DAN’S MOVIE DIGEST 110

FANTASTIC FOUR

Julian McMahon’s “pre-mask” look as Dr Victor Von Doom has been revealed(see right). The entire Fantastic Four cast, and much of the crew, were alsointerviewed (see below).

BOND 21

Pierce Brosnan spoke to the ‘Toronto Sun’ about his new action-comedy AfterThe Sunset, but also found time to confirm he won’t be back as James Bondbecause the producers want “to go younger.”

Brosnan: “It’s over, it’s over, it’s absolutely over.” Brosnan said he waswilling, even eager, to do a fifth and final Bond, adding that producersBarbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson had asked him to return right before hestarted promoting Die Another Day, although no contracts were signed.

“It’s very hard to find the truth in that town (Hollywood) or in thisbusiness at times. But it was their prerogative to change their minds. Theycan do it!”

Interestingly, Brosnan has his own idea about who should replace him, sayingthe unknown actor “… had a presence: face, body, voice, the eyes. He wouldmake a good one.”

BUBBA NOSFERATU

Bubba Ho-Tep director Don Coscarelli has delighted fans of his cult movieabout an aged Elvis battling an Egyptian mummy, by confirming plans areafoot to film a sequel – with Elvis battling another supernatural foe.Rumour has it that Bubba Nosferatu will see The King up against femalevampires.

ARTHUR

Madonna will lead the voice cast of big-budget CG-animated movie Arthur,directed by Luc Besson (The Fifth Element).

The ‘Hollywood Reporter’ says Arthur is adapted from a series of children’sbooks written by Besson, who also wrote the screenplay. Ten-year-old Arthur,in a bid to save his grandfather’s house from developers, goes in search oftreasure hidden in the land of the Minimoys, a tiny people living in harmonywith nature.

The $80 million English-language movie, scheduled for a 2006 release, willinclude some live-action sequences. The 3-D animation is being crafted byFrench specialist Buf Compagnie.

Madonna will be voicing the part of Princess Selenia, a character whotravels with Arthur to a mysterious forbidden city where an evil beingdwells. A major male star is also being cast.

Arthur will be the first film directed by Besson since The Messenger: TheStory of Joan of Arc five years ago. Besson also is working on a parallellive-action project, which he has written but which remains a closelyguarded secret.

REVOLVERRay Liotta (Goodfellas) and Jason Statham (Lock, Stock) are set to star inGuy Ritchie’s action drama Revolver, reports ‘Variety’.

Ritchie abandoned the project a year ago in favour of directing Six Shooter,which failed to get the go-ahead. Revolver, which is produced by Luc Bessonand Marty Katz, is now in production in London and the Isle Of Man, andfollows a hotshot gambler who becomes tangled in a game with deadlyconsequences…

THE DUKES OF HAZZARD

Burt Reynolds (right) and Willie Nelson have been cast in the big screen adaptationof hit TV series The Dukes Of Hazzard. ‘Variety’ reports that Reynolds willplay corrupt politician Boss Hogg and Nelson will star as Uncle Jesse.

BASIC INSTINCT 2Basic Instinct 2 is moving closer to getting the greenlight. The SharonStone sequel has secured financing from German film fund ‘IMF3′, film group’International Media’ announced Tuesday.

‘Variety’ says the move reunites ‘Intermedia’ and ‘IMF’ with ‘C-2 Pictures’Andy Vajna and Mario Kassar, the team behind last year’s Terminator 3.

The budget is expected to exceed $70 million, with Michael Caton-Jones linedup to direct. The male lead has not been cast in the movie, which will seeStone’s serial-killer seduce her psychiatrist.

MIAMI VICE

‘Universal Pictures’ is hoping to sign Colin Farrell (Alexander) asDetective James “Sonny” Crockett, alongside Jamie Foxx (Collateral) asDetective Ricardo Tubbs, in the big screen adaptation of hit ’80s cop dramaMiami Vice.

THE A-TEAMJames Bond screenwriter Bruce Feirstein has been hired to adapt The A-Teamfor the big screen. Stephen J. Cannell, who created the show, will producethe movie with Spike Seldin.

The movie version will be updated from the Vietnam era and reflectcontemporary issues and politics. The tone of the film will be more serious,in the vein of Die Hard and Lethal Weapon.

Cannell has commented that Mr T, who played B.A. Baracus in the TV series, islikely to make a cameo appearance.

SUPERMANA while ago, director Bryan Singer (X-Men) was rumoured to be close toannouncing who will star as Superman in his upcoming movie, but the death ofChristopher Reeve apparently postponed this announcement out of respect.

So, nothing was official, but ‘Latino Review’ scooped everyone by revealingthat unknown actor Brandon (B.J) Routh (right) has secured the coveted role. (seeright, in a photo taken of the actor dressed as Superman for Halloween lastyear!)

‘Warner Brothers’ later confirmed his casting. Routh is a 25-year-old nativeof Iowa with television and film acting experience – such as roles in OneLife To Live, Gilmore Girls, Will & Grace and Cold Case.

Singer’s Superman movie is expected to begin principal photography inAustralia early next year for release in summer 2006. It will be produced byJon Peters, Bryan Singer and Gilbert Adler from a screenplay by MichaelDougherty & Dan Harris. No other casting has been announced.

Alan Horn, President and Chief Operating Officer of ‘Warner Brothers’ said:”We are so pleased to have put this extraordinary team of filmmakers andtalent together and to be moving forward with a project we’ve allanticipated so much. I think we’re going to make a Superman movie that allof us can be very proud to bring to our audience around the world.”

Singer commented on his choice of a star, saying: “Contrary to speculation,it was always my absolute intention to hire an unknown for this role.Brandon is an extremely fine actor who possesses the physical qualificationsof Clark Kent/Superman. But he also embodies the legacy and history of thischaracter in a way that makes me certain he’s the right choice.”

Robinov: “We respect and appreciate the intense interest that our fansaround the world have in Superman, and we went everywhere in search of atalented actor who would represent his look, character and presence. Wethink Brandon is a gifted young performer who can re-energize this iconiccharacter and excite new audiences about the legend of Superman.”

In related news, Bryan Singer spoke to fans recently and let slip that heasked Richard Donner, who directed the original Superman movie, for hisopinion on his new movie (which will be a true sequel to the first twomovies that starred Christopher Reeve. Donner was apparently very positiveabout Singer’s vision.

Singer also revealed he’s keen for John Williams to reprise his role ascomposer on the new movie – which, naturally, brought the house down.

INTERVIEW – THE FANTASTIC FOUR

Q: Julian, how much have you enjoyed playing the bad guy? Are you hamming itup or playing it straight?

Julian McMahon: “I’m the bad guy? (laughter) I need to talk to Avi for asecond. You know, it’s been a lot of fun. It really has. First we have thisguy here (Ralph Winter), Avi at the other end. And this wonderful cast.You’re surrounded by wonderful people and who obviously know what they aredoing.”

“For me it’s just immersing myself into the role and hopefully giving thefans what they want. Initially it’s a comic book, so you have to understandthat’s the kind of environment we’re trying to fulfil. So, there’s so muchoutside of what we do that’s the common aspect of it, it’s the graphics,it’s the computerization, the prosthetics that he’s been for the last coupleof weeks and all that stuff that creates that world.”

“So for me, it’s really not about trying to push things too much, it’s abouttrying to face reality, so that you as an audience want to take that journeywith me. There’s a little bit of both if you ask, you try to camp up alittle bit when you get those opportunities, but you don’t want to look likea schmuk.”

Q: What’s it like working on sets like the Brooklyn Bridge set?

Michael Chiklis: “This goes under the category of ‘you know you’re in a hugemovie when…’ The first day I went to the Brooklyn Bridge set, to see a 75yard section of the Brooklyn Bridge having been recreated with a half a miletrack in a circle so that traffic can flow through it with three stories ofblue screen.”

“You know, you walk on the set that day and you go ‘WOW’ (hold up hand toear) “Hey mom! Mom! You gotta see this!” To see it unfold, and we’re goingto spend eight days on that and we’re not done with that set yet. And thensecond-unit starts an equal amount of time on that set, and it’s going totranslate into maybe 2 or 3 minutes of the movie. It’s an extraordinarything to watch and for me, spending 11 to 12 hours in latex is fun!(laughing).”

McMahon: “That’s definitely some of Chickies’ happiest moments.”

Chiklis: “Absolutely, it’s a little something like being in the 7th circleof hell! (laughing) But at the end of the day, honestly, sure it’s hot, it’suncomfortable, it’s cumbersome, but when you see it, it really isextraordinary.”

Q: How many hours does it take to get the costume ready every day, and whatdo you do during that time?

Chiklis: “I’m doing whatever it is I can do to relax. And sorta let ithappen, surrender that you have to, and keep it up, because if you try tocontrol the situation you’re going to panic. It’s three hours to get intothe suit, head to foot.”

“So you just have to relax any way you can. Initially it was really kind offrightening for me. I knew it would be a physical challenge to do that. Idid not know it would be a psychological challenge. I’m not a phobic personor have anxiety, but I had a full-on anxiety attack the first time they putme in and I think it’s because when they put the hands on I can’t get out onmy own.”

“But now, it’s two months later and I’m through it. Now it’s not about fearit’s more about loathing. In terms of just the personal discomfort. I’mtalking about that a lot, but I really want to make it clear that when youput your eyes on the prize, the big picture of it, you look at the dailiesand you see what we’re doing, that’s the analogy that’s good to you. Youstart thinking ‘Wow, this is something I can talk to my kids and grandkidsabout.'”

Q: Now that you’re in the midst of shooting, do you pick up any of thecomics at all just to see what’s going on with the character or are youpretty much ignoring it and focus more on the script?

Chris Evans: “We read a lot of comics before we started shooting. We all ranout and got as many as we could, but there are so many different series, theUltimate series, and it’s kinda tough to keep track. You try to keep as muchinformation as you can, since shooting actually I haven’t read many.”

Q: For people not knowing the Marvel comics, the Fantastic Four, they’veseen both X-Men movies and they like them, how would you present to thegeneral audience how these characters are different from the X-Men otherthan they’re blue?

Avi Arad: “The Fantastic Four has actually been around longer than X-Men.This is not a before and after, it’s the most famous comic family out there.So one is there is a lot of awareness. Two, this movie the tone, therelationship is functional, tell us we’re dealing with is really unique. Ittook a lot of time to put this movie together because we have to servicefive characters.”

“So we have a really busy time putting it out there, especially now that weactually have dailies and footage that we love. It plays exactly to the normthat has been around forever. Bear in mind that over the years there’ssomewhere of 350 to 400 million copies sold of the Fantastic Four.”

Chiklis: “It’s really a great time for this film to be made too because on atechnical level 20 years ago and you make this picture and it’s cheesewhizzy. Because you can’t achieve the individual effects. You know, Mr.Fantastic stretching and these kinds of prosthetics, you know, you turninginto the flame and you doing the force-field. Now the technical can bemarried with the technical and the emotional and human, and in a way itnever could be before. That’s what we’re trying to achieve, not just beingtechnical show, we’re trying to fuse those elements together as seamlesslyas we can.”

Q: Tim, could you elaborate on the dysfunctional family aspect of the group?

Tim Story: “I’m a fan of arguments and things like not right all the time,to me that makes the real drama and it also even better makes the realcomedy. The Fantastic Four being a group like many of us, that’s the funpart.”

“I think when it comes to superheroes this one kind of fit me best becausethey’re regular people. They have everything happen to them and then theyhave to deal with it. And to me it’s just about bringing that to life. Iguess it is a dysfunctional family because we can all relate to liking ourfamily but not loving all the time.”

Q: Does it interest you that this is the only group where they don’t havesecret identities?

Story: “I think that’s the other thing that drew me too it, this is anorigin film so we’re dealing with what’s happening to them, but the futureis how to play them on the fact that they are known.”

Q: How excited were you when you could finally talk about being cast:

Ioan Gruffudd: “I’m very excited, incredibly excited. I have to be honest Iwasn’t aware of the comic books, hadn’t heard of these comic books. So Icame from just the script stuff and I jumped at the chance of playing thischaracter. And he’s an American, I’m a British actor, so I’m thrilled.”

Chiklis: “I met this gentleman (Arad) at a party and Jennifer Garneractually introduced us and I said, ‘I have two words for you, Ben Grimm’,and that was the beginning of it. He called me into his office months laterand we discussed the possibility of this happening. And I was inexcruciating pain actually emotionally, because there was a big questionwhether I would be available for this film because I have a televisionseries.”

“It was all about can we make this happen purely from a schedulingstandpoint, and of course the film get being pushed back and pushed backwhich made it more and more precarious. It really came down to PeterChurner, and you know Avi and all those folks at F/X and everybody involved,the heads up state, the meeting of minds and making it happen for me which Ithank you and thank them all for.”

Arad: “I had no choice, I had his bobblehead. So everytime I sit down at mydesk his head is going like this.”

Chiklis: “So it was out there and Avi was up for it and I couldn’t sayanything. It was pretty excruciating at that time and it was great to beable to finally say, ‘Yeaaah!’ That was pretty exciting to say.”

Q: Tim, this is a different genre for you. You’ve done Barbershop, you’vedone Taxi, what different approach are you taking this time?

Story: “You know I don’t know if it’s that much different of an approach.It’s a character-driven, and that is one of the reasons, hopefully, why theybrought me on. I remember sitting down with Avi and Ralph in terms of whatsupport I would have for action and special effects because I knew I didn’thave a lot of experience with that.”

“And they said, you know what, we brought you to the table for character andstory and we’ll support you with the rest of it. I look at it if I have tomake a movie work, absent of the action sequences and absent of the specialeffects, if I can pull that part and make it successful I think the restwill take care of itself because the special effects, we have some seriouswizards on this movie and it’s going to be incredible, so didn’t really haveto deal with that. I felt comfortable and once I had a cast and Avi had thescript I had the tools to make it work.”

Q: To Ioan, what’s it like working on these bigger projects?

Gruffudd: “It’s the same sort of process as television work I’ve done juston a much grander scale. It’s fantastic (laughing). It’s the hardest thingI’ve done to date because I have to present so much more imagination.Everything is done after the event or computer generated, with thestretching. It’s a strange feeling as an actor to put your life/character inother people’s hands. There’s a trust issue there when you have that overyou.”

Q: Ralph, What is the challenge that’s unique that is more present comparedto the other films you’ve worked on?

Winter: “A big challenge that is always present in these films is in thescript of getting all five characters’ heroes to have something helpful andmeaningful towards the final act. That’s probably the greatest challengethat we keep wrestling with even now as we sort of tweak what we have in thethird act.”

“To make it happen so it’s fulfilling for all the characters. It’s always achallenge financially, trying to get as much on the screen as possible andmake it look as big and exciting as possible. Brooklyn Bridge is a hugechallenge, we feel very good about that now. Now we just have a small, youknow, fight in the third act here in Vancouver (laughing)… which willdestroy Vancouver. Throwing buses and cars and blowing things up, jumpingfrom building to building. Easy stuff.”

Q: Jessica, your character is known for having maternal instincts, is thatsomething that comes naturally to you or are you learning as you go?

Chiklis: “Yes! Sorry. Yes, you are maternal. Sorry. I’m sorry to jump inlike this. I didn’t know Jessica before this and she’s like a little mommy,I’ve always told her you should have children immediately.”

Alba: “Thank you. Actually that is a big part of my personality that I don’tget to do a lot, especially as an actress, because I get type cast as thekick-ass bitch or the whatever girl. I never get the maternal, loving,supportive, intelligent role.”

“And Tim, I tell him I don’t know how I will get this movie, I love thismovie, but if I was in this movie this is who Storm’s going to be. I thoughthe was going to be opposed and he wasn’t.”

McMahon: “How can you oppose that?” (laughing)

Q: Chris, were you lobbying for this?

Evans: “Of course! This was a group effort for me. I went back many timesand it was a long audition process. And my agent pulled through, I wasecstatic. So far great, I never was in anything this big, so every day it’san educational experience for me.”

Q: Is it fun playing a superhero at the end of the day:

Winter: “None of these pay are having fun.” (laughing)

Chiklis: “Hey, I’m a rock He-Man, that’s crazy, who gets to do that. I was afan growing up of the Fantastic Four. I loved this comic book. I’ve playedcultural icons before and I know there’s a certain responsibility that goesalong with that, you can’t get preoccupied as an actor with that, you haveto just bring your own joy to the opportunity and to play this character tojust jump in, you just have to go for it.”

“There’s always going to be someone in the audience who goes ‘eh’ that hedidn’t handle it. But hopefully the mass majority will go, ‘Yeah, he wasreally committed to it and pulled it off.'”

Q: Can each of you how the powers that your characters manifest representswho they are?

Gruffudd: “For Reed, he’s always reaching for the stars, he’s alwaysreaching for affection and that he’s only human. His mistake in hiscalculation creates these characters, they are exposed. I suppose that’s hisanalogy, he’s striding for perfection and always reaching when he becomes asuperhero. Does that make any sense?”

McMahon: “That was fantastic.” (laughing)

Alba: “My character, she’s very intelligent and very maternal, and emotionalbecause she’s a woman. And the guys kinda run the show, they don’t see that,she might as well be invisible. She still lives in a man’s world and she hasto work double hard to get ahead and they still overshadow her.”

Evans: “I think Johnny’s a hothead, you know, he’s a playboy, loves to livelife in the fast lane. He likes attention so what’s more of a spectacle thanbursting into fire and flying.” (laughing)

Chiklis: “The Thing, he’s a tough guy, tough exterior, heart of gold. In anutshell, that’s it. He’s been Reed’s best buddy and protector. He’s astrong guy and doesn’t want to be a hero, just wants to do his thing and geton with his life. I think the thing that truly makes him heroic is choices,as you’ll see in the film, he has to make a pretty selfless choice to beheroic, I think they all do.”

McMahon: “Who am I again?” (laughing) “Oh yeah. You know the wonderful thingabout this whole thing is you actually get to see the whole evolution of thecharacters. They start of as human beings, they don’t start off assuperheroes. It’s fantastic, the guy who does Chiklis’ character is a comicbook freak. He knows everything about the comics. Every day he has a newT-shirt, every day he has a new thing.”

Chiklis: “Every day there’s a new Fantastic Four T-shirt. And he’s not hadthe same one twice! I didn’t know you made that many T-shirts!”

Arad: “I didn’t know either!”

Chiklis: “Unbelievable, you know this guy asked me about Episode 285, I’mlike ‘whoa whoa’, I thought I was a fan before.”

McMahon: “I watched the original TV series, ’65 or something, so I saw thewhole original comics and all that kind of stuff, and it’s wonderful becauseI’ve seen the comics and watched it through the ’80s, and first you’rewatching it through a child’s eyes and you’re not into the depth of thecharacters, and stuff involved with playing this kind of role.”

“But after watching the original cartoons of this thing, it’s amazing howmuch the original comics and cartoons are put to our characters, and it canbe very subtle kind of things. It really starts off with relationshipsbetween the four people.”

“And these two (Reed & Doom) are basically nemeses from day one, they wentto college together, Ben was the one who stood by him, Mr. Fantastic andVictor had a spell for Sue who was the most gorgeous woman on the planet andthen along comes this young hot-start, you know what I mean? And you reallyget to see these characters as people before they become something.”

“So, it’s not until they go up into space and they get hit by this comicstorm and they will develop their individual powers that they really startto embrace and start to take on their original and probably deepercharacteristics.”

“And that’s the fantastic journey about this, you’re not seeing the heart ofhumanity until they get infected with this thing. So it’s really a uniqueand interesting journey, and it’s what brings these guys pull that togetherand that’s what separates me from them. And that’s a fantastic moment thatwill hopefully bring more money.”

Q: For Michael and Julian, you said this movie has already almost conflictedwith your TV schedule, as the franchise continues and both of you on runningshows, how will your future schedules work out? Can we expect “Shield”episodes missing Vic Mackey?

Winter: “Yes!” (laughing)

Chiklis: “They did an extraordinary thing at FX. They pushed the shoot threemonths for The Shield so that I could film this. I had never seen that done.Makes you feel good and is humbling.”

McMahon: “It all comes under the Fox umbrella. As much as we are on the FXnetwork, it’s owned by Fox.”

Chiklis: “Synergy is I believe the word.”

McMahon: “For me, I feel like it’s allowed me to be here. And it’s verydifficult to make these kind of things work, it’s not that easy to be on aTV show and try to upstart a movie career at the same time.”

“The one thing we do have is that we’ve both worked on TV shows that onlywork 6 months out of the year, which is a bonus because you can do 6 monthsof something else. And when you have these kind of guys to do whatever it isright, eventually you work things out. I’m just trying to get myself in thesequel, so… (laughing) Nip/Tuck won’t go back into production untilMarch.”

Q: Have you decided on the music, both the score and soundtrack?

Winter: “John Ottman is the composer, who did X-Men 2. He’s very excited andwe’re very excited about him. A great choice for building themes andemotion. John is terrific. There’s nothing to talk about yet (for thesoundtrack).”

McMahon: “Well, me and Chiklis have submitted a couple of renditions of ourfavorite songs and we’re just waiting to hear the yay or nay on that.”(laughing)

Q: This is your second comic book movie, this and Sin City, what approachhave you taken from one comic to another?

Alba: “They are completely different. I get to act and do what I love, andthat’s something that’s great. They’re both more about the work and aboutaction, and about feeling complex, and this is definitely an action movie.I’m just thrilled that they’re so good, you know. I love that comic fans areso loyal so hopefully I can still make movies for them.”

Q: Chris, did you ever expect to be a superhero?

Evans: “No, in a lot of ways it’s a little boys dream. I’ve said that 20times today. What little kid didn’t tie a towel around his neck and jump offthe couch to be a superhero.”

McMahon: “I jumped off the second story.” (laughing)

Q: Julian, have you had to do any prosthetic work yet?

McMahon: “Mine’s a little more painful than Michael’s, just so you know(laughing). He’s trying to make it look better, but just look at thatoutfit, look at him up there (referring to the banner featuring The Thingthat’s hanging behind them)”

Chiklis: “I would like you to know that was a test. That was taken thesecond test, the second time I put it on. It’s close, but it’s not exactlywhere it’s come to.”

McMahon: “To answer your question, I have started the prosthetic thing. Oncethey come back to earth, Victor gets a cut in his head and he starts todevelop this stuff in his hand and it’s a very cool thing. It’s a very slowevolution of this man turning into a metal steel getup.”

“So far it’s just been stuff with my face and stuff on my hand. It doesdevelop more into a Thing-like prosthetic, what you expect it to be. Thething really for me is, the prosthetics have evolved for so many years, andthe computer effects, that you can actually see the actor beneath it. Youcan see Michael behind that face, you can see the expression of his facewhen he’s going through certain types of emotions.”

Chiklis: “That was a huge issue for me. I felt very strongly that I gavemyself a 100% to this. I really wanted it to be a costume, because I feltthat if it was just a CGI than you would loose the humanity part. The otherquestion was, can we make it so it looks and feels like the originalcharacter?”

“And that’s the extraordinary thing that these guys have accomplished. Evenwhen I’m in the 60 pounds of make-up, the prosthetic, you see it’s my eyes,it’s my face, and it moves along with my face. I think it’s a pretty bigaccomplished, to marry the technical with the emotional, the human. Andhopefully that will translate onto the screen.”

Q: In the comics, the Fantastic Four attracted a lot of other Marvelsuperheroes at times, will there be a superhero cameo in the film?

Arad: “Well, we always have a couple of mystery acts, for the truebelievers, and as you see the movie you’ll see some and you’ll say, ‘Oh, Ithought that was…’ Watch for Stan Lee’s cameo and some other vignette, butthese are the best kept secrets especially here.”

Q: Does the loyal fan base, who question a lot of things, affect how youmake the movie?

Story: “If you can create the spirit of what comic books are, and you findthe best actors the role and you find a script and you go for it, then allyou do is put it out there and hope that they will accept it. Sometimes youhave to win them over.”

“Avi and Ralph told me about how much they screen, and how Hugh Jackmanwasn’t right for Wolverine and now you can’t see that franchise beinganything without him, so all you can do is give it a 180% and put it outthere. I think here with the actors, specifically, they have taken on thisrole and just made the characters better than I can imagine. And I can’twait for people to see it.”

“I’m definitely not one to talk before it’s released but I think they’redoing it justice. Avi and Ralph forbid me to look at Internet stuff andcomments, and this and that. You know when this or that comes up, somepeople will shoot it down. That’s not always a negative thing, becausethey’re just so in love with the character and story that they want it doneright.”

All figures are weekend box-office gross.

• 1. The Grudge (2004) ($39.1m)
• 2. Shark Tale ($14.3m) (total to date: $137m)
• 3. Shall We Dance ($8.59m)
• 4. Friday Night Lights ($6.95m)
• 5. Team America: World Police ($6.39m)
• 6. Ladder 49 ($5.32m)
• 7. Surviving Christmas ($4.44m)
• 8. Taxi (2004) ($4.12m)
• 9. The Forgotten ($3.28m)
• 10. I Heart Huckabees ($2.90m)

UK TOP 10 (CINEMA)

• 1. Shark Tale (£3.19m)
• 2. AVP: Alien Vs Predator (£2.00m)
• 3. Alfie (2004) (£1.31m)
• 4. Princess Diaries 2 (£0.80m)
• 5. White Chicks (£0.63m)
• 6. Saw (£0.52m)
• 7. Bride and Prejudice (£0.44m)
• 8. Layer Cake (£0.28m)
• 9. Five Children and It (£0.23m)
• 10. Man on Fire (£0.20m)

All dates are U.K release dates, and are subject to change.