Jennifer’s Body Bites the Big One: Box Office Bomb

By Will Melton • September 21, 2009 • 3 Comments

Final body count: 2 computer nerds, one butch, and a father of three who had the weekend to himself.

The much-hyped Jennifer’s Body starring Megan Fox’s body came in fifth over the weekend. It managed to scrape together 6.8 million in loose change, some lint, and an old condom.

Coming in first was the insanely-titled children’s flick Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, which, in my opinion, sounds like the title of an avant-garde adult film.

Without a doubt, this is a major disappointment for Diablo Cody. After winning both critical acclaim and the Academy Award for her coming-of-age debut feature Juno, it has to completely suck to score the world’s hottest flavor of the month as your lead, undertake a Blitzkrieg of press and marketing, and wind up getting pulverized by a kid’s movie about raining meatballs.

But look on the bright side, Diablo, at least Toni Collette walked away with the Emmy.

Oh, and to the general public, I know that we’ve had our differences in the past (and by that I mean that I typically loathe you and your taste), but you really came through this weekend. Thank you for standing up to the Hollywood PR machine and saying, “Look, we don’t care how hot the girl is. If the movie sucks, then we’re not going to see it.”

Now, if we could only join forces again when the new Twilight movie hits the screen, then that would be amazing.

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