Posted on 04/25/2005 9:07:58 AM PDT by BigSkyFreeper
LOS ANGELES - Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn's "The Interpreter" translated into solid box-office as the United Nations thriller debuted with $22.8 million to top the weekend for Hollywood.
The weekend's other main debut, Ashton Kutcher and Amanda Peet's romantic comedy "A Lot Like Love," had a so-so opening of $7.7 million, coming in at No. 4, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Expanding nationwide after two weeks in limited release, Stephen Chow's action comedy "Kung Fu Hustle" was No. 5 with $7.3 million, lifting its total domestic gross to just over $8 million.
Anthony Anderson's kidnapping comedy "King's Ransom," so bad it was not screened beforehand for critics, finished in 10th place with just $2.4 million.
Now that all the DUmmies went to see it the first weekend, expect it to drop-off severely next week.
Yeah, it will have the same box-office punch as F911. Number 1 on opening weekend, and never heard from after that.
$22.8 barely covers Kidmans salary. Pretty weak #s IMHO.
I was going to go see it because Kidman was in it, until I found out what the storyline was, then I was immediately turned off by it. I imagine Sean Penn had a hand in the storyline. This sort of movie is right up his liberal, terrorist appeasing alley.
I went to see it Saturday. It's definitely not worth the theater price; probably not worth the rental price either, at least not a Blockbuster price.
I went and saw "Kung Fu Hustle" instead....hilarious send up of martial arts flicks and American movies too...
What liberal story line? I know it has something to do with the UN, but is the dialog of the liberal bent?
Old terrorist loving Spicolli as a leading-man/good-guy? I'll pass...
I would rather tongue-kiss Fat Teddy than pay actual $ to see Sean Penn and Nicole Kidman in a movie about the U.N.
Let's see ...... a movie about an assasination conspiracy at the U.N. with Sean Penn playing a Secret Service agent (talk about miscasting!). I predicted a bomb and it will slink out of theaters in two weeks.
If it spends 1.5 to 2 hours kissing the ass of the UN, it must be a liberal movie.
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