‘Girl With Dragon Tattoo’ sequels a mystery
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Considering all the traditional and social media buzz over Rooney Mara’s Oscar-worthy performance as the heavily pierced and emotionally damaged heroine Lisbeth Salander leading up to the film’s release last Tuesday, those numbers are a disappointment.
“You think it would be a presold property, but there is just so much competition for the intelligent moviegoing audience out there,” says Anne Thompson, lead blogger and editor of the “Thompson on Hollywood” blog. “What it does suggest is that there was no need to bring this out during Christmas because it’s neither an Oscar contender nor a family-friendly movie.
“Honestly, this film would have been better off if they waited until February.”
Despite the circumstantial evidence, though, it may be premature to bury "the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo."
"This is the week that adults come out and that’s not necessarily the movie the people would have seen over Christmas," says Nikki Finke, founder and editor in chief of Deadline.com. "But from today all the way through next Monday is the adult time at movies and there isn’t that much out for adults, with the exception of smaller movies like ‘The Descendants.’ "
"I think we have to wait a little bit longer to see how it does."
‘Girl With Dragon Tattoo’ sequels a mystery
