sadly, "Producers" film continues to tank at B.O.

What the heck is Hostel? Why is it the number one movie, and why have I never heard of it?

A movie about some fun-loving twenty-somethings who get tortured in a basement. Can't wait til it's exported to other countries. (And no one stopped HOSTEL from playing in Utah. I guess dismemberment and genital mutilation is okay, but two men kissing is sinful.)

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if it helps they arent showing it here and im an hour out of dc. It would help if more theaters were carrying it but i think tthey're worried it was gonnna do as bad as Rent...

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Does anyone know why the Producrs is in less than 1000 theaters?

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The original plan for release was:
December 16, 2005 (limited)
December 25, 2005 (nationwide release)
January 13, 2006 (expansion to wide release)

Considering the reviews (justifiable), and the box office reciepts, it will be interesting to see how many theatres it expands to next weekend.

I can't be too sad that a bad movie like The Producers tanks at the box office. If only every crappy movie tanked...

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my cousin who is a movie lover but isn't familiar with the producer musical thought it was terrible. he said he only liked the nazi song.. and, another girl commented "that was weird that mathew brodderick wasn't good"

Ok, though very deep down inside I am a little glad it is doing worse than RENT, do we all realise what a catastrophe this is for the future of movie musicals ??? Sadly, I predict that, after Dreamgirls, we will have to wait a loooong time again until the next miracle a la Chicago ! I just hope Hairspray won't be cancelled !

Not sure what numbers you are looking at, but Variety's numbers (which are pretty dependable) were showing the movie at #13 nationally as of yesterday with a per engagement take of $6400 considered solid for a small musical as compared to the big block busters that opened at the same time. Screens EXPANDED from 975 to 978 this past week, so the distributors are still adding screens.

International release is next week on Friday, so we'll see what happens there. If you are expecting the same box office as King Kong, you have more of an expectation than Universal has.

The movie is doing respectably and was never thought to have the broad appeal of a family movie or an action film. If you understand the industry expectation for a movie musical (not exactly the hottest genre in the film industry) I think you can keep it in perspective.

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poor Producers. Although I didnt think it was as good as RENT was, I did enjoy it.

I'm going to have to agree with RAY, Roger Bart and Gary Beach are the only reasons I didn't walk out of this movie. It is so poorly directed, one wonders why anyone let it get to the big screen.

I am a huge fan of Mel Brooks, Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick, but come on guys all of you have done movies before, you should care about your craft and not make a mockery of it. If they were in college, I would suggest they go back to ACTING 099. You don't get any credit for it but at least you can call yourself an actor.

I was shocked to find that I hated this movie more than the RENT disaster, Just when I thought Movie musicals were a good idea.

--"Zero Mostel was, in fact, the Broadway character actor. Mel Brooks even said that in '68 he was only known to New Yorkers. Gene Wilder was even less famous, only having had a small role in BONNIE AND CLYDE."--

Yes this is true, but they had something Nathan and Matthew don't DELIVERY & TIMING. I think Roger Ebert put it best when he said that... and I'm paraphrasing, "Uma desrves to dance and sing without the audience thinking that Lee Meredith is standing just offstage arms crossed tapping her foot!" I think these guys have big shoes to fill, they are the "ROAD SHOW" Cast to the original movie. Many of the jokes I could see laughing at in a theatre, but they don't translate directly to the big screen. The WHITE OFFICE scene I think is very funny on stage, deserving of the two of them hamming it up for five minutes. However, In the film theres no reason for the pause, we get it... move on... Hopefully, this won't be the downfall of the Movie Musical, but if they continue to be this awful perhaps its for the best! I can't have my heart break one more time!

P.S. RE: HOSTEL Eli Roth actually got a Pardon from Iceland before making HOSTEL. He thought it might put Icelanders in a bad light and ruin their tourist industry.

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oh, poor producers! i loved the movie so much! and i loved uma dancing even more