7月23日
I Now Pronounce You Number One
Despite suffering
from bad reviews (like, baaad reviews) the Adam Sandler/Kevin James comedy "I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry" was tops at the box offfice over the weekend. It beat out "Harry Potter."
"'Chuck & Larry' stars Sandler as a firefighter who poses as a gay partner for a widower colleague (James) so his pal can maintain life insurance for his kids.
The movie followed the usual pattern for Sandler comedies: Critics trashed it but loyal fans turned up.
"'The beauty of Adam Sandler is his fan base adores him, and he delivers on comedy,' Universal's Rocco said. 'Adam is a star, and I can tell you we know we're on the way with another $100 million movie for Adam.'
"'Order of the Phoenix,' which debuted at No. 1 the previous weekend, raised its domestic total to $207.5 million.
Fellman said the movie lost some business this weekend because of the mania over Saturday's publication of J.K. Rowling's final book in the fantasy series, 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.'
"'They wanted to get that book Saturday, lock themselves in the house and read it, because they didn't want their other friends by Monday telling them who made it and who didn't,' said Fellman of Warner Bros.
"'Hairspray' follows the musical adventures of a tubby teen (newcomer Nikki Blonsky) who sets out to racially integrate a TV dance show in the 1960s. The stage musical on which it is based was in turn adapted from John Waters' 1988 cult flick.
"Women made up just over two-thirds of the 'Hairspray' audience, said David Tuckerman, head of distribution for New Line. The studio hopes good word of mouth will keep the crowds coming and bring in more men in subsequent weekends, Tuckerman said.
"'We knew getting the guys on opening weekend was going to be difficult. We knew 'Chuck & Larry' would get the guys and we wouldn't,' Tuckerman said."
As said, most critics loathed the movie, calling it unfunny and worse, offensive (particularly for Rob Schneider's Asian-American stereotype that's being cited as seeming lifted from Mickey Rooney's performance in "Breakfast at Tiffanys"). One contrary take however, was
Village Voice's Nathan Lee who wrote:
"Somewhere in the cafeteria at GLAAD headquarters, girlfriend is about to choke on her quiche, but here goes: Tremendously savvy in its stupid way, 'I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry' is as eloquent as 'Brokeback Mountain,' and even more radical."
Wow.
Here's the top five movies over the weekend:
1. "I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry," $34.8 million.
2. "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," $32.2 million.
3. "Hairspray," $27.8 million.
4. "Transformers," $20.5 million.
5. "Ratatouille," $11 million.
--posted by Kim
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