Weekend at the Movies 08-07-06

[JoeGKushner]

Hand of Evil is going slow this week.

HOLLYWOOD --
"Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby," the NASCAR satire starring Will Ferrell, is being advertised as "The story of a man who could only count to No. 1." And the movie lived up to its billing, as dumb guys finished first at the box office over the weekend.

"Talladega Nights" won the weekend derby with $47 million in U.S. and Canadian ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. It marked a career high for Ferrell and the eighth No. 1 opening this year for Sony Pictures. Among a trio of other new wide releases, Paramount Pictures' "Barnyard" fared best, grossing an estimated $16 million to finish No. 2, averaging $4,844 at 3,311 theaters.

Estimated ticket sales are in millions of dollars, for Friday through Sunday at North American theaters.


MOVIE TICKET SALES
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby $47
Barnyard $16
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest $11
Miami Vice $9.7
The Descent $8.8
John Tucker Must Die $6.1
Monster House $6
The Ant Bully $3.9
The Night Listener $3.6
You, Me and Dupree $3.6


I saw Monster House. It was a flip between that, The Ant Bully, Barnyard or Miami Vice. I wanted something simple to watch and well, animated feature won out.

So far Superman Returns is still the worst movie I've seen this year.

 

[Rodrigo Istalindir]

I saw The Descent and Clerks II. Both were very good, although very different.

Being claustrophobic, there were parts of Descent that gave me the heebie-jeebies worse than any slasher movie ever has.

 

[Mistwell]

So far Superman Returns is still the worst movie I've seen this year.

Bite your tongue, heathen! That was the best movie of the year so far!

 

[Captain Tagon]

I saw The Descent and Clerks II. Both were very good, although very different.

Being claustrophobic, there were parts of Descent that gave me the heebie-jeebies worse than any slasher movie ever has.

Hey, that's exactly the movies I saw this weekend. And I thoroughly enjoyed both of them. British horror films are fun.

 

[JoeGKushner]

Bite your tongue, heathen! That was the best movie of the year so far!

Let's see...

V for Vendetta
Thank You For Smoking
Hard Candy
Monster House
X-Men 3


Superman Returns

There were a couple of other movies I saw but Superman Returns was the worst of 'em and unless I see something really bad (which I usually know to avoid just because of commercials), will likely remain at the bottom.

 

[Sir Brennen]

Hey, that's exactly the movies I saw this weekend. And I thoroughly enjoyed both of them. British horror films are fun.

Especially Clerks II. Those crazy brits.

(Oh, and I think Descent is Scottish, BTW...)

 

[Rodrigo Istalindir]

Especially Clerks II. Those crazy brits.

(Oh, and I think Descent is Scottish, BTW...)

Like we can tell the difference. They talk funny but are still mostly understandable, that makes 'em Brits.

 

[Farganger]

(Oh, and I think Descent is Scottish, BTW...)

He's got that contingency covered with "British".

 

[Hand of Evil]

Hand of Evil is going slow this week.

Been running errands all day getting everything set for leaving for GenCon.

 

[Dog Moon]

So Descent is good?

I saw Clerks II. Still enjoy the first one much better.