Feb 9 2009 He's Just Not That Into Seeing 'Push' This Weekend (Nor Was Anyone Else)
Here's what you were paying to see this weekend:
1. He's Just Not That Into You - $27.5 million, and he's not into you because you're into seeing awful romantic comedies opening weekend.
2. Taken - $20.3 million, only dropping 18% despite the controversial ending where it's revealed Liam Neeson's daughter was never kidnapped; he just didn't have reception when she was calling, and it turns out the entire movie is an AT&T commercial.
3. Coraline - $16.3 million. That might go up next week when Neil Gaiman fanatics aren't busy being dressed up as Sandman for a comic convention.
4. The Pink Panther 2 - $12 million, but imagine how Steve Martin would pronounce that as a French guy! It would probably be really funny.
5. Paul Blart: Mall Cop - $11 million. One more weekend should push it over $100 million, and one more year should push it permanently out of our minds (until Paul Blart: Standard Cop).
Weekend Box Office Results [Box Office Mojo]
Jan 19 2009 Paul Blart: Best Movie
Our best movies this previous weekend were:
1. Paul Blart: Mall Cop - $31.8 million. So that's why everyone was giving me friendly waves at my night job...
2. Gran Torino - $22 million, still astounding for a movie marketed entirely on scowling, finger guns, and a few actual guns.
3. My Bloody Valentine 3-D - $21.3 million. Expect commercials proclaiming it "the number 3-D movie in the country!"
4. Notorious - $20.5 million, 20.5 million problems! (Like that one song of the three Notorious B.I.G. hits I know.)
5. Hotel for Dogs - $17 million. What's this one about again? I forget exactly what the premise is.
Weekend Box Office Results [Box Office Mojo]
Oct 2 2008 'Paul Blart: Mall Cop' Trailer Will Make You Cry
What do you get when you combine Die Hard, The King of Queens, Martin Lawrence: Security Guard, and fat jokes? This unfortunate thing:
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Aug 11 2008 This 'Mall Cop' Video is Going to Go So Viral You'll Need a Once-Daily Pill to Fight It
You guys have got to see this crazy video where this dude skateboards in a mall and spraypaints the outside wall. Crazy already, right? That's just the beginning! This stodgy old security guard on a Segway--who looks suspiciously like the King of Queens with a fake mustache--tries to stop him, but this skater guy is all like, "I don't think so, K.O.Q." and starts spraypainting the security guard! And doing awkward, repetitive improv with him! If there is ever a movie called Paul Blart: Mall Cop based on this completely unplanned event that I want to show all of my internet friends, I am totally going to see it. Then kill myself.
Sep 26 2007 Kevin James to Play 'Mall Cop' ...of Queens
You know one profession that hasn't been degraded enough through history? Mall cops. Despite the late hours, the goofy cop-like uniforms, the incessant mocking by teenagers, the stupid little cart with the flashing yellow light, and the lack of absolutely any actual power, I worry this group may be getting a bit haughty. And though the security guard is almost always portrayed in film as a bumbling boob sleeping on the job, an ineffective protector, or a comic relief, no one has really laid into these guys to let them know just how worthless they are.
Thankfully, Kevin James is set to deflate their egos a bit with a writing/starring gig in Mall Cop. The story tells of a fat, mild-mannered security guard who's forced to try to prevent a gang of organized thieves from robbing the mall. It should be hilarious to see how such an feeble waste as a mall cop will handle a dangerous situation! Probably much like the actual impotent law-keepers would handle it--stupidly! And because this is a Happy Madison production, we've got a great chance of Rob Schneider playing an ambiguously-retarded security guard with a funny voice! Take that, mall cops!
Kevin James to star in 'Mall Cop' [Variety]
