• Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 08/20/2008
  • Running Time: 102 mins
  • Director: Peter Cattaneo
  • Cast: Rainn Wilson, Christina Applegate, Teddy Geiger, Josh Gad, Emma Stone, Jeff Garlin, Jane Lynch, Jason Sudeikis, Will Arnett, Howard Hesseman
  • Producer: Shawn Levy
  • Writer: Maya Forbes, Wallace Wolodarsky
  • Distributor: Fox Atomic
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Box Office

  1. The Dark Knight, 26.1 million, 441.6 million
  2. Quantum of Solace, 67.5 million, 67.5 million
  3. Pineapple Express, 23.2 million, 41.3 million
  4. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, 35.0 million, 116.9 million
  5. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, 16.5 million, 71.0 million
  6. Role Models, 11.2 million, 37.6 million
  7. High School Musical 3: Senior Year, 5.7 million, 84.2 million
  8. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, 10.7 million, 19.6 million
  9. Changeling, 4.3 million, 27.6 million
  10. Step Brothers, 9.1 million, 81.1 million
  11. Mamma Mia!, 8.2 million, 104.1 million
  12. Zack and Miri, 3.1 million, 26.5 million
  13. Soul Men, 2.4 million, 9.4 million
  14. Journey to the Center of the Earth, 4.9 million, 81.8 million
  15. Hancock, 3.3 million, 221.7 million
  16. The Secret Life of Bees, 2.3 million, 33.6 million
  17. Saw V, 1.8 million, 55.4 million
  18. WALL-E, 3.1 million, 210.2 million
  19. Swing Vote, 3.1 million, 12.0 million
  20. Beverly Hills Chihuahua, 1.6 million, 90.9 million
Movie Title, Weekly Earnings, Total Earnings

The Rocker

Directed by Peter Cattaneo, The Rocker's more or less the Pete Best Story—the tale of a poor bastard who gets shitcanned right on the brink of record-bin immortality. The film opens in Cleveland, mid-1980s, where Rainn Wilson's Robert "Fish" Fishman is behind the kit for Vesuvius, a metal band fronted by three head-bobbing, hair-waving morons (Will Arnett, Fred Armisen, and Bradley Cooper) whose loyalty only extends to the dotted line. Told to either ditch their drummer or lose a deal with a record label, his bandmates choose the former, sending Fish into a tailspin from which he never recovers. Until decades later, that is, when he falls in with A.D.D., the high-school band for which his portly, pale nephew (Josh Gad) plays keyboard. Fish wins over the sulking, songwriting frontman (Teddy Geiger) and the brooding, scowling guitarist (Emma Stone), and they're signed and touring and sell-out famous within hours of making their inauspicious Interwebs debut. Sooner or later, they're forced to choose between opening for Vesuvius or busting up the band. A juvenile fairy tale that plays like the pilot for a Jonas Brothers sitcom on the Disney Channel, The Rocker comes off as something penned by an old dude who hasn't bought music since it was sold "on records," or ever met a music executive who wasn't a character in This Is Spinal Tap. This is sugary-sweet stuff—pop instead of rock. — Robert Wilonsky

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