YET ANOTHER SUMMER SEQUEL, Step Up Revolution is the fourth in the Step Up franchise, which has been churning out steadily-declining dance movies every two years-- with 2006's Step Up (opened $20M), then Step Up 2 the Streets in 2008 ($18M), and Step Up 3D in 2010 ($15M). If the history is any indication, this one will be the least successful to date, especially considering that Touchstone said "no thanks" this time around (Summit took up the slack). Not that it really matters since they're all pretty much the same, but Step Up Revolution will star So You Think You Can Dance's Kathryn McCormick as the main character Emily, Ryan Guzman as her love interest, and (kind of unbelievably) Peter Gallagher as her father. Set in Miami and centered around a pseudo-class-warfare plotline not unlike West Side Story, Step Up Revolution may make a few bucks at the box office, but we're not holding our breath. Its competition on July 27th is the new Ben Stiller/Vince Vaughn comedy "The Watch," and let's not underestimate the fact that "The Dark Knight Rises" will have just come out the weekend before. We say it has a chance of pulling around $10M opening weekend, but we're optimists.
Not a hot one to bet on here, but since the number we were given was only 10M, I felt that was a low number, it may just eek above that little amount, but not by much. I just wanted to play this one safe.
Shades of "Fame" I saw the first of this movie and don't remember it like I remember "Fame". I think dancing is overdone I would say overkill but that would not be nice and since it's based loosely on "street warfare" well same old plot same old story and since this is the summer of "reruns" I don't think this will make much more than predicted if that much I do like the energy but in 3-D? I think it would have been better played normally leave the 3-D to the monster flicks ah oh is this next of re runs? I feel for the dancers they do a fantastic job but I think they are much more worthy of another film. Musicals just don't have the draw that all those flying cars,people and action does. As far as the 10M maybe a little more.Thist movie is slated to last probably a week then it's off to the shelves at Family Video......
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