Fantasy Moguls Original Content, Will Ferrell

EARLY TRACKING: 'Step Brothers' with the edge over 'X-Files'!

Original at Fantasy Moguls Original Content external link • Sun, Jul 20

By Steve Mason Industry tracking is decent for Step Brothers, but it is only nominally stronger than February’s R-rated Will Ferrell comedy Semi-Pro (New Line), which opened to just $15M. In fact, Will Ferrell’s only other R-rated comedy, Old School, delivered just $17.45M back in 2003.

BARD'S EYE VIEW: 'Panda' Power and Reasons to Not 'Mess' with Adam Sandler

Original at Fantasy Moguls Original Content external link • Wed, May 21

By Shrykespeare Adam Sandler, when you think about it, is a lot like Ferrell: approximately the same age, with a tendency to play similarly loud, boisterous characters, and who also got his start as a regular on Saturday Night Live. The difference is that while Sandler has certainly had his share of disapp...

DANCES WITH THE ARTHOUSE: Not Jonesing for Julianne, but 'Stuck' on 'Foot Fist Way'

Original at Fantasy Moguls Original Content external link • Fri, May 16

By Indie Jones The Foot Fist Way (wouldn't that have been a great title for a film with Chuck Norris?) was discreetly shown at Sundance in January ... 2006. It might have remained forever unreleased if Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, fresh off the success of Talladega Nights, had not caught a screening of the fil...

BARD'S EYE VIEW: After Coming In Like a Lamb (Thank You, Will Ferrell), March Appears Destined to Go Out Like a ... Confusing ... Jumble ... of Something

Original at Fantasy Moguls Original Content external link • Wed, Mar 12

By Shrykespeare Much like British import The Bank Job earlier this month, I expect Run, Fat Boy, Run to bow in only 1,500 or so theaters (at most). I have yet to see any advertising or hype at all, so it may not even be that high. I doubt it will be high enough, in any case, to crack the Top 5, and PTA will be problemati...

EARLY SAT & REVISED 3-DAY ESTIMATES: 'Semi-Pro' up only 10% Sat for $6.1M; Ferrell's Flop headed for only $15.1M!; 'Vantage Point' in dead-heat for #1 on Sat; 'Boleyn Girl' #4 for the weekend w/$8.25M; 'Penelope' #9 w/$3.9M; 'Counterfeiters' wins PTA!

Original at Fantasy Moguls Original Content external link • Fri, Feb 29

By Steve Mason ALL-TIME TOP 10 WILL FERRELL LIVE ACTION OPENINGS 1. Talladega Nights - $47M 2. Blades of Glory - $33M 3. Elf - $31.1M 4. Anchorman - $28.4M 5. Kicking & Screaming - $20.15M 6. Bewitched - $20.13M 7. Old School - $17.4M 8. Zoolander - $15.5M 9. Semi-Pro - $14.3M (estimate) 10. Stranger Than Fiction - $13.4M

WEEKEND TRACKING: 'Semi-Pro' Is a Slam Dunk with $42M-$45M; 'Boleyn Girl' Aiming for $7M-$10M; 'Penelope' Headed for $4M-$6M!

Original at Fantasy Moguls Original Content external link • Thu, Feb 28

By Steve Mason UN-AIDED AWARENESS Semi-Pro — 8 percent Blades of Glory — 5 percent TOTAL AWARE Blades of Glory — 75 percent Semi-Pro — 73 percent DEFINITE INTEREST Semi-Pro — 40 percent Blades of Glory — 38 percent FIRST CHOICE Semi-Pro — 23 percent Blades of Glory — 13 percent

BARD'S EYE VIEW: It's Good to Be the King (Especially When Your Prospective Spouses Are Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson) and Other Reasons to Leap for Joy

Original at Fantasy Moguls Original Content external link • Wed, Feb 13

By Shrykespeare In the last three years, former SNL alum Will Ferrell has focused heavily on sports comedies. After failing to score a goal with Kicking and Screaming, he drove a victory lap in Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby and pulled off a box-office triple axel in last year's Blades of Glory...

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