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Weekend Box Office Report: 'Identity Thief' Climbs Back on Top

Jacob Hall — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 18:13:58 +0000

With Hollywood focused on the Oscars, this was one of the dullest box office weekends in recent memory, with each of the new releases arriving with a shrug, last week’s champions plummeting and ‘Identity Thief‘ climbing back to the top of the chart. Film Weekend Per Screen 1 Identity Thief $14,064,000 (-40.6) $4,376 $93,667,000 2 [...]

'Identity Thief 2′ Already Being Discussed?

Jacob Hall — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 21:17:53 +0000

'Identity Thief' has been in theaters for less than two weeks and it's already grossed $76 million at the box office, an enormous amount for a modestly budgeted comedy with a known but untested leading lady. Although critics haven't been as kind as audiences, $100 million is a sure thing at this point and we wouldn't rule out $150 million if March is kind to it. So of course Universal has already thought about an 'Identity Thief 2.' They probably thought about it two weeks ago.

Weekend Box Office Report: 'Identity Thief' Steals $36 Million

Jacob Hall — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 19:50:51 +0000

Is Melissa McCarthy a movie star yet? The opening weekend of 'Identity Thief' suggests that yes, she is. After all, all of those people weren't flocking to this movie because of Jason Bateman (as delightful as he is). Anyway, all of this pretty much means that McCarthy's asking price just doubled.

'Identity Thief' Review

Jordan Hoffman — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 04:55:52 +0000

Funny is, of course, subjective. I find Woody Allen funny but there are plenty of people who find him about as amusing as being slowly asphyxiated in plastic bags from CVS. Still, I'll hazard to guess that there is no one who will find Melissa McCarthy obnoxiously singing along to Kelis' not-at-all-current "Milkshake" funny. Especially when 'Identity Thief' - a new "comedy" with McCarthy and Jason Bateman - goes to quite successful lengths to make you HATE her character. And you just might wind up hating this movie too.