Mar 23 2009 Audiences Just Knew to See 'Knowing'

Your weekend box office results:

1. Knowing - The proven formula of Nicolas Cage running around with a really, really concerned look has paid off yet again: $24.8 million.

2. I Love You, Man - $18 million--a fairly lucrative weekend for bromance, if bromance is a term you use and track the success of.

3. Duplicity - $14.4 million. An American spy played by an attractive American star in a love affair with a British spy played by an attractive British actor is too intriguing a concept not to see (except when obligated to first see the new Nic Cage movie).

4. Race to Witch Mountain - $13 million. Poll: would you rather... a) race to Witch Mountain? b) take your time and enjoy each others company to Witch Mountain. c) don't care.

5. Watchmen - $6.7 million. This is probably my last chance for a really good "Who Watches the Watchmen" joke, and I've got nothing.

Weekend Box Office Results [Box Office Mojo]

Mar 16 2009 More Exciting Word Choice Proves Effective for 'Race to Witch Mountain'

The box office this weekend:

1. Race to Witch Mountain - $25 million. My primitive mind found this version much more exciting than the original because the word "escape" had been switched to "race". You know--like RACING?

2. Watchmen - $18.1 million. Audience numbers dropped 67% this week following accusations that some male audience members were "looking." Dude, I was so not looking. You were looking.

3. The Last House on the Left - $14.7 million. Not everyone wanted to see a guy's head cooked in a microwave. Why would that be?

4. Taken - $6.7 million. Seriously, have you been TAKEN? I'm going to keep asking until you are.

5. Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail - $5.1 million. I can't be the only one waiting for Tyler Perry's Madea's Le Trou.

Weekend Box Office Results [Box Office Mojo]

Jan 30 2009 Football Fans Will Love 'Race to Witch Mountain'

When this commercial airs during the Super Bowl, living rooms and bars full of people are going to be demanding we all turn off the game for a few minutes to discuss what's just been seen. "Did you see that alien bounty hunter guy? He's going to give Boba Fett a run for his money. Are there really UFO conventions? Why does The Rock keep delivering his lines in the style of Matt LeBlanc?" It's not going to matter who wins the Super Bowl because we've all won a great family adventure.

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Dec 16 2008 'Race to Witch Mountain' Poster: The Rock in Rock

In the aliens' defense here, I think if I came to Earth and was greeted with a massive stone monument to Dwayne Johnson 'n' Kids, I'd probably be pretty eager to destroy it too.

Race to Witch Mountain [IMPA]