Based on Sunday’s estimates, courtesy of boxofficemojo.com:
1) Blades of Glory: $23 million, $68.3 million to date (Deb Medsker, Punch and Pie Pictures)
Chazz Michael Michaels is one of the greatest names in movie history.
2) Meet the Robinsons: $17 million, $52.2 million to date (Kristin Dreyer Kramer, Nights and Weekends)
Meet the second underwhelming effort from Disney’s CGI department. Now you know why they bought Pixar.
3) Are We Done Yet?: $15 million, $19 million to date (David Medsker, Republicans for Voldemort)
Ice Cube once said “Fuck Hollywood, man” at the end of the Public Enemy song. Clearly some punctuation and accenting were missing. What he really meant was, “Fuck, Hollywood, man!”
4) Grindhouse: $11.5 million (Bill Clark, ‘300’ Should Have Tanked)
No one dares ask whose bones are sitting in a pile outside Harvey Weinstein’s desk, but you can’t help but notice that no one’s seen Robert Rodriguez’s kids lately.
5) The Reaping: $10 million (Will Harris, What’s All This, Then?)
Ms. Swankalicious has to be proud of squeezing $10 million out of an oft-bumped supernatural thriller opening on Easter weekend.
6) 300: $8.8 million, $193.8 million to date (Mark Pfeiffer, Reel Times)
Kurt Russell’s jingoism be damned, we think King Leonidas would make a mighty fine Snake Plissken.
7) Wild Hogs: $6.8 million, $145.4 million to date (owner: Kristin Dreyer Kramer, Nights and Weekends)
We’re out of jokes for this one. Moving on…
8) Shooter: $5.8 million, $36.6 million to date (David Medsker, Republicans for Voldemort)
People just have no respect for the art of blowing shit up anymore.
9) TMNT: $4.9 million, $46.7 million to date (owner: Kevin Carr, But I Liked ‘Lady in the Water’)
Cowabunga. Pizza. Vanilla Ice. Moving on.
10) Firehouse Dog: $4 million (Bill Clark, ‘300’ Should Have Tanked)
Bill is now angling for that first pick in the summer draft, though Jason is out-slacking him by leaps and bounds.
Standings so far:
1) Reel Times: $330 million
2) Nights and Weekends: $222 million
3) What’s All This, Then: $193.6 million
4) Republicans for Voldemort: $137 million
5) Punch and Pie Pictures: $122.4 million
6) But I Liked ‘Lady in the Water’: $119.6 million
7) ‘300’ Should Have Tanked: $93.4 million
8) Se7en Strangers Productions: $73.7 million
This week: A whole bunch of mid-tier movies hit the multiplexes, namely “Disturbia,” “Perfect Stranger,” “Pathfinder: Legend of the Ghost Warrior,” “Slow Burn,” “Year of the Dog,” and “Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters,” among others.
