‘Transcendence’ Tanks for Johnny Depp's 4th Box-Office Flop in Row

[Street Knowledge]

So much for Johnny Depp breaking his box-office slump with “Transcendence.”

His sci-fi thriller got off to terrible start on Friday and looks like it will end Easter weekend with just $12 million, about $10 million under expectations that were modest to begin with for a film with a $100 million budget. On Saturday the film was running fourth behind reigning No. 1 “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” the family film “Rio 2” and “Heaven Is for Real,” the faith-based family drama that has just opened.

The box-office belly flop for “Transcendence” makes it four straight misfires for Depp, coming on the heels of last year's “The Lone Ranger,” 2012's “Dark Shadows” and 2011's “The Rum Diaries.”

His last major score was “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” back in the summer of 2011. Depp's turns as Jack Sparrow in Disney's series of swashbucklers have taken in more than $3.7 billion, but it's been three years since the last one. “Alice in Wonderland” topped a billion dollars globally, but Disney's 3D extravaganza was back in 2010.

The weak showing by “Transcendence” isn't all Depp's doing. In the PG-13-rated thriller scripted by Jack Paglan, Depp plays a cutting edge scientist whose brain is uploaded to a computer after he's shot by anti-tech radicals. It's the directing debut of Christopher Nolan's longtime cinematographer Wally Pfister, and co-stars Morgan Freeman, Rebecca Hall, Paul Bettany and Kate Mara.

The critics don't like it either — it's at 19 percent on Rotten Tomatoes — and first-night audiences gave it a lousy “C+” CinemaScore.


'Transcendence' Tanks for Johnny Depp's 4th Box-Office Flop in Row - TheWrap

 

[DeVanteSwing]

not surprised it flopped

 

[Change]

shyt looked stupid. I had no desire to see this one.

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

.......................

 

[Real]

amber heard wasting her prime years on this nikka

 

[ExodusNirvana]

Smarten up John

 

[duncanthetall]

I still am gonna catch this on matinee

 

[DaylitoJames]

He just working for paychecks now cause these movies ain't winning no awards for Depp

 

[HookersandIceCream]

Let's be realistic
What was Deeps last good role?

 

[The_King_of_Everything]

I didn't get a chance to see it yet.

Is it that bad

 

[ahomeplateslugger]

opened with 11.2 million and has a production cost of 100 million

he might break the record for most consecutive flops with how his career is going

 

[curz]

Let's be realistic
What was Deeps last good role?

 

[Kill Dat Noize]

Well if the rumors were true that Depp was in consideration for Doctor Strange he better sign on quick cause that would be a huge win for all parties involved.

Marvel with the hollywood fall-offs stimulus package once again .

 

[mson]

Shout to my nikka Depp

 

[Ice Cold]

I was telling my girl just yesterday Johnny Depp stays staring in sucky movies, don't get me wrong he's usually good in them but the flicks themselves are