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If you could take only one concession to a deserted island, what would you pick?
Tags: Buncha Crunch , Grown Ups , Michael Cera , Mike Mitchell , Nikkole Denson-Randolph , Rob Schneider , Scott Pilgrim vs. The World , Shrek
THE QUESTION: If you could take only one concession to a deserted island, what would you pick? Mike Mitchell Director, Shrek “I’d have to take the giant pretzel—no salt—and a gigantic packet of mustard. That’s my favorite, and not a lot of concession stands have that. It’s hard to find the g...
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Who—or what—makes you decide to see a movie?
Tags: Dennis Dugan , Gale Anne Hurd , Grown Ups , Rocky Balboa , The Incredible Hulk , The Living Wake
THE QUESTION: Who—or what—makes you decide to see a movie? Dennis Dugan Director, Grown Ups If it’s a comedy, I try to see it even if I know I’m going to hate it, because that’s my job. I don’t go to scary movies and even though I love Martin Scorsese I didn’t see Shutter Island, because I’m...
Grown Ups
Tags: Adam Sandler , Alec Guinness , Big Daddy , Chris Rock , Cinema Paradiso , Dave Matthews , David Spade , Dennis Dugan , Funny People , Gene Siskel , Grown Ups , Happy Gilmore , Jennifer Aniston , Just Go With It , Kelly Dugan , Kevin James , Lawrence of Arabia , Local Hero , Martin Lawrence , National Security , Nick Swardson , Nicole Kidman , Philadelphia Phillies , Rob Schneider , Roger Ebert , Salma Hayek , Strictly Ballroom , You Don’t Mess with the Zohan
BIG PICTURE > PROMOTION and acted in Benchwarmers and since then has done a bunch of things. A couple movies with me, this one now. He’s an example of how you break in. Funny is funny. He’s working on this movie with us as an actor and writer, so the squad keeps expanding. With YouTube, does ...
Grown Ups
Tags: Adam Sandler , Chris Rock , David Spade , Grown Ups , Kevin James , Rob Schneider
Grown Ups
Tags: Adam Sandler , Alec Guinness , Big Daddy , Chris Rock , Cinema Paradiso , Dave Matthews , David Spade , Dennis Dugan , Funny People , Gene Siskel , Grown Ups , Happy Gilmore , Jennifer Aniston , Just Go With It , Kelly Dugan , Kevin James , Lawrence of Arabia , Local Hero , Martin Lawrence , National Security , Nick Swardson , Nicole Kidman , Philadelphia Phillies , Rob Schneider , Roger Ebert , Salma Hayek , Strictly Ballroom , You Don’t Mess with the Zohan
BIG PICTURE > GROWN UPS I’m a gigantic fan of comedy and all these people I’m working with, I’m just so thrilled by them that I think they get that sense that we’re here to go have fun. We’re goofi ng around on set, we’re having a great time— it’s a real familial atmosphere. But we help everybo...
Grown Ups
Tags: Adam Sandler , Alec Guinness , Big Daddy , Chris Rock , Cinema Paradiso , Dave Matthews , David Spade , Dennis Dugan , Funny People , Gene Siskel , Grown Ups , Happy Gilmore , Jennifer Aniston , Just Go With It , Kelly Dugan , Kevin James , Lawrence of Arabia , Local Hero , Martin Lawrence , National Security , Nick Swardson , Nicole Kidman , Philadelphia Phillies , Rob Schneider , Roger Ebert , Salma Hayek , Strictly Ballroom , You Don’t Mess with the Zohan
GROWN UPS ✮ IF, LIKE FARMERS, EXHIBITORS WROTE AN ALMANAC, HERE ARE SOME TRUISMS THEY’D INCLUDE: MICHAEL BAY WILL BLOW SOMETHING UP, KIDS WILL FLOCK TO PIXAR, TEENS WILL TRY TO SNEAK INTO THE LATEST R-RATED HIT AND ADAM SANDLER WILL RELEASE A FILM THAT GROSSES OVER $100 MILLION ✮ THIS YEAR, ...
Grown Ups
Tags: Adam Sandler , Alec Guinness , Big Daddy , Chris Rock , Cinema Paradiso , Dave Matthews , David Spade , Dennis Dugan , Funny People , Gene Siskel , Grown Ups , Happy Gilmore , Jennifer Aniston , Just Go With It , Kelly Dugan , Kevin James , Lawrence of Arabia , Local Hero , Martin Lawrence , National Security , Nick Swardson , Nicole Kidman , Philadelphia Phillies , Rob Schneider , Roger Ebert , Salma Hayek , Strictly Ballroom , You Don’t Mess with the Zohan
Photos: Tracy Bennett GO LONG Director Dennis Dugan on comedy, sports and his sixth time helming for Adam Sandler’s Happy Madison Productions You started as an actor—how did that shape your directing? It definitely did. I had to learn how to shoot, how to hold a camera, editing, all of those ...
Grown Ups
Tags: Adam Sandler , Alec Guinness , Big Daddy , Chris Rock , Cinema Paradiso , Dave Matthews , David Spade , Dennis Dugan , Funny People , Gene Siskel , Grown Ups , Happy Gilmore , Jennifer Aniston , Just Go With It , Kelly Dugan , Kevin James , Lawrence of Arabia , Local Hero , Martin Lawrence , National Security , Nick Swardson , Nicole Kidman , Philadelphia Phillies , Rob Schneider , Roger Ebert , Salma Hayek , Strictly Ballroom , You Don’t Mess with the Zohan
BIG PICTURE > GROWN UPS THE MAN OF A THOUSAND FACES Rob Schneider on accents and activism By Amy Nicholson In Grown-Ups, you play Rob, one of five friends reuniting after years—which is basically the on-set truth as you’ve been friends with nearly everyone in the cast for decades. Yeah! ...
Grown Ups
Tags: Adam Sandler , Alec Guinness , Big Daddy , Chris Rock , Cinema Paradiso , Dave Matthews , David Spade , Dennis Dugan , Funny People , Gene Siskel , Grown Ups , Happy Gilmore , Jennifer Aniston , Just Go With It , Kelly Dugan , Kevin James , Lawrence of Arabia , Local Hero , Martin Lawrence , National Security , Nick Swardson , Nicole Kidman , Philadelphia Phillies , Rob Schneider , Roger Ebert , Salma Hayek , Strictly Ballroom , You Don’t Mess with the Zohan
on me, I guess. He’s a health nut with some anger issues. But that’s how Adam and Fred Wolf wrote him. Do you and David Spade ever lobby to get super hot wives? You’re always left out. It’s because Adam wrote it for himself! Of course he has himself married to Salma Hayek and me married to a 75...
Summer Sensations
Tags: Adam McKay , Adrien Brody , Alice Braga , Angelina Jolie , Arnold Schwarzenegger , Bruce Willis , Cameron Diaz , Cats & Dogs: the Revenge of Kitty Galore , Christopher Nolan , Despicable Me , Dinner For Schmucks , Dolph Lundgren , Eclipse , Get Him to the Greek , Grown Ups , Inception , Iron Man 2 , Jake Gyllenhaal , Jason Statham , Jay Baruchel , Jerry Bruckheimer , Jet Li , Jonah Hex , Jonah Hill , Knight And Day , Leonardo DiCaprio , Macgruber , Mark Wahlberg , Marmaduke , Nicolas Cage , Predators , Prince of Persia , Ridley Scott , Robin Hood , Russell Brand , Russell Crowe , Salt , Sex And The City 2 , Shrek Forever After , Sorcerer’s Apprentice , Steve Carell , Survival Of The Dead , Sylvester Stallone , The A-Team , The Expendables , The Karate Kid , The Last Airbender , The Other Guys , Tom Cruise , Topher Grace , Toy Story 3 , Twilight , Will Ferrell , Zach Galifianakis
BOXOFFICE PREDICTS THE SUMMER HITS 30 Boxoffice · The Business of Movies May 2010
Summer Sensations
Tags: Adam McKay , Adrien Brody , Alice Braga , Angelina Jolie , Arnold Schwarzenegger , Bruce Willis , Cameron Diaz , Cats & Dogs: the Revenge of Kitty Galore , Christopher Nolan , Despicable Me , Dinner For Schmucks , Dolph Lundgren , Eclipse , Get Him to the Greek , Grown Ups , Inception , Iron Man 2 , Jake Gyllenhaal , Jason Statham , Jay Baruchel , Jerry Bruckheimer , Jet Li , Jonah Hex , Jonah Hill , Knight And Day , Leonardo DiCaprio , Macgruber , Mark Wahlberg , Marmaduke , Nicolas Cage , Predators , Prince of Persia , Ridley Scott , Robin Hood , Russell Brand , Russell Crowe , Salt , Sex And The City 2 , Shrek Forever After , Sorcerer’s Apprentice , Steve Carell , Survival Of The Dead , Sylvester Stallone , The A-Team , The Expendables , The Karate Kid , The Last Airbender , The Other Guys , Tom Cruise , Topher Grace , Toy Story 3 , Twilight , Will Ferrell , Zach Galifianakis
BY PHIL CONTRINO WITH ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY DANIEL GARRIS & ALEX EDGHILL May 2010 Boxoffice · The Business of Movies 31
Summer Sensations
Tags: Adam McKay , Adrien Brody , Alice Braga , Angelina Jolie , Arnold Schwarzenegger , Bruce Willis , Cameron Diaz , Cats & Dogs: the Revenge of Kitty Galore , Christopher Nolan , Despicable Me , Dinner For Schmucks , Dolph Lundgren , Eclipse , Get Him to the Greek , Grown Ups , Inception , Iron Man 2 , Jake Gyllenhaal , Jason Statham , Jay Baruchel , Jerry Bruckheimer , Jet Li , Jonah Hex , Jonah Hill , Knight And Day , Leonardo DiCaprio , Macgruber , Mark Wahlberg , Marmaduke , Nicolas Cage , Predators , Prince of Persia , Ridley Scott , Robin Hood , Russell Brand , Russell Crowe , Salt , Sex And The City 2 , Shrek Forever After , Sorcerer’s Apprentice , Steve Carell , Survival Of The Dead , Sylvester Stallone , The A-Team , The Expendables , The Karate Kid , The Last Airbender , The Other Guys , Tom Cruise , Topher Grace , Toy Story 3 , Twilight , Will Ferrell , Zach Galifianakis
WILL 2009 SUMMER DOMESTIC GROSSES PASS THE 32 Boxoffice · The Business of Movies May 2010
Summer Sensations
Tags: Adam McKay , Adrien Brody , Alice Braga , Angelina Jolie , Arnold Schwarzenegger , Bruce Willis , Cameron Diaz , Cats & Dogs: the Revenge of Kitty Galore , Christopher Nolan , Despicable Me , Dinner For Schmucks , Dolph Lundgren , Eclipse , Get Him to the Greek , Grown Ups , Inception , Iron Man 2 , Jake Gyllenhaal , Jason Statham , Jay Baruchel , Jerry Bruckheimer , Jet Li , Jonah Hex , Jonah Hill , Knight And Day , Leonardo DiCaprio , Macgruber , Mark Wahlberg , Marmaduke , Nicolas Cage , Predators , Prince of Persia , Ridley Scott , Robin Hood , Russell Brand , Russell Crowe , Salt , Sex And The City 2 , Shrek Forever After , Sorcerer’s Apprentice , Steve Carell , Survival Of The Dead , Sylvester Stallone , The A-Team , The Expendables , The Karate Kid , The Last Airbender , The Other Guys , Tom Cruise , Topher Grace , Toy Story 3 , Twilight , Will Ferrell , Zach Galifianakis
$4 BILLION MARK FOR THE 4TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR? May 2010 Boxoffice · The Business of Movies 33
Summer Sensations
Tags: Adam McKay , Adrien Brody , Alice Braga , Angelina Jolie , Arnold Schwarzenegger , Bruce Willis , Cameron Diaz , Cats & Dogs: the Revenge of Kitty Galore , Christopher Nolan , Despicable Me , Dinner For Schmucks , Dolph Lundgren , Eclipse , Get Him to the Greek , Grown Ups , Inception , Iron Man 2 , Jake Gyllenhaal , Jason Statham , Jay Baruchel , Jerry Bruckheimer , Jet Li , Jonah Hex , Jonah Hill , Knight And Day , Leonardo DiCaprio , Macgruber , Mark Wahlberg , Marmaduke , Nicolas Cage , Predators , Prince of Persia , Ridley Scott , Robin Hood , Russell Brand , Russell Crowe , Salt , Sex And The City 2 , Shrek Forever After , Sorcerer’s Apprentice , Steve Carell , Survival Of The Dead , Sylvester Stallone , The A-Team , The Expendables , The Karate Kid , The Last Airbender , The Other Guys , Tom Cruise , Topher Grace , Toy Story 3 , Twilight , Will Ferrell , Zach Galifianakis
WE PICK THE BEST BETS FOR THE SEASON FROM THE MAJORS AND THE MINORS PLUS LAFF’S DAVID ANSEN ON PROMOTING SPECIALTY TITLES PLUS BOXOFFICE’S RICHARD MOWE ON LIFE ON THE FESTIVAL CIRCUIT PLUS UNMINED GEMS: SEVEN HOT UNDER-THE-RADAR INDIES May 2010 Boxoffice · The Business of Movies
Summer Sensations
Tags: Adam McKay , Adrien Brody , Alice Braga , Angelina Jolie , Arnold Schwarzenegger , Bruce Willis , Cameron Diaz , Cats & Dogs: the Revenge of Kitty Galore , Christopher Nolan , Despicable Me , Dinner For Schmucks , Dolph Lundgren , Eclipse , Get Him to the Greek , Grown Ups , Inception , Iron Man 2 , Jake Gyllenhaal , Jason Statham , Jay Baruchel , Jerry Bruckheimer , Jet Li , Jonah Hex , Jonah Hill , Knight And Day , Leonardo DiCaprio , Macgruber , Mark Wahlberg , Marmaduke , Nicolas Cage , Predators , Prince of Persia , Ridley Scott , Robin Hood , Russell Brand , Russell Crowe , Salt , Sex And The City 2 , Shrek Forever After , Sorcerer’s Apprentice , Steve Carell , Survival Of The Dead , Sylvester Stallone , The A-Team , The Expendables , The Karate Kid , The Last Airbender , The Other Guys , Tom Cruise , Topher Grace , Toy Story 3 , Twilight , Will Ferrell , Zach Galifianakis
SLEEPER > SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD 34 Boxoffice · The Business of Movies May 2010
