12/26/2008
Marley and Me.....I was only kidding, really??
The other day when I posted about Christmas movies and made a crack about Marley and Me the Jennifer Anniston, Owen Wilson and some dog comedy, being number 1 on Christmas day...I was joking, hopefully joking. Now I realize maybe I shouldn't have been, since the movie broke the all time record for a Christmas opening. Now this is not a prestigious list, Alien Vs. Predator: Requiem is on said list at number 6, still how can we expect Hollywood to make good entertaining, thought provoking movies when the rom com version of Turner and Hooch is number 1 over something like Benjamin Button? I dunno....maybe that's what the people want to see, and I'm sure it's enjoyable enough I just thought there were some other great options in the theater yesterday. It was still a good day all around for theaters as three of the movies released have landed on the top 10 all time Christmas openings according to /Film. Marley and Me, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and Bedtime Stories all landed firmly in the list. Not quite supriseingly the new Frank Miller directed The Spirit did not make it to the list and came in at #6 for the day with 3.15mil.