Tropic Thunder earned $16.1 million dollars at the box office this weekend ($65 million total), taking the top spot for the second week in a row. It narrowly beat out The House Bunny ($15.1 million), though it should probably be pointed out that The House Bunny cost about $25 million to make and Tropic Thunder cost an estimated $160 million.
In Schadenfreude news, The Longshots, Fred Durst’s football fartwarmer debuted at number 8 with $4.3 million, and The Rocker, Rainn Wilson’s retarded slapstick orgy, didn’t even break the top ten, earning $2.8 million for number 12. I blame the sneeze (51 second mark). A sneeze that fake shouldn’t even make the final cut. They not only kept it, but put it in the trailer. That makes a strong statement, and that statement is "we’re not trying very hard."
Meanwhile, Death Race opened at number 3, earning $12.3 million dollars and a slew of rave reviews:
"It is an assault on all the senses, including common." -Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
"Even more painful than actually participating in a death race." -Matt Pais, Chicago Tribune
"Paul W.S. Anderson makes one kind of movie: the shitty kind." -Walter Chaw, Film Freak Central
Upon hearing the reviews, Jason Statham scowled and continued to do pull-ups.
1. "Tropic Thunder," $16.1 million.
2. "The House Bunny," $15.1 million.
3. "Death Race," $12.3 million.
4. "The Dark Knight," $10.3 million.
5. "Star Wars: The Clone Wars," $5.7 million.
6. "Pineapple Express," $5.6 million.
7. "Mirrors," $4.9 million.
8. "The Longshots," $4.304 million.
9. "Mamma Mia!" $4.303 million.
10. "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor," $4.1 million.
As you can see, this month’s Playboy features House Bunny star Anna Faris on the cover. It hits newsstands this Friday. What could possibly be bad about that news, you ask?
While Faris doesn’t appear nude in Playboy, she actually told me recently she was definitely tempted to strip down for the mag.
"I felt really sexy," she told me of the shoot. "I found myself totally getting into it. I was like, ‘Let’s just take it all off.’ " (Her publicist convinced her otherwise.) [E!]
BOOOOOOO!!!!! Thanks for the advice there, Lieutenant Cockblocker. A hot chick who doesn’t get naked is like a child without laughter, or the petals of a flower without the morning dew. People like Anna Faris’ publicist should literally be shot in the face and dumped in the sewer.
