Posted on 12/23/2007 5:38:26 PM PST by rhema
Nicolas Cage unearthed the No. 1 spot at the North American box office on Sunday with "National Treasure: Book of Secrets," which earned more than the combined totals of four other high-powered newcomers.
The action sequel sold $45.5 million worth of tickets during its first three days, distributor Walt Disney Pictures said. Last weekend's champion, the Will Smith sci-fi thriller "I Am Legend," slipped to No. 2 with $34.2 million, taking the 10-day haul for the Warner Bros. release to $137.5 million.
The Twentieth Century Fox kids movie "Alvin and the Chipmunks," was also down one spot, to No. 3 with $29 million, and a 10-day total of $84.7 million.
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My newspaper (the Baltimore Sun) gave it a low rating as well. To me that’s a reason to go see it.
The liberal media didn’t like The Kingdom as well, but I thought it was great.
The latter. Gotta put out edgy, revisionist guano to save face with movie-mogul peers.
I saw Walk Hard. They where making fun of people who said Rock n Roll is the devils music, but it was a horrible movie.
“My wife and I saw it Friday night. I did not think that it was as good as the first movie, and I did not like the cheap shots that it took at the U.S. South, with Gates lecturing at the beginning of the story about southern extremists (very loaded word in todays Islamic terrorism context) operating against the North in 1865 and Wilkinsons character being described as a VMI graduate and mercenary. Moreover, Wilkinson and all his henchmen had noticeable southern accents. Typical Hollywood slam against anything southern in todays America.”
Interesting. I realize the Charles Gates in the first movie during the revolution was probably a made up character, but I have an ancestor (grgrgr?grandfather) that served in the revolution with the same name. Curiously that branch of the family all became Confederates.
I never said there weren’t northern extremists...
“Think Nick Cage is very cool. Would be quite surprised if he didnt post here.”
I told him not to and to keep his politics to himself. People here base their movie going experience upon the actors/actresses’ politics.
With my two (Mpls. and St. Paul) dailies, bad reviews from liberal critics are usually reliable indicators a movie merits FReepers' attendance.
I look forward to seeing this one.
Well, it was so cool that the main feature had a +3 going in just for that.
Then the movie came and I'd give it an 8 out of 10 even without the boost. It is SO nice to see the Walt Disney corporation getting back to the stuff that made it the household name that it is. Between "Enchanted" and "National Treasure", the stench of the Michael Eisner error is slowly dissipating.
Since you know Nicholas Cage, I’d really appreciate if you could ask James Marsden to send me a recording of his rendition of “O Holy Night”
It would make my Christmases forever.
Thanks ;-).
I saw the movie Saturday afternoon with two of my kids. I thought it was great. We all thought it was better than the first movie. Goofy short was right on. Looks like the Narnia movie next spring will be better than the first one as well.
Go see them all and let Hollywood know what you like.
Walk Hard + Charlie Wilson's War = 30% of National Treasure's receipts
I wanted to see it so bad, but my kiddies wouldn’t make it through National Treasure.
I can’t spend 10.00 a ticket just to see the short. I’ll have to wait for the DVD. Poo.
Cage is a conservative??????
I think Cage is a typical Hollywood liberal. Despite that, I will have to admit I like him as a actor. Also liked him in that movie about an Island in Greece during WWII, something about Corelli and Mandolin but for some reason I can’t recall the exact title.
I remember that show. And, he was not playing golf. He was playing F-l-o-g. Golf spelled backwards as I remember the joke in the show!!! :)
A stunning and intellectually sophisticated movie.
I can’t let everyone’s politics get in the way of a really good movie.
I’m not sure this one is but if I did that I would have had to skip Enchanted because of Susan Sarandon and probably would have just died.
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