The Dark Knight staged a comeback Saturday to emerge victorious for the fourth straight frame, while some surprisingly durable holdovers continued to find traction in the middle of the top 10 pack. Warner Bros’ superhero sequel lost to Pineapple Express on Friday by a narrow $7.9 million to $7.6 million margin. But on Saturday it surged [...] [...more]
Pineapple Express opened superbig yesterday, raking in as much as $12.1 million. This was the biggest Wednesday opening ever in August, beating The Princess Diaries opening of $8.5m on August 11, 2004. (Who knew The Princess Diaries opened so big in 2004? I suppose we do now.) “No one saw this coming. It’s truly exciting and unexpected,” a Sony exec reports to [...] [...more]
This weekend’s predictions start early with today’s opening of both Pineapple Express and Sisterhood of The Traveling Pants 2. The much-hyped Judd Apatow-bannered stoner comedy starring Seth Rogen and James Franco is expected to gross around $37.5M range for the five days. But because of good buzz and reviews, some think it could hit as high as $40M. Will this be enough to [...] [...more]
San Diego is about to get a lot “geekier” this weekend with the arrival of the phenom that is Comic-Con. Traditional comic book fare like Watchmen, The Spirit and Punisher are all scheduled to make appearances. But so are films not necessarily associated with this genre. Comedies like Tropic Thunder and Pineapple Express and family films [...] [...more]
In the latest GQ comedy issue, cover boy Seth Rogan admits he was not always on the top of Hollywood’s A-list. The 26-year-old funnyman admits years ago that execs at HBO rejected a pilot that he wrote with Jack Black and Forgetting Sarah Marshall’s Jason Segal. “I just remember feeling really bitter,” Rogen says. “We thought the [...] [...more]
