Apr 7 2008 '21' Wins Weekend Box Office Again

1. 21 - Another first-place week of $15.1 million paves the way for future odds-beating gambling movies, like Cracking Keno, or If You're Betting Last in Contestant's Row, You Should Probably Just Go with One Dollar.

2. Leatherheads - $13.5 million, which seems like a strangely high number for a movie about a minor Ninja Turtles supporting character.

3. Nim's Island - $13.3 million, the strongest opening ever for a family movie about crippling psychoses.

4. Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! - Dr. Seuss is surely rolling in his grave after this $9.1 million weekend put Horton at over $130 million. Especially since his estate just purchased that diamond-encrusted corpse rotisserie.

5. The Ruins - $7.8 million--the most made from ruins since the team of Chad Bosse and Jennifer Weeks won a pair of Huffy 10-speeds and a Sony Walkman on Legends of the Hidden Temple.

Weekend Box Office Results [Box Office Mojo]

Apr 1 2008 '21' Wins Weekend, in the Same Way One Might Win at Blackjack

1. 21 - $24.1 million, at least $240 of which came from repeat viewings by one former MIT nerd trying to come to terms with his being portrayed by Kate Bosworth.

2. Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! - A $17.7 million weekend wasn't enough to beat 21, but at least its toys are still selling better than the Ante Uppin', Sewer Swimmin' Kevin Spacey action figure

3. Superhero Movie - $9.5 million! Get it? It's a parody of how much more Spider-Man made.

4. Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns - Tyler Perry's $7.5 million.

5. Drillbit Taylor - $5.7 million, mined directly from the shallow quarry of Owen Wilson's dwindling acting credibility.

Weekend Box Office Results [Box Office Mojo]

Mar 24 2008 'Horton' Makes a Bunch of Money This Last Weekend

1. Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! - $25.1 million, proving Dr. Seuss still has marginally better endorsement credentials than Tyler Perry.

2. Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns - After falling short of the lead with a $20 million opening, T.P. will hopefully return to what he does best: old drag queen morality tales.

3. Shutter - A $10.7 million weekend shows there's still a surprising number of people not yet convinced that Asia is full of young, pale ghosts. Show me one more time, Hollywood!

4. Drillbit Taylor - $10.2 million seems like a paltry number for how much phoned-in wackiness Owen Wilson surely provided. Did audiences really not want to see more half-hearted kicking?

5. 10,000 B.C. - $8.7 million--a number which, if it's anything like the movie, could vary sporadically in the interest of awesomeness.

Weekend Box Office Results [Box Office Mojo]

Mar 17 2008 'Horton Hears a Who', Sees Cartoon Dollar Signs

1. Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! - After a $45.1 million weekend, sounds like Horton heard a cha-ching! Like a cash register. For all the money it earned.

2. 10,000 B.C. - $16.4 million, I assume because rushed theater-goers see it at the top of the alphabetical movie listings. Hopefully?

3. Never Back Down - $8.6 million, and I won't!

4. College Road Trip - That magical medley of Martin Lawrence, Raven Simone, Donny Osmond, and driving, proves impossible to resist, earning another $7.9 million.

5. Vantage Point - Another $5.4 million as audiences rush to see how the timeless romance between tennis stars Paul Bettany and Kirsten Dunst somehow leads to political assassination. (Note: Well, I just realized I was mixing up the titles of Wimbledon and Match Point. That's just the way it goes sometimes. So replace the names with Scarlett Johansson and Jonathan Rhys Meyers, if you care.)

Weekend Box Office [Box Office Mojo]

Dec 21 2007 AM Poster Post: 'Horton Hears a Who' Creepy Character Posters

Have you ever dreamt of seeing Paul Dano's character from Little Miss Sunshine reimagined as a creepy Muppet thing? This and many more Horton Hears a Who-related prayers have been answered, under the cut.

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Dec 14 2007 'Horton Hears a Who' Trailer is Surprisingly Watchable

After Jim Carrey turned Dr. Seuss's The Grinch into a pointless, disturbing horror show, I was a little upset to learn he was teaming up with the makers of Ice Age to try it with Horton Hears a Who. Yet, somehow--probably through the voice-over of Steve Carell and the co-opted Beetlejuice music--this seem like it could be a reasonable adaptation of the original work.

Nice try, Carrey, but you're going to have to get up pretty early in the morning (for extensive makeup work and the attachment of fur prosthetics) if you want to horribly misinterpret another Dr. Seuss book.

Horton Hears a Who Trailer [Apple]

Oct 24 2007 AM Poster Post: 'Horton Hears a Who' One-Sheet

I apologize for the quality of this poster, but this is he best version I could find, and I thought it was more important to report whatever incident has gone on between Horton and this gentleman in the front.

I don't know exactly what happened, but it's clear from their expressions that some violation has occurred here.

Horton Hears a Who Poster [IMPA]