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The "Virgin" Explodes with a $20 Million Opening Weekend
by Scott Weinberg | August 22, 2005
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Steve Carell's "The 40 Year-Old Virgin" unzipped approximately $20.6 million from over 2,800 theaters during its debut weekend, making it the second R-rated comedy (after "Wedding Crashers") to make a big splash this summer.

Debuting in second place was the airborne thriller "Red Eye," which snagged $16.5 million from nearly 3,100 theaters, thereby making leading lady Rachel McAdams the new "it" girl of the summer.

Holding on in third place was last weekend's leader, "Four Brothers," which added an estimated $13 million to its $43.6 million total. Fourth place was awarded to the still-popular "Wedding Crashers," which jammed another $8.2 million into its overstuffed pockets ($178 million all told). Rounding out the top 5 was last weekend's "The Skeleton Key," which tallied $7.2 million for a total just over $30 million.

Two other newcomers, Disney's "Valiant," and Fox's "Supercross," didn't fare so well, grossing $6 million from 2,000 theaters and $1.3 million from 1,600 theaters, respectively.

Next weekend's wide releases include the subterranean thriller "The Cave," Terry Gilliam's "The Brothers Grimm," and the romantic comedy "Undiscovered."

As always, feel free to stop by the Rotten Tomatoes Box Office page for a closer look at the weekend numbers.

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jeanfc
jeanfc writes:
on Aug 22 2005 09:34 AM

Notwithstanding the quality of films winning the box-office for the weekend, I just wish media outlets (CNN, Rottentomatoes, etc...) would stop using cute inuendos to announce who made the most money over the weekend.

I nothing against creative journalism, but the cute cliches are getting a bit tiresome. Does using the term "explode" when talking about the 40 Year Old Virgin really add anything...


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alsanali
alsanali writes:
on Aug 22 2005 10:20 AM

When there isn't anything to complain about, people start getting desparate...

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speelbergo
speelbergo writes:
on Aug 22 2005 10:57 AM

[b]$20 mil is hardly exploding.[/b]
Kudos for being number one, but 20 mil is a modest number these days.

And Is anyone else thankful that a CG cartoon finally bombed???? I am. Most studios are jumping on the bandwagon with these garbage films (like ice age and shark tale) but they have been raking it in at the B.O.! Now maybe that the gimmick of CGI is dying down, so will the soul-sucking competitors.


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pota1967
pota1967 writes:
on Aug 22 2005 12:57 PM

With all the hype its not surprising it made 20 million. I wonder what it will do next weekend.

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VML
VML writes:
on Aug 22 2005 01:09 PM

In reply to this comment (#825365)
Ice Age was sorta floppy, but I don't know why they're making a sequel.

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Bones919
Bones919 writes:
on Aug 22 2005 01:29 PM

Box Office Mojo had 40 Year Old Virgin predicted for around 16 mil, so 20 seems quite good to me. I saw it last night in Gainesville, FL (a college town) and the buzz leaving the theater was amazing. I kept hearing people laughing on the way out: "That was... wow," "Much funnier than Wedding Crashers," stuff like that. So I expect it to get great word of mouth and keep on strong for a few weeks, ending up getting close $150 mil maybe.

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lovelykeira
lovelykeira writes:
on Aug 22 2005 02:06 PM

I thought The 40-Year Virgin was damn funny and am happy to see it do well and I think it will continue to do so. I wouldn't say it was much funnier than Wedding Crashers cause that film was also damn funny. I still want to see Red Eye and I am looking forward to The Brothers Grimm coming out Friday.

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Eros_Amor
Eros_Amor writes:
on Aug 22 2005 07:16 PM

in most cases its obvious whos going to get the most money from week to week, we all should be surpised that wedding crashers is killing in the box offices...

just goes to show, R rated comedys still do work...


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Flim Springfield
Flim Springfield writes:
on Aug 22 2005 08:31 PM

Word of mouth has really kept The Wedding Crashers going, and I think it's going to help this movie too. I wouldn't be surprised to see it on top next weekend as well.

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Reel 2/Dialogue 2
Reel 2/Dialogue 2 writes:
on Aug 23 2005 12:36 PM

[b]The Hot Chick is not "It"[/b]
I love Rachel (in more ways than one), but "It Girl"? There's usually only one It Girl per mid-mid-mid-generation (every two years or so), and she generally has the talent someone else's god gave a wilting weed. It Girls don't have career futures. Rachel does.

[i]Valiant[/i] bombs? Daaarrrrrnnn, what for the future of Vanguard? Will they be the first CG studio dropped by Disney... on purpose? Neh. It only cost 40-50 million or so, it'll probably make that back on DVD.


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alsanali
alsanali writes:
on Aug 25 2005 03:42 AM

"just goes to show, R rated comedys still do work..."

Of course, the problem is that now in the next two years every studio will try their own hand at the gross-out-R-rated-comedy-with-a-heart and all of them will suck.


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