Adam Sandler: Defeated Harry Potter by fake gay firemen
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curlylocks201
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July, 23 2007
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 Adam Sandler: Defeated Harry Potter by fake gay firemen
The latest Hollywood craze, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", conjured up enough magic to remain at the top of the worldwide box office this week, but in the US, was powerless to fight off the rise and rise of two New York firemen who pretend to be gay. The fifth film about the adventures of the boy wizard took more than $100m (£48m) across 58 countries, bringing its total tally so far to more than $351m (£170m).
In Japan and Israel, it collected the biggest ever opening weekend haul for a Harry Potter film, while in Russia the movie became the largest opening ever for studio Warner Brothers, with $7m (£3.3m). In the UK, it added another $14m (£6.7m) to its overall intake of $61m (£29.5m).
Harry, Hermione and Ron collected nearly three times as much as the alien robots of Transformers. Michael Bay's everything-blows-up blockbuster raked in $34m (£16.4m) in 42 nations. It has so far earned $455m (£220m) and is currently the number one film in Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Panama, Peru, Venezuela and South Africa. Rounding out the worldwide top three is Die Hard 4.0, which added another $23m (£11m) to its intake outside America, which currently stands at $155m (£75m).  Meanwhile across the pond, Harry Potter's magical powers proved powerless in the face of Adam Sandler's fake gay comedy I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry.
The film sets The Wedding Singer star and Hitch's Kevin James as straight Brooklyn firemen who pretend to be lovers in order to collect couple benefits.
It was yet another No. 1 opening for Adam Sandler, who previously made the top spot with comedies such as Anger Management, Click, Big Daddy, Mr Deeds and The Waterboy.
"I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry" may have forced the boy wizard off the top spot, but the latter still managed to rake in more than $32m (£15m) this week.
Overall the franchise has so far collected a staggering $1.3bn (£630m) in ticket sales in north America alone.
Rounding out the top three is Hairspray, the film adaptation of the musical, itself based on the 1988 film by John Waters. It cashed in more than $27m (£13m) in its opening weekend. |
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