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Needs more hair gel.

Kim Hollis: Ben Stiller's latest comedy, The Heartbreak Kid, fell 47% to $7.4 million. It has a running total of $26 million. How surprised are you that the reunion of the There's Something About Mary Team has underachieved?

Reagen Sulewski: I'm really surprised at this - not the second weekend drop so much as that's SOP, but that it stumbled out of the gate. In retrospect, it wasn't just Stiller that sold Mary, as much as it was Cameron Diaz launching into the stratosphere with that film. Here, they never seemed sure if they wanted Michelle Monaghan or Malin Akerman to play that role, and it cost them.

David Mumpower: I don't agree with Reagen that the key to the first film was Cameron Diaz. I believe There's Something About Mary was a phenomenon that still stands as one of the most unique box office behavioral patterns of all time. The cause for that title's legs isn't complicated, though. The movie is one of the funniest in cinema history. THAT was the key to its success. All of the chest thumping in the world about the reunion of the There's Something About Mary team doesn't matter if the trailers look actively unfunny, which is sadly the case here. Had there been any bit that offered the promise of "frank and beans/we've got a bleeder" or the now legendary hair gel bit, this would have been huge. Instead, the premise here always struck me as a bit mean, one that plays on the natural insecurities of all newlywed couples. I'm not sure who the target audience is for this. Is it lifelong bachelors who are closeted homosexuals? Women who like the idea of stealing grooms during their honeymoons? People who like their comedy as toothless as CBS' Monday night lineup?

Zombies, sheriffs, terrorists and Dane Cook. Which is scariest?

Kim Hollis: Out of The Kingdom ($40 million running total), Good Luck Chuck ($32.8 million), 3:10 to Yuma ($51.4 million) and Resident Evil: Extinction ($48.1 million), which one do you think has been most impressive? Which is least impressive?

Pete Kilmer: I think 3:10 to Yuma is the impressive number for a 'dead' genre movie. I really thought The Kingdom would have had more a punch at the box office myself.

David Mumpower: I'm depressed that Good Luck Chuck managed that much, given how atrocious the movie is. Resident Evil: Extinction is a title that has impressed me with its box office, given the fact that it's the third title in the franchise. It's going to be the top earner in the franchise to date, which is always impressive for a three-quel. I do agree with Pete that 3:10 to Yuma is the most impressive, though. The western is such a tough sell in this day and age that when we see a success story like this or Open Range, it stands out that much more.

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