It was not a pretty weekend for new releases as the post-summer slump set in. Mr. Bean's Holiday fared the best and it only managed fourth place with $10.1 million, just a little better than WAR which took in $10.0 million. Right behind was The Nanny Diaries in sixth place with an unimpressive $7.8 million.
With no new competition to speak of Superbad held on to the number one spot. Rush Hour 3 slipped down a notch from last weekend into third place, trading places with The Bourne Ultimatum which is set to clear the $200 million mark this week.
The other wide release this weekend, Resurrecting The Champ, barely even registered on the radar, drawing only $1.8 million. That makes two great roles for Samuel L. Jackson this year that no one turned out to see (the other being the critically praised, generally ignored Black Snake Moan). Meanwhile Snakes On A Plane opened at number one last summer. I guess Americans don't really like to see Sammy J actually acting. They just like to hear him swearing at reptiles. Our nation is well on its way to earning a mass nomination for a Darwin Award.
Next weekend doesn't have much to offer, unless you like remakes, dumb sports comedies or shameless Kevin Bacon thrillers. OK, so perhaps it has a lot to offer the American audience. Feast away.
Christopher Walken headlines a movie that appears to be a blending of Mortal Kombat and the underrated sport of ping pong in Balls of Fury. It goes up against Death Sentence, which, if nothing else, provides hardcore "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" players a new connection to John Goodman (finally, Kevin to Roseanne in two degrees!). But the biggest release is the completely unnecessary, utterly shameless and probably mediocre remake of Halloween. Rob Zombie apparently ran out of good ideas awfully fast and is already busy cannibalizing the past. Not a good sign.
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE TOP TEN
August 24 - 26, 2007
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