"Scary" Weekend for Spoof Competitors
WeinsteinCo's Scary Movie 4 made a huge pile of cash over the holiday weekend, demolishing Panic Room's $30 million Easter haul from a few years back. The silly sequel scared up an amazing $41 million from more than 3,600 screens -- and yes, Scary Movie 5 will be hitting theaters at this time next year. (Shocker, eh?)
Still going pretty darn strong in second place was Fox's Ice Age: The Meltdown, which added another $20 million to its (impressively) grand total of $147 million. Third place went to another returnee: Sony's The Benchwarmers fell 49% to snag $10 million in its second weekend, giving it a total haul of about $36 million.

Disney's unkindly-reviewed The Wild debuted in 4th place, pulling in just under $10 million from 2,800 theaters, while the dance-hall drama Take the Lead took the fifth spot with $6.7 million (and a $22.5 million total).
Next week's wide releases look to be Universal's satire American Dreamz, Fox's Secret Service thriller The Sentinel, and Sony's horror flick / video game adaptation Silent Hill.
For a closer look at the weekend numbers, pop on over to the Rotten Tomatoes Box Office Page.
Still going pretty darn strong in second place was Fox's Ice Age: The Meltdown, which added another $20 million to its (impressively) grand total of $147 million. Third place went to another returnee: Sony's The Benchwarmers fell 49% to snag $10 million in its second weekend, giving it a total haul of about $36 million.

Disney's unkindly-reviewed The Wild debuted in 4th place, pulling in just under $10 million from 2,800 theaters, while the dance-hall drama Take the Lead took the fifth spot with $6.7 million (and a $22.5 million total).
Next week's wide releases look to be Universal's satire American Dreamz, Fox's Secret Service thriller The Sentinel, and Sony's horror flick / video game adaptation Silent Hill.
For a closer look at the weekend numbers, pop on over to the Rotten Tomatoes Box Office Page.
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mizzoucritic writes: on Apr 17 2006 01:29 AM What's even harder to believe than the estimated $41 million opening is the fact that "Scary Movie 3" raked in a total of $110 million at the domestic box office. The world has gone to hell. (Reply to this) |
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insanemansam5 writes: on Apr 17 2006 06:39 AM I knew people would return to the BO once hollywood started making good films .) either that or like I've theorized for a long time the box-office 'slump' was due to a lack of sequels and poor marketing (Reply to this) |
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Now it's dark writes: on Apr 17 2006 03:24 PM Chris Eliot was sorely wasted. (Reply to this) |
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The Senhman writes: on Apr 17 2006 04:51 PM In reply to this comment (#833816) It was totally due to a lack of sequels. The slump was completely exaggerated by journalists who weren't box office analysts. (Reply to this) |
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synergyred writes: on Apr 17 2006 07:37 PM Woo! American Dreamz! Finally a moving coming out that I WANT to see. Honestly, this week, skip Scary Movie 4 and see Thank you for Smoking instead. MUCH funnier than any spoof-movie sequel could ever be. (Reply to this) |
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Paul_Is_Drunk writes: on Apr 18 2006 01:03 AM It's a Zucker film. The man did Airplane, the Naked Gun series, and Baseketball. ("But that was Trey Parker & Matt Stone!" ...check the credits, it's & David Zucker). Scary Movie 3 was good too. No suprise here. (Reply to this) |
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aconline writes: on Apr 18 2006 06:29 AM Crap sells (Reply to this) |
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insanemansam5 writes: on Apr 18 2006 02:00 PM In reply to this comment (#833821) Then why did Envy bomb (Reply to this) |
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