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Summer Tomatometer Wrap-up #2: The Best of the Wide Releases
by Tim Ryan | October 04, 2005
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The movies that scored with the critics this summer also scored with audiences. That is, the movies with the best Tomatometer scores also tended to perform well at the box office.

At the top of the list, there is a surprise and a disappointment. The surprise was "The 40-Year-Old Virgin," which, at 84 percent on the Tomatometer and $97 million at the box office, was a film with slight expectations that became a runaway success. The modest disappointment was "Cinderella Man," a film that was beloved by critics (also scoring 84 percent on the Tomatometer) but took in a not-too-shabby but far-from-blockbuster $61 million in theaters.

The rest of the top five contains fewer surprises box office-wise; less predictable was the critical enthusiasm that greeted "Batman Begins" (83 percent on the Tomatometer), "Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith" (82 percent), and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" (82 percent). Each of these films surpassed the $200 million mark (with "Sith" at $380 million), as would seemingly befit a "Star Wars" movie, a kids' flick and a superhero story. However, what was unanticipated was the very real enthusiasm critics and audiences had for these films.

Here's the complete list of the summer's fresh wide releases:

84% -- Cinderella Man ($61.5M)
84% -- The 40-Year-Old Virgin ($97M)
83% -- Batman Begins ($205M)
82% -- Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith ($380M)
82% -- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ($204M)
81% -- The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants ($39M)
81% -- Red Eye ($57M)
81% -- The Constant Gardener ($27.7M)
81% -- Hustle & Flow ($22.1M)
77% -- Crash ($55.4M)
73% -- Wedding Crashers ($205.5M)
73% -- George A. Romero's Land of the Dead ($20.4M)
72% -- War of the Worlds ($233.3M)
68% -- Sky High ($62.3M)
66% -- Unleashed ($24.4M)
61% -- Mr. and Mrs. Smith ($185.6M)

Check out the rest of our coverage:
- Summer Tomatometer Wrap-up: Box Office Down, Tomatometer Up

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Comments (1-11 of 11 posts) | Reply
VML
VML writes:
on Oct 04 2005 07:47 PM

The good movies did a decent job, but they could have made more money.

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Infernal
Infernal writes:
on Oct 04 2005 08:07 PM

[b]I'm disappointed.[/b]
Yes, Batman Begins, the 40-Year-Old Virgin. They were grand. But other than that, this movie season made me wriggle and scream like a five year old that cannot get candy from their parents. This winter's season along with next summer's season. They will be great.

Winter: Chronicles Of Narnia, Harry Potter sequel, Memoirs of Geisha, and more.

Summer 2006: Pirates of the Carribean Numero Dos(Keira, we love you. :D), X3, and more. Look on the front page in the section below the journal section to find more. But this season? Bah, I feel dead.


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Elessar Oronro
Elessar Oronro writes:
on Oct 04 2005 09:31 PM

wait...you count x3 as a movie to look forward to? Yikes. Brett Ratner directs=me, running from the theatre screaming. Also, don't forget Superman Returns. Yikes, also. Next summer could suck beyond all suckitude.

This winter does look good, though.


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SuperS
SuperS writes:
on Oct 04 2005 10:53 PM

[b]Ummmm[/b]
Serenity will take in betwen Hutsle and Flow.. and Hostory of Violence should be at the top right now....


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The Senhman
The Senhman writes:
on Oct 05 2005 12:53 AM

In reply to this comment (#826394)
True, but those are Fall movies.

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lovelykeira
lovelykeira writes:
on Oct 05 2005 12:28 PM

Crash was the greatest of all in my opinion.

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jaydurden
jaydurden writes:
on Oct 05 2005 01:23 PM

Crash was overrated. I liked it but it wasn't a great movie. just a good one. the good thing about crash is that it made a lot of people think about stereotypes and racism in general. The bad thing is that it lack dept, it should have gone deeper in the problem that's racism....and i also thought that the character played by ludacris was laughable, a wannabe gangster/pseudo-sociologist....please...

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Aftermath_1551
Aftermath_1551 writes:
on Oct 05 2005 02:55 PM

for me ludacris was the main character the one who set the tone through out the whole movie, it was laughable only because he himself was strenghtening a stereotype that he was objecting against, Crash was the best film i have seen this year so far, such a shame that it probably wont win an oscar for best screenplay at the least. Awesome film...

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mizzoucritic
mizzoucritic writes:
on Oct 06 2005 11:36 PM

I'd say the best two movies in terms of art were The Constant Gardener and Crash. The funniest movie of the year was Wedding Crashers. The most well-rounded movie was The 40 Year Old Virgin, because Apatow knew what he was doing and it said a lot about our culture, while making us laugh. Just my two cents...

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HoneycombSAFARI
HoneycombSAFARI writes:
on Oct 08 2005 11:53 PM

my favorite film of the summer was the perfect man. i really loved the way it explored complex human drama while sizzling with sharp wit. I also loved hilary duff's intimate nuanced performance and believe that she should be nominated for next years best actress academy award. aditionally, the subtle use of music and direction aided the film to be emotionally wrenching yet still retain an element of class. A+

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Shetye
Shetye writes:
on Jan 08 2006 06:43 AM

[b]Not so supriesed[/b]
Not supriesed that Sith is the best supriesed with Cindarella Man


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