Box Office Results, and a Call for Volunteers

It seems people were even more turned off by Mike Meyers' latest than I'd anticipated.

1. Get Smart ($39.2 million)
2. Kung Fu Panda ($21.7 million)
3. The Incredible Hulk ($21.6 million)
4. The Love Guru ($14 million)
5. The Happening ($10 million)
6. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ($8.4 million)
7. You Don’t Mess With the Zohan ($7.2 million)
8. Sex and the City ($6.5 million)
9. Iron Man ($4 million)
10. The Strangers ($1.9 million)

I caught Get Smart over the weekend, and I thought it was a lot of fun. Steve Carell was great, Anne Hathaway was lovely, and the rest of the cast kept pace. As much as I liked it, my boomer parents loved it and belly-laughed through the entire film. It gets a solid 3 ½ stars from me.

It was a movie-filled week for me:

• Domino (2 stars)
• The Shop Around the Corner (3 stars)
• Nick of Time (3 stars, and interesting as a precursor to premise for both 24 and Saw)
• Numb (2 stars)
• This is Spinal Tap (3 stars)

And most importantly, I finished my read-through and edits on Tea. So, I now have a shiny, new second draft ready for readers. If there are any volunteers out there who have two or three hours to dedicate to reading this aspiring screenwriter's work, let me know. I will reciprocate with 1) reading/editing something of yours, 2) giving you an acknowledgment if I ever publish a novel, 3) a coffee drink of your choice, and/or 4) a hug.