Mar 10 2008 '10,000 B.C.' Wins Inaccurate Representation of Prehistoric Weekend Box Office
1. 10,000 B.C. - A solid $35.7 million gives it the March record for f***ing up kids' understanding of the past.
2. College Road Trip - $14 million--a typically Raven number.
3. Vantage Point - Which of eight unique perspectives led you to contribute to Vantage Points' $7.5 million: overpowering boredom, desperation to find a way to spend two hours of your life, Matthew Fox, or whatever the other five could be?
4. Semi-Pro - Another $5.9 million, immediately spent on hilarious web-banner advertisements.
5. The Bank Job - Sounds like it wasn't a "bank job" for the Jason Statham flick, taking in only $5.7 million! Haha--banks are related to money!
Weekend Box Office Results [Box Office Mojo]
Mar 3 2008 'Semi-Pro' Not a 'Slam Dunk' This Weekend and 'Basketball'
1. Semi-Pro - A weak $15.2 million weekend sent studios a clear message that it takes more than just Will Ferrell, a sport, and some wacky sideburns to bring in audiences. It takes Will Ferrell, a zany sport, and a funny mustache.
2. Vantage Point - $13 million, and I can't wait for ADvantage Point!
3. The Spiderwick Chronicles - Kids + fantasy stuff = $8.8 million
4. The Other Boleyn Girl - $8.3 million, plus a preemptive Best Costumes Oscar.
5. Jumper - Answering what it would be like to have the ability to teleport, and also be thoroughly unlikable, earns $7.6 million.
Weekend Box Office [Box Office Mojo]
Dec 26 2007 'Semi-Pro' R-Rated Trailer Pushes D-Sucking Envelope
This is yet another goofy sports movie, with Will Ferrell playing the standard wacky, funny-haired Will Ferrell character you've come to expect, but this R-rated trailer seems to be differentiating itself in an odd way: with a deluge of dick jokes (particularly in reference to the sucking thereof) that push beyond even the running gag of Dewey Cox. Truth be told, if you can move beyond the aching feeling that you've seen this movie several times, the presence of Will Arnett, Tim Meadows, Andy Richter, and Matt Walsh adding to Ferrell's overwhelming comedic presence might make this a high point for the genre.
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Dec 10 2007 'Semi-Pro' Trailer Shows There is No Sport Will Ferrell Won't Have Funny Hair For
Yes, it's another goofy sports movie with Will Ferrell. I'm not sure if they throw a dart at a board of sporting events or just let him loose in an MC Sporting Goods until someone laughs, but this time they've gone with basketball. However, realizing that's not inherently wacky enough, it's semi-pro basketball in the '70s, and they somehow worked in wrestling a bear.
Like ex-sex, this looks to be enjoyable only in that it's safe and familiar, but will ultimately leave you sad that you fell for it yet again.
Oct 4 2007 'Semi-Pro' Teaser Uses Gross Body for Comedy
How many more movies are going to be marketed solely on the presence of Will Ferrell's doughy, sparsely-haired, near-nippleless torso? At least one more, says this teaser to Semi-Pro.
Aug 8 2007 Semi-Pro Poster Surprises No One
What follows is an I Watch Stuff exclusive transcript of the pitch to New Line for Semi-Pro, as pitched by a 22-year-old male from the University of Michigan wearing a Pabst Blue Ribbon box as a hat.
"All right, bros, this shit's gonna be hilarious. Me and Tommy came up with this shit last night at Kojak's while playing X-Box. OK, you guys know Will Ferrell, right? Dude's f***in' hilarious. You see Anchorman? Kojak can do that whole movie if you give him enough tequila. Funniest shit. Anyway, this movie's got Will Ferrell and he's playin' basketball, but it's funny 'cause he's not that good so he's just semi-pro. You get to see how he plays all shitty, like in Dodgeball. You guy seen Dodgeball? Shit's hilarious.
Anyhow, so he goes back to his shitty hometown to coach some other funny dudes--we were thinkin' Woody Harrelson, 'cause you know he smokes the reefer, that magician dude from Arrested Development, Andre 3000 'cause Hey Ya still rules, and a really hot Maura Tierney.
You guys seen Old School? It's definitely one of the best movies ever--shit's so hilarious, and Vaughn's my boy. We get the dude who wrote that to write this."
(At this point, another male, presumably "Tommy," adds to the pitch.)
"Hey, and I saw Ferrell on Conan the other night and he had this f***in' hilarious afro, like Kojak's got. ...Oh, just a friend of ours. Anyway, we should definitely do something with that 'fro. Shit's hilarious."
End transcript.
