Daily Archives: July 13, 2009

Movieline Works On Some of Its Issues with Zooey Deschanel

In advance of this week’s rather fetching and intriguing (500) Days of Summer, Movieline basically crushes on Zooey Deschanel, and tallies up her work as a long-lashed, eye-batting, idealized romantic counterpoint to a roster of mopey, quirky, vulnerable young men whose paths to self-actualization travel through her. Shared Darkness wholeheartedly endorses this crush; Deschanel is the bee’s knees.

Brüno Tops Weekend Box Office

Sacha Baron Cohen‘s Brüno topped the weekend box office, pulling in $30.6 million in its debut, including a $4 matinee ticket from my father, who apparently (somehow!) fell asleep, because he couldn’t remember any of the bits I queried him about when we spoke Sunday evening and he said he didn’t like the film. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen jostled for second place, with the former coming out on top; the third film in the animated series raked in $27.6 million, pushing its two-week total to $119.7 million. The clamorous Transformers sequel, meanwhile, rang up another $24.2 million in ticket sales, and has now grossed just over $339 million.

Rounding out the top 10 were Public Enemies ($13.8 million, $66.2 million overall); The Proposal ($10.6 million, $113.9 million overall); The Hangover ($9.9 million, $222.4 million cumulatively); weekend debut I Love You Beth Cooper ($4.9 million); Pixar’s Up ($4.7 million, $273.8 million in total); My Sister’s Keeper ($4.3 million, $35.9 million cumulatively); and The Taking of Pelham 123 ($1.5 million, $61.4 million overall).