Wha-Happened?

Reuters:

Will Ferrell's latest sports comedy ran afoul of moviegoers and is on track to become one of his worst performing movies, according to preliminary sales data issued on Saturday.

"Semi-Pro," in which the comedian plays the flamboyant owner of an underdog team in the now-defunct American Basketball Association, opened at No. 1 with estimated earnings of $5.45 million on Friday, tracking firm Box Office Mojo said.

It is on track to earn about $14 million for the Friday-to-Sunday period, based on the multiples for his last two sports spoofs, 2007's "Blades of Glory" and 2006's "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby." Industry observers had expected "Semi-Pro" to open above $20 million for the weekend.

Interesting. Maybe this will wake up whatever studio bosses who think it's been a good idea to cast the guy as the same character in dumb movie after dumb movie (apologies to those who like them). Thing is, he actually seems like a talented actor, but man, talk about a guy in a creative rut. Someone put this guy in a whip-smart indie, stat.

Comments

[Rhys Southan]

Stranger Than Fiction was essentially a whip-smart indie film with Will Ferrell, but that failed too. Maybe it's time for Will Ferrell to hang up the uniform for good.

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