Haywire Bombed at the Box Office So Maybe Gina Carano Will Fight Again
Gina Carano isn’t the next big female action star.
I know – I am as shocked as you are.
Carano’s major motion picture debut, Haywire, bombed this weekend to the tune of a $9 million opening. Haywire finished 5th at the weekend box office, barely making the top 5 after holding off Beauty and the Beast 3D by less than a half million dollars. Carano’s star turned finished behind Underworld: Awakening, Red Tails, Contraband and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.
Obviously, box office doesn’t equal quality. While I haven’t been able to convince anyone to go see Haywire with me (if I don’t hurry, I’m going to end up having to wait two months for it to hit DVD), it received decent reviews and has a 6.7 rating on IMBD which generally means it was passable.
It wasn’t all bad news. Haywire made back a larger percentage of its budget than Red Tails did. And Page Six now knows who Gina Carano is, so she was mentioned about being considered for the lead in a Wonder Woman movie. To put that in perspective, Wonder Woman has been not getting made for years. Back in 2008, a photoshop of Megan Fox as Wonder Woman turned up online.
Previously: Gina Carano’s Haywire Opens Today: Watch Her Explain How Sex Is Like Fighting
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January 23rd, 2012 at 4:00 PM
It’ll rip shit up in international sales. Foreigners love their buxom Americans.
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:00 PM
“TO THE LAST PLANE, TO THE LAST BULLET, TO THE LAST MAN, WE FIGHT! WE FIGHT! WE FIGHT!”
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:03 PM
I could have told you this would bomb. I can’t believe Soderberg had anything to do with this flick. Maybe he wanted to bang this chick.
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:03 PM
Ahhh, Gina dancing gif, all is right with the world today.
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:06 PM
in for gif.
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:07 PM
i felt that the Tuskegee Air Man received their just due in Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:08 PM
It really is an incredibly sexy gif, yet you don’t see any skin. Amazing to think about in today’s free porn world.
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:09 PM
I seem to remember Wonder Woman being made into a TV series.
http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/its-our-first-look-at-adrianne-palicki-as-wonder-woman
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:10 PM
I think it got cancelled after the first segment
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:10 PM
St. Bear- NBC said no. Pilot tested terribly.
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:10 PM
I am eagerly awaiting the next post about when this DVD is added to CRM’s Netflix queue.
What a journey so far.
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:12 PM
Rachel Bilson would make a great Wonder Woman if she were willing to pull a Jude Law/Ethan Hawke in Gattaca. Whichever one it was.
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:12 PM
Ahhh, Gina dancing gif, all is right with the world today
Anything to distract me from the awful hockey that the Oilers are playing.
Also: Saw a 5 minute clip of this and from what I saw her delivery is not very natural but when she got down to fighting it was a thing of erectile beauty.
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:12 PM
http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=haywire.htm
Hey, atleast Haywire can claim to be the 2,323rd best opening ever.
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:13 PM
My dad went and saw it. He said it was worth the $5 senior rate to see her run around for 90 minutes.
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:13 PM
Brilliant studio move to release it against an established female-led action movie. Brilliant.
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:13 PM
I saw that pilot. It was terrible; and I LOVE Tyra.
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:14 PM
If NBC is turning something down that just makes me want to see it…saw a story last week that The Firm placed 8th in its time slot behind such establishments as Univision and a repeat of The Big Bang Theory on TBS
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:14 PM
WHAT? BITE LIP + MUMBLE SOMETHING + JUI JITSU MOVE ON DUDE WHO COULD EASILY OUTPOWER YOU DOESN’T = BOX OFFICE SUCCESS? WHAT PLANET ARE WE ON?
SHOULD’VE SHOWN HER TITS.
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:15 PM
I do kinda want to see this movie though, just to see if the action scenes are more believable.
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:15 PM
…and the other chick is hotter too.
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:15 PM
the movie had been delayed for ever, I think it was originally supposed to come out over a year ago.
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:15 PM
Giant fans on sports radio up here are looking for any way to paint the Pats as cocky and overconfident. I don’t think they are comfortable being looked at on even ground with them, they are trying to use Brady quotes from pre-Ravens game to say he was disrespecting the Giants. Fascinating.
/probably only to me
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:17 PM
It made like $10 million vs a $25 million budget. That’s a very low budget because Soderberg films very quickly. That movie will likely make a profit when after-market sales and international views come in – even after promotional fees are calculated. Not a bomb.
They released in mid-Jan – it’s the dead zone. Not like it’s a $100 budget released on Memorial Day weekend.
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:17 PM
NBC continually tries to throw out new law shows, thinking that they are going to find the next Law and Order or LA Law.
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:17 PM
My dad went and saw it. He said it was worth the $5 senior rate to see her run around for 90 minutes.
Boom! This is what I’m talking about. I may be losing testosterone (according to commercials), but at least I get discount movie tickets.
I’d pay the senior rate to see Carano as Wonder Woman. Heck yes.
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:19 PM
Wonder Woman is a terrible story, though. Very few female superheroes are worth a shit in the story department, let’s be honest here.
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:21 PM
The Firm fucking blows. I watched 2 episodes and dropped it after that. Josh Lucas is not a very good actor.
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:21 PM
agree. give me hawkgirl…
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:23 PM
I thought he was decent to semi-decent in Glory Road and Poseidon.
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:23 PM
Yeah, the Firm isn’t bad because of his acting. it just sucks.
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:24 PM
Can’t be any worse than Aqua Man, the most worthless hero ever. “Hey Arthur, we got this mission in space. We gotta stop Braniac AGAIN. Uh..if you want you can chill here at JLA headquarters..fridge is stocked..maybe take a lap *giggle* in the pool…”
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:24 PM
I agree…but his acting fucking blows. You can’t be a bad actor when you’re the lead.
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:25 PM
come on, he was great in Sweet Home Alabama. Right, CRM?
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:25 PM
agree. give me hawkgirl…
Elektra. The Garner version never happened.
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:26 PM
not true. hot chicks can get away with it.
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:26 PM
The Firm is absolutely dog shit. Terrible acting,plot, and predictable as shit.
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:26 PM
Cowboy, Wonder Woman had some story potential. “Warrior from another culture seeks peaceful co-existence in ‘Man’s World’ (not my quote)”.
I’m not talking about Marston’s bondage subtext. Strictly adventure.
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:27 PM
Scarlet Witch.
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:28 PM
agree. give me hawkgirl…
I’d vote for Jean Grey. Mmmmmm, redheads.
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:28 PM
Psylocke.
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:29 PM
Let’s just give Scarlett Johansson her own movie as Black Widow.
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:29 PM
Rogue. If only because Gambit would be in it.
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:30 PM
oksie, I’d pay to see that one as well.
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:31 PM
looks like there are a handful of comic-savvy folk up in this joint. Interesting…
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:31 PM
ya know what sucks? Gambit isn’t projected to be in the next X-Men movie. The Wolverine movie didn’t feature him nearly enough.
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:31 PM
Is it just me, or is Jonah Hill just very fucking irritating these days?
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:32 PM
so I just called an auto-parts store in Thunder Bay, Ontario and I would have thought I was calling somewhere in Honduras with the language barrier. apparently they don’t get many calls from Arkansas.
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:33 PM
What are the odds the Judge Dredd reboot isn’t complete shit?
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:37 PM
That does suck. His depiction in Wolverine Origins was horribad. I couldn’t sleep Saturday night and they were playing some of the old cartoon X-Men on Disney XD channel. It was glorious, great cartoon that had no problem tackling intricate themes and killing.
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:37 PM
Next time, hold a Molson in your left hand and end each sentence with, “eh”. You’ll have much greater success, eh?
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:37 PM
People from Friday Night Lights: never good actors.
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:37 PM
because it is funnier if the smartass are fat…skinny smart asses you just want to kick in the face.
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:38 PM
about as likely as john spartan learning how to use the three seashells.
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:38 PM
that’s a bannin’
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:38 PM
but the ladies can all get it. starting with ms taylor.
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:40 PM
This…as long as they make Rogue as busty as she was in the comics. Anna Paquin did not bring enough up top.
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:40 PM
Spartan can google it
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:43 PM
So she played the lead role? No wonder it bombed. No one knows who the hell she is
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:44 PM
So true. I thought Rogue would be so hot in real life when I 1st heard about the movie development, I was very upset that they made her like 15.
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:45 PM
/goes back and watches his DVDs of the animated X-Men series from the 90s
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:51 PM
I would pay to see those Carano chest weapons under her clothes.
January 23rd, 2012 at 4:56 PM
FNL had good actors. It was just a shitty show
January 23rd, 2012 at 5:25 PM
FNL had good actors. It was just a shitty show
I tried to watch on Netflix recently. Made it like 4 episodes watching closely, and 4 more using it as white noise in the background while I wrote. They lost me when I realized that the Dillon Panthers’ actual wins far exceeded their pythagorean wins and they must be inevitably due for regression in the upcoming episodes.
January 23rd, 2012 at 5:29 PM
They lost me when I realized that the Dillon Panthers’ actual wins far exceeded their pythagorean wins and they must be inevitably due for regression in the upcoming episodes.
Taking the fun outta everything, Lisk!!!! It’s called suspension of disbelief!!!!!
January 23rd, 2012 at 5:29 PM
I bet Matt Saracen’s QBR was overly inflated due to the “clutch” metrics…the guy was basically Tebow leaning on Smash for 40 minutes before pulling a win out of his ass
January 23rd, 2012 at 6:06 PM
looks like there are a handful of comic-savvy folk up in this joint. Interesting…
Regular contributors to a sports blog’s comment section having a vast knowledge of comic books? No way. DIdn’t know PK was a particiapnt here.
/will say I’m kidding so that I can be liked.