So much for the Internet hype. “Snakes on a Plane,” a camp thriller that generated an unprecedented tsunami of online hysteria during the past year, crawled into the No. 1 slot at the North American weekend box office with estimated ticket sales of just $15.3 million, its distributor said on Sunday.

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Brandon Gray an analyst at boxofficemojo.com said, “This tells you that you need to have a compelling story or premise to get an audience for your movie.” While this is true in some ways, it is not the entire reason.

When it comes down to it, there is one MAJOR reason why Snakes On A Plane (SOAP) underperformed this weekend. The demographic! Face it, this movie was going to rely on the buzz that was generated through blogs and in general, the Internet. The only problem is the fact that the tech community would rather download this movie through bittorrent, or buy the DVD in a few months. Movies are expensive these days, and the people who want to see Snakes On A Plane have easier and cheaper methods than the making a night out of the movies approach. If this movie has this amount of buzz in any other demographic it would have been a monumental success.

Here is a sneak preview of “The Simpsons” movie coming out in July of 2007. The clip has no color, and the animation is still choppy, but you can get the picture. Enjoy Homer, and only Homer!