Category: Movies (Page 483 of 498)

Based on Sunday’s estimates:

1) Eight Below: $19.8 million (first week)
Okay, which do you find cuter: doggies?

Or kitties?

2) Date Movie: $18.9 million (first week)
Putting Alyson Hannigan in a fat suit should be against the law.
3) The Pink Panther: $16.5 million ($42.2 million, second week)
Maybe if we stop looking at it, it will just go away.
4) Curious George: $11.2 million ($29.4 million, second week)
Guys, we need a tag line for the movie. “Show me the monkey”? Hey, that’s funny. You’re fired.
5) Final Destination 3: $10.1 million ($35.8 million, second week)
Has a nail gun ever made an appearance in a movie and not caused someone’s death?

“Freedomland,” meanwhile, debuted in seventh place with a paltry $5.9 million (which probably doesn’t cover the movie’s craft services budget), and “Firewall” is already bounced from the top five. Harrison Ford personally sees to it that Virginia Madsen never works in Hollywood again.

…but it’s safe to go back into the bookstore, at least. “Jaws” author Peter Benchley has died at the age of 65.

You have to give him credit: he didn’t just try to coast on the success of “Jaws.” Well, not really, anyway. He didn’t exactly go out of his way to leave the sea behind, given that his later work involved novels like “Beast,” about a giant squid, “Creature,” “The Deep,” and, oh, right, “Great White.”

Still, the guy wrote “Jaws.” He deserves every kudo in the world for being directly responsible for scaring the hell out of millions.

Based on Sunday’s estimates:
1) The Pink Panther: $21.7 million (first week)
Okay, which part of this movie did you slack-jawed troglodytes think was funny, the part where he walks while reading a newspaper and falls down subway steps, or the part where he pulls out his badge, it flies across the room, and sticks in Kevin Kline’s chest? Have you people ever seen a movie before? Sweet Jesus.
2) Final Destination 3: $20.1 million (first week)
The best exploding-head scene since “Scanners.” Maybe even better.
3) Curious George: $15.3 million (first week)
The words “Songs by Jack Johnson” haunt my darkest dreams.
4) Firewall: $13.8 million (first week)
Little-known but well documented fact: every movie Harrison Ford has done since “The Fugitive” has sucked donkey donkey donkey donkey. The people, at last, have spoken.
5) When a Stranger Calls: $10.0 million ($34.8 million, second week)
This carries a 10% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Ten, percent. And still, $10 million worth of babysitting money went to this in its second week. Come on, people. They won’t stop making these movies until we stop seeing them.