“Rock of Ages” is the sort of movie that appeals to an extremely limited slice of the movie-going public. Well, as someone who once served as the defense attorney in Tom Cruise Court and therefore feels obliged to support his career choices for reasons that even she doesn’t always understand, let me just say that this is so not Tom Cruise’s fault.
“This is proof that he is neither hot nor sticky-sweat, from his head to his feet.” “That movie tanked because of Cruise,” you said to yourself as you scanned the box office results, a potent hit of Cruise schadenfreude already coursing through your veins. There may be a temptation to blame this development on shirtless Tom Cruise (see above), the man who, as Stacee Jaxx, demands in “Rock of Ages” that we pour some sugar on him, in the name of love. Specifically, it debuted in third place, behind “Madagascar 3” and “Prometheus,” earning a decidedly not-rockin’ $15.1 million.
(David James/Warner Bros.)Īs the weekend box office results have already revealed, “ Rock of Ages” didn’t do so well in the movie-ticket-selling department.