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Show ‘Reunion’ extends its box office dominance LOS ANGELES — Anadditional estimated $13 million in its second weekendof release was enoughfor “Madea's Family Reunion” to top the charts once again,andbringsits box office take'so far to $48.1 million. The newrelease “16 Blocks,” starring Bruce Willis and Mos Def, came in at No. 2 with $11.65 million, pushing “Eight Below” downtothird. Twoother new releases,“Ultraviolet” and “Aquamarine,” rounded out the Top Five withan estimated $9 and $7.5 million, respectively. Easily the week's best-re- viewed offering, “Dave Chap- pelle’s Block Party,” suffered from beingreleasedin less than half the theaters of the other widereleases.Still, it averaged $5,430 forits 1,200 venues for an estimated $6.5 million and a seventh-place opening. Three Oscar hopefuls all benefited from this being thelast opportunity to see the movies in theaters before the Acad- emy Awards.“Capote” jumped 89 percent from the previous weekwith $2 million and: “Transamerica” rose 85 percent FRANK MASI/ParamountPictures. Trip (Matthew McConaughey)is a 35-year-old bachelor who's neverbeenableto leavethe nest. Now,his desperate parents have had enough. They fix him up with Paula (Sarah Jessica Parker) in a schemeto get him to moveoutof the house. Sonnydisposition DAILY HERALD here are elements of “Failure to Launch” know-it-threate stupid. Take, oh, the entire plot, for pretty funny. I mean,any time that you can craft a scene that calls for a line of dialogue like, “You were bitten by a chuckwalla. That shouldn’t have happened. pnb dd ol il hey, that’ example. Parents have 35-yearold son still living at home, parIt’s almost as though director Tom Dey and writers Tom and strangerrealize too late that their love was meant to be, cue the violins, pass the aspirin. Say, do you think there’s any chance of their patching things up? Yes, that groaningnoise is our entire social structure pre- paringto collapse. In another week, we'll all be living in caves andeating raw meat. ‘The weird thingis that, as muchas someparts of the movie made me want to bang J. Astle and Matt Ember can’t makeup their minds from one momentto the next whether they want the movie to be exactly like every romantic comedy ever made — only stupider — orjust far enough left of center to be sneakily hilaricious. This might be the most bipolar movieI've ever seen. The setup is phonier than phony, with alllkinds of phony little touches. son, Trip (Matthew McConaughey), has the wii , made-up profession of “boat, broker,” and welearn that the stranger, Paula (Sarah Jessica Parker), Review 1. “Tyl& Perry's Madea'ssoy - © Failure to Launch actually dislodges slaekers like Director: Tom Dey Trip for living. Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Sure she does.It probably Sarah Jessica Parker, Terry aye “dork rehabilitator” on Bradshaw,Kathy Bates her business license. The overall tone is so heavy Running time:1 hr., 35 min. on ironic detachment that the Rating: PG-13 for sexual content, movie is almost too hip to be partial nudity and language in its own company.Andlet’s Location: OpensFriday in just say that Trip's big “you lied to me” moment,in his car, theaters everywhere in the rain,is in the running for worst moviescene of 2006. On the other hand, Parker into offbeat,deli absurd and McConaughey fit this detours from its slavish adhergenre and their characters as ence to formula. comfortably as a favorite pair Frankly,I can’t promise that of jeans. And their supporting you won't walk out of “Failure cast, including Terry Bradshaw to Launch”at least a tiny bit and Kathy Bates as Trip's stupider than you were when parents, Bradley Cooper and you walked in. Oh, what the Justin Bartha as his buddies, heck, see the movie — it'll and Zooey Deschanel have you laughingall the way as Paula’s acerbic roommate, back to your rudimentary log Kit, keeps dragging the movie bunker. Reunion,” Lionsgate, $12,648, 2,194 locations, $5, 765 oe $47,748,243, two weeks. 2. 16 Blocks,” Warmer Bros. $11,855,260, 2,706 locations,$4,381 average, $11,855,260, one week. }. “Eight Below,” Disney, $10,137,068, 3,122 locations, $3,247 average, $58,636,373, three weeks. 4. “Ultraviolet,” Sony Screen $9,064,880, 2,558 locations, 350 average, $9,064,880, one week. “Aquamarine,” Fox, see 2512 locations, srl .979 average, $7,482,669, one week. 6. “The Pink Panther,” Sony, $6,883,674, 3,024 locations, $2,276 average, $69,668,601, four weeks. c "5 Block Party,” Focus, $6,214,723, 1,200 locations, $5,179 average, $6,214,723, one week. 8. “Date Movie,” Fox, $5,131,207, 2,603 locations, $1,971 average, $40,709,501, three weeks. 9. “Curious Ge 1" Universal, $4,519,550, 2,590 locations, $1,745 average, $49,301,615,four weeks. 10. “Firewall,” Wamer Bros., $3,584,316, 2,212 locations, $1620 average, $42,494,897, four weeks. ©o e 9002 ‘6 YDIEW ‘Aepsinys ‘pjesaH Aled my head against the floor, other parts ofit are actually Zap2it.com. Compiled by Exhibitor Relations Co. and ‘Nielsen EDI Inc. for ast Friday’Sunday Stay-at-home comedy offers a weird mix of humorand idiocy Cody Clark with an additional $1.57 million. “Brokeback Mountain” saw a $2.5 million increase, which brought its total up to a solid $78.9 million. |