coming to ABC Family this Sunday!" tag at the end of it. Maybe I'm just cynical (cynicism at BOP? what?) but a wholesome, feel good movie about a smart, young adult female character surrounded by good people sure doesn't feel like box-office fodder nowadays.

Reagen Sulewski: On a related note, at least we can call off the search party for Michael Keaton.

I'd say something about a fakie into a half-pipe here but I'm not sure if it would be right

Kim Hollis: X-Games 3D: The Movie opened to $837,216 in 1,399 exhibitions, a per location average of $598. Whoa. Say something funny about X-Games 3D: The Movie.

Josh Spiegel: X didn't mark the spot this time, I guess.

David Mumpower: The best part is that this includes 3-D ticket price inflation. At least, it would if anyone had actually bought a movie ticket.

Jason Dean: I saw this and I thought it was a rather entertaining and interesting sort of documentary kind of thing...err, though I saw it on an AMC pass so I guess that makes me part of that "didn't buy a ticket" group.

Max Braden: You'll see better x-treme fails at Break.com.

Jason Lee: Why Disney decided to distribute this film, I will never understand.

Reagen Sulewski: Finally, the movie to make Marci X look like a blockbuster.

Sean Collier: So we take something that people will barely watch on TV anymore and ask them for $10 for it? Brilliant.

Eric Hughes: Does its opening weekend qualify for the cash for clunkers program?

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