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"Baby Mama" Bests "Harold & Kumar"
FilmWad —
Comedies prevailed at the box office this weekend, but with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler proving a more profitable duo than John Cho and Kal Penn. "Baby Mama," written and directed by Martin McCullers (co-writer of the "Austin Powers" sequels, first time director), made $18.3 million from 2,543 theaters. According to Variety, women in particular flocked to the pregnancy-themed PG-13 laugher, while more men came out for the second weekend of "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" (third or fourth place at the box office depending on tonight's receipts). "Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay" did respectable business, too, earning $14.6 million from ...
Box Office: Tina Fey and Amy Poehler Win the Weekend
BuzzSugar —
It's always exciting when a comedy that's genuinely funny does well with audiences, and that was the case this weekend with the female buddy comedy Baby Mama starring Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. [image] The ladies won the top spot with an estimated $18.3 million, handily beating out the other comedy opening over the weekend, Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay . EW reports that while this wasn't the best movie opening for either Fey or Poehler , their film did much better than many box office watchers predicted. In fact, Baby Mama gave Universal Studios its first box office winner of the year . The Forbidden Kingdom ...
Baby Boom: Trade Roughage 04/28/08
SpoutBlog —
Baby Mama had a big weekend. The Tina Fey comedy made $18 million dollars, beating Harold and Kumar’s take by about $4 million and easily enough for the top box office slot. Still, the stoner comedy more than made back its production budget in its first weekend, and that’s cause enough for Warner execs to take credit for handling their first post-merger New Line release successfully.
The Hollywood Reporter says IFC is in “final negotiations” to distribute The Pleasure of Being Robbed, the Josh Safdie feature which has been the subject of much chatter ...
Weekend Box Office: Baby Mama Demands Cash, Gets It
At The Movies - Film News and Reviews —
A tiresome looking scene from Baby Mama.
As many expected (and others, like me, found inexplicable), Baby Mama opened at number one this weekend, taking the top spot over rival comedy opener Harold & Kumar Go to Guantanamo Bay. According to Variety, the estimated weekend tally was $18.3 million for the surrogate mom vs. $14.6 for the stoner pair. In a perhaps depressing celebration of stereotypes, Baby Mama’s audience was 68% female, with 45% of the ticketbuyers under 25, while 65% of the Harold & Kumar group was 18-35 year old males.
Harold & Kumar ...
PR at its finest? Amy Poehler is pregnant!
TV Squad —
Filed under: TV on the Bigscreen, Saturday Night Live, Celebrities, Reality-Free File this one under "perfect freakin' timing."
Following a stellar weekend at the box office for the Tiny Fey/Amy Poehler comedy Baby Mama (it won the weekend), comes word that Poehler is actually pregnant. According to People, Poehler and husband Will Arnett are due this fall. They've been hitched since 2003. In Hollywood, that's like being married for an eternity. Good for them.
Seriously, though, could this announcement have come at a better time? People are already buzzing about ...
