Monday, August 23, 2004
Dog Days of Summer
Well, the summer is almost over, and if you don't believe the calendar, all you need to do is check out this past weekend's box office totals.
It seems that movie studios have taken to dumping all their crap into the end of August. I, for one, find this to be a very curious practice. It IS still summer after all. Heck, Labor Day is actually a little late this year, so there's almost 3 full weeks left before school starts. With the studios rushing every year to start the summer season earlier and earlier (I think next year the first big summer movie on the schedule is the big budget crossover "Ernest vs. Pauly Shore," set for release on February 17), you'd think somebody somewhere would have caught onto the fact that "Exorcist:The Beginning" and "Without a Paddle" did not really need to be the top two films this past weekend. In the middle of August, $18 million dollars should not be enough to qualify for a #1 opening.
It seems that movie studios have taken to dumping all their crap into the end of August. I, for one, find this to be a very curious practice. It IS still summer after all. Heck, Labor Day is actually a little late this year, so there's almost 3 full weeks left before school starts. With the studios rushing every year to start the summer season earlier and earlier (I think next year the first big summer movie on the schedule is the big budget crossover "Ernest vs. Pauly Shore," set for release on February 17), you'd think somebody somewhere would have caught onto the fact that "Exorcist:The Beginning" and "Without a Paddle" did not really need to be the top two films this past weekend. In the middle of August, $18 million dollars should not be enough to qualify for a #1 opening.
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Ernest vs. Pauly Shore would have been AWESOME. Too bad Jim Varney died so young. On a somewhat related note, Pauly's next film 'Pauly Shore Is Dead' opens next month.
It looks HYSTERICAL.
Go to http://www.paulyshoreisdead.com/ to see the trailer.
It looks HYSTERICAL.
Go to http://www.paulyshoreisdead.com/ to see the trailer.
I too was amazed to see "Without a Paddle" in the top five, but after discovering that Burt Reynolds is in it, I am shocked that it didn't hit number one!
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