I Now Pronounce You a Victory

Harry dropped more than I thought, but the 7th book most likely has had a significant impact on movie goers. They had book release parties Friday night, and you've got to figure most people who are uber fans will be reading the book through the weekend.

Me? I got it for my wife, she's reading it. But she finished Harris's Letter to A Christian Nation first (which is the last book I read) - and I'll probably finish End of Faith before grabbing Deathly Hollows. My movie for this weekend was Sicko, anyway, which finally came to a theater near me.

Those Transformers numbers are still surprising me, but it is doing noticeably less than many fan boys were predicting it would.

At this point, I think it is safe to make some domestic conclusions. Spidey then Shrek then Pirates.
Transformers or Harry Potter next? I'm leaning Harry, but either is still possible. Ratatouille will be next, and I'm thinking Bourne or Rush Hour 3 has the chance to slip up to the spot just under Remy - heck, Die Hard did better than I thought it would.

I'm very excited for the Simpsons Movie. Wonder what market research is tracking it at?

This week's top for box office numbers came pretty close to what I guestimated last weekend, spot-on for Chuck & Larry and within a couple million for Potter (which traditionally takes a big drop its second weekend) and Transformers. The one that really threw me was Hairspray - I predicted only a $14M opening. I was really off on that one.

Coincidentally, Hairspray is what I went to see this weekend. Frankly, outside of animated movies and the Wizard of Oz, I haaaaaate musicals. But Hairspray was a terrific ride! Great cast, great musical numbers, overall terrific flick.

I'm pretty certain the top five domestic movies are already cemented in place - Spidey, Shrek, Pirates, Transformers, Harry. I just don't see Harry getting enough steam to catch up to Transformer's numbers. And I really don't see any of the August releases entering the top five, although I still think Bourne and Rush Hour will make the lower five.

Simpsons, along with Transformers, is one of the biggest wildcards of the season (maybe because they're two of the few high-profile non-sequel movies). I'm thinking it will open to about $50M, but that could be wildly off. Anybody know if there's going to be midnight showings on opening day?

The plot to next week's I Know Who Killed Me sounds like a blend of Captivity and The Invisible, neither one of which was successful. Given the R rating, and the fact that Lohan's off-screen issues - while great for gossip columns - haven't exactly translated into box office numbers, it'll be lucky to open to $5M.

I guess I shouldn't be surprised that an Adam Sandler movie opens well. He has his loyal fan base. This looked like a one joke movie to me. I'm still mad at last year's Click, which had such potential with an intriguing premise but the laughs were few and far between.

I'm surprised Hairspray did well. I didn't think it would get an audience in such a crowded summer. I guess I was wrong.

The Simpsons will probably open big and drop quickly. I am looking forward to that next week.

Proves how just ignorant and foolish most Americans. Old stereotype gay jokes make you $35 million.

I figuered the book would hurt Order. I'm reading the book now(It's awesome so far) and there's no way I would've gone to see Order this weekend instead of reading the book. I did stop reading to go catch Chuck & Larry though.
I have to say I was a bit disappointed with the film. I was expecting to see a comedy about gay marriage dealt with in a manner a la Knocked Up, which in my opinion was more truthful and funny in the way they dealt with marriage and single mothers. Granted Chuck & Larry had some moments pro gay I guess and dealt with some of the issues I gues gay people deal with everyday but to me the film was bordering very close to homophobia. A lot of man sex jokes, butt pirate comments and things of that nature. It also had a lot of stereotypes. I expected more out of the film, I laughed in a couples of scenes and I enjoy Sandler films but I hope he does better in his next outing.

P.S. Can't believe Potter is finally over :(

@ bdd:

Someone's jealous of the US's great sense of humor.

Too bad, so sad.

Saw it Friday night, thought it was great.

bottom line is ... people would rather see something fresh and new than drag their kids down to see the 5th harry potter movie in a row. the potter series is getting old to anyone above the age of 17, so i am not surprised that it dropped places so quickly. not saying it isnt or will not make a shit load of money, but harry potter ran its course like 3 years ago, and its about time to lay the ridiculous series to rest.




thank god

I wouldn't sound the death knell of the Potter movies just yet. Compared to the box office of the first four movies at the second weekend of release, Potter 5 is running as strong or better. Here are the totals of each Potter movie after their second weekend:
Potter 1 - $186M
Potter 2 - $148M
Potter 3 - $157M
Potter 4 - $201M
Potter 5 - $207M

muchdrama, thank you for proving my point. You name seems very gay... don't gays have lots of drama and shit?

Idiots, the world is doomed.

bdd, you make fun of Americans for stereotypes of gays and then you give a stereotype while making fun of muchdrama. I don't care what country you are from because I won't classify you with them, but that really did make you look like the fool.
How about we just talk about movies and relax on the attacking.
I had a wedding this weekend so I didn't go see anything, but hoenstly I've seen everything I want to already. Chuck and Larry didn't look like a movie theatre movie to me. About the only movies out I haven't seen that I want to is Knocked up and Ratatouille. And the sad thing is I'll probably have to wait to rent those.