Well, I was one of those who went into Fool's Gold hoping for a fun and frothy romantic adventure with a pair of mediocre performers who both have considerable charm and charisma. Sadly, I came out feeling like the rug had been pulled out from under all of us, as the movie failed to deliver anything that resembled true entertainment. It was not a complete loss, but it certainly couldn't be confused with a good movie. Anyway, the movie opened strongly and will likely have decent legs heading into Valentine's Day.
Following up in second place is the other new wide release for the weekend. Martin Lawrence's Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins opened with nearly $17 million. I did not see this one, so I cannot make any comment on the quality of the film.
There was one other film entering substantial (not truly wide) release this weekend, Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights, Hollywood to the Heartland. Do you think they could have crammed a couple more words in there? Anyway, I saw it and found it to be a completely entertaining road trip-style documentary on the comedy tour. It just failed to ignite anything at the box office and will likely land on DVD in pretty short order.
Among the returning films, the Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus concert film dropped a whopping 66%, but it still had the best per theater average of any top ten film. I guess it pays to be a mega-popular ticket in the tween set and have your screen count limited. I wonder if it will be expanded to another weekend?
Taking a look at the other returning films, I cannot help but smile at the success that Juno is enjoying. The little film that could really can, it seems. Each week it sees its box office take drop by very small percentages as its overall gross continues to grow. It has now been out for ten weeks and it has been in the top ten for eight of those weeks. Not to mention, each of the past three weeks has seen it climb a step closer to the top. Now, I cannot see this going on indefinitely, but it certainly is enjoyable watching it.
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