Showing posts with label Jack Black. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jack Black. Show all posts

Sunday, June 8, 2008

'Kung Fu Panda' wins weekend box office


Dreamwork's animated comedy 'Kung Fu Panda' topped the weekend box office, beating out Adam Sandler's 'You Don't Mess with the Zohan.'

The two combined to take in $100 million in their debut weekend, with Jack Black's cartoon martial artist raking in $60 million to Sandler's $40 million.

It is Sandler's fifth biggest opening. Meanwhile, 'Kung Fu Panda' has a shot at taking over eighth place on the list of all-time animation openers. Stats at Box Office Mojo show 'Cars' as the current No. 8.

Last week's number one, 'Sex and the City: The Movie,' took a nosedive but still brought in $21.3 million in ticket sales.

'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull' continues to have legs, taking in $22.8 million this weekend, for a total of $253 for the three weeks it has been in theaters.

Top 10 compiled by Exhibitor Relations:
1. Kung Fu Panda, $60 million
2. You Don't Mess With the Zohan, $40 million
3. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, $22.8 million
4. Sex and the City, $21.3 million
5. The Strangers, $9.3 million
6. Iron Man, $7.5 million
7. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, $5.5 million
8. What Happens in Vegas, $3.4 million
9. Baby Mama, $779,090
10. Made of Honor, $775,000

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Jack Black explains his Brangie twin confirmation



Jack Black spoke to Ann Curry of The Today Show Wednesday about his upcoming film with Angelina Jolie, Kung Fu Panda.

The comedian and new dad also explained who was behind his confirmation that Jolie and Brad Pitt are expecting twins.

"It's my wife's fault," Black said. "Tanya told me like it was common knowledge, because she's a triplet and she's interested in that. So I filed it away for something to talk about later if I met Angelina."

Black made the public revelation May 15 when Black and Jolie spoke to Today's Natalie Morales during the Cannes Film Festival. Black said he was unaware that the news was not public knowledge when he "spilled the beans."

"Whoops," Black told Curry.

He said: "There we were on [The Today Show], and I said, ‘Ah! So, it's going to be like 'The Brady Bunch' with your twins that are coming.' And then she's like, 'Uh... oh... I wasn't going to say that.' And then I was like the bean spiller."

Black also told Curry that Jolie was actually relieved he confirmed the off-rumored double baby bundle.

"She wanted to spill the beans and didn’t know how to, and I did it for her."

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Twins for Brangelina


Angelina Jolie has confirmed that she and partner Brad Pitt are expecting twins.

According to Acccess Hollywood, the news slipped during an interview on The Today Show with Natalie Morales while at the Cannes Film Festival. Jolie and co-star Jack Black were on hand to promote their animated movie Kung Fu Panda.

"You're gonna have as many as [the] Brady Bunch when you have these," Black said, prompting Morales to ask if Jolie was having twins, as had been speculated for awhile.

"Yeah, yeah, we've confirmed that already," Jolie said. "Well, Jack's just confirmed it actually."

Jolie and Pitt already have two sons and two daughters. Jolie refused to reveal the genders of the twins, though. "We would like to keep that private," she said.