Based on Sunday’s estimates, courtesy of boxofficemojo.com:
1) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest: $35 million ($321.7 million, third week)
We are clearly still in the ‘it’s made so much money, therefore it must be good’ phase. Sadly, this galling lapse in judgment will probably last one more week.
2) Monster House: $23 million (first week)
It’ll do for your children what the face-ripping scene in “Poltergeist” did for you: scare the living daylights out of them. Years later, after the bed wetting has stopped, they’ll say it’s one of their favorite movies of all time.
3) Lady in the Water: $18.2 million (first week)
The bloom has officially fallen off the M. Night rose. Nina Jacobsen, despite having just lost her job in the delivery room, must have felt a slight wave of vindication when she heard the box office numbers.
4) You, Me and Dupree: $12.8 million ($45.3 million, second week)
How this movie outgrossed “My Super Ex-Girlfriend,” which contains a far funnier performance by a Wilson brother, is beyond us. Sure, neither movie is any good, but “Girlfriend” is waaaaaaaaay more tolerable than this dreck. Tell your friends.
5) Little Man: $11 million ($40.6 million, second week)
How many times did we tell you not to play with the dirty money?
Wha’happen Movie of the Week: “Clerks II,” which was the best movie released this week yet finished sixth with $9.6 million. (“Super Ex-Girlfriend” was seventh, with $8.7 million). Both of these movies are far better than “Dupree” and “Little Man,” and we suppose there is a statement in there somewhere about the gradual dumbing down of society, but we’re not smart enough to connect the dots.
The movie to see when Talladega Nights is sold out: “The Descent,” a super-creepy gorefest involving a group of rock climbing girls with bad, bad luck. Think “Aliens” crossed with “The Hills Have Eyes.” Freaky deaky.
