"Terminator Salvation" is a decent summer flick but does not live up tot he hype of the "Terminator" franchise. Sadly it also is not living up to its box office hype as it is not making the big bucks it was thought to earn.
According to Screen Rant, "The movie opened on May 21 in North America to bring in around $42.5 million, significantly less than its monthly competitors in 'Star Trek,' 'Up' and 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine.' A big factor in this is the fact that it opened on the date as 'Night of the Museum 2' which devoured the family segment of the moviegoers that weekend and ended up being the number one film, beating out the fourth 'Terminator' installment.
That being said, I’m sure the awful reviews of the film didn’t help it much either. On Rotten Tomatoes, 'Terminator Salvation' is sitting at 34% and as of today, Terminator Salvation has only brought in around $120 million worldwide while its production budget was $200 million. It’ll still bring in more with its foreign releases but its near done in its key markets with new films opening every week taking the viewers away.
Is the moral of the story that 'Terminator' needs Arnold Schwarzenegger as the lead? Many fans thought that leading up to 'Salvation' and it seems the Studio now thinks that too with their most recent act of desperation to bring in more fans to see the flick. The latest TV spot for the movie reveals one of the surprise treats of the movie that wasn’t really a big surprise for those following updates for the movie online. That surprise is a cameo by Arnold, digitally added to the classic T-800 unit for a short scene in the film.
I guess its no longer a spoiler anymore since it is in the TV commercials - Check it out for yourself:
Don’t be fooled by this - What you see in the trailer is pretty much all the screen time he gets in the movie."
What do you think of this desperate act to get people to see "Salvation?"
More news to come! Catch ya' later!
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