Steve Austin's & WWE's Reaction To Condemned Box Office

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Within WWE, unofficially the blame is being placed on Lion's Gate for relying too heavily on just WWE to promote The Condemned. There didn't seem to be much advertisement for The Condemned outside of WWE's media platforms. There is also a belief that so many fans rented the DVD of The Marine that they're content doing the same for The Condemned. WWE will likely now seek out a PG or PG-13 script, rather than the R-rated script of The Condemned. The hope is that will attract more kids and families, who were squeezed out of seeing The Condemned, but were able to see "The Marine," which did the best of the three WWE films so far. See No Evil, also rated R, drew similar opening weekend numbers as "The Condemned," so there may be something to that theory.

Steve Austin's attitude is said to be "disappointment," mixed with determination to find a better project for his second film. Because he has a three-film deal, he knows he has two more chances to succeed.

source: Pro Wrestling Torch

[legolas4792]

well hopefully the rentals will help the sucess of the movie

[Jodes]

i only saw adds for the film when i was watching Raw. never saw it on any other channel. i think WWE should stick to wrestling and not try to make movies....

[The Instant Classic]

if they go with a PG movie i guarantee that cena will be in it thats the key to success for the kiddie movie cena + pg movie = loads of single moms and their kids going....

[LionDen]

R rated movies are never going to do better than a PG etc movie, it is just a fact and I love the WWE passing the blame. I am sure they could have down scaled The Condemned a bit to lower the rating but to late now. It will probably do well on DVD. Also, The Condemned was not pushed as hard as The Marine in any way whatsoever. The Marine was on all the time for a longer time as well. I am sure it also helped having Cena on TV every week to promote it even more and showing his face.