"X Men 3: The Last Stand" took in almost $45 million on Friday and landed in the history books. It is now the second highest opener of all time, right behind "Star Wars: Attack of the Sith."
Insiders are predicting that the Brett Ratner directed third episode in the X Men trilogy could do as much as $150 million over the four day Memorial Day weekend. Word of mouth and "tracking" are so strong that "X Men 3," with no real rivals, should shatter all kinds of records by time the numbers are in officially on Tuesday.
I told you so (pardon the arrogance):
Without warning, a confederacy of geeks has taken over the popular culture.
"The Matrix." "X-Men." The latest chapter in the trolls and elves trilogy. This is cinema for the "Dungeons and Dragons" set. Who put the Society for Creative Anachronism (that group you may recall from college, jousting on the lawn in medieval garb shouting "zounds" at each other as they drank from faux goblets) in charge of programming?
Once we mocked nerds. It was tradition. Now we (filmgoers, the flock mentality media) follow their lead.
And the dance continues. I'm just a little too old to be interested in a flick with characters named Magento, Cyclops, Storm and Mystique. That is, I've completed puberty.
Aw comeon! The movie was a blast, one giant allegory about homophobia. I went and saw it opening night at the Chinese Theatre. It was a fantastic mix of nerds, gays, and gay nerds.
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