Zed’s Dead

The months of viral marketing and relentless hype paid off as Cloverfield raked in $41 million during it’s opening weekend. Yahoo! says:

“Cloverfield,” a $25 million movie with a no-name cast from Paramount Pictures, set a record for a January release, surpassing the $35.9 million reissue of “Star Wars” in 1997. It will also set a record for the Martin Luther King holiday weekend. “Black Hawk Down” earned $33.6 million during the four-day period in 2002. Paramount said its movie will earn more than $47 million after the Monday holiday is included. Box office observers had expected “Cloverfield” to open in the $20 million range for the three-day period, a little ahead of “27 Dresses.” They largely discounted Paramount’s unusual forecast last week that the order would be reversed.

Congratulations to everyone involved. Especially me. Because this means I never I have to write about this damn movie ever again. Yay me!


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