Box Office Mojo
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Box Office Mojo reported the news that Lee’s remake of the Korean classic took in just $1.25 million for the five-day frame ($850,000 three-day). That’s well below expectations and really just a fraction of the film’s $30 million budget. Oldboy came in 17th in the top 20.
In the number one spot is The Hunger Games: Catching Fire with a weekend gross of $74,500,000 (three-day), bringing it to a whopping $296,500,000 since its release. It also obliterated a Thanksgiving weekend record. With $110.1 million from Wednesday to Sunday, the blockbuster sequel destroyed the five-day Thanksgiving weekend record held for the past 12 years by Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone ($82.4 million).
Could all the negative press and weird goings-on have added to Oldboy‘s woes? Are people finally sick of pointless remakes? A combination of both maybe? Tell us what you think below.