The top five movies in the country, in order of both box office gross and likelihood of there being a funny voice at any given point in the film:
1. Bruno - $30.4 million. According to research, "the main reasons people checked off for seeing the movie were the "Humor" (74 percent), Sacha Baron Cohen (57 percent), Borat (52 percent) and the "Outrageousness" (50 percent)," which is surprising, because how do 50% of people list "outrageousness" among their criteria for anything?
2. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs - $28.5 million, and each ticket sold was voiced by Brad Garrett for some reason.
3. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - $24.2 million. Who would have expected the Fallen's revenge would be living well?
4. Public Enemies - $14.1 million. Who wants to see Christian Bale face off against someone as pedestrian as John Dillinger? The guy's fought Terminators and Jokers! At least give Dillinger infrared vision or something.
5. The Proposal - $10.5 million, reasserting that marriage is both beautiful and hilarious.
Weekend Box Office Results [Box Office Mojo]
So close, Ice Age. So close. The weekend box office:
1. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - $42.3 million. Continuing our nation's great tradition of celebrating our independence by watching explosions. And robots that turn into construction vehicles.
2. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs - $41.7 million--unusually high numbers for a historical-fiction piece.
3. Public Enemies - $25.3 million. I suspect it could have done better if the advertising did a better job pointing out that, in this version of the story, Dillinger uses riddles to antagonize Purvis, who is Batman.
4. The Proposal - $12.9 million. If your girlfriend dragged you to this, don't necessarily assume she's hinting that she wants you to propose; she may just have very dull taste in movies.
5. The Hangover - $11.3 million, probably paid largely by people with actual Fourth of July hangovers.
Weekend Box Office Results [Box Office Mojo]
Hey, there's a new trailer for Public Enemies, which, if you've forgotten, is the new Michael Mann film that has Johnny Depp and Christian Bale facing off as John Dillinger and Notable Agent Who Hates Dillinger, respectively. Also starring: Marion Cotillard (the lady you didn't recognize who won an Academy Award a couple years ago) and Billy Crudup affecting a really convincing old-fashioney voice. Have it:
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As is the case with most recent movies involving a brooding Christian Bale and regular gunfire, Public Enemies looks good. In fact, with Michael Mann at the helm and Johnny Depp as Dillinger (reminding us he can play non-goofy, non-pirate roles), it looks really good. But none of these powerful elements are highlight of this new trailer for the film. The best part is Billy Crudup's spot-on old fashioney voice:
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Only slightly more subtle than an arrow that says, "Hey, ladies, Johnny Depp's crotch is in this!"
New Public Enemies Poster [Coming Soon]
If you made it to the end of the Oscars--or more likely, if you dozed off and were awakened by the credit sequence's jamming guitar--the night's reward was a three-minute movie preview sequence. For some of the films (Public Enemies, Whatever Works), it was a first look at scenes from highly-anticipated projects. For others (Old Dogs!), it was the warning: oh god, Robin Williams and John Travolta made some kind of boot camp comedy, and it's called Old Dogs. Here it is:
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I can really tell that old fashioney Christian Bale does not want me at this party. But guess what, CB: I am at this party, and I'm the one who brought that guacamole everyone is raving about. So how about toning it down with the sideways glances, alright, Smooth Criminal?
More new photos from Michael Mann's John Dillinger (Johnny Depp) vs. FBI agent Melvin Purvis (Christian Bale) here. (Thanks, Pat.)
Empire has the first look at Johnny Depp and Christian Bale as John Dillinger and lawman Melvin Purvis in Michael Mann's Public Enemies. Based on the images, here's my idea for the trailer narration:
One is a criminal gang leader; the other, an FBI agent. In their apartment they're best friends, but on the street they're about to kill each other. (Boi-yoi-yoi-yoing!) Johnny Depp and Christian Bale are: Public Enemies. (SPLAT!)
How about it, Michael Mann? What it lacks in gravitas it makes up for in spring sound effects.
Variety reports that Almost Famous and Watchmen's Billy Crudup has joined the cast of Michael Mann's Public Enemies in the role of the infamous cross-dressing FBI director J. Edgar Hoover. Hmm, looking at a side-by-side comparison of the two, something seems off somehow. I can't quite put my finger on it...
Wait, I think I got it. It's that Billy Crudup is a traditionally handsome leading man, while Hoover looked like Yoda.
Crudup to play Hoover in 'Public' [Variety]
Man, I've always wanted to see Johnny Depp in a fedora. Who would have thought I'd get to finally live out my dream, if only through an old fashioney car's window? If someone could get him in to wear a buccaneer's facial hair and the glasses of a 19th century professor, I could die happily. But what are the chances we'd ever see that absurd combination?
First Look at Johnny Depp as John Dillinger [Hollywood Newsroom]
Johnny Depp and Christian Bale together in one movie, and it's not even a part of Us Magazine's Hot Hypothetical Hunk Films section? Do tell.
According to a person familiar with the situation, Bale will play Melvin Purvis, the legendary FBI agent who led the manhunt for John Dillinger. Depp is starring as Dillinger in [Public Enemies], which is set up at Universal and is slated to begin production in March.
And did I mention Michael Mann is directing? Michael Mann is directing. This is totally going to be the new Heat, but probably worse.
Bale on Depp's trail in 'Public' [Variety]
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