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GI Joe Storms to $56.2M Box Office Win

Polly Davis Doig — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 15:02:33 CDT

GI Joe took the box office by storm this weekend, sweeping to a better-than-anticipated $56.2 million win carried by under-25 males, reports USA Today. Julie & Julia stuffed $20 million in the bank, while G-Force scored third place with $9.8 million. Harry Potter ($8.8 million) and Funny...

Funny People Funny Enough for Box Office Win

Drew Nelles — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 14:27:52 CDT

Funny People laughed its way to the top of the box office this weekend with $23.4 million, USA Today reports. But that’s less than analysts predicted, and not enough to beef up this summer’s mediocre ticket sales. H arry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince came second with $17.7...

Funny People Puts Serious Pressure on Sandler

Evann Gastaldo — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:22:02 CDT

Though it’s called Funny People , Adam Sandler’s latest film is a bit more serious than his fans are used to—and its opening-weekend performance is a mystery, Variety reports. Forecasts range from just over $20 million to more like $35 million, Audiences loved director Judd Apatow’s prior efforts—which were...

He's a Star, Other Summer Movie Lessons

Will McCahill — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:08:42 CDT

With this summer’s movie crop about to bear fruit, New York tells us what lessons we’ll be able to glean. Highlights: Joseph Gordon-Levitt is a star: So charming in the romantic comedy 500 Days of Summer , audiences will “completely forgive his role in GI Joe: The Rise of the Cobra...