The DVD Journal, I’ll miss you.IS THIS THE END FOR LITTLE HARVEY WEINSTEIN?It seems Peter Piskind’s uneven but essential book Down and Dirty Pictures should have an addendum coming soon, for Biskind will need some space to cover the tortured history of The Weinstein Company. Born after being bought out of Miramax, which the duo … Continue reading
Title (Letting the days go by) Weekend Total (let the water hold me down) Per Screen (Letting the days go by) Total (water flowing undergound 1 Superbad $18,000,000 (-45.5%) $6,105 $68,572,000 2 The Bourne Ultimatum $12,361,000 (-37.8%) $3,359 $185,143,000 3 Rush Hour 3 $12,250,000 (-42.6%) $3,594 $109,013,000 4 Mr. Bean’s Holiday $10,121,000 $5,904 $10,121,000 5 … Continue reading
Superbad keeps performing, so it looks to be a $100 million picture. Not so bad, eh? The problem with this is going to be the people who will run jokes into the ground. Don’t be McLovin’ it too much, all right? Save it for the stage, Romeo. THE LOSERS OF SUMMER Picking the ugliest mutts … Continue reading
Judd Apatow’s Title Judd Apatow’s Weekend Judd Apatow’s Per Screen Judd Apatow’s Total 1 Judd Apatow’s Superbad $31,200,000 $10,583 $31,200,000 2 Rush Apatow 3 $21,830,000 (-55.5%) $5,778 $88,153,000 3 The Apatow Ultimatum $18,986,000 (-42.3%) $5,129 $163,806,000 4 The Simpsons Movie $6,675,000 (-40.8%) $2,111 $165,117,000 5 The Apatow Invasion $6,000,000 $2,161 $6,000,000 6 Apatowdust $5,244,000 (-42.8%) … Continue reading
There’s really no point in rehashing the love of Apatow this week, is there? The film to see, undoubtedly, is Superbad. Jump on it. AS SUMMER COMES TO A CLOSE The internet allows for expediency heretofore unimagined, so let’s do an analysis of the summer grosses, shall we? This week: THE WINNERS (sort of)! # … Continue reading
Tittles Gross-out Pube Screen All the way Total 1 Tush Hour 3 $50,240,000 $13,298 $50,240,000 2 The Horny Ultimatum $33,670,000 (-51.4%) $9,134 $132,343,000 3 The Simpsons Dirty Movie $11,125,000 (-55.7%) $3,132 $152,237,000 4 Starbust $9,011,000 $3,547 $9,011,000 5 Dirty Dog $6,456,000 (-44.3%) $2,142 $24,747,000 6 Hairspray (the parody version of this… too X rated) $6,370,000 … Continue reading
So, we’re going to enter the dog days of summer after this weekend. Rush Hour 3 is the last major franchise, which is good for Chud-favorite Superbad and its chances of long-play. But what it means is that we’re about to get two sorts of films for the next couple of weeks: Films the studio … Continue reading
A joke about the film’s title Weekended Gross Per Screen Total 1 The Bourne Ultimatum $70,181,000 $19,175 $70,181,000 2 The Simpsons Movie $25,600,000 (-65.4%) $6,520 $128,550,000 3 Underdog $3,985 $12,009,000 4 I Now Pronounce You Bruce and Bruce $10,528,000 (-45.0%) $3,200 $91,697,000 5 Hairspray $9,325,000 (-41.4%) $2,993 $78,954,000 6 Harry Potter and the Order of … Continue reading
So there’s now three remakes of The Invasion of the Body Snatchers, with the second called Body Snatchers, and the latest called The Invasion. If they do a fourth, will it be called Of?I’ll be here all week (or at least Thursdays and Sundays)THE MOST INTERESTING MOVIE OF THE WEEKAndy Samberg. The jury’s still out. … Continue reading
Da, Film Da, Total Da, Per Screen Da, Total 1 The Simpsons Movie $71,850,000 $18,319 $71,850,000 2 I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry $19,063,000 (-44.3%) $5,445 $71,610,000 3 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix $17,065,000 (-47.5%) $4,260 $241,771,000 4 Hairspray $15,550,000 (-43.4%) $4,982 $59,307,000 5 No Reservations $11,755,000 $4,847 $11,755,000 6 Transformers … Continue reading