razazteca Posted September 5, 2005 Report Posted September 5, 2005 USA Weekend Box-Office Summary 2 September 2005 (Sunday Estimates) from IMDB.com Rank Title Weekend Gross 1. The Transporter 2 (2005) $20.2M $20.2M 2. The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005) $16.6M $71.9M 3. The Constant Gardener (2005) $10.8M $12.5M 4. Red Eye (2005/I) $9.3M $45.4M 5. The Brothers Grimm (2005) $7.93M $27.6M 6. Four Brothers (2005) $6.4M $64.4M 7. Wedding Crashers (2005) $5.78M $196M 8. Marche de l'empereur, La (2005) $5.42M $63.4M 9. The Skeleton Key (2005) $4.1M $43.8M 10. The Cave (2005) $3.7M $11.7M It looks like the people love action movies with big explosions, bad acting, and b-list actors......Michael Bay now has competition.
Boner Kawanger Posted September 5, 2005 Report Posted September 5, 2005 Aren't these numbers horribly low for a holiday weekend?
RepoMan Posted September 5, 2005 Report Posted September 5, 2005 I never thought of Labour Day as a big movie weekend. No more summer movies, too early for studios to release their prestige fall films.
Sass Posted September 5, 2005 Report Posted September 5, 2005 I like Jason Statham. He's a good hand and I'm happy to see him top the charts this week. That said, I didn't care much for the 1st Transporter movie but I haven't seen it in years. Is the 2nd one any good?
razazteca Posted September 5, 2005 Author Report Posted September 5, 2005 It's good only if you like the hero using ordinary objects as weapons. That being said, the fight that had Jason Statham use a fire hose as a whip was my favorite of the movie but the scene where he used coconuts as gloves is just as good. Corey Yuen is great fight director as you can see the man can make anybody into a credible action star.
Boner Kawanger Posted September 5, 2005 Report Posted September 5, 2005 I never thought of Labour Day as a big movie weekend. No more summer movies, too early for studios to release their prestige fall films. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yeah, as I went about my day I thought about what I said and realized that I must have been thinking of Memorial Day or something.
Dangerous A Posted September 5, 2005 Report Posted September 5, 2005 I am going to wait on Transporter 2. I saw Transporter 1 on cable and was happy I saw it on cable as opposed to seeing this for full price at the theatre.
Sass Posted September 5, 2005 Report Posted September 5, 2005 It's good only if you like the hero using ordinary objects as weapons. That being said, the fight that had Jason Statham use a fire hose as a whip was my favorite of the movie but the scene where he used coconuts as gloves is just as good. Corey Yuen is great fight director as you can see the man can make anybody into a credible action star. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Give that man an Oscar then! Oh, wait, the Academy doesn't give out awards to stunt folks...
EricMM Posted September 5, 2005 Report Posted September 5, 2005 So like, Wedding Crashers seems to have done well...
razazteca Posted September 6, 2005 Author Report Posted September 6, 2005 It's good only if you like the hero using ordinary objects as weapons. That being said, the fight that had Jason Statham use a fire hose as a whip was my favorite of the movie but the scene where he used coconuts as gloves is just as good. Corey Yuen is great fight director as you can see the man can make anybody into a credible action star. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Give that man an Oscar then! Oh, wait, the Academy doesn't give out awards to stunt folks... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Give the man the MTV Movie Award for best fight or life time acheivement....
DMann2003 Posted September 6, 2005 Report Posted September 6, 2005 Nice start for The Constant Gardner, I've heard very good reviews about that film, have to find the time to see it.
dubq Posted September 6, 2005 Report Posted September 6, 2005 Transporter 2 was fucking AWFUL! It's like they bought their special effects from someones yard sale, or something.
Gert T Posted September 6, 2005 Report Posted September 6, 2005 So like, Wedding Crashers seems to have done well... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yeah, I thought it would do well, but the fact it's going to hit 200 million? That's amazing. And it probably means they'll try to throw a shit load of money at Vaughn & Wilson for a sequel.
Guest Reservoir_Kitty Posted September 6, 2005 Report Posted September 6, 2005 I liked the Transporter 2. I adore Jason Statham. He's an interesting person off camera as well, plus he's usually in actiony movies and that appeals to my "hey lookit that cute guy blow shit up and kick people around" side. I really like the first one too, and thought this one was better, storywise. There wasn't really a big love story mucking things up and that's always a bonus.
SuperJerk Posted September 6, 2005 Report Posted September 6, 2005 It's good only if you like the hero using ordinary objects as weapons. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well who the fuck doesn't like THAT?
razazteca Posted September 6, 2005 Author Report Posted September 6, 2005 It's more or less Jackie Chan style fighting without the funny.
AndrewTS Posted September 7, 2005 Report Posted September 7, 2005 Circa Labor Day weekend usually gets crap, and around it you usually get stuff studios don't expect to make much bank anyway. Remember Paparazzi and Sky Captain coming out last year? And Labor Day isn't a "real" holiday anyway.
razazteca Posted September 7, 2005 Author Report Posted September 7, 2005 When was the last time Will Smith had a holiday blockbuster?
LivingLegendGaryColeman Posted September 7, 2005 Report Posted September 7, 2005 Circa Labor Day weekend usually gets crap, and around it you usually get stuff studios don't expect to make much bank anyway. Remember Paparazzi and Sky Captain coming out last year? And Labor Day isn't a "real" holiday anyway. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I enjoyed Paparazzi, however I did wait til DVD and wasn't expecting a ton, but I liked it.
Youth N Asia Posted September 7, 2005 Report Posted September 7, 2005 The Brothers Grimm was all kinds of awful...I will not miss that one when it leaves the top 10
AndrewTS Posted September 7, 2005 Report Posted September 7, 2005 When was the last time Will Smith had a holiday blockbuster? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hitch around Valentine's Day?
Hank Kingsley Posted September 11, 2005 Report Posted September 11, 2005 So, uh, according to estimates, Emily Rose made $11 million Friday. It looks several shades of awful, but PG-13 horror wins out again.
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