Box Office thread #4 weekend of 03/17/06 who will be number 1?

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Congratulations to this weeks winners, all 7 of them, who picked Failure to Launch as the number one movie at the box office this past weekend: darkmere, GF_Eric, Mike23, thatstoobad, thehuskerfan, Tyga24, and WeaponX2099. They each get a congratulations from me personally :D. I was thinking about adding a prize and moving this to the contest forum, but we will see how interest in this does over the March/April period goes.

Here's whats being released this weekend starting Friday March 17th, 2006:

V for Vendetta
Director: James McTeigue
Stars: Hugo Weaving, Natalie Portman, Rupert Graves
Studio: Warner Bros.

The Plot: A shadowy freedom fighter known only as "V" (Weaving) uses terrorist tactics to fight against his totalitarian society. Upon rescuing Evey Hammond (Portman) from the secret police, he finds a frightened woman he can mold into his ally.

She's the Man
Director: Andy Fickman
Stars: Amanda Bynes, Laura Ramsey, Channing Tatum
Studio: DreamWorks SKG

The Plot: When her big brother decides to ditch for a couple weeks in London, Viola (Bynes) heads over to his elite boarding school, disguises herself as him, and proceeds to fall for one of her soccer teammates. Little does she realize she's not the only one with romantic troubles, as she, as he, gets in the middle of a series of intermingled love affairs.

Thank You for Smoking [limited]
Director: Jason Reitman
Stars: Aaron Eckhart, Cameron Bright, Maria Bello
Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures

The Plot: Nick Naylor (Eckhart) earns a paycheck as Big Tobacco's chief spokesman and administer of spin, a job that makes it tough for him to [remain] a role model for his 12-year-old son.

Find Me Guilty [limited]
Director: Sidney Lumet
Stars: Vin Diesel, Peter Dinklage, Ron Silver
Studio: Freestyle Releasing LLC

The Plot: A drama based on the longest Mafia trial in U.S. history, as mobster Jack DiNorscio (Diesel), faced with a series of charges, decides to stand trial instead of ratting out his family and associates. A wrench is thrown into the system when DiNorscio opts to defend himself.

Don't Trip ... He Ain't Through with Me Yet [limited]
Stars: Steve Harvey
Studio: Code Black Entertainment

The Plot: Steve Harvey leaves his blue material at home in this stand-up performance in front of church-folk at the Phillips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia.

Summer Storm [limited]
Director: Marco Kreuzpaintner
Stars: Robert Stadlober, Kostja Ullmann, Miriam Morgenstern
Studio: Regent Releasing

The Plot: Tobi and Achim, best pals and the standouts of their crew club, find their friendship tested by Achim's girlfriend and Tobi's sexual confusion.


Tops at the box office the weekend of 03/10/06:
(dollar figures are weekend/total gross)

1. Failure to Launch $24.6M/$24.6M
2. The Shaggy Dog $16M/$16M
3. The Hills Have Eyes $15.5M/$15.5M
4. 16 Blocks $7.3M/$22.7M
5. Madea's Family Reunion $5.8M/$55.8M
6. Eight Below $5.41M/$66.4M
7. Aquamarine $3.65M/$12.2M
8. Ultraviolet $3.6M/$14.8M
9. The Pink Panther $3.6M/$74.6M
10. Date Movie $2.5M/$44.3M

Link to thread #3:
http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=86965
Thanks to IMDB

Discuss and vote for your choice for tops at the box office, as well as the current releases. And no one has chosen the winner two times yet, whos going to be the first?
 
Damnit, now I'm 0-3 so far. I have a good feeling about this weekend, though. "V for Vendetta" will rock the box office.
 
Last week I neglected to account for America's love of the woman whose face looks like a foot: Sarah Jessica Parker. This week I shall not make the same mistake, I vote Failure to Launch to repeat.
 
[quote name='Mr. Anderson']V for Vendetta will own the box office this week.[/quote]

QFT...and appropriate-ness???
 
V for Vendetta. I can't believe Failure to Launch was number one this week though. Damn women taking their boyfriends/husbands/dates to see that idiotic film....
 
[quote name='Dead of Knight']V for Vendetta. I can't believe Failure to Launch was number one this week though. Damn women taking their boyfriends/husbands/dates to see that idiotic film....[/QUOTE]

Maybe it really is like George Lucas said and the blockbuster movie is dead....
 
[quote name='Danro']Last week I neglected to account for America's love of the woman whose face looks like a foot: Sarah Jessica Parker. This week I shall not make the same mistake, I vote Failure to Launch to repeat.[/QUOTE]
like i said last week, they miss sex and the city and need their sarah jessica parker fill.

that said, this week is revenge of the action fans. v for vendetta gets my vote.
 
I feel bad for all the guy's in relationships who's girlfriends will drag them to She's the Man instead of being able to see V.
 
I think I will do it like George Costanza (since I've been entirely wrong up to this point) and pick the opposite of my initial impulse (V for Vendetta) and go with "She's the Man" (since teenagers will see any piece of crap).
 
[quote name='Danro']Maybe it really is like George Lucas said and the blockbuster movie is dead....[/QUOTE]
people don't have long enough attention spans to create blockbusters anymore (with the rare exceptions). if a movie's in the theater for a month, it's old. also, hollywood shot themselves in the foot when they moved the average home video release from 1 year after theatrical release to 6 months, and now 3 months. if i'm not sure about a flick, i can just wait 3 short months and rent it for a fraction of the price. it's a flavor of the week game now.
 
Poll still open today and tomorow night, for those who like to see whom the front runner might be.

If V for Vendetta wins, im going to have a HUGE list of winners to post :D
 
I'm going to go with V for Vendetta against my better judgement; here's hoping more people are curious to see this on opening weekend than Failure to Launch.
 
Obviously, we have several winners this week. "V for Vendetta" raked in almost $26 million, beating the March 10 debut of "Failure to Launch" by almost $2 million.

Congratulations everyone who voted for "V":applause:
 
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