Despite a fantastic marketing campaign, and moderately positive reviews, Team America: World Police had an very disappointing opening weekend. The film only managed to rake in a touch over $12 million, less that half of what they were expecting to make and only good enough for third place on the box office list behind Shark Tale and Friday Night Lights.
With The Grudge opening next weekend, which will probably appeal to the same basic demographic, I doubt Team America will pick up much steam unless a HUGE word of mouth campaign mounts up. The Box Office can be a funny creature. I figured Team America would hit $75 million easy… I guess I was wrong (like that never happens). Still, I doubt the movie will lose money. I mean, how much could a puppet movie really cost to make? Seriously, I’ll bet you that more money was spent on the marketing than on the actual production. What did you think of it?
