Scarlett Johansson, Laura Linney, Alicia Keys, and Chris Evans peek into The Nanny Diaries (reviews)--bringing the book to life; Jet Li and Jason Statham go to WAR (reviews); Mr. Bean's Holiday (reviews) brings Rowan Atkinson's popular misfit back to the cineplex in a G-rated comedy; Things turn serious as Samuel L. Jackson and Josh Hartnett spend time Resurrecting The Champ (reviews); Christopher Cain's western September Dawn (reviews)takes aim...
The question is can any of these fresh flicks beat last week's number 1 Superbad?
Pamela McClintock and Dave McNary of Variety:
...Lionsgate unspools "War," toplining Li and Jason Statham, in 2,277 theaters. With actioner's male appeal and testosterone-charged storyline, Lionsgate hopes to edge out the Weinstein Co.'s "Diaries," based on the 2002 book by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus.
Toplining Scarlett Johansson, Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney, "Diaries" debuts in 2,629 locations. TWC has moved the release of the film several times. It did so most recently when Lionsgate relocated "Good Luck Chuck," starring Dane Cook and Jessica Alba, off the Aug. 24 frame, leaving an opening for a female-skewing title.
Universal-Working Title's "Mr. Bean's Holiday," which returns Rowan Atkinson in the buffoonish role he popularized in the U.K. television series and later in a 1997 Brit feature, could prove a worthy opponent because of its G rating and kiddie appeal. Pic, which has grossed more than $188.9 million overseas, plays in 1,713 locations.
Heading into its second frame, Sony's R-rated raunchy teen laffer "Superbad" could beat them all if it maintains its opening strength and notable weekday hold. Judd Apatow-produced comedy, directed by Greg Mottola and starring Jonah Hill and Michael Cera, opened at $33 million and grossed an additional $14.1 million this week for a cume of $47.1 million. "Superbad" cost under $20 million to produce.
This weekend's other two new wide entrants, Yari Film Group's "Resurrecting the Champ," directed by Rod Lurie, and Slowhand's "September Dawn," don't have as much buzz.
"Champ," starring Samuel L. Jackson, Josh Hartnett and Alan Alda, is based on the real-life story of a journo who stumbles upon a homeless man who turned out to be boxing great Bob Satterfield. Drama bows in 1,602 locations.
"September Dawn," a searing indictment of religious extremism that plays 847 theaters, concerns the 1857 Mountain Meadows Massacre in Utah, when Mormons attacked a wagon train of settlers passing West. Film's cast includes Jon Voight and Terence Stamp, who plays Brigham Young. The Church of Latter-Day Saints has taken issue with the film for suggesting that Young secretly sanctioned the massacre...
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Nicole Sperling of Entertainment Weekly:
On a hodgepodge weekend of summer leftovers, the teen sex comedy will again gobble the most cash...
Next week brings the end of the summer '07 season--Marking the return of killer Michael Myers for Rob Zombie's version of Halloween
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