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Weekend Box Office Charlie's Angels 2 (Crowd Report)
by Lee Tistaert

Since it's been a long while since I've done one of these reports, and since I saw this at the legendary Hollywood Chinese theater, I figured this would be a solid edition.

I attended the 10:00 pm show on opening night, with the show having been sold out by around 8:50. For the most part, the crowd situation looked like it could possibly translate to around $19 - 22 million for Friday. I had seen Signs here opening night at 10:30, and the scenario was relatively similar.

(Update: Though I'm noting this after the official Friday estimates have been released, I had forgotten to realize that in a way, the crowd situation was a bit like opening night at Anger Management in Westwood - the line had formed sort of at the last minute, compared to the rush factor that larger films tend to get, in terms of people waiting in line longer than just 25 - 30 minutes. Along with that, I had seen Fellowship of the Ring in my second viewing at the Chinese on December 26 {2001), of which it grossed $14.0 million on that date.)

The theater is said to carry somewhere around 1,200 people (a significant downgrade from the previously reported 2,200 in other articles on this site), and with the charisma in the room once the line around the block was let in, you could just tell this was going to be one bustling audience. And for a movie like this, that's exactly what you want.

The crowd was mostly made up of 20 - 30 year olds, most of which looked as if they were there for a fun time and nothing more. The lights dimmed to some cheering and claps, with the first trailer being American Wedding. A lot of laughs followed with a few gags, along with a barrage of "Ooooooh!" reactions. For those who've seen the ad, you can presume where this was heard. Interest was definitely high for this, but not quite the peak of reactions.

Following in its path was Bad Boys 2 (the most recent version), which got a lot of cheering and clapping with Will Smith and Martin Lawrence's first appearances. The trailer ended to additional enthusiasm, but nothing earth shattering.

Third up was a skateboarding flick entitled Grind, which looks close to utterly pointless and got more or less that response from the crowd. No real boo-ing, but the reception was definitely not friendly.

Next was The League of Extraordinary Gentleman, which withdrew a short cheer or two at the load-up but that was it. The preview concluded to mostly silence.

Tomb Raider 2 was up next. There was some slight cheers and claps when Angelina Jolie's voice was first heard, and a little more when she was officially shown, but outside of that, the audience seemed unimpressed with the trailer. The preview was left to silence at the end.

Concluding the round of trailers was SWAT, which received a handful of cheers and applause once Colin Farrell appeared, followed by the same relative reaction when the preview ended. Though Bad Boys II was really well responded to, this and it were pretty close in the enthusiasm level. It seemed as if the crowd could've gone for any one of these two movies in a heartbeat.

Though a sold out show to a big movie like this on opening night at the Chinese is expected to bring a responsive audience, the crowd was indeed sincerely enthusiastic throughout Charlie's Angels. Claps and cheers followed when the angels were first seen, and a full blown applause set off when the title finally hit the screen.

Though there were times it was questionable whether moviegoers were having a good time or not (especially since unintentional giggles were being dealt with here and there), the rate of claps, laughs, and cheers during the movie pretty much answered that mystery, let alone the large ovation the film got when it ended. Just like my opinion of the film, it looked as if, to the audience, like it had its share of problems, but they were looking to look past those details for the most part.


Charlie's Angels 2 Total US Box Office: $100.785000 million (All-Time: 714)

Gareth's Review: A fun time at the theater as long as you leave reality at the door. [ B- ]
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