ROTTEN TOMATOES: Box Office Guru Wrapup: Audiences Still Crazy for McLovin

Box Office Guru Wrapup: Audiences Still Crazy for McLovin

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Moviegoers kept going back for more musical fun as New Line's Hairspray dipped a mere 23% in its sixth session to an estimated $3.5M and raised its overall cume to $107.5M. Rounding out the top ten was the sci-fi flop The Invasion which tumbled 47% in its second weekend to an estimated $3.1M. The Warner Bros. release has taken in just $11.5M in ten days and should end with a miserable $16-18M.

Three national releases dumped into the late-August abyss debuted outside of the top ten with weak results. Yari Film Group's well-reviewed boxing drama Resurrecting the Champ starring Samuel L. Jackson and Josh Hartnett opened with an estimated $1.8M from 1,605 theaters for a poor $1,152 average. Universal's Latino crime drama Illegal Tender bowed to an estimated $1.4M from 512 sites for a mild $2,805 average. The most miserable results came from the Jon Voight film September Dawn which grossed an estimated $600,000 from 850 playdates for an embarrassing $706 per-theater average for Slowhand Releasing.

In limited release, the Mandy Moore drama Dedication got off to a moderate start collecting an estimated $24,000 from only four venues for an average of $6,000 on its opening weekend for The Weinstein Co.

Three films dropped out of the top ten over the weekend. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix grossed an estimated $2.5M, down 34%, lifting the domestic haul to $283.3M. Despite the midweek launch in July, the fifth wizard pic should end up with a final take nearly identical to the $290M taken in by the last installment Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire which had a Friday opening in November which has been the most common type of launch for the franchise.

Buena Vista's family film Underdog fell 42% to an estimated $2.2M and put its sum at $36.6M. A $42-44M final seems likely. Adam Sandler's latest comedy blockbuster I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry grossed an estimated $2.1M, down 42%, and gave Universal a total of $114.3M to date. The comedian has now generated $100M blockbusters over six consecutive years trailing only Tom Cruise whose streak is currently at seven straight years. Look for Chuck to end its run with roughly $120M.

The top ten films grossed an estimated $85.5M which was up 12% from last year when Invincible opened in first place with $17M; and up 10% from 2005 when The 40-Year-Old Virgin remained in the top spot with $16.3M.

Author: Gitesh Pandya, www.BoxOfficeGuru.com

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witherwings writes:
on Aug 26 2007 07:57 PM

Superbad... I saw it three times this weekend.

"Oh, that sounds like she fully wants it, man. Who's gonna give it to her, huh, my man? YOU, that's who."

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bribios writes:
on Aug 26 2007 08:05 PM

Daaaamn. I saw it for my second time this weekend, and considering ticket prices and my lack of a job, that's saying something for me.

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neoes writes:
on Aug 26 2007 08:24 PM

Lol....I've seen Superbad three times already...well worth my money, in my opinion.
I hope it reaches $120 million or more...people need to start seeing this comedy and not the crappy Adam Sandler stuff.

"Enjoy your remaining years!"
"I will...you ejoy ****ing Jules!"
"Oh..I will!"

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Bloody Mathias writes:
on Aug 26 2007 09:04 PM

Go Bourne! Go Superbad! Go me! My HSX.com portfolio has gone trough the roof this summer!

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EmmG389 writes:
on Aug 26 2007 09:36 PM

This just goes to show that you don't need to spend more than eighty million dollars to make a great return on your movies, just good scripts, directors, and good actors. I don't think Bourne costed that much and Superbad definitely didn't. I really hate the whole essence of Rush Hour 3 though.

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zooman writes:
on Aug 26 2007 10:03 PM

I still find it so sad that Stardust is doing so poorly while rush hour is doing so well. I find it sadder that ratatouille is well below lesser quality movies, if not all bad, like harry potter (which isnt a bad movie, no need to start shrieking), shrek, and transformers...

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witherwings writes:
on Aug 26 2007 10:28 PM

Agreed, zooman. Ratatouille and Stardust are THE two movies of the summer that I think deserved much better.

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nogard46 writes:
on Aug 27 2007 12:01 AM

having a gun is like having 2 dicks, except one of them can kill someone.

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Gimy writes:
on Aug 27 2007 04:22 AM

Rat was overrated, get over it people. i FINALLY saw Superbad and...for once, you people were right. it was pretty funny. qouting the movie like annoying 2ssfaces do all the time-FUNNY?? not sure. guess we'll find out! only negative i had was nudity. there was really none. i found it really surprising they actually went for an R rating because it could have been PG 13 if they'd have tweaked certain scenes but whatever...it was a really good movie anyway. nice to see creativity and entertainment overcome greed, take note Bruce Willis...

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~*Admiral Snowstorm*~ writes:
on Aug 27 2007 06:36 AM

I too am disappointed for Ratatouille, and I guess Stardust deserved better (haven't seen it but word-of-mouth has me believing that it should be earning more money).

However, this week's box office is pretty satisfying. Bourne and Superbad both deserve the top spots. Nice to see audiences going to see what they ought to see.

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unbreakable_samurai writes:
on Aug 27 2007 11:34 AM

Stardust really does deserve to do a lot better, it is easily one of the years best. I saw September Dawn this weekend, I'm one of the few I guess, the theater was actually pretty full. It was pretty good(B-), better than the 15% tomato meter would have you belive that's for sure. Also saw The Invasion which was flawed but it still had it's moments.

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southwick writes:
on Aug 27 2007 06:12 PM

Stardust has easily been my favorite film of the year so far, and we have recommended it to everyone. Here is hoping it catches on.

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zooman writes:
on Aug 27 2007 10:28 PM

ratatouille isn't as magnificent looking as it could have been, its not as funny as other pixar movies, and has a gloom that previous pixar films didn't have thanks to a modern non fairy tale european setting which in itelf is a bit gloomier than sunny or green America and an adultness in the situations that isn't pretentious but is still there to add to that contextual gloom. Yet I think you all will find a lot to appreciate in it with time as it shines in its subtleties and its overall accomplishment. Compare it to award winning dramas, and you get equally if not better, rounded characters, an enviable and humbly superb rhythm, witty and beautiful to listen dialogs, sense within all the elements which is so hard to achieve by any movie (even last years great the departed), and an authorial voice that goes beyond a masterful management of elements in its creation to also get to make simple but effective artistic statements. Again, all these elements are at least seemingly in a lower scope, but how hard is it to achieve them all well; last years biggest acclaimed films had problems in one or another element of the type previously mentioned (including babel, the departed, and pan's labrynth). From these four movies, ratatouille might look like the simplest, which I won't get into arguing against right now, but even in that case, its the best achieved in the overall. Anyway, I still understand and respect a certain disappointment and all that, just wanted to share my feelings about it. Enjoy whatever, i just hope its not too much rush hour in fear we get more of those movies instead of quality achievements that have more to offer with time than a one maybe enjoyable watch.

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