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   From: ejanss1@nospam.verizon.net   
      
   MFalc1 wrote:   
   >>   
   >>And if that was just supposed to be an exclamation, ie. "Why, it's #1!",   
   >>we can share the same enthusiasm:   
   >>Why, heavens above, as every B.O. article �mentions, it's the second   
   >>LEAST grossing Will Ferrell opener of the 00's, beating out "Kicking and   
   >>Screaming"'s $20M, and topped only by "Stranger Than Fiction"'s   
   >>$13M....(Fwee !) :-D   
   >   
   > I don't know if you can group STRANGER THAN FICTION with the other   
   > Will Ferrell formula comedies anymore than PUNCH DRUNK LOVE can be   
   > grouped with the usual Adam Sandler fare or--to go outside the comedy   
   > genre--the forthcoming THE BANK JOB with the typical Jason Statham   
   > action programmers.   
      
   Okay, so if you leave off "Fiction", that makes "Semi" THE   
   least-grossing Will Ferrell opener of the 00's...Fair enough.   
      
   (And although it a non-vacation March slot may have played a role in it,   
   that likely cut both ways, with audiences expressing the same "If it's   
   so danged great, what's it doing in March?" skepticism that's been   
   greeting "10,000 BC".)   
      
   Derek Janssen   
   ejanss1@verizon.net   
      
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