Oz ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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Weekend boxoffice, which I wouldn't have predicted:
1.The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)$21.7M$21.7M 2.The Interpreter (2005)$14.2M$43.6M 3.xXx: State of the Union (2005)$13.7M$13.7M 4.The Amityville Horror (2005)$8.1M$55.1M 5.Sahara (2005)$6M$57.2M 6.A Lot Like Love (2005)$5.22M$14.7M 7.Gong fu (2004)$3.84M$13.2M 8.Fever Pitch (2005)$3.75M$36.5M 9.Robots (2005)$2.65M$124M 10.Guess Who (2005)$2.2M$65.5M
Yeah, I assumed H2G2 was going to get creamed by State of the Union. Pleased to be wrong, though!
I assumed that H2G2 would have a more limited appeal. Nice to be wrong.
Although I bet its numbers drop off pretty sharply, as most of the diehard fans have probably seen it by now.
I think industry folks were most surprised by xXx's poor showing.
I need to resolve to go see it again next weekend for the yarn sequence alone .
Although I bet its numbers drop off pretty sharply, as most of the diehard fans have probably seen it by now.
I think you're probably right -- I have no idea how big the repeat audience is going to be. (I mean, I've seen it 4 times, but only accidentally, and 2 of those didn't count for box office.)
# 7 Gong Fu = Kung Fu Hustle, right?
Because I saw that this weekend and it is now one of my favorite movies ever ever ever. So entertaining. Did ya'll talk about it here at all?
Can someone who's about to see HHGttG confirm (or someone with a good memory that already has): during the opening credit sequence, whenever Douglas Adams' name is on the screen, the lyrics are saying "So long"?
Whoa.
I cannot confirm that -- but that's really cool if true.
Hmph. I thought I'd check the version that's here, but it doesn't seem to have the titles.
From ScifiWire:
Bloom also confirmed that former Rolling Stone Keith Richards will play Jack Sparrow's father: "I've heard those rumors, too, and I believe there may be some truth in that, yes."