![]() Closer, the pair's previous film together (also starring Jude Law and Natalie Portman), opened in January 2005 with nearly double Duplicity's tally, £1.57m. In other words, the addition of Julia Roberts seems barely to have moved the dial. The Duplicity result is highly comparable with recent Clive Owen thriller The International, which opened last month with £760,000. ![]() But poor word-of-mouth may be an additional factor in the dip. Lesbian Vampire Killers' Sunday takings were less than half its totals on both Friday and Saturday the sharp drop to some degree reflects the viewing patterns of young males, and grosses may have also wilted in the spring sunshine. But Friday night always draws a young-adult crowd, and by the end of the weekend the horror comedy had fallen nearly £150,000 behind Duplicity's three-day total of £796,000. On Friday, Lesbian Vampire Killers landed in third place, just ahead of Duplicity. This was enough to earn second place in the chart, behind Marley & Me, which earned £2.17m for an impressive total to date of £8.16m. In fact, the family comedy took £1.29m at the weekend, including previews of £167,000. Since the latter debuted with £1.09m back in March 2005, few predicted that Mall Cop, resting chiefly on James's ample frame, would open north of that figure. ![]() ![]() In the UK, he's known more for his supporting roles in Will Smith's Hitch and Adam Sandler's I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry. ![]() Paul Blart: Mall Cop has been a huge hit in the US ($141m and counting), but then actor James enjoys a much higher profile there, thanks to his TV show King of Queens. Both films got roundly spanked by fellow debutant Kevin James as a pratfalling shopping-centre security guard. The battle between new releases Duplicity and Lesbian Vampire Killers proved to be a commercial sideshow. Anyone who last week pondered how Julia Roberts would fare against local heroes James Corden and Matthew Horne was forgetting an important box-office lesson: the enduring power of the family market. ![]()
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