• Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family
  • Release Date: 12/14/2007
  • Running Time: 92 mins
  • Director: Tim Hill
  • Cast: Jason Lee, Ross Bagdasarian Jr., Janice Karman, Don Tiffany, David Cross, Cameron Richardson, Jane Lynch, Jordan Green, Allison Karman, Tiara Parker
  • Producer: Janice Karman, Ross Bagdasarian Jr.
  • Writer: Jon Vitti
  • Distributor: 20th Century Fox
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Box Office

  1. The Dark Knight, 26.1 million, 441.6 million
  2. Eagle Eye, 29.2 million, 29.2 million
  3. Nights in Rodanthe, 13.4 million, 13.4 million
  4. Pineapple Express, 23.2 million, 41.3 million
  5. Lakeview Terrace, 7.0 million, 25.7 million
  6. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, 16.5 million, 71.0 million
  7. Fireproof, 6.8 million, 6.8 million
  8. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, 10.7 million, 19.6 million
  9. Burn After Reading, 6.2 million, 45.6 million
  10. Step Brothers, 9.1 million, 81.1 million
  11. Igor, 5.4 million, 14.2 million
  12. Mamma Mia!, 8.2 million, 104.1 million
  13. My Best Friend's Girl, 3.9 million, 14.6 million
  14. Journey to the Center of the Earth, 4.9 million, 81.8 million
  15. Hancock, 3.3 million, 221.7 million
  16. Righteous Kill, 3.7 million, 34.7 million
  17. WALL-E, 3.1 million, 210.2 million
  18. Miracle at St. Anna, 3.5 million, 3.5 million
  19. Swing Vote, 3.1 million, 12.0 million
  20. Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys, 3.1 million, 32.8 million
Movie Title, Weekly Earnings, Total Earnings

Alvin and the Chipmunks

The only way a Chipmunks movie could be even remotely interesting would be for it to deconstruct the characters, à la Scrappy in the live-action Scooby-Doo: Make them evil bastards who secretly plan to drive Dave Seville (here played by Jason Lee) to suicide with their crazy antics and obnoxious helium voices. Needless to say, the Bagdasarian family, who created the furry beasts, aren't about to undermine their cash cow, so what we get instead are Alvin, Simon, and Theodore, lovingly rendered in fuzzy, huggable CG. Effects apparently sapped the movie’s budget so such things as continuity and art direction have gone out the window. And did nobody involved notice the irony of the film’s villain being a sleazy record-company executive (David Cross, giving it his all) who wants to milk the singing-chipmunk gimmick dry? Lee, acting through gritted teeth, barely musters the energy to yell "Alvin!" but the chipmunks themselves — voiced by Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler, and Jesse McCartney — are surprisingly appealing, though their newly R&B-tinged rendition of "Witch Doctor" is godawful. — Luke Y. Thompson

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