Mar 3 2008'Semi-Pro' Not a 'Slam Dunk' This Weekend and 'Basketball'
1. Semi-Pro - A weak $15.2 million weekend sent studios a clear message that it takes more than just Will Ferrell, a sport, and some wacky sideburns to bring in audiences. It takes Will Ferrell, a zany sport, and a funny mustache.
2. Vantage Point - $13 million, and I can't wait for ADvantage Point!
3. The Spiderwick Chronicles - Kids + fantasy stuff = $8.8 million
4. The Other Boleyn Girl - $8.3 million, plus a preemptive Best Costumes Oscar.
5. Jumper - Answering what it would be like to have the ability to teleport, and also be thoroughly unlikable, earns $7.6 million.
Weekend Box Office [Box Office Mojo]
Reader Comments
1. Will - March 3, 2008 12:26 PM
The shark. I've jumped it haven't I?
2. PB&J - March 3, 2008 12:48 PM
Having not seen the film (and for this reason) I would venture to say most people were turned off by the ridiculous ad nauseam media blitz cross promotion super fantastic spectacular.
3. jesse - March 3, 2008 5:34 PM
I saw Semi-Pro this weekend. It further solidified Will Farrell's downward spiral.
Anchorman - Fucking Hilarious
Talladega Nights - Hilarious
Blades of Glory - Funny if you're completely wasted
Semi-Pro - Left me begging for cliche Will Farrell, and my $7.50 back.
Me and my girlfriend went and got tickets early because maybe it was sold out, it being the first weekend and all. We walk into the theater, to find that only 7-10 other people had decided to waste a Saturday night(at 8:30) on the hope that we would be laughing like we did when Jack Black kicked Baxter off of a bridge, or when a horrified news network employee yelled "smells like bigfoot's dick!". Hell, I laughed harder at "Stranger than Fiction" than I did at Semi-Pro. I hate to say it, but it looks like these kind of overconfident dufus bumbling his way to success movies have run out of laughs. Or maybe it's just the writers. Who knows?