Box Office Report - Vice Edition

After three weeks of reigning the top of the charts, PotC:DMC has been taken out by "Miami Vice". Hopefully, this was done execution style, with a hollow-point bullet to the back of Jack Sparrow's skull. God I hated the way they handled that sequel. But, it's made 1/3 of a billion dollars so far, so despite my distaste for it, it's an unabashed success. Michael Mann's movie (based on his 80's TV show) did ok for itself, but it's not a huge number really. The other movie that opened this weekend, appealing to the tweeny-boppers out there, probably made it's budget back and then some, with 14+ million. I don't expect this to get past the 25 million mark total, but then again, it should not have made any money at all . . . no matter how attractive the 20-something year olds they got to play teenagers are.

"Monster House" (which I hear is great) stomps on the "Ant Bully", stealing it's thunder as the top CG animated movie this past weekend. "Lady in the Water" flounders a bit in the middle of the list, crossing the 30 million dollar mark, and hopefully, drowning M. Night Shyamalan's future movie career. Seriously, this guy shouldn't be directing episodes of the "King of Queens", much less a feature film. Enough twists!

"You, Me and Dupree" continues to plauge the list, forcing me to write about it. Let's see, what can I say about this today . . . nothing. Fuck it. "Little Man" proves that plagiarizing is the best way to make money in Hollywood. That, and the Wayans' have sold their soul to the devil. Which is why, "The Devil Wears Prada" can wear . . . um . . . Prada. Say what you will about the Wayans'. You can get a great pant-suit when you cash in their souls. Rounding out the list at #10 is "My Super Ex-Girlfriend" which must have been shot on a kryptonite reel, because it made "Superman Returns" go bye-bye for the moment. Below are this past weekend's total numbers, in 80's electric pink.

1. Miami Vice - $25,723,815
2. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - $20,606,578 $358,485,761
3. John Tucker Must Die - $14,276,534
4. Monster House - $11,663,308 $44,035,290
5. The Ant Bully - $8,432,465
6. Lady in the Water - $7,144,275 $32,203,657
7. You, Me and Dupree - $7,106,280 $59,119,020
8. Little Man - $5,124,245 $50,187,262
9. The Devil Wears Prada - $4,673,346 $106,561,887
10.My Super Ex-Girlfriend - $4,096,933 $16,751,286