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Where The Wild Things Are Starts The Weekend Box Office Rumpus
Today’s edition of the weekend box office countdown is brought to you with a side helping of tremendous bitterness. You see, the number one movie at the US weekend box office this week is Where The Wild Things Are - one of the films that we’ve been most excited about this year. And yet we can’t see it until almost Christmas. Because it’s not being released over here until December. Stupid Britain. So no Where The Wild Things Are spoilers please. Especially no spoilers about the temperature of the soup at the end of the film. We mean it.
Today’s edition of the weekend box office countdown is brought to you with a side helping of tremendous bitterness. You see, the number one movie at the US weekend box office this week is Where The Wild Things Are - one of the films that we’ve been most excited about this year. And yet we can’t see it until almost Christmas. Because it’s not being released over here until December. Stupid Britain. So no Where The Wild Things Are spoilers please. Especially no spoilers about the temperature of the soup at the end of the film. We mean it.
Watchmen Utilises Blue Penis Power To Top Weekend Box Office
Watchmen is the frenziedly-anticipated, two decades in the making movie adaptation of an alarmingly revered comic book. So you’ll never guess what. Watchmen is the top weekend box office movie, outperforming all the other new movies like, um, oh. Watchmen was the only new movie in the US weekend box office this week. Of course, Watchmen’s weekend box office success was probably down to Zack Snyder, who the Watchmen posters describe as being a ‘visionary director’. Proof then that you’re a visionary if you can film lots of angry people doing crap in slow motion. Better luck next time, Pythagoras.
Watchmen is the frenziedly-anticipated, two decades in the making movie adaptation of an alarmingly revered comic book. So you’ll never guess what. Watchmen is the top weekend box office movie, outperforming all the other new movies like, um, oh. Watchmen was the only new movie in the US weekend box office this week. Of course, Watchmen’s weekend box office success was probably down to Zack Snyder, who the Watchmen posters describe as being a ‘visionary director’. Proof then that you’re a visionary if you can film lots of angry people doing crap in slow motion. Better luck next time, Pythagoras.
High School Musical 3 Still Weekend Box Office Number Blah
As well as it being Halloween, this weekend saw the release of all manner of hot Oscar contenders and hugely-hyped comedies. So what's number one at the US weekend box office today? A highbrow critical darling? A well-received edgy comedy? Any of the new horror movies? No. It's sodding High School Musical 3, isn't it. Again. That means that the stars of High School Musical 3 are officially bigger than Seth Rogen and Angelina Jolie combined. Perhaps to reassert their popularity, in their next movies Seth Rogen will sing a number of songs about believing in yourself and Angelina Jolie will take a naked picture of herself and post it on the internet. But not the other way round, though - that would be horrible. Angelina Jolie really can't sing.
As well as it being Halloween, this weekend saw the release of all manner of hot Oscar contenders and hugely-hyped comedies. So what's number one at the US weekend box office today? A highbrow critical darling? A well-received edgy comedy? Any of the new horror movies? No. It's sodding High School Musical 3, isn't it. Again. That means that the stars of High School Musical 3 are officially bigger than Seth Rogen and Angelina Jolie combined. Perhaps to reassert their popularity, in their next movies Seth Rogen will sing a number of songs about believing in yourself and Angelina Jolie will take a naked picture of herself and post it on the internet. But not the other way round, though - that would be horrible. Angelina Jolie really can't sing.
Burn After Reading Burns Weekend Box Office (After Reading)
The Dark Knight had better watch out - come Oscar time the whole world's going to be in a randy froth about Burn After Reading. No wonder Burn After Reading is top of the weekend box office today - just look at the pedigree. An Oscar-winning actor, an Oscar-winning actress and the world's biggest celebrity starring in a movie by the most recent winners of the Best Director and Best Picture Oscars. In fact, never mind the weekend box office - Burn After Reading should be gold-plated and put on God's mantlepiece forever. It probably won't be, because in fact Burn After Reading looks like the sort of self-consciously wacky nonsense that'd go straight to DVD if the Coen Brothers didn't direct it. But, hey, you can't argue with a number one spot at the US weekend box office - that's the Bangkok Dangerous spot, after all.
The Dark Knight had better watch out - come Oscar time the whole world's going to be in a randy froth about Burn After Reading. No wonder Burn After Reading is top of the weekend box office today - just look at the pedigree. An Oscar-winning actor, an Oscar-winning actress and the world's biggest celebrity starring in a movie by the most recent winners of the Best Director and Best Picture Oscars. In fact, never mind the weekend box office - Burn After Reading should be gold-plated and put on God's mantlepiece forever. It probably won't be, because in fact Burn After Reading looks like the sort of self-consciously wacky nonsense that'd go straight to DVD if the Coen Brothers didn't direct it. But, hey, you can't argue with a number one spot at the US weekend box office - that's the Bangkok Dangerous spot, after all.
Bangkok Dangerous Kicks The Poo Out Of Weekend Box Office
Nicolas Cage apparently lives in Bath, but everyone knows that his real home is the top of the weekend box office. Or a wig shop. Who knows? Anyway, We're only telling you this because Nicolas Cage's new film Bangkok Dangerous is number one at the US weekend box office this week, taking in a mighty seven million dollars. Look, that figure might be 22 times less than The Dark Knight took on its opening weekend, but did The Dark Knight feature a skinny man in a funny wig shooting people in a boat? No, no it didn't. Point proved. Bangkok Dangerous' weekend box office success makes us think that all Asian movies would do well if they were remade starring Nicolas Cage. Imagine Nicolas Cage eating a live octopus in an Old Boy remake. Or Nicolas Cage kicking over cities in a Godzilla remake. Or a remake of The Ring where Nicolas Cage crawls out of a TV and scares Nicolas Cage to death and Nicolas Cage has to investigate it. Yes!
Nicolas Cage apparently lives in Bath, but everyone knows that his real home is the top of the weekend box office. Or a wig shop. Who knows? Anyway, We're only telling you this because Nicolas Cage's new film Bangkok Dangerous is number one at the US weekend box office this week, taking in a mighty seven million dollars. Look, that figure might be 22 times less than The Dark Knight took on its opening weekend, but did The Dark Knight feature a skinny man in a funny wig shooting people in a boat? No, no it didn't. Point proved. Bangkok Dangerous' weekend box office success makes us think that all Asian movies would do well if they were remade starring Nicolas Cage. Imagine Nicolas Cage eating a live octopus in an Old Boy remake. Or Nicolas Cage kicking over cities in a Godzilla remake. Or a remake of The Ring where Nicolas Cage crawls out of a TV and scares Nicolas Cage to death and Nicolas Cage has to investigate it. Yes!
Tropic Thunder Beats The Dark Knight Thanks to Blacked-up Retards
Well it certainly took long enough but The Dark Knight has finally fallen, to the might of Tropic Thunder and its wall of controversy. While we all thought we would have to live in a world where no other films would ever get anywhere near The Dark Knight - a world where daily recitals of The Joker's best speeches were made to be recited every morning in our schools, where every car is replaced with a Batmobile and where Morgan Freeman is elected King of Everything (with Christian Bale as his alleged muscle, obviously) - we have been proven wrong. We worried for a while, but fortunately the 'Greatest Film of All Time(tm)' has been dethroned by Ben Stiller, Jack Black and a blacked-up Robert Downey Jr. And it's sure to make the latter quite happy about it.
Well it certainly took long enough but The Dark Knight has finally fallen, to the might of Tropic Thunder and its wall of controversy. While we all thought we would have to live in a world where no other films would ever get anywhere near The Dark Knight - a world where daily recitals of The Joker's best speeches were made to be recited every morning in our schools, where every car is replaced with a Batmobile and where Morgan Freeman is elected King of Everything (with Christian Bale as his alleged muscle, obviously) - we have been proven wrong. We worried for a while, but fortunately the 'Greatest Film of All Time(tm)' has been dethroned by Ben Stiller, Jack Black and a blacked-up Robert Downey Jr. And it's sure to make the latter quite happy about it.
The Dark Knight Makes Even More Money. Not That We’re Jealous or Anything…
The Dark Knight has only ruddy well gone and done it again. No, not struck down another member of the cast or crew with the 'curse', which is apparently floating around these days. The film has gone and broken the record for the fastest $400 million in box office history, making the money in a frankly ridiculous 18 days. Imagine making four hundred million dollars in 18 days. How many tricks you'd have to pull to draw in that amount... it's hard to take in. Though it would also be hard to take in if you pulled $400 million-worth of tricks, let's be honest here. But at least it shows that maybe, just maybe, Christopher Nolan's film is living up to its reputation, even with the extra bits of accidental hype popping up here and there.
The Dark Knight has only ruddy well gone and done it again. No, not struck down another member of the cast or crew with the 'curse', which is apparently floating around these days. The film has gone and broken the record for the fastest $400 million in box office history, making the money in a frankly ridiculous 18 days. Imagine making four hundred million dollars in 18 days. How many tricks you'd have to pull to draw in that amount... it's hard to take in. Though it would also be hard to take in if you pulled $400 million-worth of tricks, let's be honest here. But at least it shows that maybe, just maybe, Christopher Nolan's film is living up to its reputation, even with the extra bits of accidental hype popping up here and there.
Weekend Box Office: The Dark Knight Continues To Widdle On Everything
First the bad news - The Dark Knight lost over half of its audience at the weekend box office compared to last week. Now the slightly better news - that still meant that The Dark Knight pulled in $75 million in sales this weekend, over $45 million more than its next best rival. Clearly, The Dark Knight is something of a weekend box office phenomenon. So what can a forthcoming film - say, Vicky Christina Barcelona - do to match The Dark Knight's weekend box office success? Easy - have Penelope Cruz killed by an accidental overdose and then convince Woody Allen to beat up his own mother a day after it opens. Also, if they could make the film inordinately long and so morally heavyhanded that it may as well be delivered by a wild-eyed redneck preacher, that'd be great too.
First the bad news - The Dark Knight lost over half of its audience at the weekend box office compared to last week. Now the slightly better news - that still meant that The Dark Knight pulled in $75 million in sales this weekend, over $45 million more than its next best rival. Clearly, The Dark Knight is something of a weekend box office phenomenon. So what can a forthcoming film - say, Vicky Christina Barcelona - do to match The Dark Knight's weekend box office success? Easy - have Penelope Cruz killed by an accidental overdose and then convince Woody Allen to beat up his own mother a day after it opens. Also, if they could make the film inordinately long and so morally heavyhanded that it may as well be delivered by a wild-eyed redneck preacher, that'd be great too.
