I did not see it. But everyone I know who did hated it.
Justin
On Feb 17, 2008 10:18 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> "Jumper" took number one at box office. I didn't get to see it this weekend
> because my wife got sick and we stayed in. Anyone see it? What did you
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> "Jumper" leaps to top of North American box office
> Sunday February 17 2:56 PM ET
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> The sci-fi thriller "Jumper" leaped to the No. 1 spot at the North American
> box office on Sunday as moviegoers ignored critics' dire warnings for a
> second weekend.
> The movie, in which Hayden Christensen plays a man who is able to
> "teleport" around the world, earned an estimated $27.2 million for the
> Friday-to-Sunday period, distributor 20th Century Fox said.
> It fended off three other rookies. The urban dance sequel "Step Up 2 the
> Streets" opened at No. 2 with $19.7 million for the three-day period,
> followed by the children's literary adaptation "The Spiderwick Chronicles"
> with $19.1 million. The romance "Definitely, Maybe" opened at No. 5 with
> $9.7 million, failing to rouse much Valentine's Day passion.
> Last week's champ, "Fool's Gold," fell to No. 4 with $13.1 million. After
> 10 days, the romantic adventure starring Matthew McConaughey and Kate
> Hudson, has earned $42 million. It was released by Warner Bros., a unit of
> Time Warner Inc.
> In an unprecedented strategy, all four newcomers opened on Thursday -- a
> day earlier than usual -- in hopes of pulling in some Valentine's Day
> business from couples. Including Thursday sales, "Jumper" earned $33.9
> million, "Step Up 2 the Streets" $26.3 million, "The Spiderwick Chronicles"
> $21.5 million and "Definitely, Maybe" $12.8 million.
> Both "Fool's Gold" and "Jumper" were eviscerated by critics, but moviegoers
> evidently warmed to their storylines or advertising campaigns.
> "Jumper," directed by Doug Liman ("The Bourne Identity"), cost in the
> $80-million range to make, said Fox. About two-thirds of the audience was
> male moviegoers under 25, according to first-day polling data supplied by
> the News Corp-owned studio. The film was based on Steven Gould's young-adult
> sci-fi novels "Jumper" and "Reflex."
> "Step Up 2 the Streets" revisits the formula that made "Step Up" a surprise
> hit in 2006: urban street dancing, relatively unknown buff actors and
> cutting-edge hip-hop music. Both films were released by Walt Disney Co.
> Paramount Pictures' "The Spiderwick Chronicles," following the exploits of
> three children and a menagerie of goblins and fairies, pulled in a crowd
> that was 80 percent families, said the Viacom Inc-owned studio. Budgeted at
> just over $90 million, the movie is based on the best-selling short books by
> Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black.
> Young women made up about two-thirds of the audience for "Definitely,
> Maybe," a $24 million project starring Ryan Reynolds and Isla Fisher, said
> Universal Pictures, a unit of General Electric Co's NBC Universal.
> (Reporting by Dean Goodman; editing by Cynthia Osterman)
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