Weekend Box Office Report 8-27-06

Posted by: Shawn

Hope you are all having a good Sunday because it's time to take a look at the box office results for the weekend. Everyone must be reved up for football season because Mark Whalberg's football drama was apparently the movie to see this weekend. Although I suppose there really wasn't much competition. That's right, folks: the summer season is over. Say goodbye to the big blockbusters, and say hello to the movies that were not good enough for the summer, and certainly not ready for the holiday season. However I have to give some props to the comedy troupe Broken Lizard with their feature "BeerFest" which actually turned out to be the highlight of my Saturday evening. "Beerfest: came in 4th this week. This weekend also saw the release of Outkast rap/blues musical "Idlewild" which has likely been in the can for 2 years for good reason. If it takes this long for a movie to come out you have to realize it's not because they think that only a future audience is going to appreciate how good it is.

Invincible / $17,029,000 / Reviews
Talladega Nights / $8,000,000 / Reviews
Little Miss Sunshine / $7,500,000 / Reviews
Beerfest / $6,500,000
Accepted / $6,476,000
World Trade Center / $6,393,000 / Reviews
Step Up / $6,187,000
Idlewild / $5,892,000 / Reviews
Snakes on a Plane / $5,860,000 / Reviews
Barnyard / $5,433,000

Talking about the upcoming movies just isn't as fun anymore. There are no more pirates, or impossible missions, or even snakes on a plane to be excited about. There are some worthy movies of note next week, but we're going to be in a slump for the next few afterwards. The independant film "This Film is Not Yet Rated" is going to be the one to catch, especially if you have any interest in the movie rating system at all. Want to know why movies get the R rating or even the dreaded X? This is a movie that fights back against the mysterious organization of the MPAA, and I can't wait to check it out. Nick Cage's "Wickerman" also releases next week, but I've already heard my fair share of bad reviews to lose interest. After I've seen "Rated" I think I would rather spend my money on the yearly Jason Stathom action flick. This year we get "Crank" where we see Jason play a hit man who has been given a deadly poison that will kill him if he doesn't keep his adrenaline up. It's one of those plots that just screams "We have boat loads of action in this movie!" so it better be worth the hype.

Til next time.

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