'Rush Hour 3' Stalls & Can't Top Sequel; 'Bourne 3' Still Big; 'Stardust' Big Bomb

Published: August 11, 2007, 11:27 am

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SUNDAY AM: New Line Cinema confirmed today that its Rush Hour threequel made only $50.2 million at the box office this weekend. Even using the studio's higher than rivals reported figures of $19.1 million Friday and $17.1 million Saturday from 3,778 theaters, the action buddy comedy clearly disappointed. The poorly reviewed movie, directed by Brett Ratner and starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker, couldn't do as well as Rush Hour 2, which in 2001 opened to $67.4 mil. Other problems for the troubled studio is that the film went wildly overbudget and set a new Hollywood salary high. Tucker earns $25 million against 20% of gross, and his deal comes with a second-picture commitment for the same salary on a film to be determined later. Chan gets around $15 million against 15% of gross, but he also owns the film's distribution rights in China and Hong Kong (but the Beijing government nixed the pic's distribution). Ratner gets a jump on the upfront part of the $5

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