Box office outcome - 4/9/07

Alas, I was wrong. It turns out Will Ferrell is so hilarious he can even humiliate Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez, proverbially pantsing them at the box office this weekend. Blades of Glory came in at #1, in its 2nd week, grossing $23 mil, while Grindhouse pathetically scrounged up $11.6 mil at the #4 spot. It could have been the bad press surrounding Rodriguez's divorce supposedly caused by Rose McGowan or maybe their fans just weren't into the half-assed storylines. Critics however loved it. Rottentomatoes.com's score on their Tomatometer (votes from critics all over the U.S.) was 83%. Perhaps, after Ferrell's had his fun on the ice, Grindhouse will crawl out of its slump.

Two kiddie flicks are also dominating the top 5. It seems the tots are fans of Meet the Robinsons keeping it at #2 with $17 mil and seating Are We Done Yet? comfortably at #3 with $15 mil, only $3 mil less than Are We There Yet?'s box office opening. Meanwhile, the only horror movie left in the top 10 is The Reaping, coming in at #5 with $10 mil. But after seeing only an 8% grade on the Tomatometer, I think it's pretty obvious it'll barely make the list next week. As for the indie, The TV Set, having only been released in select theaters in N.Y. and L.A., it's only natural that it made $40,000. However, it received an unsettling 46% on the Tomatometer.

This weekend there's a slew of indies starring everyone from Molly Shannon (Year of the Dog) to Salma Hayek (Lonely Hearts) to LL Cool J (Slow Burn). The preteens have yet another film to add to their spring movie list that spurred from one of their favorite TV shows, Aqua teen hunger force. I have no idea what it's about, but it sounds elaborate and capable of sustaining their attention for an hour or so. Pushing aside the spectacle theater of zombies and professional ice skaters are two suspense thrillers with Halle Berry (Perfect Stranger) and Shia Labeouf (Disturbia) at the helm. I know I'll be watching the last, but that's just because of my unnatural obsession with Shia. Hopefully he won't disappoint like Levitt.