Writers talk success and factors
“We had a great weekend and it feels good to be the number one movie in America,” said Zombieland co-writer Paul Wernick when ShockTillYouDrop.com talked with him and his writing partner Rhett Reese yesterday.
The pair is, in their words, giddy at the zom-com’s weekend success which has paved the way for a lucrative week as well. Reese told us, “The movie did 2.1 million on Monday and 2.2 million on Tuesday which is really tremendous and rare for a movie to go up from a Monday to a Tuesday. We’re hoping that implies word of mouth, that’s a good sign.”
“The push for the sequel,” Wernick continues, “well, the studio just has to get into it with everyone about budgets and next steps. It all depends on box office. We’ll be watching it closely this weekend to see how it progresses.”
Zombieland opened in the United Kingdom and Russia yesterday. How the film does there is another determining factors as to whether we’ll see the further adventures of Tallahassee and Columbus. “Traditionally, those are markets that mirror the U.S. market pretty well,” said Reese. “Both of those markets have a lot of love for zombies. These are the things that are being looked at to see if a sequel makes sense. Foreign box office and continuing domestic box office. We’ll get closer to a decision as these things are looked at.”
Source: Ryan Rotten, Managing Editor
