
A movie about Blackjack earns a lot of money and
wins the box office this weekend? How are headline-writers gonna come up with something clever to say about that?
'21' Beats The Odds To Take Box-Office #1
The card-counting blackjack geniuses who served as inspiration for "21" wouldn't be happy with a 23, but... "21" brought down the house — and the box office — with a $23.7 million haul.
"21" Didn't really beat any odds, it was clearly the box office frontrunner this week against the R-rated "Stop Loss," "Horton" in its third weekend, and (thank frickin' God) a weak-performing "Superhero Movie." Awesome opening line to the article, though -- blackjack players definitely love the number "21" so much, they hate it when dollar amounts go over $21 million.
'21' TAKES THE CHIPS AGAINST 'SUPERHERO' AND 'STOP LOSS' AT THE BOX OFFICE
"Takes the chips" isn't an expression -- it's a sentence that people might say occassionally, but no one's ever like "The dinner was really good, but that dessert
totally took the chips!" My point is, let's make this an expression, immediately.
'21' comes up aces
What's good in cards? Aces, right? Ok, the movie was that, then.
Film about blackjack scheme hits jackpot
Nice and slow, in case you weren't following those ones that didn't explain what the movie was about before making the "jackpot" pun...
A gamble wins at the box office, but revenues down
Alright, we're gonna take a gamble here, people. We'll put money into capturing the illusion of movement, and that's gonna set us back a bit, but we'll also allow people to see the movement we have captured in various "motion picture theaters" around the country in exchange for currency.
Seuss folds to big opening for '21'
Come on, Seuss, you pussy -- call his bluff! Also, why are you folding in Blackjack?
'21' Aces Out Competition At Box Office
PERFECT. I salute "21" for acing out the competition, much as this headline totally aced out all the other headlines with its ace aceness. Aces are playing cards but also ace means good at something.