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more about #mondaymorningboxoffice more comments → unclevanya: Harry Potter still hasn't opened in most IMAX theaters, hence the drag this weekend and the almost-but-not-quite-record-breaking opening. Once Transfo... more » Urbania: Is this really the last week of Richard's recaps? Because I'm not sure what I'm going to do without them. They're the only sanity I can think of in ... more » Imogen Quest: Joseph Gordon-Levitt is like having a delicious chocolate-chip sundae talk to you He is so pretty. Which makes me feel like an old perv, because I rem... more » smithhimself: Smithhimself enjoys his guinea pigs grilled or deep fried. If G-Force has a second strong weekend, he's organizing a "cuye" party at his local Peruv... more » TubOfTaft: I'm eagerly anticipating next summer when a movie staring a guinea pig hooker kills people with magic. All in Disney Digital 3-D of course. more » Smitros: Remember, kids, real guinea pigs don't fly, and they're social animals who like to live with at least a few of their own kind. more » FaceMelter: Considering the trailer practically told you that Orphan was about a psycho dwarf, I don't think it's a spoiler. The trailer went out of its way to l... more » Rhymenocerous: Though I will most definitely not see The Awful Truth, I feel the need to defend Gerard Butler. There is nothing poor about a Scottish accent, and the... more » Spirit Fingers: This, my friends is G-Force. I have no idea what the whole hamster thing is. The only part that makes sense here is the whole poop thing, because in m... more » Private Hangnail: Maybe because I live with a pet I don't understand the appeal of CGI animal films. For example, the charm of a sass talking gerbil is somewhat reduced... more » Wendy_Kroy: I thought Zack Galifiniakis was the Zac Efron for Brooklynite bears. more » straightbuggin: Also, if anyone went to Clearview Chelsea for the midnight HP showing, PLEASE TELL ME YOU HEARD THE GUY AT THE CLIMAX OF THE MOVIE HOP UP AND GO "THIS... more » Colonel Mustard: This does present an interesting conundrum. Which is more sinful to the fundies? Wizards, or believing in the Ice Age? more » Aidan_: I think a better question Natasha is "Who are the poor, benighted parents who had to take their hellspawn to see both Harry Potter and Ice Age?" more » pmarble: I don't think HP is really appropriate for really little kids, which could explain the numbers. more » -
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Dumbledore's Corpse Eaten by Guinea Pigs, Potter Enslaved and Forced to Run On Giant Wheel
Monday morning means box office. And a hot Monday morning means summer box office. Which means big, depressing numbers for big, depressing movies. Like G-Force, a Jerry Bruckheimer-produced sorta-animated movie about guinea pigs. Yes, guinea pigs. More » -
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How Many Mean Parents Made Their Kids Go See Ice Age This Weekend?
Sure, sure, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince raked in a gazillion dollars this weekend. But who are these people who went to Ice Age? Our guess: creationist parents who wanted their kids to watch a nature documentary. More » -
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Brüno's Package Disappointingly Small
If a gay Austrian falls in the middle of his opening weekend, and lots of people are around to see it, does it mean America hates gay people? Probably yes. More » -
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Unfrozen Dinosaurs and Manic, Raging Robots Broker Tentative Peace Accord
We have a tie! For now. The actuals will come out soon and one film will beat the other. But now! Ambivalence or equality or peace or something. How perfect, as we stand in the smoky ashes of Freedom's birthday. More » -
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Nobody Puts Sandra Bullock In a Corner
Sandy Bullock is back in the game, folks! At a lean, mean 45 the actress has pulled off a huge opening. Some credit should go, we suppose, to costars Ryan Reynolds and Betty White. But mostly, yeah, this is Sandy's. More » -
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No Amount of John Travolta-Brand Gatorade Can Cure This Hangover
The movie about drunks and their drunken ways keeps hitting the big time. As does the movie about white people in the jungle. Meanwhile, Eddie Murphy and John Travolta have both seen better days. More » -
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Surly Old Man
Up barely floated past the boffo success story of the summer, The Hangover, while some other films struggled for traction in a loud, crowded summertime cinemascape. More »NearlyDefeated by Three Drunks In Epic Battle Royale -
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All Pixar Has Left to Do Is Become Self-Aware and Nuclear Bomb Us All
Pixar continues its eerily strong success streak with its latest picture, about a floating house. Terminator is in trouble, while the Ben Stiller bubble has yet to pop. It probably never will. More » -
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The Force Is Strong in Star Trek!
To Infinity, and Beyond! I mean... um... Frak! Wait. No. I am... your father... Greedo... Bespin... Um... Oh, right! Star Trek prospered this weekend and will likely live long in theaters. More » -
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After Conquering Box Office, Blood-Soaked Beyoncé Declares Prima Nocte
Beyoncé has stomped over the land and pillaged and burned, and we are all beholden to her now. Not even Iron Man and a singing, dancing teenager can stop her. We wish you good luck. More » -
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Newspaper Industry Destroyed by Ageless Gay Elf
A teen reigns at the box office once again, this time though, it's a boy! Plus politics and newspapers don't resound too much with audiences, nor do dark Taxi Driver-esque mall comedies. More » -
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Hannah Montana and Cowboy Ride Rocket Horses Past Speeding Toyota
Hannah Montana opened big, meaning we get six more years of Miley Cyrus. Fast & Furious continues to do donuts in America's muddy backyard, and those few who Observe'd did not Report good things. More » -
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Souped-Up Toyota Runs Over Sweetly Earnest Man-Boy, Keeps On Driving
Everyone really likes cars. But especially when they're blowing up and/or full of guns and hot people. Also, people like both monsters and aliens, but not curly-haired soul-searchers who work at amusement parks. More » -
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Monsters, Aliens Destroy Connecticut, Thousands of Sweaters Lost
This morning we bring news of the war between Nadya Suleman and Mexicans. Plus, the failing of Julia Roberts and a group of sad people in costume becomes our entertainment. More » -
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Alien Witches Team Up With Giant Squid to Further Devour Watchmen Audience
This was the last weekend of winter! Can you believe it? Pretty soon it'll be summer, and we'll be slogging through big budget schlock about sociopaths in latex and alien witch children. Oh. Wait. More » -
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Enraged at Being Cut Out of the Movie, Giant Squid Devours Would-Be Watchmen Ticket Buyers
Mondays are best spent piecing together the ruin that followed in the weekend's wake. Recovering the satellites, analyzing the soil samples. And looking at the box office receipts! This week: Disappointment haunted all their dreams. More » -
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Gun-Wielding Madea Bravely Fends Off Be-Hotpanted Jonas Brothers
Good morning and happy, miserable Monday everyone. (Snow on the East, rain on the West). While you cower inside, away from the elements, ponder over the weekend box office report and wonder... why? More » -
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Coming In 2010: 'Jason Vs. Liam'
Happy President's Day! What better way to honor the legacy of America's bold leaders than to sacrifice our own day off, starting with an historic Monday Morning Box Office? More » -
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We're Really That Into 'You'
Not yet recovered from M.I.A.'s 9-months-pregnant body dressed to resemble a Minnie Mouse head? Coldplay in colorful, matching melody-pirate outfits? You have a Grammy hangover. Take some box office numbers and go back to bed: More » -
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Not Without His Daughter
What a game, eh? The first half was kinda slow until that last play, when Elvira the Catahoula Cur Mix made that unbelievable Nylabone interception. Let's see who else was a winner this weekend: More »
