SANDY’S BIGGEST OPENER: ‘Proposal’ #1 With $34.1M Wkd; ‘Hangover’ #2 With $26.8M; ‘Up’ #3 With 21.3M: Disappointing ‘Year One’ Ends With Only #4 With $20.2M

COMMENTS (82)

• Land of the Lost, Year One…

  Somebody please shoot me. What’s next, a remake of the live-action Flinstones movie?

  Comment by Enough is enough — Friday June 19, 2009 @ 11:41pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Let no one EVER again doubt the power of Betty White

  Comment by Super cool — Saturday June 20, 2009 @ 12:02am PDT  Reply to this post

• Sandra Bullock, America’s Sweetheart. The viral video said it as a joke, but in some ways it’s very true. At any given time there are maybe 5 actress in Hollywood that are legitimate box office pulls and Sandra is one of them.

  Comment by wellaway — Saturday June 20, 2009 @ 2:17am PDT  Reply to this post

• Good for sandra and Ryan. Love the two of them.

  Comment by Marc — Saturday June 20, 2009 @ 4:22am PDT  Reply to this post

• People who pay to see Year One should be ashamed of themselves.

  Comment by Kristina — Saturday June 20, 2009 @ 6:13am PDT  Reply to this post

• @wellaway

  There’s only five because that’s the narrow field the oligarchy allows. Decreased number of chances = decreased success. Imagine a world where Will Ferrell, for example, tanks a film so they say male leads can’t open a film and permit only one or two to occasionally squeak through.

  Good for The Proposal. However, it would be nice if a female lead film could be about something other than a wedding once in a while.

  Comment by Stopped going to movies — Saturday June 20, 2009 @ 6:14am PDT  Reply to this post

• What a blow for Michael Cera and Jack Black! They can’t even beat a competing comedy that’s been out for two weeks and has no stars in it.

  Would have to assume that Black’s quote just nose-dived and Cera’s momentum just completely stalled.

  Comment by Anonymous — Saturday June 20, 2009 @ 6:36am PDT  Reply to this post

• Chicks will see anything…

  Comment by Samuel — Saturday June 20, 2009 @ 7:59am PDT  Reply to this post

• SO HAPPY THAT THE PROPOSAL MADE OVER 30 MILLION. Sandra and Ryan are just terrific actors

  Comment by Jake — Saturday June 20, 2009 @ 8:08am PDT  Reply to this post

• SPOILER ALERT

  Saw THE PROPOSAL last night. Enjoyable for the most part. Reynolds is a very good comedic actor, gets all his laughs. Bullock is fine, but it’s impossible to believe that the handsome young Reynolds would declare his love, in typical RomCom fashion, for the middle-aged Bullock, who, though looking good, plays a nasty, hateful bitch. Yeah, sure, she finds her humanity, but still, he chooses her over the luscious Malin Akerman!!! Really??!!!

  Next up was YEAR ONE, better in concept than execution. Not bad, but not really good. I like Black and Cera so it was watchable. Some laughs, but don’t go expecting much.

  Comment by Dixon Steele — Saturday June 20, 2009 @ 8:12am PDT  Reply to this post

• Sorry but I don’t get Sandra. A box office pull? Give me a break. She may be a nice person but, as an actress, nice ain’t the word for it.

  Comment by john — Saturday June 20, 2009 @ 8:23am PDT  Reply to this post

• No doubt that “Bachelorette” tie in with the real life proposals helped gain awareness

  Comment by Nice — Saturday June 20, 2009 @ 8:30am PDT  Reply to this post

• It’s a fun movie; a throwback to cute, fun and inoffensive humor and that’s just fine by me. Sandra Bullock deserves her success and while “America’s Sweetheart” can be a daunting title, in her case, it’s true.

  Comment by Original Joe — Saturday June 20, 2009 @ 8:51am PDT  Reply to this post

• Best Supporting Actress Oscar consideration for Betty White please.

  Comment by TomF — Saturday June 20, 2009 @ 9:13am PDT  Reply to this post

• Yep! Sandra is officially an American sweetheart! And I for one..am very happy for her. She still got the goods and she does deliver everytime!

  Comment by Armand — Saturday June 20, 2009 @ 9:29am PDT  Reply to this post

• if sandra is such a reliable draw, how come it’s been 10 years since she last opened a movie at number #1? anyways proposal looked generic and lame.

  Comment by andrew — Saturday June 20, 2009 @ 10:11am PDT  Reply to this post

• I didn’t realize Betty White was in the proposal. But, sure enough, she is. And, surprisingly – not a joke – that is a draw. I’ve enjoyed Betty in damn near everything she’s done, fantastic in Boston Legal, and one of the best roast comedians I’ve ever seen.. (when she goes Blue in a rant, it’s liquid-out-the-nose funny) I’ll have to see it now.

  Comment by Chris — Saturday June 20, 2009 @ 10:35am PDT  Reply to this post

• I think this proves that women don’t go to the movies anymore, and that America just wants insipid dialogue w men punching each other wearing spandex suits and a cape.

  Comment by anonrighter — Saturday June 20, 2009 @ 10:50am PDT  Reply to this post

• wellaway, last hit she had was 7 years ago.

  Comment by James — Saturday June 20, 2009 @ 10:51am PDT  Reply to this post

• “At any given time there are maybe 5 actress in Hollywood that are legitimate box office pulls and Sandra is one of them.”

  The reason for this is that in the past five years, the studios have cut production for female driven movies significantly THEREFORE less female talent is able to develop. For instance, Julia Roberts co-starred in two or three movies before PRETTY WOMAN, she had a chance to develop her talents with movies like MYSTIC PIZZA and even, STEEL MAGNOLIAS (never a fan of this movie, but Julia was amazing in it).

  As female characters have become 2nd class citizens in today’s cinema (Hollywood), the next Julia Roberts is most likely getting her start in television, if she’s lucky and smart. And it’s still very tough to make the transition from TV acting to film.

  Comment by anonrighter — Saturday June 20, 2009 @ 11:00am PDT  Reply to this post

• Haven’t seen Sandra in a while and this was a nice flick! Ryan was dependable as always. Nice movie!

  Comment by Mark — Saturday June 20, 2009 @ 11:05am PDT  Reply to this post

• @Enough, what about a live-action version of The Flinstones Meet The Jetsons?

  That was one of my favorite animated movies when I was young. Besides, has anyone even done a live-action version of the Jetsons? It’d perform better than Land of the Lost, Bewitched or Lost in Space. God, I’d love to see it.

  Comment by Patrick — Saturday June 20, 2009 @ 11:39am PDT  Reply to this post

• Yay, go sandra! she’s a good egg.

  Comment by deec4 — Saturday June 20, 2009 @ 12:01pm PDT  Reply to this post

• I love a good romantic comedy. So few lately. The Proposal was well executed and I appreciated it. It’s been a desert out there. And a dose of Betty White too…hooray!

  Comment by B — Saturday June 20, 2009 @ 1:51pm PDT  Reply to this post

• AHHHHH, I don’t know why but I was hoping the Sandra Bullock movie would bomb. Why? The movie looks generic. I have lost faith in humanity.

  Comment by JERRY — Saturday June 20, 2009 @ 1:53pm PDT  Reply to this post