Kimmel’s Hulk Guillermo Hugs It Out
It’s the biggest movie this weekend, but the small screen’s Hulk is, well, small. Here’s why: He’s played by Jimmy Kimmel’s sidekick Guillermo. But be afraid! Ed Norton not only makes his mini-me mad, he also makes him sob.
The Guardian Do A Hulk Review In Hulk Talk
I think I’ve just read the best movie review I have ever read in my life. While 99.9% of movie reviews are all the same, a critic talking about the film, the good points, the bad points, overall conclusion. Peter Bradshaw from The Guardian has done something unique and way more entertaining.
Here is a section of his review of The Incredible Hulk:
“Hulk. Smash!” Yes. Hulk. Smash. Yes. Smash. Big Hulk smash. Smash cars. Buildings. Army tanks. Hulk not just smash. Hulk also go rarrr! Then smash again. Smash important, obviously. Smash Hulk’s USP. What Hulk smash most? Hulk smash all hope of interesting time in cinema. Hulk take all effort of cinema, effort getting babysitter, effort finding parking, and Hulk put great green fist right through it. Hulk crush all hopes of entertainment. Hulk in boring film. Film co-written by star. Edward Norton. Norton in it. Norton write it. Norton not need gamma-radiation poisoning to get big head. Thing is: Hulk head weirdly small. Compared with rest of big green body.
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Incredible Hulk Smashes Past
Judged against Spider-Man, Hulk came up short. Judged against Hulk, The Incredible Hulk came up big. The franchise restart, starring Edward Norton, topped the weekend box office with $54.5 million, according to Exhibitor Relations estimates today. While that’s about $8 million less than what Ang Lee’s Hulk opened with in 2003, the gross is considered a victory for Universal Pictures, which had to overcome, well, Ang Lee’s Hulk.
“There were a lot of naysayers out there when we said we were doing this,” Nikki Rocco, Universal’s president of domestic distribution, said today. “The Hulk smashed those naysayers.”
M. Night Shyamalan also won at the expectations game. While his latest horror-thriller, The Happening, settled for the bronze with its third-place debut, its $30.5 million opening represented substantial improvement over the filmmaker’s 2006 disappointment, Lady in the Water.
Kung Fu Panda, meanwhile, stayed strong in its second weekend, hauling in another $34.3 million and finishing second.
It was, however, The Incredible Hulk that dominated, accounting for nearly one-third of all ticket sales for the weekend’s top movies.
The debut was bigger than recent superhero movies such as Batman Begins ($48.7 million), Superman Returns ($52.5 million) and Ghost Rider ($45.4 million), even though it was far smaller than that of the latest superhero hit, Iron Man, which scored $98.6 million over three days in May.
The most important stat of the weekend for The Incredible Hulk, however, may be the strong A-minus it received from weekend moviegoers, per Cinema Score polling. By comparison, Lee’s Hulk rated a less-enthusiastic B-minus.
The next most important stat will come with next weekend’s grosses.
In 2003, it wasn’t just that Hulk didn’t score a $100 million debut, à la Spider-Man the year before, it was that business dropped a stunning 70 percent in its second weekend.
Can The Incredible Hulk avoid a similar week-two plunge?
“Who knows? I’m confident,” Rocco said. “Because this movie delivers.”
Drilling down through the box-office standings:
- When Iron Man (seventh place, $5.1 million; $297.4 million overall) crosses $300 millionand it will shortlyit’ll join the three Spider-Man movies as the only superhero films to bash that barrier.
- Kung Fu Panda’s second weekend was one of the best in recent memory, retaining nearly 60 percent of its first weekend business. The CGI comedy has already grossed a total of $118 million.
- Sex and the City (sixth place, $10.2 million) continues to prove it was no short-lived phenomenon. Since its $57 million, bigger-than-The Incredible Hulk opening, the romantic comedy has tacked on $62 million over the last two weekends, bringing its cumulative total to $119.9 million.
- In its second weekend, Adam Sandler’s You Don’t Mess With the Zohan suffered the usual 50 percent dip, plus a little extra, falling to fourth place and a $16.4 million take ($68.8 million overall).
- In limited release, Mongol ($113,000 at five theaters; $135,326 overall) had another strong weekend, while the new indie horror-comedy Baghead did okay with $8,925 at two theaters.
- After a couple of big weekends, the movie business has nearly caught up to 2007, with overall ticket sales now off less than 1 percent from last year. Attendance lags nearly 4 percent.
Here’s a recap of the top-grossing weekend films based on Friday-Sunday estimates compiled by Exhibitor Relations:
1. The Incredible Hulk, $54.5 million2. Kung Fu Panda, $34.3 million3. The Happening, $30.5 million4. You Don’t Mess With the Zohan, $16.4 million5. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, $13.5 million6. Sex and the City, $10.2 million7. Iron Man, $5.1 million8. The Strangers, $4.1 million9. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, $3 million 10. What Happens in Vegas, $1.7 million
Hulk Hogan to join his son in jail?
Now, that Nick Hogan is cozied up in a new cell for his prison sentence, his father might be joining him. VH1’s Matthew Muro is reporting that Linda Hogan, the Hulkster’s estranged wife, wants to send the former pro-wrestler to jail for not paying his portion of a Las Vegas condo, a property worth 4.2 milion dollars. If Linda gets her wishes, Hulk Hogan would be put in Pinellas County Jail in Florida, the very same jail that holds his son.
VH1 offers the following as reasons why Hulk has not paid his bills: “Is he short on cash? Probably not. Is he planning to hit the slammer intentionally to protect little Nick? No way. Or could it be that he’s trying to cut off Linda’s cash flow so that she can’t lavish any more gifts on her 19-year-old boy toy? Bingo!!”
That’s right. Linda Hogan is dating a 19-year-old guy named Charley. And get this: he went to school school with Brooke and Nick. Linda has apparently bought him a surfboard and a tattoo. And the sex? According to Linda, it’s the best she’s ever had. Eww.
Brooke Hogan, who’s VH1 spin-off show Brooke Knows Best premieres mid-July, talks about her family to the press: “You know, I thought we were one of the normal Hollywood families. It’s crazy watching it all fall apart, but I hope for the best.” I thought the same when I first watched Hogan Knows Best. Hulk was overprotective but caring. Linda was quirky. Brooke and Nick were typical teenagers (well, as typical as they could be growing up with the wrestling icon). And now, look at them. I almost feel bad.