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Box Office Guru Preview: Can Chuck and Larry Beat Up Harry?

by Gitesh Pandya | July 19, 2007

Summary

Two new star-driven Hollywood comedies face off at the box office this weekend in an attempt to unseat Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix from the top spot. Adam Sandler headlines the gay marriage pic I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry while John Travolta goes one step further starring as a heavy-set mom in the musical Hairspray. For the first time in nearly a month, no new release gets an early midweek headstart. Back to Article

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SplendidIsolation writes:
on Jul 19 2007 06:36 PM

I predict $34 million for Chuck and Larry

$13 million for Hairspray

I`m always wrong, but whatever...

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~*Admiral Snowstorm*~ writes:
on Jul 19 2007 06:42 PM

"Reviews have been bad as usual but should not factor in much."

Hahaha, what a perfect quote. I love it.

Also, is Chuck and Larry Rated R? I've been seeing that around here and there, and I'm fairly sure it's PG-13, but I'd appreciate it if anyone cared to verify.

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RT-News writes:
on Jul 19 2007 06:53 PM

It's PG-13. It was changed from R on appeal.

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rdproductions writes:
on Jul 19 2007 06:55 PM

* Burbage dies on pg. 12

* Hedwig dies on pg. 56

* Mad-Eye dies on pg. 78

* Scrimgeour dies on pg. 159

* Wormtail dies on pg. 471

* Dobby dies on pg. 476

* Snape gets bitten on the neck by Nagini, dies on pg. 658

* Fred Weasley gets blown up on pg. 637

* Harry gets ****ed up by Voldemort on pg. 704
o Comes back to life on pg. 724

*Voldemort gets killed by his own rebounding curse (n00b) on pg. 744

* Tonks, Lupin, and Colin Creevy have their deaths confirmed on pg. 745

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Product_of_You writes:
on Jul 19 2007 07:57 PM

This reporter doesn't know what he is talking about.

"The former Saturday Night Live star only does one film per year and each comedy has a specific well-defined plot."

Ok, well tell that to my favorite movie of the year so far, Reign Over Me.

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omelette writes:
on Jul 19 2007 08:41 PM

In reply to this comment (#949885)
Okay, please stop with the fake spoilers. They're annoying as hell and nobody's buying it.

And I think I'd die if I Now Pronounce you Chuck and Larry beats HP5 at the box office. It looks heinous.

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CoUcH ToMaToE DoUgIe writes:
on Jul 19 2007 09:21 PM

In reply to this comment (#949885)
hey, dude no one likes a blabbermouth to ruin their lives after a decade long commitment to something so special.

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rockstarfrank writes:
on Jul 19 2007 10:35 PM

I predict both of these films will bomb...based on the simple fact that they both look horrible.

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selke99 writes:
on Jul 20 2007 10:04 AM

In reply to this comment (#951193)
Ah you forget my friend, the power of Adam Sandler. I thought Anger Management was one of the most pretentious, crappy movies I'd ever seen, yet it makes, what, over 200 mil? Click wasn't all that great yet makes well over 100 mill. Little Nicky made a little coin, and Mr. Deeds I heard wasn't that good, yet also makes over 100 mil. It's like that South Park where Cartman is the Awesomo 2000 and he comes up with these crappy movie ideas with Sandler, and the Hollywood execs are just eating it up. Sad how true that is. But I did enjoy Waterboy, Gilmore, Big Daddy, Madison, 50 First Dates (not as much).

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Bloody Mathias writes:
on Jul 20 2007 11:06 AM

Harry - $40 million
Chuck & Larry - $35 million
Hairspray - $20 million
Transformers - $18 million
Ratatouille - $10 million

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bookworm1994 writes:
on Jul 20 2007 11:25 AM

In reply to this comment (#950709)
Preach it, Bobby. Power to the HP lovers who can't stand dumb spoilers. If I hear another Harry dies I may very well kill myself.

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bookworm1994 writes:
on Jul 20 2007 11:26 AM

In reply to this comment (#950382)
I think he means big comedies. No, he wasn't specific, but who the hell cares.

Yay to Reign Over Me.

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RawIsRamsey writes:
on Jul 20 2007 01:59 PM

Potter will hold to at least $40-$45 mil...possibly more with the new book coming out (spoilers above are ACCURATE....sorry, but it's true). Chuck & Larry will open very close to that, probably $35-$40 mil. Transformers will be 3rd with another $20-$25 mil. Ratatouille will take 4th with about $15 mil. Hairspray will garble in at 5th with about $10 mil. No one likes musicals (Chicago had tremendous actors, not hacks like Travolta and Pfieffer, and Dreamgirls got the African-American market because of Beyonce...deny it all you want, call it racist if you want, but fact is black people push black movies...look no further than the Wayans Brothers and the Madea films, which are all terrible).

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unbreakable_samurai writes:
on Jul 20 2007 02:21 PM

I'm still going to see Chuck and Larry, it looks amusing and Biel is damn hot. You Kill Me just opened here today too, so I think I'll check that out Sunday.

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pom_pom288 writes:
on Jul 20 2007 02:26 PM

I say Potter takes it by a nose with all the book 7 hype.

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kendrith1975 writes:
on Jul 20 2007 09:00 PM

In reply to this comment (#955596)
I am very impressed to see someone predicting all holdovers dropping less than 45% from last weekend. If HARRY POTTER 5 dropped to just 40-45 million (just around , it will on track to be the highest grosser HP movie in the franchise. That was a very rosy and gutsy prediction, but the real eye-opener is predicting a less than 15% drop for RATATOUILLE, and less than a 25% drop for TRANSFORMERS.

If the above prediction becomes true, this may well become one of the most impressive summer weekends ever, which we all love to see.

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