Variety reveals that 'jackass' Outgrosses Box Office Rivals:
LOS ANGELES (Variety) - If you vomit and defecate in public places, they will come.Then there is Dish Network who is advertising an "event" for November titled Jerry Springer: Bizarre Sex Jobs, apparently from his "greatest hits" collection.
That could be the new mantra in Hollywood as the anarchic reality film "jackass: the movie" opened at No. 1 and put a new spin on the term "box office gross."
According to studio estimates issued on Sunday, "jackass" earned $22.7 million in the three days beginning Oct. 25. If estimates hold when final data are released on Monday, it will rank as the third-highest October opening ever.
"jackass: the movie," based on the controversial MTV stunt series, follows a gang of inebriated urban warriors who eat a snow cone soaked in urine, defecate in a toilet displayed in a home-supply store, and pole-vault into a wall.
While it's tempting to predict the imminent demise of Western civilization, one hundred years ago people would have been going to freak shows.
