I thought it was going to be a hit. I enjoyed the movie’s piercing satire. Maybe most people didn’t understand the humor. Why wasn’t this film more popular?

Because of the combination of two things, I think. Either they stayed away because it looked like a brainless preteen girl movie, or because they didn't market it well enough.

I don't know about you guys, but I saw almost no previews of it until it was in theatres. I wouldn't have even known it was out if I hadn't happened to see it on the actual movie theatre's sign.

-Nate

People are stupid I guess. I have seen it 12 times and still love it. I heard all of my information about the movie and it's development on the internet from infancy to theatrical release. Roeper got it and kudos for him! Ebert didn't get it at all and thought it was stupid. It was very funny and campy and even Rachael said so herself! I can't wait until it comes out in stores!!!

The reason was simple, it was a social satire against teen-pop-culture and how stupid it is, and it was marketed to teen-pop-culture so most people who saw it, saw it making fun of THEM,and never saw it again! But yes the movie was amazing, unless you are part of the, dumb-boyband loving-brainless-masmarketed-teens group then why would you like it?!

>yes the movie was amazing, unless you are part of the, dumb-boyband loving-brainless-masmarketed-teens group then why would you like it?!

Because if you're part of that group you think it's just a girl band pop film and you probably like that sort of thing.

I still say, if they had simply marketed it better (it's ironic that they didn't), then it would have done very well.

-Nate

It's really hard to say why Josie didn't do better at the box office. On the one hand, it got terrific reviews from a industry insider publication like Variety and then it got terrible reviews in small town newspapers scattered everywhere across the USA. Some people got the jokes, some were left clueless. Why didn't the teen audience go in droves? Good question. They will support such drivel as American Pie or Something About Mary but not Josie?? I guess so. I hope it wasn't just because the gross out factor didn't compete. When I think about it, there wasn't much of a gross out factor included in Josie and the Pussycats. It seemed to have a lot of things going for it. The soundtrack, three beautiful girls, and adequate promotion. I guess the promotion factor could be questioned, but companies tend to spend money pushing a good thing if there is any indication it will be worth the price.

I remember telling other members of this message board that I thought we were looking at a #1 movie on the week before it's release, so obviously I have no clue. It seemed to have all the ingredients to it. It seemed primed to be a vehicle that carried Rachael to a loftier position among the stars. I still think it was a good project for her, but it didn't seem to live up to it's potential. Too bad.

How possible is it that this movie will be released in Germany if it is not as sucessful as it should be? (just seen the trailer, great!!)

I'm sure it will make its way there eventually.

Because there are alot of people who are too stuck up or afraid to be made fun of to just go see the movie.

I think it's because they screwed up releasing it. For some dumb reason, they released it on a Wednesday. And like every other movie, as soon as it got to theatres, the TV ad campaign slowed down a lot. So by the time Friday came around when people usually go see movies, a lot of people forgot about it. I know that I missed the weekend it opened because they were never totally clear about when it was coming out and I never saw it until a couple weeks later.

It was hyped up on ET, but here in Australia it has little or no publicity.