Jan 2 2008 'National Treasure' Wins Another Weekend, Somehow
1. National Treasure: Book of Secrets - Like Indiana Jones, but with a more ludicrous MacGuffin than even the Holy Grail; $35.6 million.
2. Alvin and the Chipmunks - "How about that chipmunk one, where the chipmunks are all really creepy and obnoxious? Let's see that one." Enough people said this that it accumulated $29.1 million over the weekend.
3. I Am Legend - Made $27.3 million despite recent rumors that Will Smith is Hitler.
4. Charlie Wilson's War - If I understand correctly, Charlie Wilson is to war as Merv Griffin is to Crosswords, though I don't know what that actually means; $12 million.
5. Juno - The most talked-about teen pregnancy film since the bizarre one you had to watch in 8th grade sex ed. made $10.6 million.
Weekend Box Office [Box Office Mojo]
Dec 26 2007 'National Treasure' Wins Christmas Weekend Box Office
UPDATE 2: Now shows proper numbers and standings!
1. National Treasure: Book of Secrets - With a holiday haul of $65.4 million, Jerry Bruckheimer is probably already working on National Treasure: The Search for Uncle Sam's Tomb.
2. I Am Legend - Like Tom Hanks in Cast Away, another $47.7 million proves Will Smith can support an entire film with his star power and skilled acting. Provided that he also has hundreds of CGI somethings to fight.
3. Alvin and the Chipmunks - $38.6 million, or enough to buy Alvin over 20 million hula hoops.
4. Charlie Wilson's War - Why wouldn't this war-themed comedic drama take in $15.9 million? With Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts in lead roles, this is the hottest cast of seven years ago.
5. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - $13.6 million is the biggest opening ever for a film with an enema in the title.
6. P.S. I Love You - Against some huge holiday competition, P.S. still managed to scrap up $10 million over the extended weekend. Expect a popularity surge in post-mortem event planning.
UPDATE: I'm now seeing some discrepancy in this list, considering Alvin and the Chipmunks reportedly made almost $30 million over the three-day weekend alone. I'll see what I can figure out about this.
Weekend Box Office Results [Box Office Mojo]
Oct 12 2007 'Charlie Wilson's War' Trailer, Y'all
Wouldn't you love to see Tom Hanks's role as a smooth-talking southern gentleman from Ladykillers implanted in a political thriller based on real-world events, like the CIA's arming of Afghan forces in the '80s? The makers of Charlie Wilson's War are really, really hoping you do. They'll even throw in Philip Seymour Hoffman and Julia Roberts in an unconvincing blonde wig.
Charlie Wilson's War Trailer [Yahoo!]
