• 'Jobs' Crashes and Burns at Weekend Box Office

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    Michael Essany
    Published on 2013-08-19 06:34 PM
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    The new biopic of the late Apple creator and tech visionary Steve Jobs starring Ashton Kutcher bombed at the box office on its opening weekend. According to the WSJ, “Jobs” appears to be Hollywood’s version of the Apple Lisa.

    Ouch.

    The movie opened in seventh place, generating only $6.7 million despite opening broadly in the U.S. and Canada.

    Critics characterized “Jobs” as lacking any of the attention to detail or stream-lined focus that Mr. Jobs brought to his projects.
    Also irritating some movie goers and Steve Jobs admirers is the fact that the film stops short of Jobs' triumphant return to the company he co-founded and the game changing innovations he made at the helm of Apple throughout the last decade.

    Although Jobs appears to have missed the mark, a second movie about the iconic CEO is now in the works. Written by Aaron Sorkin and based on Walter Isaacson’s best-selling biography, this presently-unnamed film will probably do much better than "Jobs" at the box office.

    Source: WSJ
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    1. jOnGarrett's Avatar
      jOnGarrett - 2013-08-19, 07:16 PM
      Ashton Kutcher is a boring actor so....
    1. Dub's Avatar
      Dub - 2013-08-19, 07:23 PM
      Perhaps bombing is part of its artistic statement...then the follow-up comes out and it's Episode IV meets Shawshank
    1. mik3y08's Avatar
      mik3y08 - 2013-08-19, 07:23 PM
      I think Aston did fantastic as young Steve Jobs. I really enjoyed the movie, only thing is it felt a bit rushed. They tried putting 30 years of Jobs' life into 2 hours, that's a hard thing to do. I believe people already have a preconceived idea that because it is Ashton Kutcher it will not be good. Why see a movie when you already think it sucks before you watch it?

      I don't think this movie is for everyone, as a matter of fact I have advised most people not to see it. However, if you are interested in Apple and technology in general, I think it is worth seeing. I will even watch it again once the DVD is released. I am defiantly looking forward to the version based off of Walter Isaacson's biography though!
    1. Adrian97c's Avatar
      Adrian97c - 2013-08-19, 07:28 PM
      iSteve on Netflix was better lol
    1. xhazex9x's Avatar
      xhazex9x - 2013-08-19, 07:31 PM
      I dont know why everyone hates on Ashton kutcher he's not an amazing actor but he's definitely not as bad as everyone makes him sound give the guy some credit
    1. bigboyz's Avatar
      bigboyz - 2013-08-19, 07:49 PM
      I personally didn't have much faith in this one. Only had "buzz" because Ashton Kutcher was playing the lead role. Guess the cover was better than the book :]
    1. FilSmith's Avatar
      FilSmith - 2013-08-19, 07:51 PM
      Honestly, this movie should have been a cable produced movie. There's no way there are enough people that want to go see this movie (especially in the summer when there are so many good choices). Really, it was bad timing, a bad promotion of it and just the wrong venue. I love Apple, I love Apple products; I'd never go pay to see this.
    1. Ginsu's Avatar
      Ginsu - 2013-08-19, 07:59 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by mik3y08 View Post
      I am defiantly looking forward to the version based off of Walter Isaacson's biography though!
      Quote Originally Posted by mik3y08 View Post
      defiantly looking forward to the version based off of Walter Isaacson's biography though!
      Quote Originally Posted by mik3y08 View Post
      defiantly looking forward
      Quote Originally Posted by mik3y08 View Post
      defiantly
      Defiantly:
      rebelliously: in a rebellious manner; "he rejected her words rebelliously".


      Perhaps you meant definitely.
    1. Norb's Avatar
      Norb - 2013-08-19, 08:13 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by jOnGarrett View Post
      Ashton Kutcher is a boring actor so....
      He's also not an android phone so there's that reason to hate him.
    1. peacedog's Avatar
      peacedog - 2013-08-19, 08:51 PM
      The target audience is Apple fanboys. And even at that, I doubt many would want to see it. I'm an Apple fanboy and have no interest in seeing it. I did read his biography though. It was really good.
    1. Saved0ne's Avatar
      Saved0ne - 2013-08-19, 09:04 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by mik3y08 View Post
      I think Aston did fantastic as young Steve Jobs. I really enjoyed the movie, only thing is it felt a bit rushed. They tried putting 30 years of Jobs' life into 2 hours, that's a hard thing to do. I believe people already have a preconceived idea that because it is Ashton Kutcher it will not be good. Why see a movie when you already think it sucks before you watch it?

      I don't think this movie is for everyone, as a matter of fact I have advised most people not to see it. However, if you are interested in Apple and technology in general, I think it is worth seeing. I will even watch it again once the DVD is released. I am defiantly looking forward to the version based off of Walter Isaacson's biography though!
      Very well said. I think JOBS was great. Ashton did a very very good job. Plus he was fun to talk to when I saw him.
    1. caf360's Avatar
      caf360 - 2013-08-19, 09:42 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by Saved0ne View Post
      Very well said. I think JOBS was great. Ashton did a very very good job. Plus he was fun to talk to when I saw him.


      Good thing they did not wait for ios 8 to come out!

      Should have dropped it when ios 1 was hot!!
    1. The6uest's Avatar
      The6uest - 2013-08-19, 10:16 PM
      Huh, I haven't even seen any TV ads about the movie so I didn't know it was out yet. They need to do a little advertising maybe..
    1. mik3y08's Avatar
      mik3y08 - 2013-08-19, 11:36 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by Ginsu View Post
      Defiantly:
      rebelliously: in a rebellious manner; "he rejected her words rebelliously".


      Perhaps you meant definitely.
      Oops! Yes, I meant definitely. I was typing fast and made a typo. When I right-clicked to correct it, I just chose the first suggested word without paying much attention.
    1. i113's Avatar
      i113 - 2013-08-20, 08:55 AM
      It deserves to crash for not explicitly stating in the title that it is only part one. I would have been angry if I had gone to see it also.
      At least I'll know what I'm in for if I ever do decide to catch it. Thanks for the heads up.
    1. quidam_brujah's Avatar
      quidam_brujah - 2013-08-20, 03:57 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by xhazex9x View Post
      I dont know why everyone hates on Ashton kutcher he's not an amazing actor but he's definitely not as bad as everyone makes him sound give the guy some credit
      I'd take him over most of DiCaprio's work.
    1. jOnGarrett's Avatar
      jOnGarrett - 2013-08-21, 12:25 AM
      Quote Originally Posted by quidam_brujah View Post
      I'd take him over most of DiCaprio's work.
      are you serious? Leonardo DiCaprio is in the same league as Robert De Nero and Al Pacino while Ashton Kutcher is like Ben Affleck and Jason Statham., ie :Why are they famous"

      I just tried to think of 3 Ashton Kutcher movies and couldn't think of one., I asked my wife the same and she can only think of one.

      Leonardo on the other hand has award winning movies like; Titanic, Catch me if you can, What's eating Gilbert Grape, Blood Diamond, The Aviator, The Departed, and Shutter Island.

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