Scrooged, my favorite Christmas movie.
As if the flailing economy weren’t bad enough, it’s snowing across wide swaths of the country, where people aren’t even getting out of the house, for Christmas shopping or movies.
The weekend numbers were down 44 percent from this time last year. Jim Carey’s Yes Man got top honors with $18 mil, followed by another debut, Will Smith’s Seven Pounds, which brought in $16 mil. Kiddie book-turned-flick The Tale of Despereaux took in $11 mil as the family alternative. Looks cute!
The Day the Earth Stood Still came in fourth with $10 mil, and in some sort of holiday… miracle, Four Christmases continued to rack up numbers in its fourth weekend, rounding out the top five with $8 mil.
I go back and forth between adoring (Wedding Crashers, Mr. and Mrs. Smith) and despising (The Break-Up, Fred Claus) Vince Vaughn, but I’m guessing 4XMs would fall into the latter category. Besides, didn’t anyone see the report that watching romantic comedies makes you unhappy? Too much to risk this time of year, as I am teetering on the edge of sanity already.
In other news, more stars are coming out against the strike, which goes to vote in January (results announced on the 23rd). Charlie Sheen has added his name to the list of anti-strikers, which goes against dad Martin’s public position. I would love to be a fly on the wall at their Christmas dinner.
A little shout out to our friends over at /film, who are awesome and made this *amazing* faux trailer for the Thundercats movie we have always wished Hollywood would make. If I could have one wish this Christmas…
Tags: four christmases, jim carey's yes man, martin sheen, mondaay box office, movie stars against strike charlie sheen, the day the earth stood still, the tale of despereaux