FILM: Box Office Results - 5/14/07

It was no surprise when Spider-Man 3 was #1 again this weekend, making $60 mil. The question is where the other films that debuted fell on the Top 10 list.

The horror flick 28 Weeks Later, which received good reviews, came in at #2 with $10 mil. Lindsay Lohan's chick flick, which got horrible reviews, came in at #3 with $5.9 mil--that would be the tween vote. The third big contender for the weekend, The Ex, failed to make the critics laugh leading to the #12 spot, with a measly $1.3--those would be all the "Scrubs" and "Arrested Development" viewers. Most of the critics were jabbing at the film's lack of creativity comedy-wise and they complained that the genre itself has taken over the past few generations--you know the usual back-in-our-day crap that they shell out. However, last weekend I chose not to mention Delta Farce as one of the films premiering because...well, it's stupid. I mean, Larry the Cable Guy and Bill Engvall are very funny guys, but they're not $10-of-my-life-savings funny. Nonetheless, the action spoof came in at #5 with #3.5 mil.

Home of the Brave didn't place very high or make very much or impress very many of the citics. They did all come to the same consensus that I did though: it was a noble effort and message. Blind Dating wasn't even seen by most of the critics, but it made 3 times as much as Brave.

Next week expect Shrek the Third to swat that big old bug. On the ogre's tail are a number of indies with big names that'll keep the adults happy. It'll be a slow weekend. But think of it this way: now you can catch up on all that reading you've been ignoring for...all of your life.