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  • In 1954, Jessica Spencer/Clive Maxtone in the production of Abarinding.

  • In 1963, she is cast in the role of Sally in the production of Agente XU 777.

  • For the 2000 tv series Born to Trouble: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Rachel McAdams's character is Patsy (age 15).

  • In 1931, she takes the role of Danielle in the movie Baghdad Nu Bulbul.

  • Rachel McAdams stars as Regina George in the 2007 release of Black Dahlia Movie.

  • For the 1974 feature Chakravakam, she plays the part of Beth.

  • Rachel McAdams is cast in the role of Kate McNab in the 2005 show Dope Sick Love.

  • In 1913, she is cast in the role of Young Allie Nelson in the show Domik v Kolomne.

  • For the 2006 video Girly Gang Bang 7, she stars as Claire Clearly.

  • Herself in the 1951 feature Guan Dong fei xia da zhan Fang Shi Yu.

  • For the 2002 feature Haan chin ga chuk, Rachel McAdams plays Amy Stone.

  • Oscars Red Carpet, Press Room, and Afterparty Roundup!

    
    The stars sparkled and shined last night at the Oscars. We were here to capture all of the red carpet fashion and beauty trends, and even have the secrets on how to get them. Also, weigh in on the night's big winners and upsets. Check out all our coverage
    on 2010-03-08 04:50:02

  • Rachel McAdams: Oscar Night Hottie

    
    Always a fan of looking fabulous, Rachel McAdams was spotted arriving at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards tonight (March 7). The “Red Eye” actress looked simply stunning as she posed for the paparazzi outside the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, C
    on 2010-03-08 04:49:08

  • What You Didn't See on the Oscars

    
    From Jake Gyllenhaal's nickname for Rachel McAdams to Kristen Stewart & Taylor Lautner's giggle-fest, find out what you missed on TV
    on 2010-03-08 04:46:27

  • Rachel McAdams joining Woody Allen film (Reuters)

    
    Reuters - Rachel McAdams is in negotiations to star opposite Owen Wilson and Marion Cotillard in Woody Allen's next movie.
    on 2010-03-04 04:45:28

  • Rachel McAdams joining Woody Allen film (Reuters)

    
    Reuters - Rachel McAdams is in negotiations to star opposite Owen Wilson and Marion Cotillard in Woody Allen's next movie.
    on 2010-03-04 04:45:14

  • Rachel McAdams: Sherlock Holmes Hottie

    
    Stepping out for a promotional appearance, Rachel McAdams was spotted at a photo call for ?Sherlock Holmes? in Paris, France today (January 15). The ?Notebook? babe looked lovely as she posed for the paparazzi and greeted fans at the Gaumont Marignan cine
    on 2010-01-16 04:49:33

  • ?Sherlock Holmes? Star-Studded German Premiere

    
    Making a trip over to Germany, Rachel McAdams attended the premiere of “Sherlock Holmes” at CineStar Sony Center movie theatre in Berlin earlier today (January 12). The talented actress looked gorgeous in a long one-sleeve belted blue frock
    on 2010-01-13 04:49:35

  • Which Celebrity Couple Do You Secretly Wish Would Get Back Together?

    
    Indulge us for a minute - we know that all these couples are over and have been, in most cases, for years. Still when we were looking back at the decade in celebrity relationships, we noticed from the comments that some of you, like us, still have that pl
    on 2009-12-27 04:47:09

  • Rachel McAdams: New Man?

    
    It’s no secret that love comes and goes quickly in Tinseltown, and Rachel McAdams may have found a new gentleman caller just in time for the holidays. According to a report, the “Notebook” hottie has taken a special liking to Jude Law
    on 2009-12-23 04:48:37

  • A 'Down and Dirty' 'Sherlock Holmes'

    
    There's lots of action in director Guy Ritchie's re-imagined version of Arthur Conan Doyle's classic character 'Sherlock Holmes,' with Robert Downey Jr. in the title role, Jude Law as his loyal sidekick Watson and Rachel McAdams as Sherlock's love interes
    on 2009-12-19 04:46:36

  • Robert Downey Jr. Brings 'Sherlock Holmes' to the Big Apple!

    
    ET dished with Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams and more about their action-packed detective adventure, 'Sherlock Holmes,' at the film's star-studded New York premiere on Thursday night! ?Over a year ago we started shooting, and we really labor
    on 2009-12-18 04:48:28

  • Mcadams in Awe of Lohan

    
    Rachel Mcadams was left in awe of Lindsay Lohan's acting ability on the set of Mean Girls - because she was so professional.The stars appeared together in the 2004 teen comedy, and while McAdams has gone on to star in several major movies, including The N
    on 2009-12-17 04:47:49

  • Rachel McAdams Heads Off to the Big Apple

    
    Continuing her jet-setting ways, Rachel McAdams was spotted departing out of Heathrow Airport in London on Tuesday (December 15). Fresh off of the UK premiere of her “Sherlock Holmes” movie, the brunette beauty was able to board her New Yor
    on 2009-12-16 04:49:22

  • A 'Down and Dirty' 'Sherlock Holmes'

    
    There's lots of action in director Guy Ritchie's re-imagined version of Arthur Conan Doyle's classic character 'Sherlock Holmes,' with Robert Downey Jr. in the title role, Jude Law as his loyal sidekick Watson and Rachel McAdams as Sherlock's love interes
    on 2009-12-12 04:46:58

  • Rachel McAdams Lands in London

    
    She’s no stranger to international travel, and earlier today (December 9) Rachel McAdams was spotted arriving into Heathrow Airport in London, England. The “Sherlock Holmes” hottie looked a bit drab as she pushed her massive cart of l
    on 2009-12-10 04:59:07

  • What to TiVo: Friday

    
    ABC has Dreams Come True: A Celebration of Disney Animation, and is new with Ugly Betty and 20/20 CBS is new with Ghost Whisperer, Medium, and NUMB3RS FOX is new with Dollhouse NBC has Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa and is new with Dateline The CW h
    on 2009-12-04 04:50:23

  • Yogic Diet For Rachel McAdams

    
    Rachel McAdams needed to do lots of yoga to fit into her 'Sherlock Holmes' outfit.The actress had to wear a lot of tight-fitting corsets for her role as Irene Adler in Guy Ritchie's new movie about the British fictional detective and admits it was a strug
    on 2009-11-20 04:49:35

  • Rachel McAdams: Big Apple Babe

    
    Making her way to the Big Apple, Rachel McAdams was spotted pulling her suitcase as she checked into a downtown hotel NYC on Thursday (October 8). The “State of Play” hottie looked stylish as she strolled past paparazzi, enjoying a break af
    on 2009-10-09 04:48:51

  • Kevin MacDonald Q&A

    
    Kevin Macdonald is a two time Bafta winner with movies such as Touching The Void and The Last King of Scotland under his belt.The filmmaker returned to box office success earlier this year with political thriller State of Play, boasting an impressive cast
    on 2009-09-22 04:48:21

  • Fashion Weekend Bursts With Starlets, Famous Fashion Faces!

    
    New York Fashion Week didn't slow down over the weekend, and the front rows were star-studded gearing up for last night's big event, the VMAs. Lindsay Lohan ducked into Alice + Olivia and Shenae Grimes, Blake Lively, and Rachel Zoe all scored spots at the
    on 2009-09-14 04:49:58

  • Ryan Gosling -- The Yoked Book

    
    Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Beauty, Hot Bodies Call the cops, because Ryan Gosling just got jacked.The 28-year-old showed off his pumped up arms and pecs after leaving a gym in L.A. yesterday.Somewhere Rachel McAdams is crying. More Ryan Gosling Rya
    on 2009-09-09 04:49:31

  • Rachel McAdams and Eric Bana: Deauville Promoters

    
    Continuing their promotional duties, Rachel McAdams and Eric Bana were spotted at a photo call for “The Time Traveler’s Wife” at the Deauville American Film Festival in northern France today (September 5). The “Notebook”
    on 2009-09-06 04:46:55

  • 'Headstrong' Rachel McAdams

    
    Rachel McAdams was a "headstrong" teenager.The 'Time Traveler's Wife' star denies she was "rebellious" when she was younger, but admits she didn't like being told what to do.The 30-year-old actress said: "I wasn't terribly rebellious in the traditional se
    on 2009-08-24 04:47:12

  • Rachel McAdams: Made Big Impression on Sabato Jr.

    
    Rachel McAdams as a contestant on My Antonio, the new VH1 reality show in which women compete to go out with former Calvin Klein underwear model Anotnio Sabato Jr.? Like that...
    on 2009-08-22 04:45:25

  • Rachel McAdams: Made Big Impression on Sabato Jr.

    
    Rachel McAdams as a contestant on My Antonio, the new VH1 reality show in which women compete to go out with former Calvin Klein underwear model Anotnio Sabato Jr.? Like that...
    on 2009-08-22 04:45:34

  • Rachel McAdams: Made Big Impression on Sabato Jr.

    
    Rachel McAdams as a contestant on My Antonio, the new VH1 reality show in which women compete to go out with former Calvin Klein underwear model Anotnio Sabato Jr.? Like that...
    on 2009-08-22 04:45:41

  • Rachel McAdams: Made Big Impression on Sabato Jr.

    
    Rachel McAdams as a contestant on My Antonio, the new VH1 reality show in which women compete to go out with former Calvin Klein underwear model Anotnio Sabato Jr.? Like that...
    on 2009-08-22 04:45:50

  • Rachel McAdams: Made Big Impression on Sabato Jr.

    
    Rachel McAdams as a contestant on My Antonio, the new VH1 reality show in which women compete to go out with former Calvin Klein underwear model Anotnio Sabato Jr.? Like that...
    on 2009-08-22 04:46:18

  • ?Sherlock Holmes? Stars: Back to Work

    
    Bringing an end to another day of filming, the stars of Guy Ritchie’s “Sherlock Holmes” were spotted leaving the set this afternoon (August 18). Robert Downey Jr. and director Guy Ritchie were spotted chatting as they made their exit
    on 2009-08-19 04:49:29

  • Ryan and Rachel Round 10?

    
    The original Robsten, that would be Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling, are currently both single...again. As reported last week by Us Weekly, Rachel split with rebound love Josh Lucas,...
    on 2009-08-19 04:46:13
  • http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060504/en_nm/leisure_starsalaries_dc By Bob Tourtellotte Wed May 3, 11:50 PM ET LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Poor Jim Carrey. His movies have raked in nearly $2 billion at box offices, but now a leading entertainment magazine says the comedian's asking price of $25 million a film has become "a bit of a gamble." In its issue out this week, Entertainment Weekly rates top stars on whether they are worth the money. Among those whose asking prices have become too high are Carrey, Nicole Kidman, Will Ferrell and Eddie Murphy, the magazine said. It added that after years of ever-rising star salaries, the prices for top talent are now coming down because the cost of making movies is going up, among other issues. "It's long overdue," former Twentieth Century Fox Chairman Bill Mechanic told the magazine. Entertainment Weekly quoted several studio executives as saying the rising cost of production has led many stars to take large parts of their fees from revenue and profit participation that may never materialize if films flop at box offices. Carrey, star of hits like "Bruce Almighty," had been a big beneficiary of the 1990s' salary run-up during which he saw his paycheck hit the $25 million mark. However, his recent big-budget movies like "Fun with Dick and Jane" barely topped $100 million in domestic ticket sales, leaving his star tarnished, the magazine said. Carrey's not the only one. Kidman is considered a risky bet after the box office failure of "Bewitched" and "The Stepford Wives" among other recent films. Will Ferrell's $20 million also made the list of risky bets given recent box office disappointments and Eddie Murphy's $20 million was considered downright "too pricey." But Tom Hanks' $25 million was thought to be "worth every penny" because he remains "one of the most bankable brand names in the world." Oscar nominee Jake Gyllenhaal, at $5 million to $7 million a picture, and Rachel McAdams at $3 million to $4 million, were bargains. Reuters/VNU
  • NY POST..PAGE 6 WITH all the celebrity break-ups sweeping showbiz circles, we're happy to report on what looks like a blossoming romance between Hollywood hotties Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling. Although representatives for both Gosling and McAdams refused to confirm whether they're hot and heavy, the duo have been spotted engaging in all manner of couple-like activities, from grocery shopping a deux, mutual dog-walking and even sharing a 48-ounce steak at a Morton's in Nashville. Shinan Govani, a columnist at Canada's National Post, reports the two "have more than once visited the hurricane-ravaged area of Biloxi to volunteer. On one trip which coincided with Halloween, they even set up a haunted house for kids." The columnist added that Gosling dressed up as a scarecrow and McAdams disguised herself as a witch. E! Online columnist Ted Casablanca says the lovebirds were recently spotted shooting down Beverly Boulevard in L.A. on a motorbike. Gosling, 25, previously dated Sandra Bullock, 16 years his senior, after the two met when they co-starred in 2002's "Murder by Numbers." Gosling and Bullock called it quits shortly before she started seeing "Monster Garage" star Jesse James, whom she married in July. Gosling and McAdams, 29, met on the set of last year's romantic comedy "The Notebook." When they were declared the winners of MTV's Best Kiss award this year, they re-created the moment by passionately locking lips on stage. Both are hot properties in Hollywood right now. McAdams had hits this year with "Red Eye" and "Wedding Crashers" and will be seen in the upcoming "Family Stone" with Sarah Jessica Parker. Gosling will appear in Steven Soderbergh's paean to the Communist revolutionary, "Che." Meanwhile, another story circulating last week said luscious McAdams fled a Vanity Fair photo shoot after learning that fashion guru and guest editor Tom Ford expected her to pose nude for the cover shot with Keira Knightley and Scarlett Johansson, according to radarmagazine.com. "Every magazine wants her on their cover and thinks she's gonna be huge, so she can get away with being picky," says a Cond, Nast insider. "But everyone's really impressed that she stood up for herself. It's kind of amazing, actually."
  • "Rick in Oz" wrote in message http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/column/index.cfm?columnID=9136 Hot Virgin Can't Save Box Office Weekend Box Office Wrap-Up for August 19-21, 2005 By John Hamann August 21, 2005 Top Ten for Weekend of August 19-21, 2005 Rank Film Number of Sites Percentage Drop Estimated Gross ($) Cumulative Gross ($) 1 The 40 Year Old Virgin 2,845 New $20.6 $20.6 2 Red Eye 3,079 New $16.5 $16.5 3 Four Brothers 2,649 -39% $13.0 $43.6 4 Wedding Crashers 2,920 -30% $8.3 $177.9 5 The Skeleton Key 2,774 -54% $7.4 $30.1 6 March of the Penguins 2,102 -3% $6.7 $48.6 7 Valiant 2,014 New $6.1 $6.1 8 The Dukes of Hazzard 3,404 -56% $5.7 $68.8 9 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2,575 -39% $4.5 $192.7 10 Sky High 2,145 -37% $4.0 $50.8 11 Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo 3,127 -63% $3.6 $17.2 12 Must Love Dogs 1,809 -49% $2.3 $39.1 Despite some heat from a 40 Year-Old Virgin and Rachel McAdams this weekend, the box office continued to struggle through what's been a long, not-so-hot summer. The good news this weekend is that we have opener strength from two flicks with no stars; the bad news again is that second weekend holdovers with some decent names provide no backup strength to lead this year over last year. Looking forward to next weekend is becoming a large, desperate pattern that has ruled summer box office this year. However, if The 40 Year-Old Virgin can hold well next weekend and combine with what may be a decent opening from The Brothers Grimm, the box office will certainly win a weekend in the next frame. The number one film of the weekend is The 40 Year-Old Virgin, which used great reviews and smart marketing to land the number one spot - despite not having the pedigree of a big opener. The Steve Carell comedy grossed a fantastic $20.6 million for Universal this weekend from only 2,845 venues, giving it an excellent venue average of $7,224. Made for only $25 million, Virgin came within a few million of making its production budget back over opening weekend, something we haven't seen a lot of this summer. The opening will make a star out of Steve Carell, known mostly for supporting roles in films like Anchorman and Bruce Almighty, and most recently for headlining the Americanization of the British comedy series, The Office. Also rising up the Hollywood food chain will be Virgin's director, co-producer and co-writer Judd Apatow, whose Apatow Productions also carries a production credit, along with Universal. Previous credits for Apatow include the cult-hit TV series Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared. The 40 Year-Old Virgin should have excellent word-of-mouth. Critics loved it and audiences seem to be agreeing with them. At RottenTomatoes, 108 reviews were counted, and only a very slim 12 were of the negative variety leading to a very fresh rating of 89%, one of the best scores for a wide release this summer. As Tim Briody reported yesterday, Virgin opened to $7.3 million on Friday, which means it had a weekend multiplier (Weekend gross divided by Friday gross) of 2.8 - a stellar multiplier for an R-rated comedy. The multiplier indicates the film had good momentum throughout the weekend and that the comedy didn't play solely as a Friday night date movie. For Universal, the red-hot Virgin heats up what's been a slow summer for the studio since Cinderella Man crashed and burned in June. Let's see if good word-of-mouth spreads next weekend and Virgin holds much like New Line's Wedding Crashers. Second spot this weekend goes to Red Eye, Rachel McAdams' follow up to The Wedding Crashers and The Notebook, and Cillian Murphy's follow up to Batman Begins and 28 Days Later. The DreamWorks terror-in-the-air flick grossed a decent $16.5 million this weekend from 3,079 venues, giving Red Eye a venue average of $5,358. This one had many similarities to The 40 Year-Old Virgin. It cost a similar $25 million to make, and like the Universal comedy, the thriller had some of the best reviews of the summer. With 102 positive reviews out of a possible 122, Red Eye earned an 84% fresh rating at RottenTomatoes. For DreamWorks, the thriller will remove some of the bad memories of The Island, the studio's domestic disaster that improved slightly with some international success. For rising star Rachel McAdams, Red Eye will keep her career moving at a blistering pace. With some good holds, Red Eye could be a big hit a la The Notebook ($81 million total) and Mean Girls ($86 million total), and make her one of the big stars of the summer, as she also appeared in Wedding Crashers ($177.9 million and counting). Falling to third this weekend is Four Brothers, Paramount's urban drama starring Mark Wahlberg. Brothers grossed $13 million in its second weekend, dropping an okay 39% from its first place $21 million opening last weekend. This was a good bet for the folks at Paramount, as the drama carried a production budget of only $45 million, and has so far earned $43.6 million. It could finish with as much as $75 million in the Paramount kitty. Holding in fourth despite some decent competition is Wedding Crashers, New Line's latest lottery win. Still in the top five after six weekends of release, the Owen Wilson/Vince Vaughn comedy earned another $8.3 million this weekend, as it continues to climb towards $200 million. Wedding Crashers dipped 30% despite losing 211 venues to competition. Its total now sits at an amazing $177.9 million, and will reach at least $210 million. The Skeleton Key dips to fifth as the Kate Hudson horror flick falls hard in its sophomore frame. The Universal thriller grossed $7.4 million, down a hard 54% compared to last weekend. The $45 million flick has now earned $30.1 million, and will most likely top out around $55 million. Again, if second weekend films could have a little retention, headlines wouldn't be repeating the box office blues. Speaking of retention, March of the Penguins continues to hold amazingly, as drops for the doc are almost non-existent. The Paramount Classics release earned another $6.7 million, dropping only 3%. The studio added another 39 venues this weekend to bring the total up to 2,102; it earned an average of $3,177 - the fourth best in the top ten. The question now is where is this one going to end up. It's still fairly hard to say, but $75 million is a lock at this point, with $100 million not completely out of the question. It currently sits with $48.6 million. Way back in seventh is the animated Valiant, and it doesn't take a genius to figure out the distributor wasn't exactly enamored by the product they were selling. Produced on the cheap by Vanguard Entertainment for distributor Disney, the animated pigeon flick opened to a poor $6.1 million, but the writing was on the wall. Disney came up with only 2,014 venues for this release, which led to an average of $3,023. With that kind of release pattern and date, one can tell that hopes were low for this one. Disney also forgot to market Valiant, leaving it to fend for itself this weekend. Horrible reviews followed, making the theatrical release just an advertisement for its eventual home video release. The good news here is that Valiant was made for less that $40 million, thanks to a new animation process concocted by Vanguard, who has a multi-picture deal with the Disney Corporation. Maybe next time the distributor will support the project. The Dukes of Hazzard is quickly becoming a great example of how a movie can implode after a successful opening weekend. After opening to more than $30 million, The Dukes fell a hefty 58% last weekend, and the news only gets worse in this frame. The Dukes of Hazzard grossed an ugly $5.7 million, down a surprisingly bad 56% in its third frame. Once thought to be a $100 million winner, Dukes now sits with $68.8 million, and will be lucky to get $85 million. Ninth this weekend is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, as Tim Burton's adaptation of the Roald Dahl story probably spends its last weekend in the top ten. Charlie earned another $4.5 million, off 39% from last weekend. The $150 million WB release has now earned $192.7 million and should cross the $200 million mark in a weekend or two. Tenth is Sky High, a Disney product the studio had a little more faith in. Sky High grossed $4 million in its fourth weekend, off 37%. The $35 million Kurt Russell comedy has now earned $50.8 million, and should make it to $65 million. Not making the top ten this weekend is opener Supercross, which finished way back in 15th. It had a weekend gross of $1.3 million and has earned $2 million since opening Wednesday. Also not in the top ten is Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, as it fell 63% this weekend, dropping from fifth to 11th. Overall, despite from strength from two openers, the box office still can't keep up with a slow weekend last year. The top ten this weekend grossed about $92.8 million, off from last year's totals of about $96.1 million. I guess there's always next weekend.
  • "Rick in Oz" wrote in message http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/column/index.cfm?columnID=9136 Hot Virgin Can't Save Box Office Weekend Box Office Wrap-Up for August 19-21, 2005 By John Hamann August 21, 2005 Top Ten for Weekend of August 19-21, 2005 Rank Film Number of Sites Percentage Drop Estimated Gross ($) Cumulative Gross ($) 1 The 40 Year Old Virgin 2,845 New $20.6 $20.6 2 Red Eye 3,079 New $16.5 $16.5 3 Four Brothers 2,649 -39% $13.0 $43.6 4 Wedding Crashers 2,920 -30% $8.3 $177.9 5 The Skeleton Key 2,774 -54% $7.4 $30.1 6 March of the Penguins 2,102 -3% $6.7 $48.6 7 Valiant 2,014 New $6.1 $6.1 8 The Dukes of Hazzard 3,404 -56% $5.7 $68.8 9 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2,575 -39% $4.5 $192.7 10 Sky High 2,145 -37% $4.0 $50.8 11 Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo 3,127 -63% $3.6 $17.2 12 Must Love Dogs 1,809 -49% $2.3 $39.1 Despite some heat from a 40 Year-Old Virgin and Rachel McAdams this weekend, the box office continued to struggle through what's been a long, not-so-hot summer. The good news this weekend is that we have opener strength from two flicks with no stars; the bad news again is that second weekend holdovers with some decent names provide no backup strength to lead this year over last year. Looking forward to next weekend is becoming a large, desperate pattern that has ruled summer box office this year. However, if The 40 Year-Old Virgin can hold well next weekend and combine with what may be a decent opening from The Brothers Grimm, the box office will certainly win a weekend in the next frame. The number one film of the weekend is The 40 Year-Old Virgin, which used great reviews and smart marketing to land the number one spot - despite not having the pedigree of a big opener. The Steve Carell comedy grossed a fantastic $20.6 million for Universal this weekend from only 2,845 venues, giving it an excellent venue average of $7,224. Made for only $25 million, Virgin came within a few million of making its production budget back over opening weekend, something we haven't seen a lot of this summer. The opening will make a star out of Steve Carell, known mostly for supporting roles in films like Anchorman and Bruce Almighty, and most recently for headlining the Americanization of the British comedy series, The Office. Also rising up the Hollywood food chain will be Virgin's director, co-producer and co-writer Judd Apatow, whose Apatow Productions also carries a production credit, along with Universal. Previous credits for Apatow include the cult-hit TV series Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared. The 40 Year-Old Virgin should have excellent word-of-mouth. Critics loved it and audiences seem to be agreeing with them. At RottenTomatoes, 108 reviews were counted, and only a very slim 12 were of the negative variety leading to a very fresh rating of 89%, one of the best scores for a wide release this summer. As Tim Briody reported yesterday, Virgin opened to $7.3 million on Friday, which means it had a weekend multiplier (Weekend gross divided by Friday gross) of 2.8 - a stellar multiplier for an R-rated comedy. The multiplier indicates the film had good momentum throughout the weekend and that the comedy didn't play solely as a Friday night date movie. For Universal, the red-hot Virgin heats up what's been a slow summer for the studio since Cinderella Man crashed and burned in June. Let's see if good word-of-mouth spreads next weekend and Virgin holds much like New Line's Wedding Crashers. Second spot this weekend goes to Red Eye, Rachel McAdams' follow up to The Wedding Crashers and The Notebook, and Cillian Murphy's follow up to Batman Begins and 28 Days Later. The DreamWorks terror-in-the-air flick grossed a decent $16.5 million this weekend from 3,079 venues, giving Red Eye a venue average of $5,358. This one had many similarities to The 40 Year-Old Virgin. It cost a similar $25 million to make, and like the Universal comedy, the thriller had some of the best reviews of the summer. With 102 positive reviews out of a possible 122, Red Eye earned an 84% fresh rating at RottenTomatoes. For DreamWorks, the thriller will remove some of the bad memories of The Island, the studio's domestic disaster that improved slightly with some international success. For rising star Rachel McAdams, Red Eye will keep her career moving at a blistering pace. With some good holds, Red Eye could be a big hit a la The Notebook ($81 million total) and Mean Girls ($86 million total), and make her one of the big stars of the summer, as she also appeared in Wedding Crashers ($177.9 million and counting). Falling to third this weekend is Four Brothers, Paramount's urban drama starring Mark Wahlberg. Brothers grossed $13 million in its second weekend, dropping an okay 39% from its first place $21 million opening last weekend. This was a good bet for the folks at Paramount, as the drama carried a production budget of only $45 million, and has so far earned $43.6 million. It could finish with as much as $75 million in the Paramount kitty. Holding in fourth despite some decent competition is Wedding Crashers, New Line's latest lottery win. Still in the top five after six weekends of release, the Owen Wilson/Vince Vaughn comedy earned another $8.3 million this weekend, as it continues to climb towards $200 million. Wedding Crashers dipped 30% despite losing 211 venues to competition. Its total now sits at an amazing $177.9 million, and will reach at least $210 million. The Skeleton Key dips to fifth as the Kate Hudson horror flick falls hard in its sophomore frame. The Universal thriller grossed $7.4 million, down a hard 54% compared to last weekend. The $45 million flick has now earned $30.1 million, and will most likely top out around $55 million. Again, if second weekend films could have a little retention, headlines wouldn't be repeating the box office blues. Speaking of retention, March of the Penguins continues to hold amazingly, as drops for the doc are almost non-existent. The Paramount Classics release earned another $6.7 million, dropping only 3%. The studio added another 39 venues this weekend to bring the total up to 2,102; it earned an average of $3,177 - the fourth best in the top ten. The question now is where is this one going to end up. It's still fairly hard to say, but $75 million is a lock at this point, with $100 million not completely out of the question. It currently sits with $48.6 million. Way back in seventh is the animated Valiant, and it doesn't take a genius to figure out the distributor wasn't exactly enamored by the product they were selling. Produced on the cheap by Vanguard Entertainment for distributor Disney, the animated pigeon flick opened to a poor $6.1 million, but the writing was on the wall. Disney came up with only 2,014 venues for this release, which led to an average of $3,023. With that kind of release pattern and date, one can tell that hopes were low for this one. Disney also forgot to market Valiant, leaving it to fend for itself this weekend. Horrible reviews followed, making the theatrical release just an advertisement for its eventual home video release. The good news here is that Valiant was made for less that $40 million, thanks to a new animation process concocted by Vanguard, who has a multi-picture deal with the Disney Corporation. Maybe next time the distributor will support the project. The Dukes of Hazzard is quickly becoming a great example of how a movie can implode after a successful opening weekend. After opening to more than $30 million, The Dukes fell a hefty 58% last weekend, and the news only gets worse in this frame. The Dukes of Hazzard grossed an ugly $5.7 million, down a surprisingly bad 56% in its third frame. Once thought to be a $100 million winner, Dukes now sits with $68.8 million, and will be lucky to get $85 million. Ninth this weekend is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, as Tim Burton's adaptation of the Roald Dahl story probably spends its last weekend in the top ten. Charlie earned another $4.5 million, off 39% from last weekend. The $150 million WB release has now earned $192.7 million and should cross the $200 million mark in a weekend or two. Tenth is Sky High, a Disney product the studio had a little more faith in. Sky High grossed $4 million in its fourth weekend, off 37%. The $35 million Kurt Russell comedy has now earned $50.8 million, and should make it to $65 million. Not making the top ten this weekend is opener Supercross, which finished way back in 15th. It had a weekend gross of $1.3 million and has earned $2 million since opening Wednesday. Also not in the top ten is Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, as it fell 63% this weekend, dropping from fifth to 11th. Overall, despite from strength from two openers, the box office still can't keep up with a slow weekend last year. The top ten this weekend grossed about $92.8 million, off from last year's totals of about $96.1 million. I guess there's always next weekend.
  • "Rick in Oz" wrote in message http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/column/index.cfm?columnID=9136 Hot Virgin Can't Save Box Office Weekend Box Office Wrap-Up for August 19-21, 2005 By John Hamann August 21, 2005 Top Ten for Weekend of August 19-21, 2005 Rank Film Number of Sites Percentage Drop Estimated Gross ($) Cumulative Gross ($) 1 The 40 Year Old Virgin 2,845 New $20.6 $20.6 2 Red Eye 3,079 New $16.5 $16.5 3 Four Brothers 2,649 -39% $13.0 $43.6 4 Wedding Crashers 2,920 -30% $8.3 $177.9 5 The Skeleton Key 2,774 -54% $7.4 $30.1 6 March of the Penguins 2,102 -3% $6.7 $48.6 7 Valiant 2,014 New $6.1 $6.1 8 The Dukes of Hazzard 3,404 -56% $5.7 $68.8 9 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2,575 -39% $4.5 $192.7 10 Sky High 2,145 -37% $4.0 $50.8 11 Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo 3,127 -63% $3.6 $17.2 12 Must Love Dogs 1,809 -49% $2.3 $39.1 Despite some heat from a 40 Year-Old Virgin and Rachel McAdams this weekend, the box office continued to struggle through what's been a long, not-so-hot summer. The good news this weekend is that we have opener strength from two flicks with no stars; the bad news again is that second weekend holdovers with some decent names provide no backup strength to lead this year over last year. Looking forward to next weekend is becoming a large, desperate pattern that has ruled summer box office this year. However, if The 40 Year-Old Virgin can hold well next weekend and combine with what may be a decent opening from The Brothers Grimm, the box office will certainly win a weekend in the next frame. The number one film of the weekend is The 40 Year-Old Virgin, which used great reviews and smart marketing to land the number one spot - despite not having the pedigree of a big opener. The Steve Carell comedy grossed a fantastic $20.6 million for Universal this weekend from only 2,845 venues, giving it an excellent venue average of $7,224. Made for only $25 million, Virgin came within a few million of making its production budget back over opening weekend, something we haven't seen a lot of this summer. The opening will make a star out of Steve Carell, known mostly for supporting roles in films like Anchorman and Bruce Almighty, and most recently for headlining the Americanization of the British comedy series, The Office. Also rising up the Hollywood food chain will be Virgin's director, co-producer and co-writer Judd Apatow, whose Apatow Productions also carries a production credit, along with Universal. Previous credits for Apatow include the cult-hit TV series Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared. The 40 Year-Old Virgin should have excellent word-of-mouth. Critics loved it and audiences seem to be agreeing with them. At RottenTomatoes, 108 reviews were counted, and only a very slim 12 were of the negative variety leading to a very fresh rating of 89%, one of the best scores for a wide release this summer. As Tim Briody reported yesterday, Virgin opened to $7.3 million on Friday, which means it had a weekend multiplier (Weekend gross divided by Friday gross) of 2.8 - a stellar multiplier for an R-rated comedy. The multiplier indicates the film had good momentum throughout the weekend and that the comedy didn't play solely as a Friday night date movie. For Universal, the red-hot Virgin heats up what's been a slow summer for the studio since Cinderella Man crashed and burned in June. Let's see if good word-of-mouth spreads next weekend and Virgin holds much like New Line's Wedding Crashers. Second spot this weekend goes to Red Eye, Rachel McAdams' follow up to The Wedding Crashers and The Notebook, and Cillian Murphy's follow up to Batman Begins and 28 Days Later. The DreamWorks terror-in-the-air flick grossed a decent $16.5 million this weekend from 3,079 venues, giving Red Eye a venue average of $5,358. This one had many similarities to The 40 Year-Old Virgin. It cost a similar $25 million to make, and like the Universal comedy, the thriller had some of the best reviews of the summer. With 102 positive reviews out of a possible 122, Red Eye earned an 84% fresh rating at RottenTomatoes. For DreamWorks, the thriller will remove some of the bad memories of The Island, the studio's domestic disaster that improved slightly with some international success. For rising star Rachel McAdams, Red Eye will keep her career moving at a blistering pace. With some good holds, Red Eye could be a big hit a la The Notebook ($81 million total) and Mean Girls ($86 million total), and make her one of the big stars of the summer, as she also appeared in Wedding Crashers ($177.9 million and counting). Falling to third this weekend is Four Brothers, Paramount's urban drama starring Mark Wahlberg. Brothers grossed $13 million in its second weekend, dropping an okay 39% from its first place $21 million opening last weekend. This was a good bet for the folks at Paramount, as the drama carried a production budget of only $45 million, and has so far earned $43.6 million. It could finish with as much as $75 million in the Paramount kitty. Holding in fourth despite some decent competition is Wedding Crashers, New Line's latest lottery win. Still in the top five after six weekends of release, the Owen Wilson/Vince Vaughn comedy earned another $8.3 million this weekend, as it continues to climb towards $200 million. Wedding Crashers dipped 30% despite losing 211 venues to competition. Its total now sits at an amazing $177.9 million, and will reach at least $210 million. The Skeleton Key dips to fifth as the Kate Hudson horror flick falls hard in its sophomore frame. The Universal thriller grossed $7.4 million, down a hard 54% compared to last weekend. The $45 million flick has now earned $30.1 million, and will most likely top out around $55 million. Again, if second weekend films could have a little retention, headlines wouldn't be repeating the box office blues. Speaking of retention, March of the Penguins continues to hold amazingly, as drops for the doc are almost non-existent. The Paramount Classics release earned another $6.7 million, dropping only 3%. The studio added another 39 venues this weekend to bring the total up to 2,102; it earned an average of $3,177 - the fourth best in the top ten. The question now is where is this one going to end up. It's still fairly hard to say, but $75 million is a lock at this point, with $100 million not completely out of the question. It currently sits with $48.6 million. Way back in seventh is the animated Valiant, and it doesn't take a genius to figure out the distributor wasn't exactly enamored by the product they were selling. Produced on the cheap by Vanguard Entertainment for distributor Disney, the animated pigeon flick opened to a poor $6.1 million, but the writing was on the wall. Disney came up with only 2,014 venues for this release, which led to an average of $3,023. With that kind of release pattern and date, one can tell that hopes were low for this one. Disney also forgot to market Valiant, leaving it to fend for itself this weekend. Horrible reviews followed, making the theatrical release just an advertisement for its eventual home video release. The good news here is that Valiant was made for less that $40 million, thanks to a new animation process concocted by Vanguard, who has a multi-picture deal with the Disney Corporation. Maybe next time the distributor will support the project. The Dukes of Hazzard is quickly becoming a great example of how a movie can implode after a successful opening weekend. After opening to more than $30 million, The Dukes fell a hefty 58% last weekend, and the news only gets worse in this frame. The Dukes of Hazzard grossed an ugly $5.7 million, down a surprisingly bad 56% in its third frame. Once thought to be a $100 million winner, Dukes now sits with $68.8 million, and will be lucky to get $85 million. Ninth this weekend is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, as Tim Burton's adaptation of the Roald Dahl story probably spends its last weekend in the top ten. Charlie earned another $4.5 million, off 39% from last weekend. The $150 million WB release has now earned $192.7 million and should cross the $200 million mark in a weekend or two. Tenth is Sky High, a Disney product the studio had a little more faith in. Sky High grossed $4 million in its fourth weekend, off 37%. The $35 million Kurt Russell comedy has now earned $50.8 million, and should make it to $65 million. Not making the top ten this weekend is opener Supercross, which finished way back in 15th. It had a weekend gross of $1.3 million and has earned $2 million since opening Wednesday. Also not in the top ten is Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, as it fell 63% this weekend, dropping from fifth to 11th. Overall, despite from strength from two openers, the box office still can't keep up with a slow weekend last year. The top ten this weekend grossed about $92.8 million, off from last year's totals of about $96.1 million. I guess there's always next weekend.
  • "Rick in Oz" wrote in message http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/column/index.cfm?columnID=9136 Hot Virgin Can't Save Box Office Weekend Box Office Wrap-Up for August 19-21, 2005 By John Hamann August 21, 2005 Top Ten for Weekend of August 19-21, 2005 Rank Film Number of Sites Percentage Drop Estimated Gross ($) Cumulative Gross ($) 1 The 40 Year Old Virgin 2,845 New $20.6 $20.6 2 Red Eye 3,079 New $16.5 $16.5 3 Four Brothers 2,649 -39% $13.0 $43.6 4 Wedding Crashers 2,920 -30% $8.3 $177.9 5 The Skeleton Key 2,774 -54% $7.4 $30.1 6 March of the Penguins 2,102 -3% $6.7 $48.6 7 Valiant 2,014 New $6.1 $6.1 8 The Dukes of Hazzard 3,404 -56% $5.7 $68.8 9 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2,575 -39% $4.5 $192.7 10 Sky High 2,145 -37% $4.0 $50.8 11 Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo 3,127 -63% $3.6 $17.2 12 Must Love Dogs 1,809 -49% $2.3 $39.1 Despite some heat from a 40 Year-Old Virgin and Rachel McAdams this weekend, the box office continued to struggle through what's been a long, not-so-hot summer. The good news this weekend is that we have opener strength from two flicks with no stars; the bad news again is that second weekend holdovers with some decent names provide no backup strength to lead this year over last year. Looking forward to next weekend is becoming a large, desperate pattern that has ruled summer box office this year. However, if The 40 Year-Old Virgin can hold well next weekend and combine with what may be a decent opening from The Brothers Grimm, the box office will certainly win a weekend in the next frame. The number one film of the weekend is The 40 Year-Old Virgin, which used great reviews and smart marketing to land the number one spot - despite not having the pedigree of a big opener. The Steve Carell comedy grossed a fantastic $20.6 million for Universal this weekend from only 2,845 venues, giving it an excellent venue average of $7,224. Made for only $25 million, Virgin came within a few million of making its production budget back over opening weekend, something we haven't seen a lot of this summer. The opening will make a star out of Steve Carell, known mostly for supporting roles in films like Anchorman and Bruce Almighty, and most recently for headlining the Americanization of the British comedy series, The Office. Also rising up the Hollywood food chain will be Virgin's director, co-producer and co-writer Judd Apatow, whose Apatow Productions also carries a production credit, along with Universal. Previous credits for Apatow include the cult-hit TV series Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared. The 40 Year-Old Virgin should have excellent word-of-mouth. Critics loved it and audiences seem to be agreeing with them. At RottenTomatoes, 108 reviews were counted, and only a very slim 12 were of the negative variety leading to a very fresh rating of 89%, one of the best scores for a wide release this summer. As Tim Briody reported yesterday, Virgin opened to $7.3 million on Friday, which means it had a weekend multiplier (Weekend gross divided by Friday gross) of 2.8 - a stellar multiplier for an R-rated comedy. The multiplier indicates the film had good momentum throughout the weekend and that the comedy didn't play solely as a Friday night date movie. For Universal, the red-hot Virgin heats up what's been a slow summer for the studio since Cinderella Man crashed and burned in June. Let's see if good word-of-mouth spreads next weekend and Virgin holds much like New Line's Wedding Crashers. Second spot this weekend goes to Red Eye, Rachel McAdams' follow up to The Wedding Crashers and The Notebook, and Cillian Murphy's follow up to Batman Begins and 28 Days Later. The DreamWorks terror-in-the-air flick grossed a decent $16.5 million this weekend from 3,079 venues, giving Red Eye a venue average of $5,358. This one had many similarities to The 40 Year-Old Virgin. It cost a similar $25 million to make, and like the Universal comedy, the thriller had some of the best reviews of the summer. With 102 positive reviews out of a possible 122, Red Eye earned an 84% fresh rating at RottenTomatoes. For DreamWorks, the thriller will remove some of the bad memories of The Island, the studio's domestic disaster that improved slightly with some international success. For rising star Rachel McAdams, Red Eye will keep her career moving at a blistering pace. With some good holds, Red Eye could be a big hit a la The Notebook ($81 million total) and Mean Girls ($86 million total), and make her one of the big stars of the summer, as she also appeared in Wedding Crashers ($177.9 million and counting). Falling to third this weekend is Four Brothers, Paramount's urban drama starring Mark Wahlberg. Brothers grossed $13 million in its second weekend, dropping an okay 39% from its first place $21 million opening last weekend. This was a good bet for the folks at Paramount, as the drama carried a production budget of only $45 million, and has so far earned $43.6 million. It could finish with as much as $75 million in the Paramount kitty. Holding in fourth despite some decent competition is Wedding Crashers, New Line's latest lottery win. Still in the top five after six weekends of release, the Owen Wilson/Vince Vaughn comedy earned another $8.3 million this weekend, as it continues to climb towards $200 million. Wedding Crashers dipped 30% despite losing 211 venues to competition. Its total now sits at an amazing $177.9 million, and will reach at least $210 million. The Skeleton Key dips to fifth as the Kate Hudson horror flick falls hard in its sophomore frame. The Universal thriller grossed $7.4 million, down a hard 54% compared to last weekend. The $45 million flick has now earned $30.1 million, and will most likely top out around $55 million. Again, if second weekend films could have a little retention, headlines wouldn't be repeating the box office blues. Speaking of retention, March of the Penguins continues to hold amazingly, as drops for the doc are almost non-existent. The Paramount Classics release earned another $6.7 million, dropping only 3%. The studio added another 39 venues this weekend to bring the total up to 2,102; it earned an average of $3,177 - the fourth best in the top ten. The question now is where is this one going to end up. It's still fairly hard to say, but $75 million is a lock at this point, with $100 million not completely out of the question. It currently sits with $48.6 million. Way back in seventh is the animated Valiant, and it doesn't take a genius to figure out the distributor wasn't exactly enamored by the product they were selling. Produced on the cheap by Vanguard Entertainment for distributor Disney, the animated pigeon flick opened to a poor $6.1 million, but the writing was on the wall. Disney came up with only 2,014 venues for this release, which led to an average of $3,023. With that kind of release pattern and date, one can tell that hopes were low for this one. Disney also forgot to market Valiant, leaving it to fend for itself this weekend. Horrible reviews followed, making the theatrical release just an advertisement for its eventual home video release. The good news here is that Valiant was made for less that $40 million, thanks to a new animation process concocted by Vanguard, who has a multi-picture deal with the Disney Corporation. Maybe next time the distributor will support the project. The Dukes of Hazzard is quickly becoming a great example of how a movie can implode after a successful opening weekend. After opening to more than $30 million, The Dukes fell a hefty 58% last weekend, and the news only gets worse in this frame. The Dukes of Hazzard grossed an ugly $5.7 million, down a surprisingly bad 56% in its third frame. Once thought to be a $100 million winner, Dukes now sits with $68.8 million, and will be lucky to get $85 million. Ninth this weekend is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, as Tim Burton's adaptation of the Roald Dahl story probably spends its last weekend in the top ten. Charlie earned another $4.5 million, off 39% from last weekend. The $150 million WB release has now earned $192.7 million and should cross the $200 million mark in a weekend or two. Tenth is Sky High, a Disney product the studio had a little more faith in. Sky High grossed $4 million in its fourth weekend, off 37%. The $35 million Kurt Russell comedy has now earned $50.8 million, and should make it to $65 million. Not making the top ten this weekend is opener Supercross, which finished way back in 15th. It had a weekend gross of $1.3 million and has earned $2 million since opening Wednesday. Also not in the top ten is Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, as it fell 63% this weekend, dropping from fifth to 11th. Overall, despite from strength from two openers, the box office still can't keep up with a slow weekend last year. The top ten this weekend grossed about $92.8 million, off from last year's totals of about $96.1 million. I guess there's always next weekend.
  • "Rick in Oz" wrote in message http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/column/index.cfm?columnID=9136 Hot Virgin Can't Save Box Office Weekend Box Office Wrap-Up for August 19-21, 2005 By John Hamann August 21, 2005 Top Ten for Weekend of August 19-21, 2005 Rank Film Number of Sites Percentage Drop Estimated Gross ($) Cumulative Gross ($) 1 The 40 Year Old Virgin 2,845 New $20.6 $20.6 2 Red Eye 3,079 New $16.5 $16.5 3 Four Brothers 2,649 -39% $13.0 $43.6 4 Wedding Crashers 2,920 -30% $8.3 $177.9 5 The Skeleton Key 2,774 -54% $7.4 $30.1 6 March of the Penguins 2,102 -3% $6.7 $48.6 7 Valiant 2,014 New $6.1 $6.1 8 The Dukes of Hazzard 3,404 -56% $5.7 $68.8 9 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2,575 -39% $4.5 $192.7 10 Sky High 2,145 -37% $4.0 $50.8 11 Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo 3,127 -63% $3.6 $17.2 12 Must Love Dogs 1,809 -49% $2.3 $39.1 Despite some heat from a 40 Year-Old Virgin and Rachel McAdams this weekend, the box office continued to struggle through what's been a long, not-so-hot summer. The good news this weekend is that we have opener strength from two flicks with no stars; the bad news again is that second weekend holdovers with some decent names provide no backup strength to lead this year over last year. Looking forward to next weekend is becoming a large, desperate pattern that has ruled summer box office this year. However, if The 40 Year-Old Virgin can hold well next weekend and combine with what may be a decent opening from The Brothers Grimm, the box office will certainly win a weekend in the next frame. The number one film of the weekend is The 40 Year-Old Virgin, which used great reviews and smart marketing to land the number one spot - despite not having the pedigree of a big opener. The Steve Carell comedy grossed a fantastic $20.6 million for Universal this weekend from only 2,845 venues, giving it an excellent venue average of $7,224. Made for only $25 million, Virgin came within a few million of making its production budget back over opening weekend, something we haven't seen a lot of this summer. The opening will make a star out of Steve Carell, known mostly for supporting roles in films like Anchorman and Bruce Almighty, and most recently for headlining the Americanization of the British comedy series, The Office. Also rising up the Hollywood food chain will be Virgin's director, co-producer and co-writer Judd Apatow, whose Apatow Productions also carries a production credit, along with Universal. Previous credits for Apatow include the cult-hit TV series Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared. The 40 Year-Old Virgin should have excellent word-of-mouth. Critics loved it and audiences seem to be agreeing with them. At RottenTomatoes, 108 reviews were counted, and only a very slim 12 were of the negative variety leading to a very fresh rating of 89%, one of the best scores for a wide release this summer. As Tim Briody reported yesterday, Virgin opened to $7.3 million on Friday, which means it had a weekend multiplier (Weekend gross divided by Friday gross) of 2.8 - a stellar multiplier for an R-rated comedy. The multiplier indicates the film had good momentum throughout the weekend and that the comedy didn't play solely as a Friday night date movie. For Universal, the red-hot Virgin heats up what's been a slow summer for the studio since Cinderella Man crashed and burned in June. Let's see if good word-of-mouth spreads next weekend and Virgin holds much like New Line's Wedding Crashers. Second spot this weekend goes to Red Eye, Rachel McAdams' follow up to The Wedding Crashers and The Notebook, and Cillian Murphy's follow up to Batman Begins and 28 Days Later. The DreamWorks terror-in-the-air flick grossed a decent $16.5 million this weekend from 3,079 venues, giving Red Eye a venue average of $5,358. This one had many similarities to The 40 Year-Old Virgin. It cost a similar $25 million to make, and like the Universal comedy, the thriller had some of the best reviews of the summer. With 102 positive reviews out of a possible 122, Red Eye earned an 84% fresh rating at RottenTomatoes. For DreamWorks, the thriller will remove some of the bad memories of The Island, the studio's domestic disaster that improved slightly with some international success. For rising star Rachel McAdams, Red Eye will keep her career moving at a blistering pace. With some good holds, Red Eye could be a big hit a la The Notebook ($81 million total) and Mean Girls ($86 million total), and make her one of the big stars of the summer, as she also appeared in Wedding Crashers ($177.9 million and counting). Falling to third this weekend is Four Brothers, Paramount's urban drama starring Mark Wahlberg. Brothers grossed $13 million in its second weekend, dropping an okay 39% from its first place $21 million opening last weekend. This was a good bet for the folks at Paramount, as the drama carried a production budget of only $45 million, and has so far earned $43.6 million. It could finish with as much as $75 million in the Paramount kitty. Holding in fourth despite some decent competition is Wedding Crashers, New Line's latest lottery win. Still in the top five after six weekends of release, the Owen Wilson/Vince Vaughn comedy earned another $8.3 million this weekend, as it continues to climb towards $200 million. Wedding Crashers dipped 30% despite losing 211 venues to competition. Its total now sits at an amazing $177.9 million, and will reach at least $210 million. The Skeleton Key dips to fifth as the Kate Hudson horror flick falls hard in its sophomore frame. The Universal thriller grossed $7.4 million, down a hard 54% compared to last weekend. The $45 million flick has now earned $30.1 million, and will most likely top out around $55 million. Again, if second weekend films could have a little retention, headlines wouldn't be repeating the box office blues. Speaking of retention, March of the Penguins continues to hold amazingly, as drops for the doc are almost non-existent. The Paramount Classics release earned another $6.7 million, dropping only 3%. The studio added another 39 venues this weekend to bring the total up to 2,102; it earned an average of $3,177 - the fourth best in the top ten. The question now is where is this one going to end up. It's still fairly hard to say, but $75 million is a lock at this point, with $100 million not completely out of the question. It currently sits with $48.6 million. Way back in seventh is the animated Valiant, and it doesn't take a genius to figure out the distributor wasn't exactly enamored by the product they were selling. Produced on the cheap by Vanguard Entertainment for distributor Disney, the animated pigeon flick opened to a poor $6.1 million, but the writing was on the wall. Disney came up with only 2,014 venues for this release, which led to an average of $3,023. With that kind of release pattern and date, one can tell that hopes were low for this one. Disney also forgot to market Valiant, leaving it to fend for itself this weekend. Horrible reviews followed, making the theatrical release just an advertisement for its eventual home video release. The good news here is that Valiant was made for less that $40 million, thanks to a new animation process concocted by Vanguard, who has a multi-picture deal with the Disney Corporation. Maybe next time the distributor will support the project. The Dukes of Hazzard is quickly becoming a great example of how a movie can implode after a successful opening weekend. After opening to more than $30 million, The Dukes fell a hefty 58% last weekend, and the news only gets worse in this frame. The Dukes of Hazzard grossed an ugly $5.7 million, down a surprisingly bad 56% in its third frame. Once thought to be a $100 million winner, Dukes now sits with $68.8 million, and will be lucky to get $85 million. Ninth this weekend is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, as Tim Burton's adaptation of the Roald Dahl story probably spends its last weekend in the top ten. Charlie earned another $4.5 million, off 39% from last weekend. The $150 million WB release has now earned $192.7 million and should cross the $200 million mark in a weekend or two. Tenth is Sky High, a Disney product the studio had a little more faith in. Sky High grossed $4 million in its fourth weekend, off 37%. The $35 million Kurt Russell comedy has now earned $50.8 million, and should make it to $65 million. Not making the top ten this weekend is opener Supercross, which finished way back in 15th. It had a weekend gross of $1.3 million and has earned $2 million since opening Wednesday. Also not in the top ten is Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, as it fell 63% this weekend, dropping from fifth to 11th. Overall, despite from strength from two openers, the box office still can't keep up with a slow weekend last year. The top ten this weekend grossed about $92.8 million, off from last year's totals of about $96.1 million. I guess there's always next weekend.
  • "Rick in Oz" wrote in message http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/column/index.cfm?columnID=9136 Hot Virgin Can't Save Box Office Weekend Box Office Wrap-Up for August 19-21, 2005 By John Hamann August 21, 2005 Top Ten for Weekend of August 19-21, 2005 Rank Film Number of Sites Percentage Drop Estimated Gross ($) Cumulative Gross ($) 1 The 40 Year Old Virgin 2,845 New $20.6 $20.6 2 Red Eye 3,079 New $16.5 $16.5 3 Four Brothers 2,649 -39% $13.0 $43.6 4 Wedding Crashers 2,920 -30% $8.3 $177.9 5 The Skeleton Key 2,774 -54% $7.4 $30.1 6 March of the Penguins 2,102 -3% $6.7 $48.6 7 Valiant 2,014 New $6.1 $6.1 8 The Dukes of Hazzard 3,404 -56% $5.7 $68.8 9 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2,575 -39% $4.5 $192.7 10 Sky High 2,145 -37% $4.0 $50.8 11 Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo 3,127 -63% $3.6 $17.2 12 Must Love Dogs 1,809 -49% $2.3 $39.1 Despite some heat from a 40 Year-Old Virgin and Rachel McAdams this weekend, the box office continued to struggle through what's been a long, not-so-hot summer. The good news this weekend is that we have opener strength from two flicks with no stars; the bad news again is that second weekend holdovers with some decent names provide no backup strength to lead this year over last year. Looking forward to next weekend is becoming a large, desperate pattern that has ruled summer box office this year. However, if The 40 Year-Old Virgin can hold well next weekend and combine with what may be a decent opening from The Brothers Grimm, the box office will certainly win a weekend in the next frame. The number one film of the weekend is The 40 Year-Old Virgin, which used great reviews and smart marketing to land the number one spot - despite not having the pedigree of a big opener. The Steve Carell comedy grossed a fantastic $20.6 million for Universal this weekend from only 2,845 venues, giving it an excellent venue average of $7,224. Made for only $25 million, Virgin came within a few million of making its production budget back over opening weekend, something we haven't seen a lot of this summer. The opening will make a star out of Steve Carell, known mostly for supporting roles in films like Anchorman and Bruce Almighty, and most recently for headlining the Americanization of the British comedy series, The Office. Also rising up the Hollywood food chain will be Virgin's director, co-producer and co-writer Judd Apatow, whose Apatow Productions also carries a production credit, along with Universal. Previous credits for Apatow include the cult-hit TV series Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared. The 40 Year-Old Virgin should have excellent word-of-mouth. Critics loved it and audiences seem to be agreeing with them. At RottenTomatoes, 108 reviews were counted, and only a very slim 12 were of the negative variety leading to a very fresh rating of 89%, one of the best scores for a wide release this summer. As Tim Briody reported yesterday, Virgin opened to $7.3 million on Friday, which means it had a weekend multiplier (Weekend gross divided by Friday gross) of 2.8 - a stellar multiplier for an R-rated comedy. The multiplier indicates the film had good momentum throughout the weekend and that the comedy didn't play solely as a Friday night date movie. For Universal, the red-hot Virgin heats up what's been a slow summer for the studio since Cinderella Man crashed and burned in June. Let's see if good word-of-mouth spreads next weekend and Virgin holds much like New Line's Wedding Crashers. Second spot this weekend goes to Red Eye, Rachel McAdams' follow up to The Wedding Crashers and The Notebook, and Cillian Murphy's follow up to Batman Begins and 28 Days Later. The DreamWorks terror-in-the-air flick grossed a decent $16.5 million this weekend from 3,079 venues, giving Red Eye a venue average of $5,358. This one had many similarities to The 40 Year-Old Virgin. It cost a similar $25 million to make, and like the Universal comedy, the thriller had some of the best reviews of the summer. With 102 positive reviews out of a possible 122, Red Eye earned an 84% fresh rating at RottenTomatoes. For DreamWorks, the thriller will remove some of the bad memories of The Island, the studio's domestic disaster that improved slightly with some international success. For rising star Rachel McAdams, Red Eye will keep her career moving at a blistering pace. With some good holds, Red Eye could be a big hit a la The Notebook ($81 million total) and Mean Girls ($86 million total), and make her one of the big stars of the summer, as she also appeared in Wedding Crashers ($177.9 million and counting). Falling to third this weekend is Four Brothers, Paramount's urban drama starring Mark Wahlberg. Brothers grossed $13 million in its second weekend, dropping an okay 39% from its first place $21 million opening last weekend. This was a good bet for the folks at Paramount, as the drama carried a production budget of only $45 million, and has so far earned $43.6 million. It could finish with as much as $75 million in the Paramount kitty. Holding in fourth despite some decent competition is Wedding Crashers, New Line's latest lottery win. Still in the top five after six weekends of release, the Owen Wilson/Vince Vaughn comedy earned another $8.3 million this weekend, as it continues to climb towards $200 million. Wedding Crashers dipped 30% despite losing 211 venues to competition. Its total now sits at an amazing $177.9 million, and will reach at least $210 million. The Skeleton Key dips to fifth as the Kate Hudson horror flick falls hard in its sophomore frame. The Universal thriller grossed $7.4 million, down a hard 54% compared to last weekend. The $45 million flick has now earned $30.1 million, and will most likely top out around $55 million. Again, if second weekend films could have a little retention, headlines wouldn't be repeating the box office blues. Speaking of retention, March of the Penguins continues to hold amazingly, as drops for the doc are almost non-existent. The Paramount Classics release earned another $6.7 million, dropping only 3%. The studio added another 39 venues this weekend to bring the total up to 2,102; it earned an average of $3,177 - the fourth best in the top ten. The question now is where is this one going to end up. It's still fairly hard to say, but $75 million is a lock at this point, with $100 million not completely out of the question. It currently sits with $48.6 million. Way back in seventh is the animated Valiant, and it doesn't take a genius to figure out the distributor wasn't exactly enamored by the product they were selling. Produced on the cheap by Vanguard Entertainment for distributor Disney, the animated pigeon flick opened to a poor $6.1 million, but the writing was on the wall. Disney came up with only 2,014 venues for this release, which led to an average of $3,023. With that kind of release pattern and date, one can tell that hopes were low for this one. Disney also forgot to market Valiant, leaving it to fend for itself this weekend. Horrible reviews followed, making the theatrical release just an advertisement for its eventual home video release. The good news here is that Valiant was made for less that $40 million, thanks to a new animation process concocted by Vanguard, who has a multi-picture deal with the Disney Corporation. Maybe next time the distributor will support the project. The Dukes of Hazzard is quickly becoming a great example of how a movie can implode after a successful opening weekend. After opening to more than $30 million, The Dukes fell a hefty 58% last weekend, and the news only gets worse in this frame. The Dukes of Hazzard grossed an ugly $5.7 million, down a surprisingly bad 56% in its third frame. Once thought to be a $100 million winner, Dukes now sits with $68.8 million, and will be lucky to get $85 million. Ninth this weekend is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, as Tim Burton's adaptation of the Roald Dahl story probably spends its last weekend in the top ten. Charlie earned another $4.5 million, off 39% from last weekend. The $150 million WB release has now earned $192.7 million and should cross the $200 million mark in a weekend or two. Tenth is Sky High, a Disney product the studio had a little more faith in. Sky High grossed $4 million in its fourth weekend, off 37%. The $35 million Kurt Russell comedy has now earned $50.8 million, and should make it to $65 million. Not making the top ten this weekend is opener Supercross, which finished way back in 15th. It had a weekend gross of $1.3 million and has earned $2 million since opening Wednesday. Also not in the top ten is Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, as it fell 63% this weekend, dropping from fifth to 11th. Overall, despite from strength from two openers, the box office still can't keep up with a slow weekend last year. The top ten this weekend grossed about $92.8 million, off from last year's totals of about $96.1 million. I guess there's always next weekend.
  • "Rick in Oz" wrote in message http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/column/index.cfm?columnID=9136 Hot Virgin Can't Save Box Office Weekend Box Office Wrap-Up for August 19-21, 2005 By John Hamann August 21, 2005 Top Ten for Weekend of August 19-21, 2005 Rank Film Number of Sites Percentage Drop Estimated Gross ($) Cumulative Gross ($) 1 The 40 Year Old Virgin 2,845 New $20.6 $20.6 2 Red Eye 3,079 New $16.5 $16.5 3 Four Brothers 2,649 -39% $13.0 $43.6 4 Wedding Crashers 2,920 -30% $8.3 $177.9 5 The Skeleton Key 2,774 -54% $7.4 $30.1 6 March of the Penguins 2,102 -3% $6.7 $48.6 7 Valiant 2,014 New $6.1 $6.1 8 The Dukes of Hazzard 3,404 -56% $5.7 $68.8 9 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2,575 -39% $4.5 $192.7 10 Sky High 2,145 -37% $4.0 $50.8 11 Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo 3,127 -63% $3.6 $17.2 12 Must Love Dogs 1,809 -49% $2.3 $39.1 Despite some heat from a 40 Year-Old Virgin and Rachel McAdams this weekend, the box office continued to struggle through what's been a long, not-so-hot summer. The good news this weekend is that we have opener strength from two flicks with no stars; the bad news again is that second weekend holdovers with some decent names provide no backup strength to lead this year over last year. Looking forward to next weekend is becoming a large, desperate pattern that has ruled summer box office this year. However, if The 40 Year-Old Virgin can hold well next weekend and combine with what may be a decent opening from The Brothers Grimm, the box office will certainly win a weekend in the next frame. The number one film of the weekend is The 40 Year-Old Virgin, which used great reviews and smart marketing to land the number one spot - despite not having the pedigree of a big opener. The Steve Carell comedy grossed a fantastic $20.6 million for Universal this weekend from only 2,845 venues, giving it an excellent venue average of $7,224. Made for only $25 million, Virgin came within a few million of making its production budget back over opening weekend, something we haven't seen a lot of this summer. The opening will make a star out of Steve Carell, known mostly for supporting roles in films like Anchorman and Bruce Almighty, and most recently for headlining the Americanization of the British comedy series, The Office. Also rising up the Hollywood food chain will be Virgin's director, co-producer and co-writer Judd Apatow, whose Apatow Productions also carries a production credit, along with Universal. Previous credits for Apatow include the cult-hit TV series Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared. The 40 Year-Old Virgin should have excellent word-of-mouth. Critics loved it and audiences seem to be agreeing with them. At RottenTomatoes, 108 reviews were counted, and only a very slim 12 were of the negative variety leading to a very fresh rating of 89%, one of the best scores for a wide release this summer. As Tim Briody reported yesterday, Virgin opened to $7.3 million on Friday, which means it had a weekend multiplier (Weekend gross divided by Friday gross) of 2.8 - a stellar multiplier for an R-rated comedy. The multiplier indicates the film had good momentum throughout the weekend and that the comedy didn't play solely as a Friday night date movie. For Universal, the red-hot Virgin heats up what's been a slow summer for the studio since Cinderella Man crashed and burned in June. Let's see if good word-of-mouth spreads next weekend and Virgin holds much like New Line's Wedding Crashers. Second spot this weekend goes to Red Eye, Rachel McAdams' follow up to The Wedding Crashers and The Notebook, and Cillian Murphy's follow up to Batman Begins and 28 Days Later. The DreamWorks terror-in-the-air flick grossed a decent $16.5 million this weekend from 3,079 venues, giving Red Eye a venue average of $5,358. This one had many similarities to The 40 Year-Old Virgin. It cost a similar $25 million to make, and like the Universal comedy, the thriller had some of the best reviews of the summer. With 102 positive reviews out of a possible 122, Red Eye earned an 84% fresh rating at RottenTomatoes. For DreamWorks, the thriller will remove some of the bad memories of The Island, the studio's domestic disaster that improved slightly with some international success. For rising star Rachel McAdams, Red Eye will keep her career moving at a blistering pace. With some good holds, Red Eye could be a big hit a la The Notebook ($81 million total) and Mean Girls ($86 million total), and make her one of the big stars of the summer, as she also appeared in Wedding Crashers ($177.9 million and counting). Falling to third this weekend is Four Brothers, Paramount's urban drama starring Mark Wahlberg. Brothers grossed $13 million in its second weekend, dropping an okay 39% from its first place $21 million opening last weekend. This was a good bet for the folks at Paramount, as the drama carried a production budget of only $45 million, and has so far earned $43.6 million. It could finish with as much as $75 million in the Paramount kitty. Holding in fourth despite some decent competition is Wedding Crashers, New Line's latest lottery win. Still in the top five after six weekends of release, the Owen Wilson/Vince Vaughn comedy earned another $8.3 million this weekend, as it continues to climb towards $200 million. Wedding Crashers dipped 30% despite losing 211 venues to competition. Its total now sits at an amazing $177.9 million, and will reach at least $210 million. The Skeleton Key dips to fifth as the Kate Hudson horror flick falls hard in its sophomore frame. The Universal thriller grossed $7.4 million, down a hard 54% compared to last weekend. The $45 million flick has now earned $30.1 million, and will most likely top out around $55 million. Again, if second weekend films could have a little retention, headlines wouldn't be repeating the box office blues. Speaking of retention, March of the Penguins continues to hold amazingly, as drops for the doc are almost non-existent. The Paramount Classics release earned another $6.7 million, dropping only 3%. The studio added another 39 venues this weekend to bring the total up to 2,102; it earned an average of $3,177 - the fourth best in the top ten. The question now is where is this one going to end up. It's still fairly hard to say, but $75 million is a lock at this point, with $100 million not completely out of the question. It currently sits with $48.6 million. Way back in seventh is the animated Valiant, and it doesn't take a genius to figure out the distributor wasn't exactly enamored by the product they were selling. Produced on the cheap by Vanguard Entertainment for distributor Disney, the animated pigeon flick opened to a poor $6.1 million, but the writing was on the wall. Disney came up with only 2,014 venues for this release, which led to an average of $3,023. With that kind of release pattern and date, one can tell that hopes were low for this one. Disney also forgot to market Valiant, leaving it to fend for itself this weekend. Horrible reviews followed, making the theatrical release just an advertisement for its eventual home video release. The good news here is that Valiant was made for less that $40 million, thanks to a new animation process concocted by Vanguard, who has a multi-picture deal with the Disney Corporation. Maybe next time the distributor will support the project. The Dukes of Hazzard is quickly becoming a great example of how a movie can implode after a successful opening weekend. After opening to more than $30 million, The Dukes fell a hefty 58% last weekend, and the news only gets worse in this frame. The Dukes of Hazzard grossed an ugly $5.7 million, down a surprisingly bad 56% in its third frame. Once thought to be a $100 million winner, Dukes now sits with $68.8 million, and will be lucky to get $85 million. Ninth this weekend is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, as Tim Burton's adaptation of the Roald Dahl story probably spends its last weekend in the top ten. Charlie earned another $4.5 million, off 39% from last weekend. The $150 million WB release has now earned $192.7 million and should cross the $200 million mark in a weekend or two. Tenth is Sky High, a Disney product the studio had a little more faith in. Sky High grossed $4 million in its fourth weekend, off 37%. The $35 million Kurt Russell comedy has now earned $50.8 million, and should make it to $65 million. Not making the top ten this weekend is opener Supercross, which finished way back in 15th. It had a weekend gross of $1.3 million and has earned $2 million since opening Wednesday. Also not in the top ten is Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, as it fell 63% this weekend, dropping from fifth to 11th. Overall, despite from strength from two openers, the box office still can't keep up with a slow weekend last year. The top ten this weekend grossed about $92.8 million, off from last year's totals of about $96.1 million. I guess there's always next weekend.
  • I originally said the preliminary voting in Round 1 would last all this month, but I thought "What the hell; that's gonna take too long!" So we're heading straight into Round 2!! So, based on the percentages of votes they received in the prelims, here they are: Sarah Michelle Gellar (64%, Group H) Jessica Alba (53%, Group C) Toni Braxton (34%, Group G) Jennifer Love Hewitt (30%, Group A) Angelina Jolie (28%, Group B) Eva Longoria (23%, Group A) Katherine Heigl (20%, Group B) Keira Knightley (20%, Group F) Evangeline Lilly (20%, Group E) Reese Witherspoon (20%, Group F) Halle Berry and Jessica Simpson (Both 19%, Group D) Lacey Chabert (15%, Group G) Scarlett Johansson (15%, Group E) Jennifer Aniston (14%, Group C) Jennifer Garner (14%, Group F) Anne Hathaway (13%, Group D) Kristen Bell (12%, Group A) Rachel Bilson and Rachel McAdams (Both 12%, Group D) Alexis Bledel (11%, Group G) Vanessa Marcil and Eva Mendes (10%, Group E) Shakira (10%, Group F) Denise Richards (9%, Group A) Mischa Barton, Kelly Monaco, and Maria Sharapova (9%, Group B) Beyonce Knowles (9%, Group D) Stacy Keibler (9%, Group E) Lauren Graham (9%, Group F) Elizabeth Hurley and Jennifer Lopez (9%, Group G) Carmen Electra (8%, Group A) Teri Hatcher (8%, Group B) Heidi Klum and Diane Lane (8%, Group E) Rebecca Romijn (8%, Group H) Jenny McCarthy (7%, Group G, 21 votes) Kelly Clarkson (7%, Group A) Christina Milian (7%, Group B; both Clarkson and Milian received 18 votes in their categories) Yes, because of the ties, there are now *41* choices. Only 20 of them will still head to Round 3, so start voting right now at http://vote.sparklit.com/web_poll.spark/942109 and tell your friends to do the same! And as for the 39 other gals including Marcia Cross, Maria Menounos (with FOUR STRAIGHT LOSSES now she's becoming the Susan Lucci of Sexiest Woman polls), Joss Stone, Mariah Carey, Lindsay Lohan, Brookes Burke and Burns, Sofia Vergara and others...oh well, better luck next year! Jonathan Allen
  • "Rick in Oz" wrote in message http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/column/index.cfm?columnID=9136 Hot Virgin Can't Save Box Office Weekend Box Office Wrap-Up for August 19-21, 2005 By John Hamann August 21, 2005 Top Ten for Weekend of August 19-21, 2005 Rank Film Number of Sites Percentage Drop Estimated Gross ($) Cumulative Gross ($) 1 The 40 Year Old Virgin 2,845 New $20.6 $20.6 2 Red Eye 3,079 New $16.5 $16.5 3 Four Brothers 2,649 -39% $13.0 $43.6 4 Wedding Crashers 2,920 -30% $8.3 $177.9 5 The Skeleton Key 2,774 -54% $7.4 $30.1 6 March of the Penguins 2,102 -3% $6.7 $48.6 7 Valiant 2,014 New $6.1 $6.1 8 The Dukes of Hazzard 3,404 -56% $5.7 $68.8 9 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2,575 -39% $4.5 $192.7 10 Sky High 2,145 -37% $4.0 $50.8 11 Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo 3,127 -63% $3.6 $17.2 12 Must Love Dogs 1,809 -49% $2.3 $39.1 Despite some heat from a 40 Year-Old Virgin and Rachel McAdams this weekend, the box office continued to struggle through what's been a long, not-so-hot summer. The good news this weekend is that we have opener strength from two flicks with no stars; the bad news again is that second weekend holdovers with some decent names provide no backup strength to lead this year over last year. Looking forward to next weekend is becoming a large, desperate pattern that has ruled summer box office this year. However, if The 40 Year-Old Virgin can hold well next weekend and combine with what may be a decent opening from The Brothers Grimm, the box office will certainly win a weekend in the next frame. The number one film of the weekend is The 40 Year-Old Virgin, which used great reviews and smart marketing to land the number one spot - despite not having the pedigree of a big opener. The Steve Carell comedy grossed a fantastic $20.6 million for Universal this weekend from only 2,845 venues, giving it an excellent venue average of $7,224. Made for only $25 million, Virgin came within a few million of making its production budget back over opening weekend, something we haven't seen a lot of this summer. The opening will make a star out of Steve Carell, known mostly for supporting roles in films like Anchorman and Bruce Almighty, and most recently for headlining the Americanization of the British comedy series, The Office. Also rising up the Hollywood food chain will be Virgin's director, co-producer and co-writer Judd Apatow, whose Apatow Productions also carries a production credit, along with Universal. Previous credits for Apatow include the cult-hit TV series Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared. The 40 Year-Old Virgin should have excellent word-of-mouth. Critics loved it and audiences seem to be agreeing with them. At RottenTomatoes, 108 reviews were counted, and only a very slim 12 were of the negative variety leading to a very fresh rating of 89%, one of the best scores for a wide release this summer. As Tim Briody reported yesterday, Virgin opened to $7.3 million on Friday, which means it had a weekend multiplier (Weekend gross divided by Friday gross) of 2.8 - a stellar multiplier for an R-rated comedy. The multiplier indicates the film had good momentum throughout the weekend and that the comedy didn't play solely as a Friday night date movie. For Universal, the red-hot Virgin heats up what's been a slow summer for the studio since Cinderella Man crashed and burned in June. Let's see if good word-of-mouth spreads next weekend and Virgin holds much like New Line's Wedding Crashers. Second spot this weekend goes to Red Eye, Rachel McAdams' follow up to The Wedding Crashers and The Notebook, and Cillian Murphy's follow up to Batman Begins and 28 Days Later. The DreamWorks terror-in-the-air flick grossed a decent $16.5 million this weekend from 3,079 venues, giving Red Eye a venue average of $5,358. This one had many similarities to The 40 Year-Old Virgin. It cost a similar $25 million to make, and like the Universal comedy, the thriller had some of the best reviews of the summer. With 102 positive reviews out of a possible 122, Red Eye earned an 84% fresh rating at RottenTomatoes. For DreamWorks, the thriller will remove some of the bad memories of The Island, the studio's domestic disaster that improved slightly with some international success. For rising star Rachel McAdams, Red Eye will keep her career moving at a blistering pace. With some good holds, Red Eye could be a big hit a la The Notebook ($81 million total) and Mean Girls ($86 million total), and make her one of the big stars of the summer, as she also appeared in Wedding Crashers ($177.9 million and counting). Falling to third this weekend is Four Brothers, Paramount's urban drama starring Mark Wahlberg. Brothers grossed $13 million in its second weekend, dropping an okay 39% from its first place $21 million opening last weekend. This was a good bet for the folks at Paramount, as the drama carried a production budget of only $45 million, and has so far earned $43.6 million. It could finish with as much as $75 million in the Paramount kitty. Holding in fourth despite some decent competition is Wedding Crashers, New Line's latest lottery win. Still in the top five after six weekends of release, the Owen Wilson/Vince Vaughn comedy earned another $8.3 million this weekend, as it continues to climb towards $200 million. Wedding Crashers dipped 30% despite losing 211 venues to competition. Its total now sits at an amazing $177.9 million, and will reach at least $210 million. The Skeleton Key dips to fifth as the Kate Hudson horror flick falls hard in its sophomore frame. The Universal thriller grossed $7.4 million, down a hard 54% compared to last weekend. The $45 million flick has now earned $30.1 million, and will most likely top out around $55 million. Again, if second weekend films could have a little retention, headlines wouldn't be repeating the box office blues. Speaking of retention, March of the Penguins continues to hold amazingly, as drops for the doc are almost non-existent. The Paramount Classics release earned another $6.7 million, dropping only 3%. The studio added another 39 venues this weekend to bring the total up to 2,102; it earned an average of $3,177 - the fourth best in the top ten. The question now is where is this one going to end up. It's still fairly hard to say, but $75 million is a lock at this point, with $100 million not completely out of the question. It currently sits with $48.6 million. Way back in seventh is the animated Valiant, and it doesn't take a genius to figure out the distributor wasn't exactly enamored by the product they were selling. Produced on the cheap by Vanguard Entertainment for distributor Disney, the animated pigeon flick opened to a poor $6.1 million, but the writing was on the wall. Disney came up with only 2,014 venues for this release, which led to an average of $3,023. With that kind of release pattern and date, one can tell that hopes were low for this one. Disney also forgot to market Valiant, leaving it to fend for itself this weekend. Horrible reviews followed, making the theatrical release just an advertisement for its eventual home video release. The good news here is that Valiant was made for less that $40 million, thanks to a new animation process concocted by Vanguard, who has a multi-picture deal with the Disney Corporation. Maybe next time the distributor will support the project. The Dukes of Hazzard is quickly becoming a great example of how a movie can implode after a successful opening weekend. After opening to more than $30 million, The Dukes fell a hefty 58% last weekend, and the news only gets worse in this frame. The Dukes of Hazzard grossed an ugly $5.7 million, down a surprisingly bad 56% in its third frame. Once thought to be a $100 million winner, Dukes now sits with $68.8 million, and will be lucky to get $85 million. Ninth this weekend is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, as Tim Burton's adaptation of the Roald Dahl story probably spends its last weekend in the top ten. Charlie earned another $4.5 million, off 39% from last weekend. The $150 million WB release has now earned $192.7 million and should cross the $200 million mark in a weekend or two. Tenth is Sky High, a Disney product the studio had a little more faith in. Sky High grossed $4 million in its fourth weekend, off 37%. The $35 million Kurt Russell comedy has now earned $50.8 million, and should make it to $65 million. Not making the top ten this weekend is opener Supercross, which finished way back in 15th. It had a weekend gross of $1.3 million and has earned $2 million since opening Wednesday. Also not in the top ten is Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, as it fell 63% this weekend, dropping from fifth to 11th. Overall, despite from strength from two openers, the box office still can't keep up with a slow weekend last year. The top ten this weekend grossed about $92.8 million, off from last year's totals of about $96.1 million. I guess there's always next weekend.
  • "Rick in Oz" wrote in message http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/column/index.cfm?columnID=9136 Hot Virgin Can't Save Box Office Weekend Box Office Wrap-Up for August 19-21, 2005 By John Hamann August 21, 2005 Top Ten for Weekend of August 19-21, 2005 Rank Film Number of Sites Percentage Drop Estimated Gross ($) Cumulative Gross ($) 1 The 40 Year Old Virgin 2,845 New $20.6 $20.6 2 Red Eye 3,079 New $16.5 $16.5 3 Four Brothers 2,649 -39% $13.0 $43.6 4 Wedding Crashers 2,920 -30% $8.3 $177.9 5 The Skeleton Key 2,774 -54% $7.4 $30.1 6 March of the Penguins 2,102 -3% $6.7 $48.6 7 Valiant 2,014 New $6.1 $6.1 8 The Dukes of Hazzard 3,404 -56% $5.7 $68.8 9 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2,575 -39% $4.5 $192.7 10 Sky High 2,145 -37% $4.0 $50.8 11 Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo 3,127 -63% $3.6 $17.2 12 Must Love Dogs 1,809 -49% $2.3 $39.1 Despite some heat from a 40 Year-Old Virgin and Rachel McAdams this weekend, the box office continued to struggle through what's been a long, not-so-hot summer. The good news this weekend is that we have opener strength from two flicks with no stars; the bad news again is that second weekend holdovers with some decent names provide no backup strength to lead this year over last year. Looking forward to next weekend is becoming a large, desperate pattern that has ruled summer box office this year. However, if The 40 Year-Old Virgin can hold well next weekend and combine with what may be a decent opening from The Brothers Grimm, the box office will certainly win a weekend in the next frame. The number one film of the weekend is The 40 Year-Old Virgin, which used great reviews and smart marketing to land the number one spot - despite not having the pedigree of a big opener. The Steve Carell comedy grossed a fantastic $20.6 million for Universal this weekend from only 2,845 venues, giving it an excellent venue average of $7,224. Made for only $25 million, Virgin came within a few million of making its production budget back over opening weekend, something we haven't seen a lot of this summer. The opening will make a star out of Steve Carell, known mostly for supporting roles in films like Anchorman and Bruce Almighty, and most recently for headlining the Americanization of the British comedy series, The Office. Also rising up the Hollywood food chain will be Virgin's director, co-producer and co-writer Judd Apatow, whose Apatow Productions also carries a production credit, along with Universal. Previous credits for Apatow include the cult-hit TV series Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared. The 40 Year-Old Virgin should have excellent word-of-mouth. Critics loved it and audiences seem to be agreeing with them. At RottenTomatoes, 108 reviews were counted, and only a very slim 12 were of the negative variety leading to a very fresh rating of 89%, one of the best scores for a wide release this summer. As Tim Briody reported yesterday, Virgin opened to $7.3 million on Friday, which means it had a weekend multiplier (Weekend gross divided by Friday gross) of 2.8 - a stellar multiplier for an R-rated comedy. The multiplier indicates the film had good momentum throughout the weekend and that the comedy didn't play solely as a Friday night date movie. For Universal, the red-hot Virgin heats up what's been a slow summer for the studio since Cinderella Man crashed and burned in June. Let's see if good word-of-mouth spreads next weekend and Virgin holds much like New Line's Wedding Crashers. Second spot this weekend goes to Red Eye, Rachel McAdams' follow up to The Wedding Crashers and The Notebook, and Cillian Murphy's follow up to Batman Begins and 28 Days Later. The DreamWorks terror-in-the-air flick grossed a decent $16.5 million this weekend from 3,079 venues, giving Red Eye a venue average of $5,358. This one had many similarities to The 40 Year-Old Virgin. It cost a similar $25 million to make, and like the Universal comedy, the thriller had some of the best reviews of the summer. With 102 positive reviews out of a possible 122, Red Eye earned an 84% fresh rating at RottenTomatoes. For DreamWorks, the thriller will remove some of the bad memories of The Island, the studio's domestic disaster that improved slightly with some international success. For rising star Rachel McAdams, Red Eye will keep her career moving at a blistering pace. With some good holds, Red Eye could be a big hit a la The Notebook ($81 million total) and Mean Girls ($86 million total), and make her one of the big stars of the summer, as she also appeared in Wedding Crashers ($177.9 million and counting). Falling to third this weekend is Four Brothers, Paramount's urban drama starring Mark Wahlberg. Brothers grossed $13 million in its second weekend, dropping an okay 39% from its first place $21 million opening last weekend. This was a good bet for the folks at Paramount, as the drama carried a production budget of only $45 million, and has so far earned $43.6 million. It could finish with as much as $75 million in the Paramount kitty. Holding in fourth despite some decent competition is Wedding Crashers, New Line's latest lottery win. Still in the top five after six weekends of release, the Owen Wilson/Vince Vaughn comedy earned another $8.3 million this weekend, as it continues to climb towards $200 million. Wedding Crashers dipped 30% despite losing 211 venues to competition. Its total now sits at an amazing $177.9 million, and will reach at least $210 million. The Skeleton Key dips to fifth as the Kate Hudson horror flick falls hard in its sophomore frame. The Universal thriller grossed $7.4 million, down a hard 54% compared to last weekend. The $45 million flick has now earned $30.1 million, and will most likely top out around $55 million. Again, if second weekend films could have a little retention, headlines wouldn't be repeating the box office blues. Speaking of retention, March of the Penguins continues to hold amazingly, as drops for the doc are almost non-existent. The Paramount Classics release earned another $6.7 million, dropping only 3%. The studio added another 39 venues this weekend to bring the total up to 2,102; it earned an average of $3,177 - the fourth best in the top ten. The question now is where is this one going to end up. It's still fairly hard to say, but $75 million is a lock at this point, with $100 million not completely out of the question. It currently sits with $48.6 million. Way back in seventh is the animated Valiant, and it doesn't take a genius to figure out the distributor wasn't exactly enamored by the product they were selling. Produced on the cheap by Vanguard Entertainment for distributor Disney, the animated pigeon flick opened to a poor $6.1 million, but the writing was on the wall. Disney came up with only 2,014 venues for this release, which led to an average of $3,023. With that kind of release pattern and date, one can tell that hopes were low for this one. Disney also forgot to market Valiant, leaving it to fend for itself this weekend. Horrible reviews followed, making the theatrical release just an advertisement for its eventual home video release. The good news here is that Valiant was made for less that $40 million, thanks to a new animation process concocted by Vanguard, who has a multi-picture deal with the Disney Corporation. Maybe next time the distributor will support the project. The Dukes of Hazzard is quickly becoming a great example of how a movie can implode after a successful opening weekend. After opening to more than $30 million, The Dukes fell a hefty 58% last weekend, and the news only gets worse in this frame. The Dukes of Hazzard grossed an ugly $5.7 million, down a surprisingly bad 56% in its third frame. Once thought to be a $100 million winner, Dukes now sits with $68.8 million, and will be lucky to get $85 million. Ninth this weekend is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, as Tim Burton's adaptation of the Roald Dahl story probably spends its last weekend in the top ten. Charlie earned another $4.5 million, off 39% from last weekend. The $150 million WB release has now earned $192.7 million and should cross the $200 million mark in a weekend or two. Tenth is Sky High, a Disney product the studio had a little more faith in. Sky High grossed $4 million in its fourth weekend, off 37%. The $35 million Kurt Russell comedy has now earned $50.8 million, and should make it to $65 million. Not making the top ten this weekend is opener Supercross, which finished way back in 15th. It had a weekend gross of $1.3 million and has earned $2 million since opening Wednesday. Also not in the top ten is Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, as it fell 63% this weekend, dropping from fifth to 11th. Overall, despite from strength from two openers, the box office still can't keep up with a slow weekend last year. The top ten this weekend grossed about $92.8 million, off from last year's totals of about $96.1 million. I guess there's always next weekend.
  • "Rick in Oz" wrote in message http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/column/index.cfm?columnID=9136 Hot Virgin Can't Save Box Office Weekend Box Office Wrap-Up for August 19-21, 2005 By John Hamann August 21, 2005 Top Ten for Weekend of August 19-21, 2005 Rank Film Number of Sites Percentage Drop Estimated Gross ($) Cumulative Gross ($) 1 The 40 Year Old Virgin 2,845 New $20.6 $20.6 2 Red Eye 3,079 New $16.5 $16.5 3 Four Brothers 2,649 -39% $13.0 $43.6 4 Wedding Crashers 2,920 -30% $8.3 $177.9 5 The Skeleton Key 2,774 -54% $7.4 $30.1 6 March of the Penguins 2,102 -3% $6.7 $48.6 7 Valiant 2,014 New $6.1 $6.1 8 The Dukes of Hazzard 3,404 -56% $5.7 $68.8 9 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2,575 -39% $4.5 $192.7 10 Sky High 2,145 -37% $4.0 $50.8 11 Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo 3,127 -63% $3.6 $17.2 12 Must Love Dogs 1,809 -49% $2.3 $39.1 Despite some heat from a 40 Year-Old Virgin and Rachel McAdams this weekend, the box office continued to struggle through what's been a long, not-so-hot summer. The good news this weekend is that we have opener strength from two flicks with no stars; the bad news again is that second weekend holdovers with some decent names provide no backup strength to lead this year over last year. Looking forward to next weekend is becoming a large, desperate pattern that has ruled summer box office this year. However, if The 40 Year-Old Virgin can hold well next weekend and combine with what may be a decent opening from The Brothers Grimm, the box office will certainly win a weekend in the next frame. The number one film of the weekend is The 40 Year-Old Virgin, which used great reviews and smart marketing to land the number one spot - despite not having the pedigree of a big opener. The Steve Carell comedy grossed a fantastic $20.6 million for Universal this weekend from only 2,845 venues, giving it an excellent venue average of $7,224. Made for only $25 million, Virgin came within a few million of making its production budget back over opening weekend, something we haven't seen a lot of this summer. The opening will make a star out of Steve Carell, known mostly for supporting roles in films like Anchorman and Bruce Almighty, and most recently for headlining the Americanization of the British comedy series, The Office. Also rising up the Hollywood food chain will be Virgin's director, co-producer and co-writer Judd Apatow, whose Apatow Productions also carries a production credit, along with Universal. Previous credits for Apatow include the cult-hit TV series Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared. The 40 Year-Old Virgin should have excellent word-of-mouth. Critics loved it and audiences seem to be agreeing with them. At RottenTomatoes, 108 reviews were counted, and only a very slim 12 were of the negative variety leading to a very fresh rating of 89%, one of the best scores for a wide release this summer. As Tim Briody reported yesterday, Virgin opened to $7.3 million on Friday, which means it had a weekend multiplier (Weekend gross divided by Friday gross) of 2.8 - a stellar multiplier for an R-rated comedy. The multiplier indicates the film had good momentum throughout the weekend and that the comedy didn't play solely as a Friday night date movie. For Universal, the red-hot Virgin heats up what's been a slow summer for the studio since Cinderella Man crashed and burned in June. Let's see if good word-of-mouth spreads next weekend and Virgin holds much like New Line's Wedding Crashers. Second spot this weekend goes to Red Eye, Rachel McAdams' follow up to The Wedding Crashers and The Notebook, and Cillian Murphy's follow up to Batman Begins and 28 Days Later. The DreamWorks terror-in-the-air flick grossed a decent $16.5 million this weekend from 3,079 venues, giving Red Eye a venue average of $5,358. This one had many similarities to The 40 Year-Old Virgin. It cost a similar $25 million to make, and like the Universal comedy, the thriller had some of the best reviews of the summer. With 102 positive reviews out of a possible 122, Red Eye earned an 84% fresh rating at RottenTomatoes. For DreamWorks, the thriller will remove some of the bad memories of The Island, the studio's domestic disaster that improved slightly with some international success. For rising star Rachel McAdams, Red Eye will keep her career moving at a blistering pace. With some good holds, Red Eye could be a big hit a la The Notebook ($81 million total) and Mean Girls ($86 million total), and make her one of the big stars of the summer, as she also appeared in Wedding Crashers ($177.9 million and counting). Falling to third this weekend is Four Brothers, Paramount's urban drama starring Mark Wahlberg. Brothers grossed $13 million in its second weekend, dropping an okay 39% from its first place $21 million opening last weekend. This was a good bet for the folks at Paramount, as the drama carried a production budget of only $45 million, and has so far earned $43.6 million. It could finish with as much as $75 million in the Paramount kitty. Holding in fourth despite some decent competition is Wedding Crashers, New Line's latest lottery win. Still in the top five after six weekends of release, the Owen Wilson/Vince Vaughn comedy earned another $8.3 million this weekend, as it continues to climb towards $200 million. Wedding Crashers dipped 30% despite losing 211 venues to competition. Its total now sits at an amazing $177.9 million, and will reach at least $210 million. The Skeleton Key dips to fifth as the Kate Hudson horror flick falls hard in its sophomore frame. The Universal thriller grossed $7.4 million, down a hard 54% compared to last weekend. The $45 million flick has now earned $30.1 million, and will most likely top out around $55 million. Again, if second weekend films could have a little retention, headlines wouldn't be repeating the box office blues. Speaking of retention, March of the Penguins continues to hold amazingly, as drops for the doc are almost non-existent. The Paramount Classics release earned another $6.7 million, dropping only 3%. The studio added another 39 venues this weekend to bring the total up to 2,102; it earned an average of $3,177 - the fourth best in the top ten. The question now is where is this one going to end up. It's still fairly hard to say, but $75 million is a lock at this point, with $100 million not completely out of the question. It currently sits with $48.6 million. Way back in seventh is the animated Valiant, and it doesn't take a genius to figure out the distributor wasn't exactly enamored by the product they were selling. Produced on the cheap by Vanguard Entertainment for distributor Disney, the animated pigeon flick opened to a poor $6.1 million, but the writing was on the wall. Disney came up with only 2,014 venues for this release, which led to an average of $3,023. With that kind of release pattern and date, one can tell that hopes were low for this one. Disney also forgot to market Valiant, leaving it to fend for itself this weekend. Horrible reviews followed, making the theatrical release just an advertisement for its eventual home video release. The good news here is that Valiant was made for less that $40 million, thanks to a new animation process concocted by Vanguard, who has a multi-picture deal with the Disney Corporation. Maybe next time the distributor will support the project. The Dukes of Hazzard is quickly becoming a great example of how a movie can implode after a successful opening weekend. After opening to more than $30 million, The Dukes fell a hefty 58% last weekend, and the news only gets worse in this frame. The Dukes of Hazzard grossed an ugly $5.7 million, down a surprisingly bad 56% in its third frame. Once thought to be a $100 million winner, Dukes now sits with $68.8 million, and will be lucky to get $85 million. Ninth this weekend is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, as Tim Burton's adaptation of the Roald Dahl story probably spends its last weekend in the top ten. Charlie earned another $4.5 million, off 39% from last weekend. The $150 million WB release has now earned $192.7 million and should cross the $200 million mark in a weekend or two. Tenth is Sky High, a Disney product the studio had a little more faith in. Sky High grossed $4 million in its fourth weekend, off 37%. The $35 million Kurt Russell comedy has now earned $50.8 million, and should make it to $65 million. Not making the top ten this weekend is opener Supercross, which finished way back in 15th. It had a weekend gross of $1.3 million and has earned $2 million since opening Wednesday. Also not in the top ten is Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, as it fell 63% this weekend, dropping from fifth to 11th. Overall, despite from strength from two openers, the box office still can't keep up with a slow weekend last year. The top ten this weekend grossed about $92.8 million, off from last year's totals of about $96.1 million. I guess there's always next weekend.
  • "Rick in Oz" wrote in message http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/column/index.cfm?columnID=9136 Hot Virgin Can't Save Box Office Weekend Box Office Wrap-Up for August 19-21, 2005 By John Hamann August 21, 2005 Top Ten for Weekend of August 19-21, 2005 Rank Film Number of Sites Percentage Drop Estimated Gross ($) Cumulative Gross ($) 1 The 40 Year Old Virgin 2,845 New $20.6 $20.6 2 Red Eye 3,079 New $16.5 $16.5 3 Four Brothers 2,649 -39% $13.0 $43.6 4 Wedding Crashers 2,920 -30% $8.3 $177.9 5 The Skeleton Key 2,774 -54% $7.4 $30.1 6 March of the Penguins 2,102 -3% $6.7 $48.6 7 Valiant 2,014 New $6.1 $6.1 8 The Dukes of Hazzard 3,404 -56% $5.7 $68.8 9 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2,575 -39% $4.5 $192.7 10 Sky High 2,145 -37% $4.0 $50.8 11 Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo 3,127 -63% $3.6 $17.2 12 Must Love Dogs 1,809 -49% $2.3 $39.1 Despite some heat from a 40 Year-Old Virgin and Rachel McAdams this weekend, the box office continued to struggle through what's been a long, not-so-hot summer. The good news this weekend is that we have opener strength from two flicks with no stars; the bad news again is that second weekend holdovers with some decent names provide no backup strength to lead this year over last year. Looking forward to next weekend is becoming a large, desperate pattern that has ruled summer box office this year. However, if The 40 Year-Old Virgin can hold well next weekend and combine with what may be a decent opening from The Brothers Grimm, the box office will certainly win a weekend in the next frame. The number one film of the weekend is The 40 Year-Old Virgin, which used great reviews and smart marketing to land the number one spot - despite not having the pedigree of a big opener. The Steve Carell comedy grossed a fantastic $20.6 million for Universal this weekend from only 2,845 venues, giving it an excellent venue average of $7,224. Made for only $25 million, Virgin came within a few million of making its production budget back over opening weekend, something we haven't seen a lot of this summer. The opening will make a star out of Steve Carell, known mostly for supporting roles in films like Anchorman and Bruce Almighty, and most recently for headlining the Americanization of the British comedy series, The Office. Also rising up the Hollywood food chain will be Virgin's director, co-producer and co-writer Judd Apatow, whose Apatow Productions also carries a production credit, along with Universal. Previous credits for Apatow include the cult-hit TV series Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared. The 40 Year-Old Virgin should have excellent word-of-mouth. Critics loved it and audiences seem to be agreeing with them. At RottenTomatoes, 108 reviews were counted, and only a very slim 12 were of the negative variety leading to a very fresh rating of 89%, one of the best scores for a wide release this summer. As Tim Briody reported yesterday, Virgin opened to $7.3 million on Friday, which means it had a weekend multiplier (Weekend gross divided by Friday gross) of 2.8 - a stellar multiplier for an R-rated comedy. The multiplier indicates the film had good momentum throughout the weekend and that the comedy didn't play solely as a Friday night date movie. For Universal, the red-hot Virgin heats up what's been a slow summer for the studio since Cinderella Man crashed and burned in June. Let's see if good word-of-mouth spreads next weekend and Virgin holds much like New Line's Wedding Crashers. Second spot this weekend goes to Red Eye, Rachel McAdams' follow up to The Wedding Crashers and The Notebook, and Cillian Murphy's follow up to Batman Begins and 28 Days Later. The DreamWorks terror-in-the-air flick grossed a decent $16.5 million this weekend from 3,079 venues, giving Red Eye a venue average of $5,358. This one had many similarities to The 40 Year-Old Virgin. It cost a similar $25 million to make, and like the Universal comedy, the thriller had some of the best reviews of the summer. With 102 positive reviews out of a possible 122, Red Eye earned an 84% fresh rating at RottenTomatoes. For DreamWorks, the thriller will remove some of the bad memories of The Island, the studio's domestic disaster that improved slightly with some international success. For rising star Rachel McAdams, Red Eye will keep her career moving at a blistering pace. With some good holds, Red Eye could be a big hit a la The Notebook ($81 million total) and Mean Girls ($86 million total), and make her one of the big stars of the summer, as she also appeared in Wedding Crashers ($177.9 million and counting). Falling to third this weekend is Four Brothers, Paramount's urban drama starring Mark Wahlberg. Brothers grossed $13 million in its second weekend, dropping an okay 39% from its first place $21 million opening last weekend. This was a good bet for the folks at Paramount, as the drama carried a production budget of only $45 million, and has so far earned $43.6 million. It could finish with as much as $75 million in the Paramount kitty. Holding in fourth despite some decent competition is Wedding Crashers, New Line's latest lottery win. Still in the top five after six weekends of release, the Owen Wilson/Vince Vaughn comedy earned another $8.3 million this weekend, as it continues to climb towards $200 million. Wedding Crashers dipped 30% despite losing 211 venues to competition. Its total now sits at an amazing $177.9 million, and will reach at least $210 million. The Skeleton Key dips to fifth as the Kate Hudson horror flick falls hard in its sophomore frame. The Universal thriller grossed $7.4 million, down a hard 54% compared to last weekend. The $45 million flick has now earned $30.1 million, and will most likely top out around $55 million. Again, if second weekend films could have a little retention, headlines wouldn't be repeating the box office blues. Speaking of retention, March of the Penguins continues to hold amazingly, as drops for the doc are almost non-existent. The Paramount Classics release earned another $6.7 million, dropping only 3%. The studio added another 39 venues this weekend to bring the total up to 2,102; it earned an average of $3,177 - the fourth best in the top ten. The question now is where is this one going to end up. It's still fairly hard to say, but $75 million is a lock at this point, with $100 million not completely out of the question. It currently sits with $48.6 million. Way back in seventh is the animated Valiant, and it doesn't take a genius to figure out the distributor wasn't exactly enamored by the product they were selling. Produced on the cheap by Vanguard Entertainment for distributor Disney, the animated pigeon flick opened to a poor $6.1 million, but the writing was on the wall. Disney came up with only 2,014 venues for this release, which led to an average of $3,023. With that kind of release pattern and date, one can tell that hopes were low for this one. Disney also forgot to market Valiant, leaving it to fend for itself this weekend. Horrible reviews followed, making the theatrical release just an advertisement for its eventual home video release. The good news here is that Valiant was made for less that $40 million, thanks to a new animation process concocted by Vanguard, who has a multi-picture deal with the Disney Corporation. Maybe next time the distributor will support the project. The Dukes of Hazzard is quickly becoming a great example of how a movie can implode after a successful opening weekend. After opening to more than $30 million, The Dukes fell a hefty 58% last weekend, and the news only gets worse in this frame. The Dukes of Hazzard grossed an ugly $5.7 million, down a surprisingly bad 56% in its third frame. Once thought to be a $100 million winner, Dukes now sits with $68.8 million, and will be lucky to get $85 million. Ninth this weekend is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, as Tim Burton's adaptation of the Roald Dahl story probably spends its last weekend in the top ten. Charlie earned another $4.5 million, off 39% from last weekend. The $150 million WB release has now earned $192.7 million and should cross the $200 million mark in a weekend or two. Tenth is Sky High, a Disney product the studio had a little more faith in. Sky High grossed $4 million in its fourth weekend, off 37%. The $35 million Kurt Russell comedy has now earned $50.8 million, and should make it to $65 million. Not making the top ten this weekend is opener Supercross, which finished way back in 15th. It had a weekend gross of $1.3 million and has earned $2 million since opening Wednesday. Also not in the top ten is Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, as it fell 63% this weekend, dropping from fifth to 11th. Overall, despite from strength from two openers, the box office still can't keep up with a slow weekend last year. The top ten this weekend grossed about $92.8 million, off from last year's totals of about $96.1 million. I guess there's always next weekend.
  • http://www.dailytelegraph.news.com.au/story/0,20281,16445461-5001026,00.html Pammy power August 31, 2005 TORONTO: Former Baywatch television series babe Pamela Anderson is the most powerful Canadian in Hollywood, topping high-paid stars like Jim Carrey, Mike Myers and Keanu Reeves, according to a Canadian magazine. The shapely Anderson, born in Ladysmith, western Canada in 1967, scored high on Canadian Business magazine's first celebrity power list because of her countless web hits, numerous press clippings, media appearances and a salary estimated at $US300,000 per television episode. Anderson first appeared in the early 1990s as the sexy blonde Lisa, the Tool Time girl, on the hit US television series Home Improvement. Since then, she has appeared in more than a dozen films and television sitcoms, including Baywatch, comic book legend Stan Lee's Stripperella, VIP and her latest effort, Stacked, about a party girl working in a bookstore. But Anderson is likely most famous for her much-publicised relationships with bad-boy rock stars Tommy Lee, from Motley Crue, and Kid Rock, as well as her 11 appearances on the cover of Playboy magazine. Jim Carrey ranked as the second most powerful Canadian in the US film capital, while Keanu Reeves and Mike Myers were third and fourth on the magazine's list, respectively. Other notable Canadians to make the list were Hayden Christensen, who played Anakin Skywalker in two Star Wars movies (sixth place); Elisha Cuthbert (11th), Rachel McAdams (12th) and Sandra Oh (14th).
  • http://www.dailytelegraph.news.com.au/story/0,20281,16445461-5001026,00.html Pammy power August 31, 2005 TORONTO: Former Baywatch television series babe Pamela Anderson is the most powerful Canadian in Hollywood, topping high-paid stars like Jim Carrey, Mike Myers and Keanu Reeves, according to a Canadian magazine. The shapely Anderson, born in Ladysmith, western Canada in 1967, scored high on Canadian Business magazine's first celebrity power list because of her countless web hits, numerous press clippings, media appearances and a salary estimated at $US300,000 per television episode. Anderson first appeared in the early 1990s as the sexy blonde Lisa, the Tool Time girl, on the hit US television series Home Improvement. Since then, she has appeared in more than a dozen films and television sitcoms, including Baywatch, comic book legend Stan Lee's Stripperella, VIP and her latest effort, Stacked, about a party girl working in a bookstore. But Anderson is likely most famous for her much-publicised relationships with bad-boy rock stars Tommy Lee, from Motley Crue, and Kid Rock, as well as her 11 appearances on the cover of Playboy magazine. Jim Carrey ranked as the second most powerful Canadian in the US film capital, while Keanu Reeves and Mike Myers were third and fourth on the magazine's list, respectively. Other notable Canadians to make the list were Hayden Christensen, who played Anakin Skywalker in two Star Wars movies (sixth place); Elisha Cuthbert (11th), Rachel McAdams (12th) and Sandra Oh (14th).
  • http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/column/index.cfm?columnID=9149 A Grimm End to a Grim Summer Weekend Box Office Wrap-Up for August 26-28, 2005 By John Hamann August 28, 2005 Top Ten for Weekend of August 26-28, 2005 Rank Film Number of Sites Percentage Drop Estimated Gross ($) Cumulative Gross ($) 1 The 40 Year-Old Virgin 2,868 -23% $16.4 $48.7 2 The Brothers Grimm 3,087 New $15.1 $15.1 3 Red Eye 3,091 -36% $10.4 $32.7 4 Four Brothers 2,649 -37% $7.8 $55.3 5 Wedding Crashers 2,737 -22% $6.3 $187.7 6 The Cave 2,195 New $6.2 $6.2 7 March of the Penguins 2,394 -30% $4.6 $55.7 8 The Skeleton Key 2,784 -43% $4.4 $37.9 9 Valiant 2,016 -43% $3.4 $11.6 10 The Dukes of Hazzard 2,891 -49% $3.0 $74.4 Thank god, summer is almost over. Surprise, surprise; it's another summer weekend at the box office where critics hate the new product, but movie-goers embrace it. Terry Gilliam's The Brothers Grimm opened this weekend along with The Cave and something called Undiscovered, hoping to earn a late summer bonanza at the North American box office. However, it was last weekend's good films - The 40 Year-Old Virgin and Red Eye - that stole the show. There are very few things that I'm happy with at the box office, but thankfully this weekend's number one film is a repeat from last weekend in The 40 Year-Old Virgin, starring up and comer Steve Carell. After an opening weekend above $20 million, the Universal release held very solidly this weekend. The Judd Apatow production dropped only 23%, earning $16.4 million over its sophomore frame. Out to 2,868 venues this weekend (23 more than the previous frame), Virgin had a venue average of $5,730, the best in the top ten. The 40 Year-Old Virgin will cap off Universal's summer just the way they wanted it to. The $25 million production has now earned $48.7 million, will likely go on to make $100 million, and if The Wedding Date can make $8.5 million in first week home video rentals, look out when this one appears on DVD. The 40 Year-Old Virgin is the type of film we just don't see anymore; a good idea marketed well and embraced by North American audiences. Too many times we ignore these types of films because they aren't a safe enough bet, so kudos for making this one a winner. The number two film is The Brothers Grimm, Terry Gilliam's first time in the director's chair since the 1998 disaster Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. While not the bomb that Fear and Loathing was, one could tell that Miramax and Disney weren't completely enamored by this production until they noticed that moviegoers were interested in it via tracking stats - and the marketing campaign began. Despite being bumped in the release schedule and endlessly tested, The Brothers Grimm did have an impact on the weekend box office. The oddball throwback (It's a comedy! No, it's a period piece!) managed to gross $15.1 million from 3,087 screens, leaving the Gilliam film with an average of $4,889. Once a diamond in the Miramax/Weinstein world, The Brothers Grimm was turned into a lump of coal by executives meddling in the production process, and the unraveling of Miramax over the last year. The marketing was a nightmare, as obviously the ad department at Dimension was stymied by how to sell The Brothers Grimm to the North American masses. Reviews weren't great. Of the 115 reviews counted at RottenTomatoes, only 45 were positive, giving the film a much less than stellar rating of 39% at the review compilation Web site. I expect Grimm to fall off quickly, leaving Disney holding the bag on most of the $80 million budget. However, this film could sell internationally, so it most likely won't carry the traumatic tag of disaster to its home video release. Third place goes to Red Eye, last weekend's number two film featuring rising stars Rachel McAdams and Cillian Murphy. Red Eye held quite well in its second weekend, dropping 36% and grossing $10.4 million thanks to a strong second weekend marketing campaign from DreamWorks. Red Eye has now grossed $32.7 million, and should make it to at least $60 million. The best news for DreamWorks is that this one cost only $25 million to make, and I don't need to remind you what The Wedding Date did in rentals alone in its first week on DVD. Fourth spot goes to Four Brothers, which is quietly turning into a decent-sized hit for Paramount. With its $45 million budget, Four Brothers never had to be a blockbuster to score for the studio (it would make that from DVD sales and rentals anyway). So, with its third weekend gross of $7.8 million (a drop of 37%), the Mark Wahlberg flick has now made $55.3 million, and becomes a decent entry for the studio. It will finish with about $80 million in domestic box office. Often, films released in August have clear sailing, as movies aren't discarded from one weekend to the next as audiences move from event film to event film like they do in June and July. For those who are mounting their BOP Feedback letters about how studios don't get all the domestic box office, marketing isn't included in the budget, blah, blah, blah, don't forget most movies make the bulk of their money when they are released on DVD/home video. Fifth spot this weekend goes to Wedding Crashers, one of the very few bright spots from the summer box office in 2005. The New Line comedy earned $6.3 million in its seventh weekend, dropping only 22% (despite shedding almost 200 venues). For those still playing along at home, Crashers, since its release, saw weekend-to-weekend drops of 24%, 22%, 20%, 26%, 32% and now 22%. You just don't see that at movies anymore, unless you're Mel Gibson/Christ, Napoleon Dynamite or having a Big Fat Greek Wedding. Crashers has now earned $187.7 million at the domestic box office, over $40 million at the overseas box office (equaling its production budget), and I'm sure New Line will be pushing for a Christmas DVD release to take advantage of holiday shoppers. Sixth goes to The Cave, Screen Gems' latest lowbrow horror release, a la Anacondas. The Cave managed to fool North Americans into giving it $6.2 million this weekend from a slim venue count of 2,195 - it earned an average of $2,824. Critics were decidedly un-thrilled by the Alien/Pitch Black rip off, as only seven reviewers liked it out of a possible 59 (the other 60 critics RT usually has didn't chime in - I wonder why). Screen Gems and Lakeshore Entertainment spent $30 million on this drivel, and while I applaud you for turning it into a theatrical flop, a beg you to avoid it on home video, or we'll only get more of the same (ah screw it, we'll only get more of the same anyway). Usually by this spot in this column, we're left with the dregs and the leftovers at the box office, but the last couple of weekends have held a gem in the lower rungs, Warner Independent Pictures' March of the Penguins. The little film that could earned another $4.6 million from 2,394 venues this weekend (up 292 from the last frame). Penguins has now earned $55.7 million on a budget of less than $10 million. Wouldn't it be nice if all films were liked this? A good, entertaining film made for less than the GDP of a small country. The Skeleton Key ends up in eighth this weekend, as audiences aren't supporting this one after a decent opening weekend. In its third frame, the Kate Hudson creeper earned $4.4 million, down 43%. Made for about $45 million, The Skeleton Key has now earned $37.9 million at the domestic box office and should finish with about $60 million before winning the lottery on DVD. Ninth spot goes to Disney's Valiant, the discarded animated flick from Vanguard Entertainment. With no support from its distributor, Valiant earned $3.4 million in its second weekend, carrying a drop of 43%. Made for less than $40 million, Valiant has now earned $11.6 million, but don't worry, Disney will still make a fortune off Valiant on home video. Tenth spot goes to those Duke Boys, whose General Lee exploded into a million pieces after a huge opening weekend. After debuting with over $30 million, The Dukes of Hazzard has seen drops of 58% and 54%, and now have a fourth weekend drop of 49%. It earned $3 million this weekend, and while we might expect a blockbuster that opens over $30 million to do at least $90 million in domestic business, this one won't make it, as it has earned $74.4 million and should be tuckered out by $85 million at best. Undiscovered, the new film from Lions Gate, opened horribly this weekend, finishing well back of the pack after earning only $690,000 from 1,304 venues this weekend. Lions Gate most likely won't make back the cost of making prints for this one. The other happy news story this weekend is that Supercross, one of last weekend's openers, dropped 72% this weekend and had a venue average of $231 from 1,621 venues this weekend. Both scores are of the remarkably bad variety. Overall, box office was quite close to last year's totals when Miramax's Hero opened to $18 million and Anacondas debuted with $12.8 million. Last year, the top ten films earned about $78.9 million. This year, the top ten films are estimated at $77.6 million, lower by just a few points.
  • http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/indexd?blogid=7/ McAdams and Gosling Romantically Linked New Line Productions / Melissa Moseley "The Notebook" co-stars Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling reportedly have embarked on a hot new romance. While the screen stars are remaining tight-lipped about their relationship, pals say they're just weeks into their relationship. A source says, "They didn't have feeling when they worked together. And they haven't defined what they are because it's still so new." Gosling, 24, previously enjoyed a brief romance with his 41-year-old "Murder by Numbers" co-star Sandra Bullock. The couple thrilled the audience of the MTV Movie Awards in June when they re-enacted one of their on-screen kisses from "The Notebook" on stage after winning the Best Kiss category.
  • "Rick in Oz" wrote in message http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/column/index.cfm?columnID=9136 Hot Virgin Can't Save Box Office Weekend Box Office Wrap-Up for August 19-21, 2005 By John Hamann August 21, 2005 Top Ten for Weekend of August 19-21, 2005 Rank Film Number of Sites Percentage Drop Estimated Gross ($) Cumulative Gross ($) 1 The 40 Year Old Virgin 2,845 New $20.6 $20.6 2 Red Eye 3,079 New $16.5 $16.5 3 Four Brothers 2,649 -39% $13.0 $43.6 4 Wedding Crashers 2,920 -30% $8.3 $177.9 5 The Skeleton Key 2,774 -54% $7.4 $30.1 6 March of the Penguins 2,102 -3% $6.7 $48.6 7 Valiant 2,014 New $6.1 $6.1 8 The Dukes of Hazzard 3,404 -56% $5.7 $68.8 9 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2,575 -39% $4.5 $192.7 10 Sky High 2,145 -37% $4.0 $50.8 11 Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo 3,127 -63% $3.6 $17.2 12 Must Love Dogs 1,809 -49% $2.3 $39.1 Despite some heat from a 40 Year-Old Virgin and Rachel McAdams this weekend, the box office continued to struggle through what's been a long, not-so-hot summer. The good news this weekend is that we have opener strength from two flicks with no stars; the bad news again is that second weekend holdovers with some decent names provide no backup strength to lead this year over last year. Looking forward to next weekend is becoming a large, desperate pattern that has ruled summer box office this year. However, if The 40 Year-Old Virgin can hold well next weekend and combine with what may be a decent opening from The Brothers Grimm, the box office will certainly win a weekend in the next frame. The number one film of the weekend is The 40 Year-Old Virgin, which used great reviews and smart marketing to land the number one spot - despite not having the pedigree of a big opener. The Steve Carell comedy grossed a fantastic $20.6 million for Universal this weekend from only 2,845 venues, giving it an excellent venue average of $7,224. Made for only $25 million, Virgin came within a few million of making its production budget back over opening weekend, something we haven't seen a lot of this summer. The opening will make a star out of Steve Carell, known mostly for supporting roles in films like Anchorman and Bruce Almighty, and most recently for headlining the Americanization of the British comedy series, The Office. Also rising up the Hollywood food chain will be Virgin's director, co-producer and co-writer Judd Apatow, whose Apatow Productions also carries a production credit, along with Universal. Previous credits for Apatow include the cult-hit TV series Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared. The 40 Year-Old Virgin should have excellent word-of-mouth. Critics loved it and audiences seem to be agreeing with them. At RottenTomatoes, 108 reviews were counted, and only a very slim 12 were of the negative variety leading to a very fresh rating of 89%, one of the best scores for a wide release this summer. As Tim Briody reported yesterday, Virgin opened to $7.3 million on Friday, which means it had a weekend multiplier (Weekend gross divided by Friday gross) of 2.8 - a stellar multiplier for an R-rated comedy. The multiplier indicates the film had good momentum throughout the weekend and that the comedy didn't play solely as a Friday night date movie. For Universal, the red-hot Virgin heats up what's been a slow summer for the studio since Cinderella Man crashed and burned in June. Let's see if good word-of-mouth spreads next weekend and Virgin holds much like New Line's Wedding Crashers. Second spot this weekend goes to Red Eye, Rachel McAdams' follow up to The Wedding Crashers and The Notebook, and Cillian Murphy's follow up to Batman Begins and 28 Days Later. The DreamWorks terror-in-the-air flick grossed a decent $16.5 million this weekend from 3,079 venues, giving Red Eye a venue average of $5,358. This one had many similarities to The 40 Year-Old Virgin. It cost a similar $25 million to make, and like the Universal comedy, the thriller had some of the best reviews of the summer. With 102 positive reviews out of a possible 122, Red Eye earned an 84% fresh rating at RottenTomatoes. For DreamWorks, the thriller will remove some of the bad memories of The Island, the studio's domestic disaster that improved slightly with some international success. For rising star Rachel McAdams, Red Eye will keep her career moving at a blistering pace. With some good holds, Red Eye could be a big hit a la The Notebook ($81 million total) and Mean Girls ($86 million total), and make her one of the big stars of the summer, as she also appeared in Wedding Crashers ($177.9 million and counting). Falling to third this weekend is Four Brothers, Paramount's urban drama starring Mark Wahlberg. Brothers grossed $13 million in its second weekend, dropping an okay 39% from its first place $21 million opening last weekend. This was a good bet for the folks at Paramount, as the drama carried a production budget of only $45 million, and has so far earned $43.6 million. It could finish with as much as $75 million in the Paramount kitty. Holding in fourth despite some decent competition is Wedding Crashers, New Line's latest lottery win. Still in the top five after six weekends of release, the Owen Wilson/Vince Vaughn comedy earned another $8.3 million this weekend, as it continues to climb towards $200 million. Wedding Crashers dipped 30% despite losing 211 venues to competition. Its total now sits at an amazing $177.9 million, and will reach at least $210 million. The Skeleton Key dips to fifth as the Kate Hudson horror flick falls hard in its sophomore frame. The Universal thriller grossed $7.4 million, down a hard 54% compared to last weekend. The $45 million flick has now earned $30.1 million, and will most likely top out around $55 million. Again, if second weekend films could have a little retention, headlines wouldn't be repeating the box office blues. Speaking of retention, March of the Penguins continues to hold amazingly, as drops for the doc are almost non-existent. The Paramount Classics release earned another $6.7 million, dropping only 3%. The studio added another 39 venues this weekend to bring the total up to 2,102; it earned an average of $3,177 - the fourth best in the top ten. The question now is where is this one going to end up. It's still fairly hard to say, but $75 million is a lock at this point, with $100 million not completely out of the question. It currently sits with $48.6 million. Way back in seventh is the animated Valiant, and it doesn't take a genius to figure out the distributor wasn't exactly enamored by the product they were selling. Produced on the cheap by Vanguard Entertainment for distributor Disney, the animated pigeon flick opened to a poor $6.1 million, but the writing was on the wall. Disney came up with only 2,014 venues for this release, which led to an average of $3,023. With that kind of release pattern and date, one can tell that hopes were low for this one. Disney also forgot to market Valiant, leaving it to fend for itself this weekend. Horrible reviews followed, making the theatrical release just an advertisement for its eventual home video release. The good news here is that Valiant was made for less that $40 million, thanks to a new animation process concocted by Vanguard, who has a multi-picture deal with the Disney Corporation. Maybe next time the distributor will support the project. The Dukes of Hazzard is quickly becoming a great example of how a movie can implode after a successful opening weekend. After opening to more than $30 million, The Dukes fell a hefty 58% last weekend, and the news only gets worse in this frame. The Dukes of Hazzard grossed an ugly $5.7 million, down a surprisingly bad 56% in its third frame. Once thought to be a $100 million winner, Dukes now sits with $68.8 million, and will be lucky to get $85 million. Ninth this weekend is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, as Tim Burton's adaptation of the Roald Dahl story probably spends its last weekend in the top ten. Charlie earned another $4.5 million, off 39% from last weekend. The $150 million WB release has now earned $192.7 million and should cross the $200 million mark in a weekend or two. Tenth is Sky High, a Disney product the studio had a little more faith in. Sky High grossed $4 million in its fourth weekend, off 37%. The $35 million Kurt Russell comedy has now earned $50.8 million, and should make it to $65 million. Not making the top ten this weekend is opener Supercross, which finished way back in 15th. It had a weekend gross of $1.3 million and has earned $2 million since opening Wednesday. Also not in the top ten is Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, as it fell 63% this weekend, dropping from fifth to 11th. Overall, despite from strength from two openers, the box office still can't keep up with a slow weekend last year. The top ten this weekend grossed about $92.8 million, off from last year's totals of about $96.1 million. I guess there's always next weekend.
  • "Rick in Oz" wrote in message http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/column/index.cfm?columnID=9136 Hot Virgin Can't Save Box Office Weekend Box Office Wrap-Up for August 19-21, 2005 By John Hamann August 21, 2005 Top Ten for Weekend of August 19-21, 2005 Rank Film Number of Sites Percentage Drop Estimated Gross ($) Cumulative Gross ($) 1 The 40 Year Old Virgin 2,845 New $20.6 $20.6 2 Red Eye 3,079 New $16.5 $16.5 3 Four Brothers 2,649 -39% $13.0 $43.6 4 Wedding Crashers 2,920 -30% $8.3 $177.9 5 The Skeleton Key 2,774 -54% $7.4 $30.1 6 March of the Penguins 2,102 -3% $6.7 $48.6 7 Valiant 2,014 New $6.1 $6.1 8 The Dukes of Hazzard 3,404 -56% $5.7 $68.8 9 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2,575 -39% $4.5 $192.7 10 Sky High 2,145 -37% $4.0 $50.8 11 Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo 3,127 -63% $3.6 $17.2 12 Must Love Dogs 1,809 -49% $2.3 $39.1 Despite some heat from a 40 Year-Old Virgin and Rachel McAdams this weekend, the box office continued to struggle through what's been a long, not-so-hot summer. The good news this weekend is that we have opener strength from two flicks with no stars; the bad news again is that second weekend holdovers with some decent names provide no backup strength to lead this year over last year. Looking forward to next weekend is becoming a large, desperate pattern that has ruled summer box office this year. However, if The 40 Year-Old Virgin can hold well next weekend and combine with what may be a decent opening from The Brothers Grimm, the box office will certainly win a weekend in the next frame. The number one film of the weekend is The 40 Year-Old Virgin, which used great reviews and smart marketing to land the number one spot - despite not having the pedigree of a big opener. The Steve Carell comedy grossed a fantastic $20.6 million for Universal this weekend from only 2,845 venues, giving it an excellent venue average of $7,224. Made for only $25 million, Virgin came within a few million of making its production budget back over opening weekend, something we haven't seen a lot of this summer. The opening will make a star out of Steve Carell, known mostly for supporting roles in films like Anchorman and Bruce Almighty, and most recently for headlining the Americanization of the British comedy series, The Office. Also rising up the Hollywood food chain will be Virgin's director, co-producer and co-writer Judd Apatow, whose Apatow Productions also carries a production credit, along with Universal. Previous credits for Apatow include the cult-hit TV series Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared. The 40 Year-Old Virgin should have excellent word-of-mouth. Critics loved it and audiences seem to be agreeing with them. At RottenTomatoes, 108 reviews were counted, and only a very slim 12 were of the negative variety leading to a very fresh rating of 89%, one of the best scores for a wide release this summer. As Tim Briody reported yesterday, Virgin opened to $7.3 million on Friday, which means it had a weekend multiplier (Weekend gross divided by Friday gross) of 2.8 - a stellar multiplier for an R-rated comedy. The multiplier indicates the film had good momentum throughout the weekend and that the comedy didn't play solely as a Friday night date movie. For Universal, the red-hot Virgin heats up what's been a slow summer for the studio since Cinderella Man crashed and burned in June. Let's see if good word-of-mouth spreads next weekend and Virgin holds much like New Line's Wedding Crashers. Second spot this weekend goes to Red Eye, Rachel McAdams' follow up to The Wedding Crashers and The Notebook, and Cillian Murphy's follow up to Batman Begins and 28 Days Later. The DreamWorks terror-in-the-air flick grossed a decent $16.5 million this weekend from 3,079 venues, giving Red Eye a venue average of $5,358. This one had many similarities to The 40 Year-Old Virgin. It cost a similar $25 million to make, and like the Universal comedy, the thriller had some of the best reviews of the summer. With 102 positive reviews out of a possible 122, Red Eye earned an 84% fresh rating at RottenTomatoes. For DreamWorks, the thriller will remove some of the bad memories of The Island, the studio's domestic disaster that improved slightly with some international success. For rising star Rachel McAdams, Red Eye will keep her career moving at a blistering pace. With some good holds, Red Eye could be a big hit a la The Notebook ($81 million total) and Mean Girls ($86 million total), and make her one of the big stars of the summer, as she also appeared in Wedding Crashers ($177.9 million and counting). Falling to third this weekend is Four Brothers, Paramount's urban drama starring Mark Wahlberg. Brothers grossed $13 million in its second weekend, dropping an okay 39% from its first place $21 million opening last weekend. This was a good bet for the folks at Paramount, as the drama carried a production budget of only $45 million, and has so far earned $43.6 million. It could finish with as much as $75 million in the Paramount kitty. Holding in fourth despite some decent competition is Wedding Crashers, New Line's latest lottery win. Still in the top five after six weekends of release, the Owen Wilson/Vince Vaughn comedy earned another $8.3 million this weekend, as it continues to climb towards $200 million. Wedding Crashers dipped 30% despite losing 211 venues to competition. Its total now sits at an amazing $177.9 million, and will reach at least $210 million. The Skeleton Key dips to fifth as the Kate Hudson horror flick falls hard in its sophomore frame. The Universal thriller grossed $7.4 million, down a hard 54% compared to last weekend. The $45 million flick has now earned $30.1 million, and will most likely top out around $55 million. Again, if second weekend films could have a little retention, headlines wouldn't be repeating the box office blues. Speaking of retention, March of the Penguins continues to hold amazingly, as drops for the doc are almost non-existent. The Paramount Classics release earned another $6.7 million, dropping only 3%. The studio added another 39 venues this weekend to bring the total up to 2,102; it earned an average of $3,177 - the fourth best in the top ten. The question now is where is this one going to end up. It's still fairly hard to say, but $75 million is a lock at this point, with $100 million not completely out of the question. It currently sits with $48.6 million. Way back in seventh is the animated Valiant, and it doesn't take a genius to figure out the distributor wasn't exactly enamored by the product they were selling. Produced on the cheap by Vanguard Entertainment for distributor Disney, the animated pigeon flick opened to a poor $6.1 million, but the writing was on the wall. Disney came up with only 2,014 venues for this release, which led to an average of $3,023. With that kind of release pattern and date, one can tell that hopes were low for this one. Disney also forgot to market Valiant, leaving it to fend for itself this weekend. Horrible reviews followed, making the theatrical release just an advertisement for its eventual home video release. The good news here is that Valiant was made for less that $40 million, thanks to a new animation process concocted by Vanguard, who has a multi-picture deal with the Disney Corporation. Maybe next time the distributor will support the project. The Dukes of Hazzard is quickly becoming a great example of how a movie can implode after a successful opening weekend. After opening to more than $30 million, The Dukes fell a hefty 58% last weekend, and the news only gets worse in this frame. The Dukes of Hazzard grossed an ugly $5.7 million, down a surprisingly bad 56% in its third frame. Once thought to be a $100 million winner, Dukes now sits with $68.8 million, and will be lucky to get $85 million. Ninth this weekend is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, as Tim Burton's adaptation of the Roald Dahl story probably spends its last weekend in the top ten. Charlie earned another $4.5 million, off 39% from last weekend. The $150 million WB release has now earned $192.7 million and should cross the $200 million mark in a weekend or two. Tenth is Sky High, a Disney product the studio had a little more faith in. Sky High grossed $4 million in its fourth weekend, off 37%. The $35 million Kurt Russell comedy has now earned $50.8 million, and should make it to $65 million. Not making the top ten this weekend is opener Supercross, which finished way back in 15th. It had a weekend gross of $1.3 million and has earned $2 million since opening Wednesday. Also not in the top ten is Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, as it fell 63% this weekend, dropping from fifth to 11th. Overall, despite from strength from two openers, the box office still can't keep up with a slow weekend last year. The top ten this weekend grossed about $92.8 million, off from last year's totals of about $96.1 million. I guess there's always next weekend.
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