Inception has topped the weekend box office for so long that we were starting to wonder if anything could beat it.
But something has. A film has come along and surpassed Inception and its tricksy time structures, impeccable direction and impressive refusal to pander to its audience. But what incredible, Inception-topping masterpiece is this?
Why, it’s The Other Guys – the film where Will Ferrell pulls some funny faces and Mark Wahlberg plays a clueless beefhead. Admittedly we’ve just described every film that Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg have ever starred in, but shut up. The Other Guys is number one, so it’s objectively a better film than Inception. Full US weekend box office top five after the jump…
1 – The Other Guys (The film where Will Ferrell plays a hilariously uptight man-child. No, not that Will Ferrell film. Or that Will Ferrell film. Or that Will Ferrell film. Or that Will Ferrell film. Or that Will Ferrell film. Or that Will Ferrell film. Or that Will Ferrell film. It’s a new Will Ferrell film) $35,600,000
2 – Inception (Forever to be known as the film that would still be top of the weekend box office if only Leonardo DiCaprio was better at playing hilariously uptight man-children. For shame) $18,600,000
3 – Step Up 3D (Almost identical to that StreetDance 3D film from a couple of months ago, but probably a thousand times better because it hasn’t got that hat-wearing dimbo from Britain’s Got Talent in it) $15,500,00
4 – Salt (The film that asks “WHO IS SALT?” and then answers it with “Oh, fuck knows. Probably a spy or something. Nobody actually cares about any of this, do they?“) $11,100,000
5 – Dinner For Schmucks (Sadly not even the funniest Paul Rudd film of the summer, thanks to this legitimately masterful piece of cinema) $10,500,000
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