FRIDAY PM/Saturday AM: It's looking like this summer's first soft weekend at the domestic box office. Moviegoers puzzled whether Universal's Funny People was a comedy or dramedy (more the latter) as Adam Sandler continued his cold streak playing serious and Judd Apatow stretched beyond his usual raunchy laffers. The studio all along had tried to lower expectations by predicting an opening weekend of $25 million.
'funny People' No Laughing Matter; Opens To Soft $8m Friday And So-so $22m Wkd
Nikki Finke, Deadline.com
Fri, 07/31/2009 - 11:16pm
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