May 16, 200520 yr 1.) Monster-in-Law $24,025,000 2.) Kicking and Screaming $20,851,000 3.) Unleashed $10,587,000 4.) Kingdom of Heaven $9,625,000 5.) Crash $7,200,000 Three new films targeting different audiences injected some well-needed cash into the marketplace taking over the top chart positions, but still could not prevent the North American box office from suffering its 12th consecutive down weekend versus last year. Jennifer Lopez scored the best debut of her career with Monster-in-Law which opened at number one and was followed by Will Ferrell's competing family comedy Kicking and Screaming which landed in second with a solid bow. Jet Li catered to the action audience with Unleashed which premiered in third. Overall ticket sales did, however, experience a healthy gain over the last several weeks when grosses were stuck in a fixed range.
May 16, 200520 yr QUOTE(Buehrle>Wood @ May 16, 2005 -> 12:50 AM) I thought Kingdom of Heaven was bad.... .... I thought it was great, definitely a movie im looking forward to buy on DVD.
May 16, 200520 yr Why would anyone waste any time releasing a good movie right now? It's just the calm before the storm.
May 16, 200520 yr Interesting to see Crash jump ahead of House of Wax, that surprised me. I saw Unleashed this weekend, pretty cool flick Ong-Bak>Unleashed>The Transporter
May 16, 200520 yr I saw Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe last weekend. I thought it was a pretty good movie. Pretty accurate compared to the book
May 16, 200520 yr QUOTE(KipWellsFan @ May 16, 2005 -> 07:02 AM) Interesting to see Crash jump ahead of House of Wax, that surprised me. I saw Unleashed this weekend, pretty cool flick Ong-Bak>Unleashed>The Transporter Crash has had a LOT of word of mouth. That is how I learned about it and thought it was a great movie. Hopefully more people see it.
May 16, 200520 yr I feel like I am pretty well tuned into pop culture and I have never ever heard of that Monster in Law movie. Could it be that I'm getting old (foreshadowing?)?
May 16, 200520 yr QUOTE(Buehrle>Wood @ May 15, 2005 -> 06:50 PM) I thought Kingdom of Heaven was bad.... Yup...VERY disappointing As for Crash-put me in the 'heard it was good, went to see it last weekend club"
May 16, 200520 yr Author QUOTE(Cy Garland @ May 15, 2005 -> 11:14 PM) I wonder what will be #1 next weekend? That's right... Interesting to see Crash jump ahead of House of Wax, that surprised me. I saw Unleashed this weekend, pretty cool flick Ong-Bak>Unleashed>The Transporter I've seen the previews for Unleashed and I'm thinking about watching it before Star Wars comes out.
May 17, 200520 yr QUOTE(Yoda @ May 16, 2005 -> 05:17 PM) That's right... I've seen the previews for Unleashed and I'm thinking about watching it before Star Wars comes out. I came in right when Li was done kicking the first guys ass......i didn't see the first fight... , Got caught in traffic on my way to the movie. I really enjoyed the movie....exceeded my expectations. I thought it would have done better than that in the box office...
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