'J. Edgar' Movie Math: How Clint Eastwood Might Have Developed His Latest Film

Audiences were not wild about 'J. Edgar' over the past weekend. Opening on approximately 1,900 screens, the Clint Eastwood-directed biopic gained $11.4 million, mediocre enough for fifth place. ('J. Edgar's' per-screen average was $6,005, under the per-screen average of 'Jack and Jill' and 'Puss in Boots,' for reference.) Experts were not that excited either: on Rotten Tomato plants, 'J. Edgar' were built with a 40 % Fresh rating, using it componen with 'Immortals' (39 percent) and 'In Time' (38 percent). Not the kind of reception an alleged Oscars contender is suppose to get! Why did audiences and experts somewhat reject the most recent Leonardo DiCaprio film? Possibly because they have seen the majority of it before. Ahead, a short consider the movie math behind 'J. Edgar.' [Click for bigger] Oscar Bait (20 %): Ahem. 'Brokeback Mountain (17 %): The forbidden romance between Hoover and the companion Clyde Tolson (Armie Hammer) isn't consummated onscreen, however it certainly recalls the unrequited moments between Ennis Del Marly and Jack Twist. Silly Putty (16 percent): As Armie Hammer told Moviefone, "It isn't just a little makeup, I'll tell you just how.Inch Preach, Armmie! 'The Notebook' (13 percent): Toward the finish of the lives, Hoover and Tolson have a little of Allie and Noah inside them, especially -- SPOILER -- when Tolson tearfully hugs Hoover's dead body. 'Psycho' (11 percent): Dame Judi Dench plays Hoover's domineering and repressive mother, the kind of lady who casts this type of large shadow over her son's existence he dons her dress after she dies. She wouldn't even harm a fly. 'The Aviator' (10 %): Leo being an eccentric and tragic historic figure? It's the clear way of the near future. 'Watchmen' (9 %): In the strange pewter-y filter that Eastwood affects over everything towards the absurd Richard Nixon impersonator that comes to the ultimate twenty minutes, all that's missing from 'J. Edgar' is Dr. Manhattan's giant blue penis. 'Mommie Dearest' (4 %): You will find some high camping moments in 'J. Edgar,' possibly none more absurd than when Hoover pleads with Tolson to look at his ft following the latter guy smashes a glass inside a fit of jealous rage. It is not "No wire wardrobe hangers!" (what's?), but it is certainly within the same realm. Cake chart produced by Catarina Ferreira [Top Photo: Warner Bros.] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook