Feb 25 2008 'Vantage Point' Wins Weekend Box Office
1. Vantage Point - Promising eight strangers and eight distinct points of view, the thriller earned $24 million despite stealing the concept from Jenna Jameson Does 8 Strangers with Cameras.
2. Jumper - Teenage boys flock to theaters, paying $12.7 million in the hopes of that inevitable scene where someone teleports into a girl's locker room. Only later do they remember it's invisibility where you do that.
3. The Spiderwick Chronicles - A requisite $12.6 million to whatever children's fantasy placeholder is there this week.
4. Step Up 2 the Streets - After earning another $9.8 million this weekend, I can't wait for the sequel, Step Up 2 the Streets 2: The Str33ts.
5. Fool's Gold - $6.3 million, mostly repeat viewers who didn't quite get it the first time.
Weekend Box Office Results [Box Office Mojo]
Feb 19 2008 'Jumper', Lincoln Win President's Day Weekend
1. Jumper - $31.7 million, making it the biggest opening ever for a Third Eye Blind video.
2. The Spiderwick Chronicles - A $24.5 million opening has filmmakers scrambling to put together Spiderwick 2, and to find a way to work Venom in.
3. Step Up 2 the Streets - The competitive dance trend makes a successful, terrifying leap from something lazily watched because it's on after something else to something you leave the house and actually pay for, making $21.5 million.
4. Fool's Gold - Another $15 million, finally covering the film's bronzer budget.
5. Definitely, Maybe - There's no 'maybes' that this $11.4 million opening showed America needed a lighthearted rom-com to get their minds off this war. Y'know what I mean, man?
4-Day Weekend Box Office [Box Office Mojo]
Feb 11 2008 'Fool's Gold' Wins Weekend, Tanned Ab Award
Given the choice of a loose treasure hunting premise constructed solely as a background to an even looser comedy-romance, a joint concert performed by a fictional television character and an actual human, and something with Martin Lawrence where at least one joke is based on how unsightly fat women are, what would America choose? Despite what you might think, the answer is not death.
1. Fool's Gold - Took in $22 million, and created the most excitement for tans, blonde hair, and abs since Hulkamania.
2. Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins - A powerful $17.1 million weekend proved this is indeed Martin Lawrence's Garden State.
3. Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour - A $10.5 million weekend inspired father Billy Ray to put together a Clint 'Doc' Cassidy/Billy Ray Cyrus: Curing That Achy-Breaky Heart Tour.
4. The Eye - Though many theaters, due to a lack of prints, showed The Grudge instead, the film still made $6.6 million and no one seemed to notice or care.
5. Juno - $5.7 million--honest to blog! Get it? Like that line in the movie.
Weekend Box Office Estimates [Box Office Mojo]
Jan 9 2008 'Fool's Gold' Promotional Shot Reveals Nothing
It's a really slow news day; my apologies that the best thing I have for you is a promotional shot for the romantic comedy, Fool's Gold (remember that Matthew McComedy?). But I did find it interesting it appears they're suddenly marketing this as an '80s street racing movie, starring Kate Hudson and the draped silhouette of Earth's biggest douchebag.
Strike a Pose [PopSugar]
Nov 19 2007 'Fool's Gold' Poster is Very Tan
I have no idea what Fool's Gold is about, but based on this poster, I'd have to assume...
- During an unseasonably warm February, true love takes a dive.
- Kate Hudson has been captured by McConaughey's animal grip. There is no saving her.
- Matthew McConaughey has a dude version of the Midas Touch, which applies a thick layer of bronzer to everyone and everything he touches.
- What was thought (by Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson) to be an extremely valuable metal, typically used for a variety of jewelry and adornments, ends up being a relatively worthless collection of iron pyrite.
- Matthew McConaughey is, like, this awesome dude. Kate Hudson is totally a babe, and she's in this hot bikini. You do the math.
- The newly-retitled Surferapist!
I refuse to look up the actual plot, but let me know if it's somehow either better or worse than these options.
Fool's Gold Poster [IMPA]
