Fags In The News: Fag Parody Movie 'Chuck & Larry' A Winning Pair at Box Office

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'Chuck & Larry' A Winning Pair at Box Office

NewsMax.com Wires Monday, July 23, 2007

LOS ANGELES -- Two guys named Chuck and Larry edged out a teenager named

Harry at the weekend box office. Adam Sandler and Kevin James' comedy "I Now

Pronounce You Chuck & Larry" overcame bad reviews to debut ahead of "Harry

Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," according to studio estimates Sunday.

But they were close enough that there was a slight chance rankings could

change when final weekend figures come out Monday.

Universal reported that "Chuck & Larry" took in $34.8 million, while Warner

Bros. reported "Order of the Phoenix" at $32.2 million. Other studios were

tracking "Chuck & Larry" in the $33 million range, which could make the No.

1 movie too close to call.

"I think it'll be decided Monday morning," said Dan Fellman, head of

distribution at Warner Bros.

Universal head of distribution Nikki Rocco said the weekend was no contest.

"I'm not going to underestimate Adam Sandler and his fan base in the middle

of summer," Rocco said. "We're by far the No. 1 film."

New Line's musical "Hairspray," featuring John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer

and Queen Latifah in an adaptation of the Broadway smash, opened a strong

No. 3 with $27.8 million.

Hollywood had a solid weekend no matter which movie ends up No. 1. The top

12 movies took in $147.6 million, up 3.5 percent from the same weekend last

year, when "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" was No. 1 with $35.2

million.

To report weekend numbers, studios use actual grosses from Friday and

Saturday and make estimates for Sunday based on past performance of similar

movies. Being the first report on weekend business, the estimates draw more

audience attention than Monday's final figures, so the No. 1 spot Sunday is

a coveted position.

"These estimates are in some ways more important than the final Monday

figures," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-office tracker Media By

Numbers. "They're often the first impression and for some people maybe the

only impression they have of the box office for the weekend."

"Chuck & Larry" stars Sandler as a firefighter who poses as a gay partner

for a widower colleague (James) so his pal can maintain life insurance for

his kids.

The movie followed the usual pattern for Sandler comedies: Critics trashed

it but loyal fans turned up.

"The beauty of Adam Sandler is his fan base adores him, and he delivers on

comedy," Universal's Rocco said. "Adam is a star, and I can tell you we know

we're on the way with another $100 million movie for Adam."

"Order of the Phoenix," which debuted at No. 1 the previous weekend, raised

its domestic total to $207.5 million.

Fellman said the movie lost some business this weekend because of the mania

over Saturday's publication of J.K. Rowling's final book in the fantasy

series, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows."

"They wanted to get that book Saturday, lock themselves in the house and

read it, because they didn't want their other friends by Monday telling them

who made it and who didn't," said Fellman of Warner Bros.

"Hairspray" follows the musical adventures of a tubby teen (newcomer Nikki

Blonsky) who sets out to racially integrate a TV dance show in the 1960s.

The stage musical on which it is based was in turn adapted from John Waters'

1988 cult flick.

Women made up just over two-thirds of the "Hairspray" audience, said David

Tuckerman, head of distribution for New Line. The studio hopes good word of

mouth will keep the crowds coming and bring in more men in subsequent

weekends, Tuckerman said.

"We knew getting the guys on opening weekend was going to be difficult. We

knew 'Chuck & Larry' would get the guys and we wouldn't," Tuckerman said.

In limited release, Fox Searchlight's sci-fi tale "Sunshine" opened to big

numbers, pulling in $235,477 in 10 theaters. Directed by Danny Boyle

("Trainspotting,""28 Days Later"), the film stars Cillian Murphy and

Michelle Yeoh as members of a space crew trying to re-ignite the dying sun

50 years from now.

"Sunshine" expands to about 400 theaters Friday.

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> Only the educated are becoming more tolerant of different lifestyles..

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> Not to worry. You're safe.

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> Yep, born heterosexual.

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