SuperBad is Becoming The 2nd Biggest R-Rated Movie of 2007

The saucy, nerd-filled movie SuperBad has proved to be SuperGood as it has coasted to another easy weekend win, becoming the third summer movie to win back-to-back weekends (previous winners were Spiderman 3 and Pirates 3). The movie, produced by Judd Apatow had a budget of just $18 million and has so far accumulated $68.6 million.

SuperBad is now the 3rd best grossing comedy of 2007 after just 10 days of release! It trails only Wild Hogs and I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry. It’s $68.6 million total puts it in front of Judd Apatow’s Knocked Up, which was deemed to be the summer comedy.

The Top 5 Grossing Comedies of 2007 (after 10 days of release) are:

1. Wild Hogs - $77M
2. I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry - $71.6M
3. SuperBad - $68.8M
4. Blades of Glory - $67.9M
5. Knocked Up - $65.8M

It’s impressive that SuperBad has had such a success at the box office considering it has an R rating. The star-free, critically acclaimed movie is off to the 2nd best start for an R-rated movie this year, behind mega-blockbuster 300.

The Bourne Ultimatum and Rush Hour 3 are still doing well taking the second and third spots on Saturday for the weekend. The Bourne Ultimatum earned an estimated $12.12M this weekend with Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan pulling in another $11.79Million.

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