Chuck and Larry as box-office champ
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Adam Sandler is Adam Sandler. Hairspray which stars Zac Efron failed to rule the US Box Office chart last weekend and it was the comedy I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry which lorded the chart even beating Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
Chuck and Larry are played by Adam Sandler and Kevin James, plus the hottest sexy girl today Jessica Biel.
It's indeed a disappointment that Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix stayed only in the top spot for just a week and gave way to a new movie with a much much lesser budget. People behind Harry Potter understand the turnout considering the busy-ness of fans, waiting for the release of the last book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows last Saturday. In other words, the attention of Harry Potter was focused more on the release of the 7th and final book, rather than the showing of the 5th movie.
Hairspray's sales is already considered a box-office success even if it ended only in the 3rd spot, because it opened in lesser number of theaters as compared to the first two box-office champs.
US WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
July 20-22, 2007
1. I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry Universal Pictures Distribution, Universal Pictures International $34,233,750
2. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Warner Bros. Pictures International, Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution $32,511,350
3. Hairspray New Line Cinema $27,476,745
4. Transformers Paramount Pictures, di Bonaventura Pictures, Inc., Paramount Pictures International $20,514,497
5. Ratatouille Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Buena Vista International $10,899,179
6. Live Free or Die Hard 20th Century Fox Distribution $7,101,638
7. License to Wed Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution $3,577,230
8. 1408 Dimension Films, MGM Distribution Company $2,621,194
9. Evan Almighty Universal Pictures $2,552,890
10. Knocked Up Universal Pictures Distribution $2,292,640
An update on the worldwide all-time box office as of July 24, 2007:
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is now at #40, the fourth movie of 2007 to enter the Top 50 All-time Box Office worldwide. It's something to watch out for if the latest Harry Potter movie will make it in the Top 10. Two previous Harry Potter movies, the Sorcerer's Stone and the Goblet of Fire are currently in the Top 10. The past four Harry Potter movies all made it to the Top 20.
1. Titanic 1997 $1,835,400,000
2. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003 $1,129,200,000
3. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 2006 $1,060,300,000
4. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 2001 $968,700,000
5. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End 2007 $945,400,000
6. Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace 1999 $922,400,000
7. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2002 $921,700,000
8. Jurassic Park 1993 $919,800,000
9. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 2005 $892,200,000
10. Spider-Man 3 2007 $884,500,000
11. Shrek 2 2004 $880,900,000
12. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 2002 $866,400,000
13. Finding Nemo 2003 $865,000,000
14. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001 $860,800,000
15. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 2005 $848,500,000
16. Independence Day 1996 $811,300,000
17. Spider-Man 2002 $806,800,000
18. Star Wars 1977 $798,000,000
19. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 2004 $789,500,000
20. Spider-Man 2 2004 $783,600,000
21. The Lion King 1994 $783,500,000
22. The Da Vinci Code 2006 $757,200,000
23. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial The 20th Anniversary 2002 $756,800,000
24. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 2005 $738,800,000
25. The Matrix: Reloaded 2003 $735,700,000
26. Shrek the Third 2007 $700,300,000
27. Forrest Gump 1994 $679,500,000
28. The Sixth Sense 1999 $661,600,000
29. Pirates of the Caribbean 2003 $653,300,000
30. Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones 2002 $648,300,000
31. The Incredibles 2004 $624,000,000
32. Ice Age 2 2006 $623,800,000
33. The Lost World: Jurassic Park 1997 $614,400,000
34. The Passion 2004 $604,400,000
35. War of the Worlds 2005 $591,400,000
36. Casino Royale 2006 $587,600,000
37. Men in Black 1997 $587,300,000
38. Return of the Jedi 1983 $572,800,000
39. Night at the Museum 2006 $571,100,000
40. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 2007 $559,200,000
Figures courtesy of Yahoo! Movies and Celebritywonder.com
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