When Harold and Kumar went to White Castle they did it on a $9 million budget and banked an unimpressive $5 million opening weekend and went on to make a grand total of $18 million. Despite that weak performance, a bizarre cult following for the film emerged (which had more to do with Neil Partick Harris' cameo than anything else) and the movie spawned a sequel.
Both lead actors John Cho and Kal Penn (Harold and Kumar respectively, for those of you who missed the trip to White Castle) have moved on to bigger and better things. Cho is reviving the role of Sulu in the upcoming Star Trek prequel and Penn has landed a choice role on the hit TV show "House". But neither are too good for another cheesy revisit to the cult roles that helped get them get a boost.
This time the boys land themselves at Guantanamo Bay and Neil Patrick Harris ends up on a unicorn. What could possibly go wrong? A lot. The sequel, aptly titled Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay [Read the CB Review], will probably enjoy a more successful opening weekend than its predecessor but that won't be enough be number one.
This weekend look for Tina Fey and Amy Poehler to take the top box office spot with their experiment in pregnancy comedy Baby Mama [Read the CB Review]. Who needs men when you've got Fey with a hostile uterus and Amy Poehler greasing the birth canal with Pam to make her surrogate pregnancy delivery easier? Critics are meeting it with the same lukewarm reception as Harold and Kumar, but Fey's comic pedigree is something more movie-goers are likely to trust.
If crazy comedy isn't your thing, your only other new option is sex thriller Deception [Read the CB Review]. Hugh Jackman and Ewan McGregor team up for an intense film steeped in pretty people taking off their clothes to help lure you in. The last time this happened we ended up with the debacle that was Eyes Wide Shut. Critics are panning Deception but CB's Mariana McConnell loved it. Buy your ticket and take your chances.
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When Harold and Kumar went to White Castle they did it on a $9 million budget and banked an unimpressive $5 million opening weekend and went on to make a grand total of $18 million. Despite that weak performance, a bizarre cult following for the film emerged (which had more to do with Neil Partick Harris' cameo than anything else) and the movie spawned a sequel.
