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Superbad at the box office |
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Written by David Hinckley, MCT
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Monday, 20 August 2007 |
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"Superbad" turned out to be supergood.
The raunchy comedy about the oldest story in high school — three awkward boys trying to score booze and girls — earned $31.2 million over the weekend, easily cruising past "Rush Hour 3" and "The Bourne Ultimatum" to take the No. 1 spot.
"Superbad," which skipped big-name teen stars and cost only $20 million to produce, came from the team of producer Judd Apatow and writer-director Seth Rogen, who has already had one monster smash this summer with "Knocked Up."
Ironically, "Superbad" opened the day after the Disney Channel's equally big hit "High School Musical 2."
"HSM2" is as squeaky clean as "Superbad" is messy and offers a far-rosier view of the high school experience.
"Rush Hour 3," a cop-buddy comedy with Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker, slipped from first to second place, but still earned $21.8 million and seems likely to crash the $100 million barrier this week.
"The Bourne Ultimatum" earned $19 million, running its three-weekend total to $163.8 million.
With the summer movie season winding down, two other new films didn't do as well.
"The Invasion," with Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig, finished fifth with $6 million, and the Colin Firth-Ben Kingsley war epic "The Last Legion" limped in 12th with $2.6 million.
"Superbad" helped Hollywood continue a strong summer, as the weekend's top 12 films earned $110.5 million, up from $90 million for the same weekend last year.
New releases coming up for the last weekend of summer include Jet Li's "War" and the comic drama "The Nanny Diaries" with Scarlett Johanssen.
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