"Jackass" has pulled its craziest stunt--Box Office

[trailergod]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...o/box_office_3

LOS ANGELES (AP) - "Jackass" has pulled its craziest stunt yet, debuting in first place at the box office.

Young men flocked to "Jackass: The Movie," the big-screen version of the MTV show whose stars specialized in bizarre and risky behavior, which debuted with $22.7 million.
Last weekend's winner, Naomi Watts (news)' horror film "The Ring," slipped to No. 2 but actually raised its gross by adding about 650 more theaters. The movie took in $18.8 million, up $3.8 million from opening weekend, pushing its 10-day total to $39.7 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Produced for just $5 million, "Jackass" features Johnny Knoxville (news), Steve-O and others from the now-defunct MTV show doing such hazardous or crude acts as roller-skating with bottle rockets attached or urinating on a snow cone.

"People love to watch a train wreck. They can't take their eyes off any horrible thing where you can sit on the sidelines and watch without actually putting yourself in jeopardy," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-office tracker Exhibitor Relations.

Two-thirds of the movie's audience was male, and young men from 17 to 24 accounted for nearly half the crowds, according to distributor Paramount.

Executives at Paramount and its MTV subsidiary had expected "Jackass" might gross $20 million at best.

"We didn't expect to exceed $20 million for a film called `Jackass.' Especially a film with no plot, no Oscar-caliber performances and no real writing," said Van Toffler, MTV president. "What they do in the movie sort of feels to me like what the Three Stooges would be doing if they were alive. Kind of slapstick twisted on its head in an extreme form."

The R-rated movie carried warnings urging viewers not to try the stunts themselves, and Paramount offered to provide guards at theaters that wanted extra security to keep those younger than 17 from sneaking in, said Wayne Lewellen, the studio's head of distribution.
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1. "Jackass: The Movie," $22.7 million.
2. "The Ring," $18.8 million.
3. "Ghost Ship," $11.7 million.
4. "Sweet Home Alabama," $6.4 million.
5. "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," $6.3 million.
6. "Red Dragon," $4.7 million.
7. "Punch-Drunk Love," $3.5 million.
8. "Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie," $2.9 million.
9. "The Transporter," $2.85 million.
10. "Brown Sugar," $2.8 million.

what a shocker....

[radstar]

i am bouncing off the walls to see this movie. i'm gonna see it on weds. can't wait can't wait! :big grin:

thanx for the info!

[ZUBi]

Originally posted by radstar
i'm gonna see it on weds.

what? i'm not quite sure what you're trying to say...

[trailergod]

Originally posted by ZUBi
what? i'm not quite sure what you're trying to say...

its means "Wednesday", the the middle of the Week..

Mittwoch in German
miércoles in Spanish
Mercredi in French
Mercoledì in Italian
Onsdag in Nowegian :big grin: :big grin:

[Gaumont]

Onsdag in Swedish

[radstar]

Wednesday in English

[ZUBi]

Sreda in Slovenian.

hehehe, thanks for clearing this up. I was thinking something like WEED or WEDDING (plan), hehehe... :big grin: :big grin:

[njovan]

Originally posted by ZUBi
Sreda in Slovenian.

Same in Macedonian

[Gaumont]

how nice with a multi language thread :bday:

[chilko]

sriada in bulgarian

[Jedi Master]

before the pay day in my world!!

[cancan]

Originally posted by dj_spikee
sing kay sam in cantonese.
xing chi san in mandarin.
suiyoobi in japanese.

hmm. multi-language thread would be fun except nobody would understand me

wei shen me?

[Kat]

I want to see this movie. Does anyone know when it's coming to Sweden? Is it coming to Sweden?

Wednesday is keskiviikko in Finnish.

[Gaumont]

Originally posted by dj_spikee
yur in sweden but you know finnish? how similar are the languages?

not at all.

[Movie Wizard]

My backrounds are from Sweeden and Finland! :butt:

Norska Suomi!