Aug 11 2008 'Dark Knight' Continues Argument That No Other Movies Should Exist
Guess what movies made more or less money than other movies this weekend! I'll just tell you:
1. The Dark Knight - You have to feel bad for every other movie that isn't The Dark Knight right now. You can almost see the guys down at Swing Vote HQ: "God, Batman again!? We could've been eighth!" ($26 million.)
2. Pineapple Express - It's only fair that a stoner comedy, like an actual stoner, would fail to live up to expectations. $22.4 million.
3. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor - $16.1 million.
4. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 - $10.8 million, setting a new benchmark for future pant-based movie sequels.
5. Step Brothers - $8.9 million, with attendance still strong among people who don't get sick of anything.
Aug 4 2008 People Still Paying to See Batman Movie
Here are this weekend's box office results. Please copy all pertinent information to your journals at home.
1. The Dark Knight - A $43.8 million weekend pushed the film's total gross to just under $400 million, putting it in a likely position to push past the $461 million-grossing Star Wars as the film the most nerds have jacked off to.
2. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor - Desire to see Brendan Fraser and his fake hair shoot mummies is down 33% from seven years ago, with this latest chapter only bringing in $42.5 million. Either our economy is that much worse or our society is that much better.
3. Step Brothers - $16.3 million, making it the highest grossing Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly-as-retards comedy until the next one.
4. Mamma Mia! - Your mom keeps going back to see this over and over, earning it another $13.1 million.
5. Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D - $6.9 million. Note that this is the second Brendan Fraser movie in this list. Why is this happening?
Weekend Box Office [Box Office Mojo]
Jul 22 2008 'Step Brothers' Clip: Ferrell and Reilly Act Wacky!
Funny or Die has a new clip from Step Brothers in which, as you'd expect, Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly act retarded for a few minutes. This time the man-child assault comes in the form of job interviews, in which the duo go together, wear tuxedos, and say stupid things. If your name isn't implicit in the phrase "the guys who brought you Talladega Nights," you will probably drift off through the white noise of your own groaning.
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May 28 2008 R-Rated 'Step Brothers' Trailer Includes Effin', Jeffin'
As is becoming the trend with raunchy comedies, there's a new R-rated trailer for Step Brothers. It's still just Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly pretending they're retarded, but now with F-words and camel penis references. Speaking as someone who has completely abandoned "Will Ferrell wacky stuff!" genre, I admit with some shame that I may have chuckled at a couple points. That's the closest I'm willing to come to an endorsement.
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Feb 28 2008 'Step Brothers' Trailer Brings Back the Idiot-Man-Child Genre
The trailer to Step Brothers has arrived, with Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly effectively reinventing the strange partnership of two semi-retarded man-children that keeps you half-watching Dumb and Dumber when it's on cable (assuming that replacing fart jokes with shirtless jokes counts as reinvention). Surprisingly, and despite Ferrell again hamming it up with the usual shtick--this time marrying the childish naiveté of Elf and the assholeishness of Anchorman--it looks reasonably amusing. Probably worth watching once it replaces Dumb and Dumber on cable. Thanks for the tip, Kyle.
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Feb 21 2008 'Step Brothers' Poster Would Have Once Been Exciting
Does this image make anyone else feel as empty as it does me? As much as I genuinely like Ferrell, Reilly, and writer/director Adam McKay, I just can't force any enthusiasm for this thing. It's like staring at a Happy Meal: I know at one point I'd have been really excited for what awaited me, but now all I can see is blandness, uniformity, and what appears to be pubic hair.
'Step Brothers' Poster Premiere! [Cinematical]
Jan 8 2008 'Step Brothers' Pose at Sears Portrait Studio
Step Brothers takes the Adam McKay/Will Ferrell/John C. Reilly grouping of Talladega Nights and asks, What if we made fun of the affluent and spoiled, rather than the poor and trashy, with two competing stepbrothers? I'll try to reserve the necessary comparisons to Dumb and Dumber and pubic hair until the trailer.
Step Brothers Image [IGN]
