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Box Office Guru Preview: Semi-Pro Set To Slam Dunk The Competition

by Sujit Chawla | February 28, 2008

Summary

A triumvirate of films opens this weekend, but all will bow to the power of the mighty Will Ferrell and his latest outrageous comedy, Semi-Pro. Back to Article

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hewpot writes:
on Feb 28 2008 07:48 PM

semi pro will have terrible numbers and be a wake up call for william

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Poor_Frisco writes:
on Feb 28 2008 11:40 PM

i don't think semi-pro will do better than blades of glory. That film also had the draw of napolean dynamite and was open to a wider/younger audience. i think it'll be #1 but $35 mil seems a little steep

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Gimy writes:
on Feb 29 2008 06:17 AM

its a sad sign of how bad comedies are nowadays when a guy can do the same character, same routine...for years after he leaves SNL and still have box office gold. if he were still funny...it'd be one thing, but i've seen that same character he plays in every movie...on SNL. its just not fresh anymore. Ferrell...Sandler movies(or anything he's involved in)...and Saw all confuse the h3ll out of me. all 3 are only mildly entertaining...yet they always make money.

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pota1974 writes:
on Feb 29 2008 07:04 AM

Gimy you hit the nail on the head - Money!!!
You cant fault Ferrell but the general movie going public.

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Bigbrother writes:
on Feb 29 2008 09:25 AM

In reply to this comment (#1608348)
Napolean Dynamites appeal or lack thereof is at best a mixed blessing, plus I don't think people have tired yet of the delightful Mr. Ferrell. I'm gonna say 42 Mil Opening Weekend. This looks like a funny movie to me. The guys gonna wrestle a bear!!! Grizzly Adams milked 5 seasons out of that concept, Will Ferrells gonna milk at least 150 million domestic out of it.

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screwhead100 writes:
on Feb 29 2008 05:41 PM

i dont mind will playing the same character over and over b/c he keeps making up the most outrageous dialogue for himself and it is just the funniest thing coming out of hollywood right now.......

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pota1974 writes:
on Mar 02 2008 09:19 PM

looks like Semi-Pro only managed a little over 15 million

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TheMcKellar writes:
on Apr 08 2008 08:26 AM

I thought Semi-Pro was pretty funny in some parts.

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