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Tuesday, June 24, 2008 --- 57 days ago http://www.cinematical.com/2008/06/23/weekend-box-office-get-smart-wins-love-gur
 Filed under: New Releases , Box Office Both of last week's new releases dropped like a rock to make room for Warner Bros.' Get Smart , which landed smack in the middle of expectations with a nice $39.2 million bow. As many people guessed, toxic word-of-mouth on The Happening led to a steep drop -- 67% -- and a fifth place, $10 million finish for the Shyamalan thriller. The $50.3 million cume is far from an embarrassment, but the descent is hopefully a signal to the filmmaker that he needs to, if not go back to the drawing board, at least steal a glance at it. Slightly more surprising is the 61% drop for The Incredible Hulk , which finished third with $21.6 million. That's a measurable improvement on the 69.7% hit that Ang Lee 's Hulk took in 2003, but the new film is still running behind the old one, and its lack of legs in a summer where big movies ( Iron Man , Indiana Jones ) have held up admirably might be an indication that the "less arty" reboot didn't solve the problem with the franchise, whatever that may be. Continue reading Weekend Box-Office: 'Get Smart' Wins; 'Love Guru' Can't Hack It Permalink | Email this | Comments ... |
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