By Ryan Parsons | Image property of respective holders, Variety.
Stomp the Yard
When I first saw the poster for Stomp the Yard I assumed we had a sequel coming for We Are Marshall. Now I am being made to look like a bigger ass for not having a preview page for the biggest film of the weekend. After holding strong for weeks, Stiller's holiday comedy, Night at the Museum, couldn't stand up to a little hip hop.
Stomp the Yard Takes Weekend Box Office
At the beginning of this weekend I discussed re-seeing a film with my buddies. One of the group said, "How about Stomp the Yard?" After a moment of silence all of us burst into laughter and concluded with, "good one." Now I find myself silenced again and it is not because the film was bad; critics bashed it. Only winning over a quarter of the critics willing to see the film, the film still won over audiences with $22 million on its opening weekend.
"It's a big win for us," said Sony distribution chief Rory Bruer who must be as shocked as I am that a film covering "stepping" found a surprising amount of strength at the b.o. thanks to female audiences.
Though Night at the Museum came in at number two, the film still made an impressive $17.1 million.
Two films that struggled in their opening weekend were Universal's Alpha Dog starring JT and Emile Hirsch as well as Luc Besson's Arthur and the Invisibles. The story of Jesse James Hollywood was only able to pull in $6.1 million from 1,289 screens. The Weinstein Company may begin rethinking the greenlight they recently gave for a sequel to Invisibles considering the animated film only did $4.3 million from 2,247 locations.
Harvey showed his continued support for the semi-animated film with the statement, "With a combination of animation and live-action, 'Arthur' is a concept that American family audiences aren't really used to. We are off to a slow start but, the exit polls are strong."
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