In the last episode of "Viewpoints On..." Stephanie and I both predicted that "Funny People" would be the No. 1 film when the box office returns came in today.
What we didn't predict was that it didn't make a lot of money.
When the official returns came in this afternoon the tally for "Funny People" was $22.6 million. It's budget is $75 million. Now compare this to "Knocked Up" which had a $30 million dollar opening.
Not really a big hit right out of the gate, but if the good word of mouth keeps up it could have legs. Especially considering that "G.I. Joe" is the next big release.
In other breaking box office news, the list of the top grossing films of the year got shaken up with two films, "Harry Potter" and "The Hangover" overtaking "Star Trek" pushing it to No. 5. "The Hangover" has grossed $255 million!
A huge deal.
The No. 1 and two positions seem locked in for the rest of the year with "Transformers 2" and "Up" with comfortable leads over all the other films. "Harry Potter" may have a small, small chance to sneak in, but will not go near "Transformers 2."
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