`Shrek Forever After' Tops Box Office With $71.3M
5/24/2010 12:30:00 PM
kenmouse
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So, Shrek Forever After made a lot of money, and Iron Man 2 made a lot of money, and Robin Hood made a good amount of money. And MacGruber…?
The Saturday Night Live sketch turned big-screen movie made $4.1 million, per weekend box-office estimates.
Does that result qualify the bomb-exploding comedy as the first, well, bomb of the summer?
Yes, and no.
On one hand, MacGruber didn't open well. Scratch that. It didn't open.
On the other hand, MacGruber is not Land of the Lost, the big-budget Will Ferrell comedy that distinguished itself as the first bomb of Summer 2009. The Will Forte comedy cost less than $10 million, which is peanuts.
The Saturday Night Live sketch turned big-screen movie made $4.1 million, per weekend box-office estimates.
Does that result qualify the bomb-exploding comedy as the first, well, bomb of the summer?
Yes, and no.
On one hand, MacGruber didn't open well. Scratch that. It didn't open.
On the other hand, MacGruber is not Land of the Lost, the big-budget Will Ferrell comedy that distinguished itself as the first bomb of Summer 2009. The Will Forte comedy cost less than $10 million, which is peanuts.
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