Why, audiences, why? Saw IV wins the weekend.

Just when I think American audiences are getting smarter, they go ahead and feed the pockets of Lionsgate by shelling out over $14 million in ticket sales on Friday alone to see Saw IV. If this franchise is ever going to die, it's not going to be anytime soon, as Saw IV will make around $33 million for the weekend, the best opening of the Saw movies thus far.

I'm not surprised that Saw IV won the weekend. With only Dan in Real Life, an indie comedy-drama starring Steve Carrell, opening as competition, it was clear Saw IV would win handily. Still, I was hoping for a $25 million opening and a slow decline that would eventually force the Saw franchise onto a direct-to-DVD release pattern so that I would never have to write about it again.

Damn.

That's all I have to say.

New Saw IV Poster

Yet another Saw movie is coming to theaters this October, and once again, we're guaranteed a suck-fest. Lionsgate has released a new Saw IV movie poster, and, as one might expect, its rather gruesome. How does Jigsaw, the villain from the first three films, factor in, since he bit the bullet in the last film? Maybe the poster hints away...