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Joe S.
Guest
Well, well -- only a week ago the rightwingers were mutually masturbating
over the success of "300" -- a piece of celluloid fiction that the rightwing
claimed was a Hollywood tribute to manliness.
Turns out that **** lasted one week. Now, cartoon characters have sent the
Spartans packing.
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LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- The ninja turtles are back, and they're
winning.
The Warner Brothers adventure "TMNT," a computer-animated update of the
"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" comics, cartoons and 1990s live-action
movies, debuted as the top weekend flick with $25.45 million in ticket
sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Warner also had the second-place movie, "300," which had been No. 1 the
previous two weekends. The battle epic set in ancient Greece took in $20.5
million, lifting its total to $162.4 million.
Among a rush of new movies, Paramount's "Shooter," starring Mark Wahlberg as
an ex-Marine sniper framed for a presidential assassination, opened at No. 3
with $14.5 million.
New Line's family fantasy "The Last Mimzy" premiered in fifth place with
$10.2 million. The movie centers on a brother and sister who discover a
mysterious box of toys and are endowed with superhuman powers to help them
preserve humanity's future.
Fox Atomic's horror sequel "The Hills Have Eyes 2," about National Guard
troops who stumble on a clan of mutant cannibals, opened at No. 7 with $10
million.
Adam Sandler had a soft debut for his latest dramatic detour, the
post-September 11 drama "Reign Over Me," which came in at No. 8 with $8
million. The Sony release features Sandler as a lost soul whose family died
in the September 11, 2001, attacks, with Don Cheadle co-starring as an old
friend helping him to reconnect with the world. (Watch Mr. Moviephone review
"Reign Over Me" and this week's other top movies)
Opening at No. 9 with $4 million in sales, Lionsgate's "Pride," stars
Terrence Howard and Bernie Mac in the story of a coach who starts a swim
team for impoverished black youths in the 1970s.
Hollywood continued a recent business upswing, with the top 12 movies taking
in $125.7 million. That's up 28 percent from the same weekend last year,
when "Inside Man" debuted at No. 1 with $29 million.
The upward trend likely will end next weekend. New movies including Will
Ferrell's comedy "Blades of Glory" and the animated feature "Meet the
Robinsons" will have a hard time matching up to "Ice Age: The Meltdown,"
which opened with $68 million over the first weekend in April last year.
"We're on a roll and on an up streak right now, but it's going to be a real
tough comparison for this weekend," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of
box-office tracker Media By Numbers.
"TMNT" follows the escapades of four hip turtles who mutate into man-sized
reptiles and use their martial-arts mastery to fight bad guys.
"It's sequel time, dudes," said Harvey Weinstein, co-chairman of the
Weinstein Co., which is distributing "TMNT" overseas. "We knew from the
inception of this project that the 'TMNT' characters would continue to
resonate with audiences across the world."
http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/25/boxoffice.ap/index.html
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over the success of "300" -- a piece of celluloid fiction that the rightwing
claimed was a Hollywood tribute to manliness.
Turns out that **** lasted one week. Now, cartoon characters have sent the
Spartans packing.
QUOTE
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- The ninja turtles are back, and they're
winning.
The Warner Brothers adventure "TMNT," a computer-animated update of the
"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" comics, cartoons and 1990s live-action
movies, debuted as the top weekend flick with $25.45 million in ticket
sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Warner also had the second-place movie, "300," which had been No. 1 the
previous two weekends. The battle epic set in ancient Greece took in $20.5
million, lifting its total to $162.4 million.
Among a rush of new movies, Paramount's "Shooter," starring Mark Wahlberg as
an ex-Marine sniper framed for a presidential assassination, opened at No. 3
with $14.5 million.
New Line's family fantasy "The Last Mimzy" premiered in fifth place with
$10.2 million. The movie centers on a brother and sister who discover a
mysterious box of toys and are endowed with superhuman powers to help them
preserve humanity's future.
Fox Atomic's horror sequel "The Hills Have Eyes 2," about National Guard
troops who stumble on a clan of mutant cannibals, opened at No. 7 with $10
million.
Adam Sandler had a soft debut for his latest dramatic detour, the
post-September 11 drama "Reign Over Me," which came in at No. 8 with $8
million. The Sony release features Sandler as a lost soul whose family died
in the September 11, 2001, attacks, with Don Cheadle co-starring as an old
friend helping him to reconnect with the world. (Watch Mr. Moviephone review
"Reign Over Me" and this week's other top movies)
Opening at No. 9 with $4 million in sales, Lionsgate's "Pride," stars
Terrence Howard and Bernie Mac in the story of a coach who starts a swim
team for impoverished black youths in the 1970s.
Hollywood continued a recent business upswing, with the top 12 movies taking
in $125.7 million. That's up 28 percent from the same weekend last year,
when "Inside Man" debuted at No. 1 with $29 million.
The upward trend likely will end next weekend. New movies including Will
Ferrell's comedy "Blades of Glory" and the animated feature "Meet the
Robinsons" will have a hard time matching up to "Ice Age: The Meltdown,"
which opened with $68 million over the first weekend in April last year.
"We're on a roll and on an up streak right now, but it's going to be a real
tough comparison for this weekend," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of
box-office tracker Media By Numbers.
"TMNT" follows the escapades of four hip turtles who mutate into man-sized
reptiles and use their martial-arts mastery to fight bad guys.
"It's sequel time, dudes," said Harvey Weinstein, co-chairman of the
Weinstein Co., which is distributing "TMNT" overseas. "We knew from the
inception of this project that the 'TMNT' characters would continue to
resonate with audiences across the world."
http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/25/boxoffice.ap/index.html
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