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Hazzard Boys "Duke" Out an Easy Win at the Weekend Box Office
by Scott Weinberg | August 08, 2005
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WB's big-screen adaptation of "The Dukes of Hazzard" had no problem tackling the #1 spot at the weekend box office, pulling in nearly $30.6 million from over 3,700 theaters. Granted, it was the only movie opening in wide release, but WB has to be pleased with the initial three-day haul.

Holding firm in second place is New Line's surprise smash "Wedding Crashers," which added another $16.5 million to its $144m total. Tim Burton's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" dropped down to thrd place with a haul of $10.5m ($169m total), while fourth and fifth place went to Disney's "Sky High" ($9m weekend; $32m total) and the rom-com "Must Love Dogs" ($7.4m, $26m total).

Cracking into the top ten in documentary style is the nature film "March of the Penguins," which landed in the number six spot after adding an additional 1,500 theaters to the release pattern. The penguins marched to a tune of $7.1 million, and their total tally to date is $26.4 million!

There's no shortage of wide release titles come next Friday; moviegoers can choose between the raunchy stylings of "Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo," John Singleton's action drama "Four Brothers," the cajun thriller "The Skeleton Key," or the wartime drama "The Great Raid."

As always, feel free to stop by the Rotten Tomatoes Box Office Page for a closer looks at the late-summer movie numbers.

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dudemovies
dudemovies writes:
on Aug 08 2005 05:48 AM

[b]This is actually not that good[/b]
It feel 20% Friday to Saturday thats bad and it won't make it to $100 million 85-90million tops.


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jeanfc
jeanfc writes:
on Aug 08 2005 05:53 AM

I am speechless. I'd like to say that Hollywood is crazy for making movies like this - but there is apparently a fairly large segment of the population that will go see these movies regardless. What's next, a movie adaptation of a TV series adapated from a movie, or a movie adaptation of Survivor or Big Brother IV...

Well... the only thing I can say is: burn the books and pass the ammo - HEEYAA!


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dopplergirl
dopplergirl writes:
on Aug 08 2005 01:20 PM

[b]speechless too[/b]
I too am surprised and saddened that Dukes did that well. I foresee a big drop though as this movie is just awful.


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UselessRob
UselessRob writes:
on Aug 08 2005 07:01 PM

[b]There'll be sequels...[/b]
Sad stuff, but I guarantee that because it's had even the slightest bit of success we'll get at least one pointless sequel.

And here I was thinking Stifler couldn't make a bad movie... oh wait there was that "Dude, where's my car?" shambles. Maybe he's not the artiste I thought he was...?


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dudemovies
dudemovies writes:
on Aug 09 2005 09:38 AM

[b]I liked this movie but heres a little advice for J[/b]
There was a reason why you didn't get picked for the Mickey Mouse Club stick to singing and next time you attempt to act don't use an accent.


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