Funny People Gets Last Laugh?
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Funny People wasn't a typical Judd Apatow or Adam Sandler movie. But it managed a typical box-office finish for an Apatow movie—and an atypically big debut for an atypical Sandler movie.
The comedy-drama hybrid, which opened Friday, will gross $23.4 million through today, per estimates, enough to top the weekend standings, and put it in the ballpark of Apatow's The 40-Year-Old Virgin.
For Sandler, the take reigned over Reign Over Me, Spanglish and the comic's other un-comic pieces.
The complete Top 10 standings—and a Harry Potter update—still to come…
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