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Ocean's Thirteen took in $12.6 million yesterday in 3,565 theaters, and should wind up with something close to $40 million by Sunday night. (Maybe less -- it's not anyone's idea of a knockout caper flick.) Knocked Up came in second yesterday, beating the third-place Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End by a nose, but it managed this on only 2876 screens compared to POTC's 4002. The animated Surf's Up was fourth with $5.7 million in 3,528 situations, and Shrek The Third was fifth with $4.3 million and a projected $16 million for the weekend. Eli Roth's Hostel, Part II came in sixth with $3.4 million earned yesterday and a projected $10 million or less by Sunday night -- a lot less than the $19.5 million that the original Hostel took in.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on June 9, 2007 at 11:44 AM

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jjgittes says ...

35-40 million is what the first two Oceans movies made. That's a fine opening considering the negative reaction to O12.

O13 is alot of fun, almost as good as the first one - enjoyed the hell out of it, left the theater with a big grin on my face. Can't say the same for Spidey, Pirates or Shrek this summer.

Posted by jjgittes at June 9, 2007 12:14 PM

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Larry says ...

I had the opposite reaction to Ocean's 13. In the movie, Don Cheadle says you can't pull the same gag twice, but that's exactly what they're trying to do here.

Posted by Larry at June 9, 2007 12:18 PM

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The Hoyk says ...

Any movie whose dialogue samples Paul Anka's infamous backstage tantrum is gonna put a smile on my face.

Posted by The Hoyk at June 9, 2007 1:15 PM

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lesterg says ...

Looking forward to O13 tonight, but it's still going to come in 5-8M below expectations. Maybe there really is a sequel backlash.

Posted by lesterg at June 9, 2007 1:39 PM

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Terry McCarty says ...

Re Lesterg's post:
I'm going to see a matinee showing later this afternoon. But OCEAN'S THIRTEEN still has the shadow of TWELVE--Soderbergh's homage to THE CANNONBALL RUN--looming over it.

Posted by Terry McCarty at June 9, 2007 1:53 PM

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jjgittes says ...

I thought this film was meeting expectations - were people actually projecting more than 40 million when neither of the first two had done that?

That seems odd......

Posted by jjgittes at June 9, 2007 2:06 PM

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lesterg says ...

Terry, agreed. Bouncing back from fairly poor WOM on O12 (which I've actually enjoyed upon repeat viewings) probably led to a slightly softer opening.

Those 45-50M estimates just prove that tracking can sometimes be horseshit.

Posted by lesterg at June 9, 2007 2:16 PM

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nemo says ...

I got to catch up on my Time Magazine reading at the dentist's office yesterday. Brad Pitt said there: Wait, what's wrong with Cannonball Run 3?

Man, Ellen Barkin still looks good.

Posted by nemo at June 9, 2007 3:24 PM

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jeffmcm says ...

Comparing Ocean's 12 to Cannonball Run 2 is like comparing a creme brulee with a 7-Eleven Icee.

Posted by jeffmcm at June 9, 2007 5:52 PM

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PanTheFaun says ...

Did anyone else catch the background moment when Damon (on the phone) refers to his fake nose as 'the Brody'?

Posted by PanTheFaun at June 9, 2007 6:13 PM

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corey3rd says ...

Cannonball Run 2 is enough of a trainwreck to get me to watch. Can't say the same thing about Ocean's 12. That's just embrarrassing

Posted by corey3rd at June 10, 2007 6:47 AM

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christian says ...

my favorite part (?) of CR2 is sinatra's cameo -- his scenes look like they were filmed seperately from burt reynolds so they're never in the same shot. and don't forget charles nelson reilly is in CR2.

Posted by christian at June 10, 2007 8:35 AM

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The Movie Man says ...

I liked 13...with reservations. I wish Soderbergh was less embarrassed to be a making a commercial film, so he could just sit back and have fun and cut the inpenetrable plot horseshit that has plagued the last entries. That said, Pacino is the best villian of the series, and there are some incidental pleasures to be had.

You'd be better off renting Soderbergh's new to DVD (and VERY underrated) The Good German though.

Posted by The Movie Man at June 10, 2007 10:25 AM

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