Dec 15, 2008 -
The Day the Earth Stood Still may not have been a critical hit but it is now officially a box office success, earning $31 million over the weekend and topping Four Christmases, which slid into second place. Twilight, Bolt, and Australia followed in third, fourth, and fifth places respectively.
Meanwhile, Variety is reporting that smaller, independent films "delivered one of the best weekends ever for the specialty box office."
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Dec 08, 2008 -
Reese and Vince proved a potent pair at the box office once again as Four Christmases came in at No. 1 for the second weekend in a row. The holiday comedy earned an estimated $18.2 million over the weekend, bringing its overall total since debuting to $70.8 million.
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Dec 02, 2008 -
Thanks to all who found time during the busy holiday week to chip in captions for this week's challenge from Four Christmases:
Here are your finalists:
- "Sometimes when I get nervous, I put my fingers in my armpits and sniff them like that. I was prepared to play Moses, not Joseph!"
- Vince: "I will now play 'Silent Night' using only armpit farts!"
- "Listen up Mary, we got 1 down to go with 4 seconds left so I need you to launch that baby as far as you can. You got that?!"
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Dec 01, 2008 -
I was surprised at how much I ended up enjoying Four Christmases starring Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn, and maybe some of the early buzz from others who also liked it helped the holiday comedy win the Thanksgiving weekend box office this year with an estimated $46.7 million since opening Wednesday.
Meanwhile the highly anticipated Baz Luhrmann epic Australia opened at No. 5 after Quantum of Solace in fourth place, Twilight (which passed the $100 million mark this weekend) in third, and Bolt in second place.
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Nov 27, 2008 -
It's most likely that Four Christmases wouldn't be nearly so funny or endearing (though that may be slightly too strong a word for it) if it didn't take place around the holidays. Just watching these family members be mean to each other would probably be merely sad if it weren't juxtaposed with this holiday that is supposed to be at least partially about family togetherness. The premise of the film is gimmicky for sure (four Christmases in one day?), but what happens during those four Christmases is actually a lot of fun to watch.
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Nov 26, 2008 -
Welcome to the Caption It game on BuzzSugar! Every other Wednesday, I'll post a photo still from a TV show or movie here and challenge you to think of the most hilarious caption possible. I'll announce the finalists the following Tuesday, and you'll get to vote for the best caption; the winner will get a fabulous BuzzSugar t-shirt!
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Sep 16, 2008 -
The little taste of Four Christmases in recent TV previews has only made me more curious to see a longer trailer, and now we've got it. As we know, Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn play Kate and Brad, who try to avoid their families around the holidays — but this year is different. Both of them have divorced parents, and they're forced to visit all four of their families for Christmas.
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Sep 08, 2008 -
This first snippet from Four Christmases, the forthcoming holiday comedy starring Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn, has been popping up during various TV shows lately. I missed it during America's Next Top Model last week but finally caught it during the VMAs on Sunday, and now I'm curious to know what you think.
The movie centers on Kate and Brad, who usually find a way to avoid spending Christmas with their families — until this year, when they must visit all four of their divorced parents in a single day.
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Jul 26, 2007 -
Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn are in final talks to costar in a holiday comedy titled Four Christmases, says Hollywood Reporter. Truly a holiday flick for the divorce generation, Four Christmases follows "a couple who struggle to visit all four of their divorced parents' homes over the Christmas holiday."
I'm not a huge Vince Vaughn fan, though I think there's some automatic humor in the physical disparities between Witherspoon and Vaughn (he's so tall and she's so tiny!), and Vaughn's getting some practice with holiday comedies with this November's Fred Claus.
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