Labor Day is a dumping ground for bad movies, but this year seems more toxic than usual. Three of the four new wide releases--Babylon A.D. (Fox), Disaster Movie (Lionsgate) and College (MGM)--were not screened for critics, while Traitor, the Don Cheadle thriller from Overture, has managed just a 54 percent Fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes.
I am putting my money on a third consecutive weekend win for Tropic Thunder (Dreamworks/Paramount) with another excellent hold.
There are four new wide releases this week, but only of them is likely to top $10M for the traditional three-day weekend. The Jason Statham vehicle Death Race (Universal) seems to be getting some traction in industry tracking, although a huge breakout opening is unlikely.
Tropic Thunder (Dreamworks/Paramount) is a hit, but it will come in with a five-day of less than Sony’s Pineapple Express, and it seems that the Beijing Olympics may be hurting the new R-rated comedy’s performance.
Paramount/Dreamworks says that they have been expecting a soft opening for Tropic Thunder, but I am a bit surprised. Last night, I reported that the film generated $7.5M in Wednesday ticket sales, and, as it turns out, the real number is $6.5M.
It appears that the Ben Stiller-directed Tropic Thunder (Dreamworks/Paramount) has opened about 40 percent off the day one number for Sony's Pineapple Express last Wednesday.
A well-placed studio source told me this week that there’s probably only one "big-time" movie remaining on the release schedule for August, and, no surprise, it is Ben Stiller’s Tropic Thunder (Dreamworks/Paramount).
We’ve seen him in everything from Undeclared to Knocked Up, but who knew comedy kid Jay Baruchel’s true passion is horror and action. The actor, who plays Tropic Thunder’s newbie Kevin Sandusky, confesses he was in film nerd heaven on the set of his new movie. That’s not all, Baruchel tells us all about prepping for the film, surviving the Hawaiian jungle and more …
You’ve seen the Tropic Thunder trailer and heard about Robert Downey Jr. controversial comedic role in the film as an Oscar winning actor playing a black soldier in big budget war movie. Now, hear what Downey has to say about the risky role everyone’s buzzing about.
He’s known as one of Hollywood’s biggest actors, but who knew Ben Stiller could take on writing, directing and producing too! Read ahead to find out what he had to say about his new movie Tropic Thunder.
Jack Black had plenty of silly stories to tell us when we met up with him at the Beverly Hills Four Seasons to chat about his new movie Tropic Thunder. So funny in fact that we’ll go ahead and let him do the talking ….
As the sky darkens and the Thunder booms, we’d like to hear what you think about this recent Hollywood brouhaha.