by Stuart Heritage
Since Christmas 2007 doesn’t have a Harry Potter or a Narnia or a Lord Of The Rings, the wintry epic title this year goes to The Golden Compass – but how did it do at the weekend box office?
It did alright. Ish. We suppose. For a festive family fantasy blockbuster with a budget of $180 million, The Golden Compass managed to top the US weekend box office, but only by taking a relatively paltry $26 million. The Golden Compass’ failure to ignite the weekend box office any more than, say, Flubber or S.W.A.T will be a disappointment to many, but a timely reminder that there’s only a certain amount of dads in the world able to convince their children to see a movie just because Nicole Kidman wears a tight gold dress for about three minutes in it.
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by Stuart Heritage
The heavyweights of cartoon/ live-action hybrids – Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Space Jam, that thing with Paula Abdul and the chain-smoking hip-hop cat – must now all make room for Enchanted.
Disney’s latest movie Enchanted is the number one movie at the US weekend box office. Oh, you know Enchanted – it’s hardly as if you’ve been able to go more than ten seconds without seeing an Enchanted trailer, billboard or large cinema cardboard cut-out looming down at you lately, is it? But it’s not just relentless promotion that’s pushed Enchanted to the top of the weekend box office – Enchanted also teachers the viewer several profound socially-relevant lessons too, as shown in the Enchanted scenes where everyone mocks the midget and the chipmunk pulls a funny face. Or something.
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