A lesson that we’ve learned here on The Movie Blog over and over and over again has been this: “Never underestimate the poser of a family friendly film at the box office… ESPECIALLY animation”. That has held true more often than not. But even though this rule has generally held up repeatedly… I still can’t help but wonder about the fate of “Meet The Robinsons” this weekend.
Look, I’m not saying the movie is bad or good (I haven’t seen it), but the reality is that the marketing for the film has been lackluster at best (and almost non-existant at worst), and it’s opening up against a pretty anticipated film in “Blades of Glory”. Add on top of that the fact that 300 is still doing strong, and ANOTHER family friendly film is in theaters at the moment in TMNT that came in at #1 last weekend.
When you stack all of those things together, I really can’t see how Meet The Robinsons has any chance whatsoever of any boxoffice success this weekend. I’m predicting maybe $12 million tops… but even that might be pushing it. What do you think?
