Ben's Stiller hit
September 5th 2008 14:30
GENERAL RAMBLINGS
With Tropic Thunder storming towards $100,000,000 at the US box-office, Ben Stiller's hit and miss run continues.
For almost every Stiller vehicle success story, there is one that has crashed and burned.
Tropic Thunder, about a group of actors thrown into a real war, co-stars Jack Black and Robert Downey Jnr,
both flavours of the month.
Behind the camera as well for the film, Stiller has gone some way towards making up for the shambles that he last had a leading role in, The Heartbreak Kid, another lame rom-com.
Prior to that was a impressive run of Madagascar (voice only), Meet The Fockers, and Dodgeball (in which he was the `bad guy'). But, he needed it after starring in Envy, an absolute turkey, despite Black again alongside.
Earlier, Starsky and Hutch and Along Came Polly, both of which were met with a lukewarm response, were preceeded by the biggest dog of Stiller's career Duplex, with Drew Barrymore.
While Zoolander was considered a failure at the box-office, that film really should alongside Stiller's best, albeit dumbest. And I reckon we could do with a sequel.
For almost every Stiller vehicle success story, there is one that has crashed and burned.
Tropic Thunder, about a group of actors thrown into a real war, co-stars Jack Black and Robert Downey Jnr,
both flavours of the month.
Behind the camera as well for the film, Stiller has gone some way towards making up for the shambles that he last had a leading role in, The Heartbreak Kid, another lame rom-com.
Prior to that was a impressive run of Madagascar (voice only), Meet The Fockers, and Dodgeball (in which he was the `bad guy'). But, he needed it after starring in Envy, an absolute turkey, despite Black again alongside.
Earlier, Starsky and Hutch and Along Came Polly, both of which were met with a lukewarm response, were preceeded by the biggest dog of Stiller's career Duplex, with Drew Barrymore.
While Zoolander was considered a failure at the box-office, that film really should alongside Stiller's best, albeit dumbest. And I reckon we could do with a sequel.
STILLER'S BEST AT THE BOX OFFICE
1. Meet the Fockers (2004) $279,261,160
2. Night at the Museum (2007) $250,863,268
3. Madagascar (2005) (voice) $193,595,521
4. There's Something About Mary (1997) $176,484,651
5. Meet the Parents (2000) $166,244,045
STILLER'S WORST AT THE BOX-OFFICE
1. Duplex (2003) $9,692,135
2. Envy (2004) $13,562,325
3. Mystery Men (1999) $29,762,011
4. The Heartbreak Kid (2007) $36,787,257
5. Zoolander (2001) $45,172,250
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