Weekend B.O.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE (thanks Sergio!)

May 16–18, 2008 Studio Estimates

1) The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian BV $56,573,000

2) Iron Man Par. $31,200,000 Total: $222,485,000

3) What Happens in Vegas Fox $13,850,000 Total: $40,308,000

4) Speed Racer WB $7,645,000 Total: $24,367,000

5) Baby Mama Uni. $4,593,000 Total: $47,256,000

6) Made of Honor Sony $4,500,000 Total: $33,701,000

7) Forgetting Sarah Marshall Uni. $2,538,000 $55,065,000

8) Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay NL $1,800,000 Total: $33,901,000

9) The Forbidden Kingdom LGF $1,000,000 Total: $50,295,000

10) The Visitor Over. $687,000 Total: $3,403,000

11) Nim's Island Fox $580,000 Total: $45,248,000

12) Then She Found Me Think $528,000 Total: $1,578,000

IW: Sheesh. It is really a sad state of affairs when a hardcore movie lover like myself doesn't even pay attention to what came out this week...but I guess barely anything came out anyway.

"Ironman" is doing crazy business, so I guess I'll check it out this week. But seriously, does anyone really want to see "Made Of Honor"? I mean seriously. What the eff is "The Visitor"? "Speed Racer" is not looking good on it's returns; Sergio sent me an email saying that uber-producer Joel Silver might even lose his 20 year production deal over it. I saw a segment on "Then She Found Me" and it looked like a complete downer. Even more of a downer was Helen Hunt, who was never the attractive to me from the get, looks like 5 miles of bad road, as the saying goes. Bette Midler has completely handed herself over to the altar of the LA Plastic Surgery Gods.

Anyhoo, I went on one of my MMM's this weekend (mini movie marathons), but since only one would be considered Black Cinema (and unfortunately, it was the worst one) I won't go into detail. Let me just say "The Queen", "The Parralax View" with Warren Beatty (I adore 70's thrillers, and Warren was looking quite wonderful), and "3:10 To Yuma" (which I rewatched) are all very, very, worthy of first in line in your Netflix que. "Idlewild" (which I didn't pay close attention to the first time), not so much (sorry Andre 3000).