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"Wedding" Boys Crash the #1 Spot -- in Their Third Weekend!
by Scott Weinberg | August 01, 2005
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For the first time in several years, a wide release has jumped into the #1 box office spot after spending two weeks among the top five, and that movie is "Wedding Crashers."

The very popular Owen Wilson / Vince Vaughn raunchy-guy rom-com pulled in just over $20 million in its third weekend, giving it the #1 spot by a healthy margin. Its grand total so far is $116 million, and the flick looks to end up as one of this year's biggest surprise hits. (Which means we'll probably be reporting on "Revenge of the Wedding Crashers" a few summers from now!)

Also quite joyously buoyant is Tim Burton's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," which slipped to second place with a weekend tally of $16.3 million and a grand total (so far) of $148m.

The rest of the top five field was populated by newcomers: Disney's "Sky High" netted nearly $14.6m in 2,900 theaters; Sony's "Stealth" limped onto the scene with $13.5m in nearly 3,500 theaters; and WB's rom-com "Must Love Dogs" took a walk with $13m in 2,500 theaters.

Debuting resoundingly well in only four theaters was the comedic documentary "The Aristocrats," which hauled in $260,000 -- or $65,000 per screen. (Compare that to "Crashers" $6,700 per screen or "Charlie"s $4,300!)

The news continues to be pretty darn bleak for DreamWorks' "The Island," which dropped 55% from its (rather unimpressive) opening weekend, while Fox's "Fantastic Four" continues to add a few extra pennies to its grand total of $136m.

There's only one wide release next Friday, WB's "The Dukes of Hazzard," so you can expect a lot of the same titles to pop up in the top 5 next weekend. (The indie hit "March of the Penguins" also expands to an additional 1,500 screens next Friday, so please do consider it an alternative choice if you're a bit weary of the Crashes, the Wars, the Chocolate, and the Fantastic.)

As always, you can take a closer look at the weekly numbers right here at the RT box office page.

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GhostintheFlesh
GhostintheFlesh writes:
on Aug 01 2005 08:13 AM

I've already ordered my purple heart.

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jeanfc
jeanfc writes:
on Aug 01 2005 11:03 AM

On the rauchiest and funniest movies I've seen in a good while... I just love Vince Vaughn, his line about "are they built for comfort or speed" just kills.

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lovelykeira
lovelykeira writes:
on Aug 01 2005 12:21 PM

Funniest film of the year, still kicking ass.

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speelbergo
speelbergo writes:
on Aug 01 2005 12:29 PM

just shows that people are sick of pointless explosions. I love explosions as much as the next red blooded american male, but only if there's some well plotted story behind it. Where have the James Camerons gone?

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Biggestgeekever
Biggestgeekever writes:
on Aug 01 2005 12:59 PM

This film is abosultely incredible, probably the "There's Something about Mary" of 2005. I hope this film becomes the highest grossing R-rated comedy ever.

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wildseid
wildseid writes:
on Aug 01 2005 02:25 PM

This movie had the entire theatre on the floor with stomach pains from laughing non-stop ... Hope it does great!

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Elessar Oronro
Elessar Oronro writes:
on Aug 01 2005 03:57 PM

Wow. Were you guys even in the same theatre as me? I laughed a little, with the "suprise guest's" rant about meatloaf being the funniest, but overall it was kind of average. This is one that will NOT hold up well with repeated viewings. But I guess audiences are so starved for comedy this year that they'll watch anything.

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Devontate
Devontate writes:
on Aug 01 2005 04:27 PM

I think I may have something to do with this film being #1 at the box office... I've seen it 4 times already, each time I bring someone who hasn't seen it before. I'm like a wedding crasher disciple. Obviously I loved it. Certainly one of the best comedies since There's Something About Mary, if not better.

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Now it's dark
Now it's dark writes:
on Aug 01 2005 06:20 PM

It was okay, but about 20 minutes too long. Good adult date fare, and where are all the summer comedies anyway?

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Rowsdower42
Rowsdower42 writes:
on Aug 02 2005 11:47 AM

[b]Would be a perfect film if[/b]
It had just a smidge more Christopher Walken. Let him loose a little bit, I say!

"Maybe, maybe it was the mattress. Maybe it was the midnight rape or the naked gay art show, I don't know."


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