‘Halloween’ Tops ‘Final Destination’ And ‘Twilight’ Is Back In Action For This Week In Review
I’m pleased to report that things are back to status quo. Last week’s top stories were relatively free of “Twilight” news but we’re back on track this week thanks to the barrage of images and news that emerged. We’ll get to that in a minute though. First let’s wrap up the weekly box office poll.
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‘G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra’ Falls Short In The Sunday Box Office Report
1. “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra” ($56.2 million)
2. “Julie & Julia” ($20.1 million)
3. “G-Force” ($9.8 million)
4. “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” ($8.9 million)
5. “Funny People” ($7.9 million)
Don’t ever let anybody tell you that fighting for freedom wherever there’s trouble is easy. Despite becoming the fourth biggest August debut of all time thanks to [...]
‘G.I. Joe’ Is Certainly There In The Saturday Box Office Report
1. “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra” ($22 million)
2. “Julie & Julia” ($7.5 million)
3. “G-Force” ($2.8 million)
4. “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” ($2.4 million)
5. “Funny People” ($2.4 million)
With blue and red lasers a-blazing, “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra” stormed the box office on Friday to a $22 million dollar opening, on track to [...]
Seth Rogen Aiming to Get Funny, Tender Again in ‘I’m With Cancer’
These days, Judd Apatow and friends are exploring deeper, more meaningful issues than most Hollywood comedies dare -– and they’re doing it at the top of the box-office. One of the film’s stars, Seth Rogen, is in the process of re-defining his career. Superhero flick “The Green Hornet” starts shooting soon and the comedy/drama “I’m [...]
Judd Apatow & James L. Brooks Are ‘Funny People’ With Similar Careers
History isn’t typically a laughing matter, but in the case of famed director-producer-writer James L. Brooks, it usually is. Brooks, whose credits include “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” “Taxi” and “The Simpsons,” has a long and esteemed history in the movie and television business, though his hasn’t always been an easy road. Still, it’s also [...]
Everyone’s Still Laughing With ‘Funny People’ In Our Sunday Box Office Report
1. “Funny People” ($23.4 million)
2. “Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince” ($17.7 million)
3. “G-Force” ($17.1 million)
4. “The Ugly Truth” ($13 million)
5. “Aliens in the Attic” ($7.8 million)
Moviegoers continued to flock to “Funny People” on Saturday, helping to boost the film to $23.4 million and putting it squarely in the middle of some studio controversy. [...]
Audiences Are Laughing With ‘Funny People’ In The Saturday Box Office Report
1. “Funny People” ($8.6 million)
2. G-Force” ($5.8 million)
3. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince” ($5.4 million)
4. The Ugly Truth” ($4.4 million)
5. Aliens in the Attic” ($2.8 million)
Friday audiences were flocking to spend some time with “Funny People,” as Judd Apatow’s latest currently hold the #1 box office spot with $8.6 million, a slightly bigger [...]
‘Funny People’ Star Seth Rogen Was In ‘Donnie Darko’?! Plus Other Rogen Cameos
Fame is a tricky beast. Once everyone gets used to seeing your face everywhere, that newfound notoriety makes people forget your early work. It sucks for you because you want your audience to recognize the effort you’ve made to get where you are. The audience gets a treat from their forgetfulness however: DVD night at [...]
‘Funny People’ Director Judd Apatow Delivers Comfort Film For The Soul
The feud-starting dialogue in a recent episode of “Entourage” pointed out the all too obvious: “Knocked Up” is insanely unrealistic. People get pregnant all the time and romance usually starts in the most unusual of places, true. But no way in hell does Katherine Heigl look across a crowded nightclub, see Seth Rogen and decide [...]
Aziz Ansari Set To Break Out In ‘Funny People’
FROM MTV.COM: Judd Apatow’s “Funny People” stars some of the most established names in comedy — Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill — and features cameos from heavyweights like Ray Romano, Sarah Silverman and Paul Reiser.
But heading into Friday’s opening, the actor everyone seems to be talking about is Aziz Ansari, who has created [...]
