Chicken Little Lays A Golden US Weekend Box Office Egg

Pixar? Who needs Pixar? Not Disney, that’s for sure. Their first Pixar-less CGI animation feature Chicken Little has topped the US weekend box office chart.

Last week, the box office chart was topped by a gory grisly nasty blood-filled horror flick, and this week it’s topped by a itsy bitsy cutesy little movie about a wittle chick-chick. Fickle buggers, Americans.

Despite being mauled by critics, Disney’s Chicken Little managed to
exceed box office expectations in it’s opening weekend. And it’s
certainly a warning to Pixar, who plan to leave Disney’s warm bosom
next year. Hey Pixar! Disney doesn’t need you anymore! It’s got
computer chickens and the voice from that Scrubs fella, so go screw
yourself! Here’s the full top ten US Weekend Box Office Chart…

1 - Chicken Little (Now that Chicken Little is a hit, expect Disney
to give the movie the usual understated treatment - 12
straight-to-video sequels, a Broadway musical, a Broadway musical on
ice, a dedicated ride at Disneyworld and a two-hour bank holiday
special) $40,086,000

2 - Jarhead (A harrowing drama about the injustices or war, or a
rowdy knockabout comedy about a man who collects marmalade in his giant
glass head? You decide) $28,751,000

3 - Saw II (A film about an evil murderer called Jigsaw, and his
slightly less evil henchmen Jenga, Pop-Up Pirate and Pin The Tail On
The Donkey) $17,200,000

4 - The Legend Of Zorro (Antonio Banderas is now so old that for this film he had to invest in a walk-in horse) $10,000,000

5 - Prime (A film mainly about biological clocks. Or dog food) $5,263,000

6 - Dreamer: Inspired By A True Story (This film is identical to 8 Mile, only with horses instead of rappers) $4,800,000

7 - Good Night, And Good Luck (An intelligent and thought-provoking
movie about free speech. But does it have any cartoon chickens in it?
No. So we won’t bother) $3,100,000

8 - The Weather Man (Nicolas Cage gets to pull his ’sad’ face in a movie, instead of his ‘angry’ face, or his ‘aroused and confused by Japanese triplets’ face. If you ask us, he should do more of the last one) $2,935,000

9 - Shopgirl (Lost In Translation with Steve Martin, Claire Danes and no My Bloody Valentine soundtrack) $2,524,000

10 - Flightplan (Still in the top ten! Take that, uppity flight attendants!) $2,330,000

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Weekend Box Office - Box Office Mojo 

[story by Stuart Heritage]