Jun 02 2008
The Celebrity Today! Movie Report: June 2nd
This is Monday morning, and here is your look at the week that was and the week ahead in movies. Indiana Jones 4 did not top the box office for a second week in a row. The new ladies on the block came in and topped things as Sex & The City: The Movie came in first at the box office with $55.7 million in ticket sales. This makes the movie the top opener for a TV adaptation beating out Mission Impossible’s $45 million dollar opening.
Indiana Jones 4 came in second place with $46 million in sales, while the other new release this week, The Strangers, came in third with $20.7 million at the box office. Sales have done so well for Sex & The City: The Movie that the director on the project is already calling for a sequel to the film. If the stars are willing to do this all again, he is willing to move forward on the next Sex & The City movie. Will it happen? That is yet to be seen, but I’m crossing my fingers that it will.
Over on the DVD charts, National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets topped both the sales and rentals charts for the week ending May 25th, which is no surprise at all. As for new releases coming to theaters this week, we have Kung Fu Panda and You Don’t Mess With Zohan. On DVD, we have Meet the Spartans, Semi-Pro and The Eye as well as the second seasons of both American Gangster and CHiPs.
In other movie news, the MTV Movie Awards went ahead as scheduled even with the fire affecting the Universal Backlot. Many of Hollywood’s brightest stars were in attendance including Will Smith, Charlize Theron and Megan Fox. It was a star studded affair with awards given in several categories. Host Mike Myers promoted his new movie, The Love Guru, every chance he got, but he also brought back Wayne’s World for a one night special event. Dana Carvey joined him once again as Garth, and this made the night completely worth it. Transformers took home the night’s top honor of Best Movie. Transformers 2 begins production today.
For a complete list of this week’s releases and the winners of the MTV Movie Awards, check under the cut.
In Theaters June 6th
Kung Fu Panda
You Don’t Mess with the Zohan
On DVD June 3rd
Meet the Spartans (PG-13)
Semi-Pro (R)
The Eye (PG-13)
Flawless (PG-13)
Control (R)
Vince Vaughn’s Wild West Comedy Show (R)
TV Shows On DVD
American Gangster The Complete 2nd Season
The Andromeda Strain
CHiPs The Complete 2nd Season
Dante’s Cove Season 3
Dead Zone, The Season 6
Doctor Who Beneath The Surface (52, 62, 131)
Story #052: Doctor Who And The Silurians
Story #062: The Sea Devils
Story #131: Warriors of the Deep
Fearless Planet Fearless Planet
Flavor of Love Season 3
Get Smart The Complete Series (1995)
I Love New York The Complete 2nd Season
Incredible Hulk, The The Complete 2nd Season (reprint)
The Complete 3rd Season
The Complete 4th Season
Kenny the Shark Vol. 03: Catch a Wave
Mannix The 1st Season
Meerkat Manor Best of Meerkat Manor - Season 2
Multiple Shows Prehistoric Earth
Platinum Weddings Best of Platinum Weddings
Rescue Me The Complete 4th Season
Storm Chasers Perfect Disaster
Weeds Season 3
BONUS: On CD June 3rd
Various Artists - Now That’s What I Call Music! 28
Weezer - Weezer (blue album)
Radiohead - The Best Of
Jewel - Perfectly Clear
Ashanti - The Declaration
Disturbed - Indestructible
Gavin Rossdale - Wanderlust
Chris Brown - Exclusive - The Forever Edition
Peter Cincotti - East Of Angel Town
Wayman Tisdale - Rebound
Karmina - Backwards Into Beauty
Aimee Mann - @#%&*! Smilers
Futureheads - This Is Not The World
Ladytron - Velocifero
Journey - Revelation [CD/DVD; Wal-Mart only]
Sam Phillips - Don’t Do Anything
Jon Peter Lewis - Break The Silence
Lalah Hathaway - Self Portrait
Original Broadway Cast - In The Heights
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
Shearwater - Rook
Ed Harcourt - The Beautiful Lie
George Stanford - Big Drop
Your Highness Electric - Grand Hooded Phantom
Opeth - Watershed
The Virgins - The Virgins
Brendan James - The Day Is Brave
Your Highness Electric - Grand Hooded Phantom
Dr. John and The Lower 911 - City That Care Forgot
The Accidental - There Were Wolves
MTV Movie Awards Winners List
Best Female Performance: Ellen Page for Juno
Best Fight: Sean Faris vs. Cam Gigandet for Never Back Down
Best Summer Movie So Far: Iron Man
Best Male Performance: Will Smith for I Am Legend
Best Comedic Performance: Johnny Depp for Pirate’s of the Caribbean: At World’s End
MTV Generation Award: Adam Sandler
Best Breakthrough Performance: Zac Efron for Hairspray
Best Villian: Johnny Depp for Sweeney Todd
Best Kiss: Briana Evigan and Robert Hoffman for Step Up 2: The Streets
Best Movie: Transformers
My wife called “Sex In the City”. I thought the Indy Jones new movie would still be killing off the newer competition.
So glad to see National Treasure is out now. We’ve been waiting for it - thanks for the update!
Jen @
www.happyfibrofamily.today.com
Great recap of everything. I missed the Movie Awards last night. I’m sure I can catch them in reruns. LOL
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CHiPs LOL… as in a movie based on the tv show? LOL
No. They are releasing the second season of the television series on DVD, but there was rumors last year about bringing the tv series to the big screen. Not sure whatever happened to that actually.
can’t wait to see “Sex” and “Kung Fu Panda”!
hmmm…I am waiting to see “Sex” when it comes out on DVD. I saw “Indiana Jones” though and it was great!
I didn’t know about “Transformers 2,” I can’t wait until that one comes out!
Indiana Jones + National Treasure = X files with a lot of bad acting
I see a lot of movies in my future this summer. My kids are excited to see Indy. Maybe I’ll grab a few girlfriends and see SATC.
Can’t wait to see ‘The Love Guru,’ but not for Mike Myers, etc. I want to see Justin Timberlake doing a comedic role–looks like he’s got potential!
I’m not surprised Sex and the City beat out Indiana Jones. Girls went with their friends, girls brought their boyfriends. Yet I still haven’t seen it lol.