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Switch to the mobile version of this page. Cleveland Scene. Grown Ups. Adam Sandler plays a high-powered Hollywood agent who reunites with some boyhood friends including former SNL castmates Chris Rock and David Spade at the funeral of their grade-school basketball coach.

Every character comes with a joke: Rob Schneider's new-age boob has a thing for older — really older — women; Rock's Mr. Mom is pussywhipped by his wife and harridan of a mother-in-law; Kevin James is, well, fat.

None of them gets appreciably funnier with repetition. Lazy, witless, and aggressively coarse, this could very well be Sandler's worst and most cringeworthy film and, yes, I'm including The Water Boy and Bedtime Stories. Hopefully, Sandler and his pals had more fun making Grown Ups than anyone will have watching it.

By Milan Paurich. Director: Dennis Dugan. Writers: Adam Sandler Fred Wolf. Producers: Adam Sandler Jack Giarraputo. An impressive second weekend hold by Inception will give it a relatively comfortable win this weekend, according to studio estimates released on Sunday.

The long wait for an out and out hit is over for Universal this weekend, thanks to a great opening weekend for Despicable Me. The kids comedy had been getting good reviews, and benefited from a great marketing campaign, but was going head-to-head with Toy Story 3 , and had to fight for every screen 2D and 3D that it played on. Eclipse Overshadows Competition July 6th, Independence Day long weekend may not have seen as many records fall as some were hoping, but every film in the top five topped expectations albeit by tiny margins in some cases.

Higher ticket prices for 3D movies does have something to do with that, but I think the studios should still be happy with these results. Next up for the film is the U. Will Twilight Liberate the Record Book? July 1st, Yesterday was the first of July, Canada Day! It was also the start of the CFL season. Oh yeah, and apparently there's a holiday in the United States.

On a serious note, the Independence Day long weekend is usually the second most lucrative weekend of the year only the Memorial Day long weekend tops it. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse will dominate the box office having already set a few records, while it isn't the only film that should pull in big bucks over the next four days. The overall box office should top last year 's totals, even with the front-loaded nature of the top film.

Further expansion is all but assured, as are at least a couple of earning milestones. Toys Remain Brisk Sellers June 28th, It was no surprise that Toy Story 3 was able to remain on top of the box office chart for the second weekend in a row. Also, the new releases combined did about as well as expected. The day-by-day performance of the movie doesn't look particularly strong though, and the weekend estimate might prove to be a little optimistic.

Will Toys Be Taken to the Attic? June 24th, Two new wide releases look to unseat Toy Story 3 this weekend, including one that got its start on Wednesday. There's good news, at least for Pixar , as it appears Toy Story 3 will walk away with the win. There's bad news for the industry, as it appears both new releases could struggle to match earlier expectations. And then there's the ugly news. This time last year saw the release of Revenge of the Fallen , so the year-over-year comparison could be Follow us on.

Grown Ups Synopsis Five men who were best friends when they were young kids and now are getting together for the Fourth of July weekend to meet each others' families for the first time.

DVD Sales: Christmas Comes Early November 30th, It was a rather slow week for new releases , as none topped 1 million units, but they still managed top two spots on this week's sales chart. You need a Frames Capable browser to view this content. The market share is converted into a weekly sales estimate based on industry reports on the overall size of the market, including reports published in Media Play News.

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