================================================================== TOPFIVE.COM'S LITTLE FIVERS -- MOVIES Today's special is guffaws and pan-fried knee-slaps, sprinkled with just a hint of desperation sauce. ================================================================== January 31, 2003 NOTE FROM KRISTIAN: Indie wunderfilm My Big Fat Greek Wedding was made for only $5 million, and has now generated nearly $240 million at the box office. So what has Hollywood learned from this experience? The Top 8 Things Learned from My Big Fat Greek Wedding 8. Don't get too attached to the pet lamb. 7. Apparently, "fat" means about 5'6", 148 pounds. 6. Reshoot Terminator 3 for $75 million less, call it My Big Pumped-Up Austrian Wedding. 5. Men can be fooled into seeing a chick flick if you call it a "very successful independent film". 4. It's okay to cast a member of a boy band in your movie, but only when you need someone to play a big, grinning idiot. 3. Big, fat Greek demographic has lots of big, fat disposable income. 2. That bastard Stallone should give back $80 million. and the Number 1 Thing Learned from My Big Fat Greek Wedding... 1. Tom Hanks' wife knows a good thing when she sees it. [ Copyright 2003 by Chris White ] [ www.topfive.com ] ================================================================== BIG FAT HITS My Big Fat Greek Wedding Zorba the Greek International Male Greek Bikini Brief Underwear ==================================================================
================================================================== Selected from 27 submissions from 12 contributors. Today's Top 5 List authors are: ------------------------------------------------------------------ Dave Ferry, Purvis, MS -- 1 (2nd #1) Scott Witmer, Hanover, PA -- 2, 3, 6 (Three picture deal!) Reid Kerr, Tyler, TX -- 3 Rabbi Crut, Bowling Green, OH -- 4, 5 Arthur Levesque, Laurel, MD -- 6 Kris Johnson, Glendale, CA -- 7 Michael Cunningham, Woodridge, IL -- 8 Kristian Idol, Burbank, CA -- Still Single List Editor ================================================================== [ Copyright 2003 by Chris White All rights reserved. ] [ Do not forward, publish, broadcast, or use ] [ in any manner without crediting "TopFive.com" ] ==================================================================
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