2005 box office to date (from boxofficemojo.com):

RankMovie TitleStudioTotal Gross / TheatersOpening / TheatersOpenClose 1Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the SithFox$380,115,6523,663$108,435,8413,6615/19- 2War of the WorldsPar.$233,144,3893,910$64,878,7253,9086/29- 3Batman BeginsWB$204,694,1473,858$48,745,4403,8586/15- 4Wedding CrashersNL$204,006,0003,131$33,900,7202,9257/15- 5Charlie and the Chocolate FactoryWB$203,644,5293,790$56,178,4503,7707/15- 6MadagascarDW$192,381,4294,142$47,224,5944,1315/27- 7Mr. and Mrs. SmithFox$185,380,9683,451$50,342,8783,4246/10- 8HitchSony$179,495,5553,575$43,142,2143,5752/117/21 9The Longest YardPar.$158,032,6613,654$47,606,4803,6345/27- 10Fantastic FourFox$153,524,7223,619$56,061,5043,6027/8- 11RobotsFox$128,200,0123,776$36,045,3013,7763/119/5 12The PacifierBV$113,086,8683,181$30,552,6943,1313/47/14 13The 40-Year-Old VirginUni.$91,686,9733,006$21,422,8152,8458/19- 14Monster-in-LawNL$82,931,3013,424$23,105,1333,4245/139/5 15Are We There Yet?Sony$82,531,1602,810$18,575,2142,7091/216/16

FF might have been more boring than HHGTTG, but it's done better (also relative to the posted production budgets).

We might want good writing and interesting characters. But many of us wanted Firefly and Wonderfalls too. Doesn't make them viable.

It was just not what I was expecting.

See, I'd have watched the Heaven movie to see how the conundrum resolves. Learning that there's no conundrum? FUCK NO.

I don't care about the conundrum, really. Assuming I'm in a mental place where that movie is appealing to me, I just want cute Mark Ruffalo to be happy!!

Jesse, but CoA's was a pointless not-happy ending, rather than a natural conclusion to the events of the movie.

Yes! Phew.

Now all I'm wondering is how one gets permission to rent out an apartment if the leaseholder is in a coma.

In view of those numbers being huge for those things ita posted, are we just looking at a mildly sluggish season and studio execs being used to leading us like hogs to a trough on Memorial Day?

Go see it, Jessica, and come back and tell us. I can't ask my friend any more questions about it. I think she's at risk of an aneurysm on the whole movie subject.

I didn't realize War of the Worlds made so much. I thought it was a box office disapointment. Apparently Spielberg plus Cruise equals print your own money.