“Sex and the City” Dominates Weekend Box Office
“Sex and the City” has beat off competition from Indiana Jones to become the number one movie at the US box-office last weekend. The film, which stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis, took a huge $55.7 million from 3,285 theaters across North America, to become the top opening R-rated comedy of all time, beating 1999’s American Pie.
“We’ve been waiting years for this,” says Patricia Ackerman, 42, who went with four girlfriends dressed more like they were headed to a premiere than a Saturday matinee. “This is our Indiana Jones.”
“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of Crystal Skull” was knocked into second place, dropping 54% of its take from its first weekend, a still respectable $46 million. The Steven Spielberg directed film has now taken a little over $216 million after just over a week of being on release.
Horror flick “The Strangers“, which stars Liv Tyler, opened at number three taking $20.7 million, its success following great word-of-mouth while “Iron Man” held on in at number four with another $14 million under it’s iron belt.
‘Sex and the City’ London Premiere
The “Sex and the City” stars lit up London’s Leicester Square for the world premiere of the cinematic sequel to their New York adventures, delighting fans with glamorous - and sometimes quirky - outfits that helped make the show an international hit.
Sarah Jessica Parker, who plays columnist Carrie Bradshaw, stole the show with her soaring Philip Treacy hat. She was joined by co-stars Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis, known on screen as Samantha, Miranda and Charlotte. They were eager to gloss over the reported problems that delayed the film’s production - and chat instead of the boost the series has given their careers.
“Professionally it’s been the best 10 years of my life. I wouldn’t have wanted to have done it any differently with any different women or any different men,” Parker said. “So it’s been glorious.”
All were dressed in the designer clothes that made the series about sex and shopping such a huge fashion-industry hit. Parker’s hat, bearing flowers, grasses and a butterfly, was complemented by a pale green dress by Alexander McQueen - an outfit Carrie would have loved. Cattrall wore a red Vivienne Westwood dress and Nixon was in a floor length black pleated Calvin Klein gown. Davis wore a more modest vintage fuschia dress.
There had been some controversy over the decision to hold the premiere in London rather than New York, the city showcased so beautifully in the series. But Nixon said Monday’s premiere was just a build up to the main event in New York.
“We’re having a kind of smallish premiere here (and) we’re having a smallish premiere in Berlin. We’re building to the New York premiere which is enormous and happens just before the film opens worldwide,” she said.
The film opens May 30 in the United States.
New ‘Sex And The City’ Trailer
After more then two months we have new “Sex And The City” movie trailer.
Chris Noth, who played “Mr. Big” in the hit HBO television series “Sex and the City,” is reprising that role in the big screen adaptation of the series, “Sex And The City The Movie.” The hit comedy series, cum movie, “SATC Movie” is being brought to the screen by New Line Cinema in association with HBO (their sister company).
Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon are all on board reprising their roles and the show’s longtime executive producer, Michael Patrick King, wrote and is directing. “There is no need for funeral arrangements,” says Michael Patrick King. “I assure you that Mr. Big is a very ‘big’ part of the “Sex and the City Movie.”
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