Sydney White, the latest bland Amanda Bynes movie, hit theaters this weekend, and to no surprise, it only made $1.75 million on Friday (which equates to about $5 million for the weekend, most likely).So how could this movie have doubled its gross? Easy: it could have stuck with a title that exuded that it was a take-off of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Yes, the movie is a modern adaptation (albeit a loose one) of the classic tale, but you would never guess that from the title. An appropriate title would have at least pulled in a few million more people who were curious to see if Bynes, who seems to consistently underachieve, could actually pull this off.
Of course, I just watched the movie trailer for the first time, and the movie looks God-awful. Bynes looks like she has bathed in orange fake-and-bake, and the plot hardly looks like it pays homage to Snow White. But if the title is as bland as Sydney White, a name that in no way exudes Snow White, no one is even going to give it a chance.
