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Monday, June 18, 2007

Silver Lining

As most analysts predicted, Fantastic Four Rise of the Silver Surfer, took the top spot over Father's day weekend...


Surfer Rises To The Top

Brandon Gray of Box Office Mojo:

It was no stretch for Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer to lead the weekend box office, raking in an estimated $57.4 million, while Nancy Drew failed...

Ian Mohr of Variety:

Fox's "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer" easily crested to No. 1 over the weekend with $57.4 million in tickets sales, according to estimates. That outpaced the $56 million the first "Fantastic" pic debuted with in 2005...

Joshua Rich of Entertainment Weekly:

The sequel opens better than the original; meanwhile, ''Ocean's'' and ''Knocked Up'' hold up nicely...

The second FF film may have opened better than the first one did--in terms of tix sales...But I actually think FF 1 is a better film...I'll explain why soon...

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