Wow, it seems like Kong did not fare as well as projected at the box office ("only" $50 million over the weekend, and $66 million to date), and the obituaries are already getting written. Kong seems like a very well done piece of filmmaking, but for whatever reason, I never really eagerly anticipated the movie. Not sure if I'm going to see it at the theaters, but it does seem to have decent word of mouth in its favor. And Batman Begins also performed below expectations on its first weekend, but wound up benefiting from very strong word of mouth and ended up taking in over $200 million at the box office.

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