07.20.09 B.O.: POTTER SCORES $159M, BRUNO PLUMMETS
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince topped the box office, earning $159.7 mil in five days, making it the best start of all the Potter movies and the sixth highest 5-day gross of all time. It also broke a foreign box office record with $237 mil in 54 countries. But this is America, we don’t care about that.
[Pictured: Some vandals dorks in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin have spread Harry Potter fever to the city's stop signs. I'd assume they had something better to do but it was either this or butter sculpting.]
Elsewhere, Brüno dropped almost 73% in its second weekend, which is a shame because I saw it and wasn’t disappointed in the least (a talking urethra, people!). It fell to number four and though it’ll earn out, it’s not going to pull Borat numbers. Meanwhile, The Hangover is a phenomenon at this point, staying at number five in its seventh week of release (Up is the only other movie in the top 10 that’s been out longer, at eight weeks) and grossing almost $236 million total. And lastly, I Love You Beth Cooper is almost out of the top ten with just $2.7 million, which is $2.7 million more than that flaming diarrhea deserves. Full top 10 after the jump.
| Film | Three Day | Per Screen | Total | |
| 1 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | $79,475,000 | $18,376 | $159,662,000 |
| 2 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | $17,700,000 (-35.9%) | $4,637 | $152,005,000 |
| 3 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | $13,750,000 (-43.2%) | $3,565 | $363,867,000 |
| 4 | Bruno | $8,374,000 (-72.7%) | $3,035 | $49,588,000 |
| 5 | The Hangover | $8,315,000 (-16.3%) | $3,118 | $235,882,000 |
| 6 | The Proposal | $8,294,000 (-21.8%) | $2,726 | $128,087,000 |
| 7 | Public Enemies | $7,592,000 (-45.0%) | $2,435 | $79,483,000 |
| 8 | Up | $3,147,000 (-33.3%) | $1,845 | $279,559,000 |
| 9 | My Sister’s Keeper | $2,825,000 (-34.2%) | $1,436 | $41,504,000 |
| 10 | I Love You Beth Cooper | $2,665,000 (-45.8%) | $1,424 | $10,261,000 |
[Source: CHUD, BoxOfficeMojo]
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B.O.: POTTER SCORES $159M, BRUNO PLUMMETS
Flaming Diarrhea > Flaming Elmo.
Also a good band name.
Radcliffe-friendlier headline: Bruno goes down on Potter’s big opening.
Fucking hell, does Potter finally die in this one? And when he does, will he take all his fans aged 15+ with him?
I prefer Harry Potter tops Ray Romano. Visually, anyways.
By the way, does anyone else refer to their penis in semi-stiff state as their ‘half-blood prince’?
Also vandalizing Signs? M. Night Shyamalonalonadong.
Where’s the picture of Mudflap and Skids painted over a “Slow Children Playing” sign?
B.O. Potter is a Pakistani wizard highly regarded in third world countries. Like France.
Do Not Enter Beth Cooper.
Righteous Kill enjoyed a small upswing this weekend as I got off my lazy ass and went to Blockbuster.
In other news Despicable Me was the highlight of the pre Potter trailers for me. Sherlock Holmes doesn’t look bad either.
Consequently, my penis enjoyed a large upswing this weekend thanks to Carla Gugino’s dirty talk.
Why are people surprised that Bruno isn’t as funny as Borat? Borat was funnier than Bruno on Da Ali G Show. And Borat was funnier on Da Ali G Show than he was in his own movie. Therefor, Bruno the movie will not be as funny as Borat the movie.
It’s science, people.
Fun Fact: Wauwatosa, Wisconsin has the highest population of hitmen laying low for a while.
Fun Fact: The Wauwatosa, Wisconsin chapter of the Hell’s Angels consists of Ted Lincoln. But the rumor is he has a prospect.
The Mighty Feklahr is sure that Lince is indirectly implying that Wisconsin Harry Potter fans have “B.O.”.
Hairy Pooter and the Half Blood Prints is a touching film about a girl who stains her panties when her feminine hygiene products fail her.
LET THE SPOTTIES HIT THE FLOOR!!!
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin: “Come for the free salsa, stay for the, uh, birth home of the NBA’s Devin Harris?”
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