BOX OFFICE: KID MOVIES TOUGH TO BEAT
11.10.08Simba heard about Subway’s “Five-Dollar Footlongs” and immediately started masturbating
It was a rough weekend for Schadenfreude Sloth, as most of the major releases surpassed expectations, led by Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa with $63.5 million. Role Models landed in second with $19.3 million, while Zack and Miri Make a Porno dropped to fifth in its second weekend with $6.5, for a not-too-steep 35% decline from its first weekend.
Elsewhere, The Dark Knight should surpass $1 billion worldwide any day now, and Repo the Genetic Opera did a solid $6,447 per screen in limited release, proving… I don’t know, hopefully that people wanted to see Paris Hilton tortured and killed. My Name is Bruce and JCVD made $4,444 and $11,673 per screen, respectively. Meanwhile, my documentary Neighbor Lady Peeing premiered to largely positive reviews from the hoboes I invited to my apartment. “I liked the part with the aliens,” raved Dumpster Denny.
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