The follow up to Nia Vardolos international hit, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Connie and Carla arrived in theaters last Friday and died on arrival. It was so bad Uma Thurman may as well have jumped off the screen of Kill Bill 2 and killed the producers and studio.

Let’s step through the math and compare box office, shall we?
MGFGW 353 worldwide gross – 24 million costs = 329 million profit

Man, that’s a nice tidy profit. And that number excludes video rentals, DVD sales and the TV show spin off. Now compare MBFGW numbers to Connie and Carla so far.

Connie and Carla gross 3 million – 37 million cost = -34 million << OUCH! My math’s kinda fuzzy but one of those bottom lines don’t look like the other. So sam, what the hell is your point? I don’t like math blogs, you’re saying. Here’s my point, follow ups in the wake of smash hits are very difficult animals. Judge not Nia, is all I’m saying. Anything that comes after a tsunami like MBFGW comes with the baggage of very high expectations. But I only have the expectation that the movie is in color and costs me 9 bucks to see. And you never know, it may pick up steam over time. This Friday I’m going to see Connie and Carla. If it’s still playing.