May 30 2008 - Two years ago the girls from Sex In The City stepped on to the big screen and were a hit. based on the hit HBO TV series that went off the air in 2004, the film had the biggest opening of an R rated film. When it completed it's theatrical run it has $415 million dollars. With numbers like that you know they'll be a sequel, which opened last Friday. At The Movie House rating - not rated
May 30, 2003 - Seven years ago Pixar had it's biggest hit with Finding Nemo. This unique tail of a father fish searching for his lost son was so unique in the telling and a visual wonder that audiences ate it up. It had universal appeal to kids and adults. It made $70 million in it's first three days of release and grossed over $866 million in worldwide ticket sales. At the Movie House rating **** stars.
Also opening the same day was The Italian Job. This remake of the 1969 British caper film starred Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron and Edward Norton as the gangsters who pull of a heist using Mini-Coopers. A modest hit when it opened, Paramount re-released the film in August and the film found an audience. It made over $100 million in sales and was Paramount's highest grossing film of 2003.
At the Movie House rating *** stars.
May 30, 1997 - Thirteen years ago two comedies opened. Trial And Error, a knock-off of My Cousin Vinny. The film starred Jeff Daniels and Michael Richards. The pair had good comic timing but the plot was lame. At the Movie House rating *1/2stars
Also opening was Gone Fishin' with Joe Pesci and Danny Glover. It was just lame.
At the Movie House rating 0 stars
May 30, 1986 - Twenty four years ago the action comedy Jake Speed opened. The film was hoping to cash in on the action picture craze of the 80's but was a failure at the box office. It is mostly forgotten but has developed a small cult following on home video. At the Movie House rating - not rated
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