MacGruber

Weekend Box Office – MEGAMIND Leads Strong Weekend with $47.7 Million; DUE DATE Second with $33.5 Million

by Nicole Pedersen    Posted: November 7th, 2010 at 10:43 am

Hollywood finally got some box office results worth celebrating as all three of this weekend’s major new releases performed at or above industry projections. The combined grosses of Megamind, Due Date and For Colored Girls made this the most lucrative early November frame since 2003 and promises studios glad tidings for the 2010 holiday season to come.

	Title	Weekend	Total
1	Megamind	$47,700,000	$47.7
2	Due Date	$33,500,000	$33.5
3	For Colored Girls	$20,100,000	$20.1
4	Red	$8,850,000	$71.9
5	Saw 3D	$8,200,000	$38.8
6	Paranormal Activity 2	$7,290,000	$77.2
7	Jackass 3D	$5,000,000	$110.8
8	Hereafter	$4,020,000	$28.7
9	Secretariat	$4,000,000	$50.9
10	The Social Network	$3,600,000	$85

MACGRUBER DVD Review

by Hunter Daniels    Posted: September 21st, 2010 at 7:24 am

When it was first announced, MacGruber seemed like the most dubious Saturday Night Live movie since It’s Pat!. Unlike previous films based upon the late night sketch show’s characters, MacGruber could not even carry five minutes of screen time. Instead, it managed only one to two, always punctuated by the exact same Aeon Flux-esque closing gag in which all of the protagonists meet an untimely end.

Expectations rose when Lonely Island member Jorma Taccone was placed in the director’s chair backed by the legitimate A-list talents of Ryan Phillipe and Val Kilmer. Suddenly, what had once sounded like the single worst idea for a movie in a great many years had a chance to be the next Wayne’s World, or at least the next Night at the Roxbury.

Is it? No. Not really. But it is very funny. Sometimes. More after the jump:

Friday Box Office – DESPICABLE ME On Top With $21.7 million, ECLIPSE Falls To Second; PREDATORS Stalks Third

by Nicole Pedersen    Posted: July 10th, 2010 at 9:21 am

After opening at number one on Friday, Despicable Me is now on track to become Universal’s first bona fide hit since the summer of 2008. No kidding. The 3D animated film brought in an estimated $21.7 million yesterday, and as only 44% percent of the 3,476 locations screening the family film are 3D equipped, that qualifies as a BIG win for the studio that, earlier this summer, brought you MacGruber. With a Saturday boost factored in for the PG flick, Despicable Me could hit a three day total of $55 million. That would keep last week’s headline-whore Eclipse in second place after earning $11 million on its second Friday. Robert Rodriguez’s Predators took third with an estimated $10.5 million from its 2,661 locations. That puts the reboot on track for a weekend in the $30 million neighborhood – basically the same neighborhood that Alien Vs. Predator inhabited in the summer of 2004. Full weekend results await when when you check back here tomorrow.

	Title	Friday	Total
1	Despicable Me	$21,700,000	$21.7
2	Twilight Saga: Eclipse	$11,000,000	$214.6
3	Predators	$10.500,000	$10.5
4	Toy Story 3	$6,500,000	$323.4
5	The Last Airbender	$5.200,000	$88.2

Friday Box Office – TOY STORY 3 Opens BIG With $41 Million

by Nicole Pedersen    Posted: June 19th, 2010 at 9:29 am

Taking the guesswork out of my job completely, Pixar extended its run of impressive box office performances on Friday with the release of Toy Story 3. Debuting in 4,028 theatres, including a record-setting 2,463 3D venues, Buzz and Woody took in an estimated $41 million – nearly double the previous first day record for a Pixar release. With overwhelmingly glowing reviews to match the film’s built-in, um… buzz, Toy Story 3 will easily top The Incredibles’ $70.5 million opening weekend record and may even surpass Shrek the Third to claim the all-time animated opening record of $121.6 million by this time Monday. And then there’s Jonah Hex. The weekend’s other major release notched a puny $2 million on Friday from its 2,825 locations on its way to a weekend in the $6 million range – only slightly better than MacGruber. Full details on this weekend’s highs and lows when you check back tomorrow.

	Title	Friday	Total
1	Toy Story 3	$41,000,000	$41
2	The Karate Kid	$8,900,000	$86.1
3	The A-Team	$3,900,000	$39.9
4	Shrek 4	$2,500,000	$219.9
5	Jonah Hex	$2,000,000	$2

Kristen Wiig and Ryan Phillippe Interview: MACGRUBER stars on CLOWN GIRL, THE STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT, BRIDESMAIDS

by Ron Messer    Posted: May 23rd, 2010 at 6:09 pm

Without question, MacGruber had an extremely disappointing weekend.  Box office projections of $4.1 million make it the lowest grossing opening ever on a wide release for a film inspired by an SNL skit (It’s Pat and Stuart Saves His Family were both limited releases).  However, two of its stars, Kristen Wiig and Ryan Phillippe, have plenty of other projects on the way that they updated us on this week (Bridesmaids, The Stanford Prison Experiment, Clown Girl,  Nick Swardson’s Pretend Time).  So, it makes sense to bring you that news, along with some funny anecdotes from their MacGruber press day.

Hit the jump for the full audio & highlights.  There are spoilers ahead with those updates, along with Phillippe’s burgeoning comedy career, Wiig’s biggest fear upon joining Saturday Night Live & what The Hurt Locker would have been like if MacGruber was the main character.

Running Dialogue #9: In which We Discuss MACGRUBER, SNL Movies, and SHREK FOREVER AFTER

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: May 23rd, 2010 at 4:55 pm

If the screening for MacGruber wasn’t held at 9pm on Thursday night, I would have had time to write a review and it would have been a positive one.  As it is, my thoughts on the film are in the latest installment of our continuing podcast, Running Dialogue.  In this episode, Curt Holman of Creative Loafing [Atlanta] and Russ Fischer of /Film and I, give our take on MacGruber, expand the conversation to SNL movies in general, and then Curt wraps it up with his take on Shrek Forever After with Russ and I explaining why we skipped that movie entirely.

Click here to take a listen.  As always, please leave your thoughts in the comments section.

Weekend Box Office – $71.2 Million for SHREK FOREVER AFTER; Disaster for MACGRUBER

by Nicole Pedersen    Posted: May 23rd, 2010 at 9:53 am

In its debut weekend Shrek Forever After (or “Shrek the Final Chapter” depending on who you ask) pulled in an estimated $71.2 million. That is the best opening for an animated feature this year and the third best for 2010 overall. Unfortunately, when compared to the last two entries in the franchise, Shrek’s Final Chapter isn’t much of a read.

	Title	Weekend	Total
1	Shrek 4	$71,250,000	$71.2
2	Iron Man 2	$26,600,000	$251.2
3	Robin Hood	$18,700,000	$66.1
4	Letters to Juliet	$9,100,000	$27.4
5	Just Wright	$4,225,000	$14.6
6	MacGruber	$4,100,000	$4.1
7	Date Night	$2,825,000	$90.6
8	Nightmare on Elm Street	$2,285,000	$59.9
9	How to Train Your Dragon	$1,850,000	$210.9
10	Kites	$1,035,000	$1

Friday Box Office – SHREK FOREVER AFTER Debuts with $20.7 Million; MACGRUBER Implodes

by Nicole Pedersen    Posted: May 22nd, 2010 at 9:39 am

The fourth, and presumably final, installment in Dreamworks Animation’s crazy-profitable Shrek franchise muscled its way into 4,359 theatres on Friday – the widest release ever for an animated feature. That total includes approximately 2,373 3D sites but, so far, Shrek 4 doesn’t seem to be benefitting much from the added dimension… or its weightier ticket price. On its first day out, Shrek Forever After earned an estimated $20.7 million. That means that the weekend gross for the ogre and his ilk is likely to be far below that of 2007’s Shrek the Third. Meanwhile, Iron Man 2 took a 57% hit over last Friday’s figure – about equal to the percentage decline Robin Hood faced entering its second weekend. Which brings us to MacGruber. In its big screen debut the SNL skit turned… longer, debuted with a disheartening $1.6 million. Where is Betty White when you need her? Full details and the weekend numbers when you check back tomorrow.

	Title	Friday	Total
1	Shrek 4	$20,700,000	$20.7
2	Iron Man 2	$7,500,000	$232.1
3	Robin Hood	$5,600,000	$53.4
4	Letters to juliet	$3,000,000	$21.3
5	MacGruber	$1,600,000	$1.6

MACGRUBER’s Will Forte, Jorma Taccone and John Solomon Interview: On Opening Vs. SHREK – “We Will Take Those F—ers Down!”

by Ron Messer    Posted: May 21st, 2010 at 4:52 pm

MacGruber squares off against Shrek Forever After this weekend at the box office, but its star and director aren’t intimidated by a franchise that’s made more than $2.2 billion in ticket sales, worldwide.  MacGruber’s star Will Forte joked, “We will take those f—ers down!”  Director Jorma Taccone quickly added with heavy sarcasm, “Our movie is probably gonna do better than Shrek.  Right?  Let’s be honest.”  More on that, in a bit.

Collider caught up with Forte, Taccone and screenwriter John Solomon at the film’s press day.  Hit the jump for the roundtable’s full audio, along with highlights and plenty of spoilers, including Forte’s desire to do a nude scene with celery, who stole that used vegetable afterward and the gracious gesture by MacGyver star Richard Dean Anderson.

New Line Calls in Jason Richman to Write MACGYVER

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: May 20th, 2010 at 11:02 pm

New Line Cinema has hired screenwriter Jason Richman (Bangkok Dangerous) to pen an adaptation of the popular 80s TV show, MacGyver.  The series is best known for Richard Dean Anderson as the titular character who could bring together random everyday objects and save the day.  The project was announced in March of last year, but according to Risky Business, Relativity Media followed by quickly putting together the parody MacGruber (based on the SNL sketch) and got a cast in front of cameras last summer and fall.  That film opens tomorrow and it’s pretty good. I imagine that Richman’s script for MacGyver will have significantly less throat-ripping.

5 Movie Clips from MACGRUBER Starring Will Forte, Kristen Wiig, Ryan Phillippe, and Val Kilmer

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: May 6th, 2010 at 6:10 pm

When Rogue Pictures first announced they were making a MacGruber movie, I’ll admit to thinking it might not work.  After all, MacGruber is based on a very short Saturday Night Live sketch and I wasn’t sure he could make the transition to the big screen.  But based on the reviews out of SXSW where the film premiered, my nervousness was unfounded, as people loved the film and it’s currently at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes!  What I heard was it’s incredibly stupid but incredibly funny.  With a May 21st release date, we’ll all know if the film is as great as people are saying soon.

But if you’d like to get a look at a few scenes now, we’ve been given 5 clips and you can watch them after the jump.

Maya Rudolph Says “I Do” to Upcoming Judd Apatow Produced Wedding Comedy BRIDESMAIDS

by Max Steven Miller    Posted: April 2nd, 2010 at 11:11 pm

Maya Rudolph has just hopped on the wedding comedy bandwagon. She will be joining Kristen Wiig in the upcoming, Judd Apatow produced, Bridesmaids (also known as The Untitled Kristen Wiig Project). Production Weekly just tweeted that the Saturday Night Live alum will play the bride to be while Wiig will be playing her bridesmaid, Annie.

Normally, I run the opposite way of any movie that involves wedding humor. But with Apatow and Paul Feig (Freaks and Geeks) on board, as well as Wiig’s scene stealing performance in Knocked Up, I’ll consider this one of the exceptions.

Both Rudolph and Wigg will also be seen together onscreen in the upcoming SNL film, MacGruber.

New BEASTLY and MACGRUBER Movie Posters in High Resolution

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: April 1st, 2010 at 5:37 pm

CBS Films and Universal Studios have sent over high resolution versions of the new Beastly and MacGruber movie posters.  Beastly stars Vanessa Hudgens and Alex Pettyfer and it’s a  modern-day take on Beauty and the Beast that takes place in New York City.  MacGruber stars Will Forte, Kristen Wiig, Ryan Phillippe, Powers Boothe, Maya Rudolph and Val Kilmer and it’s the feature film version of the Saturday Night Live skit.  While I don’t know anyone that’s seen Beastly, MacGruber screened at SXSW and I’ve heard from friends it’s very stupid but extremely funny.  Sounds like my kind of movie.  Hit the jump for the new posters:

New Red Band Trailer for MACGRUBER

by Jackson Cresswell    Posted: April 1st, 2010 at 2:43 pm

Saturday Night Live doesn’t have the best track record when it comes to big-screen adaptations.  It’s Pat: The Movie, anyone?  So it’s understandable to be skeptical about Macgruber, a movie based ostensibly on a sketch that only lasts about 30 seconds and always ends in Will Forte being exploded.  That said, the red band trailer does have its moments.  For instance, watching Macgruber tear out the throat of a henchman and his homoerotic explanation wrestled a smile from me.

It’s an action comedy, which is something that Saturday Night Live has never done before and I think it shows.  If the main character wasn’t named Macgruber, you’d have a hard time convincing me that it had anything to do with SNL.  The fact that Macgruber is carrying an R-rating, whereas every other SNL flick has been PG-13, is also a bit of a welcome surprise.  Then again, I would not be surprised if the whole thing culminates in a giant warhead exploding.  There’s no doubt that this movie is going to be stupid, but with a decent cast (Val Kilmer, Ryan Phillipe, Kristen Wiig), lots of explosions, and a plethora of dick jokes, it might be fun too.

Hit the jump to check out the new trailer along with the official synopsis.  MacGruber hits theaters on May 21st.

THE LOSERS Swings Back to April

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: February 16th, 2010 at 8:31 pm

Always remember that release dates are subject to change.  You should remember that so you’re not surprised when I tell you that The Losers has returned to an April release date.  The film was originally scheduled to hit theaters on April 9th.  Then Warner Bros. moved it all the way to June 4th so it wouldn’t crowd Clash of the Titans–which the studio is releasing on April 2nd–and to make some fixes after a recent test screening.

Today, Warner Bros. has announced that those changes won’t take too long The Losers has now moved the film up to April 23rd where it will face off against MacGruber and Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.

Directed by Sylvan White, The Losers stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Zoe Saldana, Chris Evans, Idris Elba, Columbus Short, Holt McCallany, Oscar Jaenada, Jason Patric and Peter Macdissi.  Hit the jump for the official synopsis.

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