Will Ferrell Will Do Literally Anything For Your Laugh-Dollars
Posted by Seth at 4:04 AM on March 4, 2008
Tend to the wounds of your ill-advised weekend bear-wrestling adventures with the box office numbers:
1. Semi-Pro - $15.2 million
One of the last New Line independent releases before it becomes a barnacle on the passing Warner Bros. mothership, Semi-Pro offered a vivid demonstration of The Law of Diminishing Will Ferrell Returns: The comedian's latest foray into the world of bumbling, outlandishly becoiffed egomaniacs provided precisely 25% the enjoyment of the previous one about the figure skater, which in turn provided 25% of the enjoyment of the one about the NASCAR racer, which in turn provided 25% of the enjoyment of the one about the news anchor.
2. Vantage Point - $13 million
To celebrate Vantage Point clinging to the number two position in its second week in theaters, we invite you to partake in a hearty round of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon with any member of its large ensemble of stars.
3. The Spiderwick Chronicles - $8.752 million
[Slight spoiler] Spiderwick fun fact: Seth Rogen is the voice of Hogsqueal, a hobgoblin who, by spitting in your eye, can give you the ability to see all faeries without the aid of a seeing stone. His Oscar co-presenter Jonah Hill, meanwhile, is in talks to join the cast of the sequel The Spiderwick Monologues, doing something similarly bodily-fluid related. (Nothing involving menstrual blood, however. Breathe easy.)
4. The Other Boleyn Girl - $8.3 million
8. Penelope - $4.006 million
Studio publicists take heed: Taking your starlet leads' BFFship to the next level with some light lesbian kissing can potentially double your opening weekend take.
5. Jumper - $7.6 million
We now turn to star Hayden Christensen to explain in his own words what makes Jumper so bitchin'.
- WEEKEND BOX OFFICE February 29-March 2, 2008 [Box Office Mojo]

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CrankYank
Posted 5:56 AM 4/3/08
Ferrell will still have a career for a while. Never underestimate how much this industry values predictability.
CrankYank
clarknhilldale
Posted 6:46 AM 4/3/08
They'll let him keep on doing that thing he does, but from now on, only in PG-13 product.
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gwendolyn
Posted 7:36 AM 4/3/08
Since I missed the anchorman movie and I plan to miss the bad basketball team movie, does this mean I hit the top of the Will Ferrell career bell curve by seeing the NASCAR movie and the skater movie?
gwendolyn
Leviticus_71
Posted 10:06 AM 4/3/08
I can't believe there's no mention of the Soccer movie. Why "Dodgeball" didn't come knocking I have no idea. Speaking of balls...Perhaps there's also a Will Ferrel Law of Diminishing clothes? Grape smuggling anyone?
Leviticus_71