Ferrell sports comedy misses mark at box office
Ferrell sports comedy misses mark at box office
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Will Ferrell's latest sports comedy ran afoul of moviegoers and is on track to become one of his worst performing movies, according to preliminary sales data issued on Saturday.
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"Semi-Pro," in which the comedian plays the flamboyant owner of an underdog team in the now-defunct American Basketball Association, opened at No. 1 with estimated earnings of $5.45 million on Friday, tracking firm Box Office Mojo said.
It is on track to earn about $14 million for the Friday-to-Sunday period, based on the multiples for his last two sports spoofs, 2007's "Blades of Glory" and 2006's "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby." Industry observers had expected "Semi-Pro" to open above $20 million for the weekend.
That would make it his worst opening since the $13.4 million start for the quirky black comedy "Stranger Than Fiction" in November 2006. But that movie opened on 2,264 theaters, while "Semi-Pro" is in 3,121 theaters.
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"Semi-Pro," in which the comedian plays the flamboyant owner of an underdog team in the now-defunct American Basketball Association, opened at No. 1 with estimated earnings of $5.45 million on Friday, tracking firm Box Office Mojo said.
It is on track to earn about $14 million for the Friday-to-Sunday period, based on the multiples for his last two sports spoofs, 2007's "Blades of Glory" and 2006's "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby." Industry observers had expected "Semi-Pro" to open above $20 million for the weekend.
That would make it his worst opening since the $13.4 million start for the quirky black comedy "Stranger Than Fiction" in November 2006. But that movie opened on 2,264 theaters, while "Semi-Pro" is in 3,121 theaters.
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