Weekend Boxoffice: Semi-Pro Sports Spoof vs. Boleyn Bodice-Ripper

Despite achieving a miserable 23 % rotten ranking on Rotten Tomatoes, the R-rated sports spoof Semi-Pro, starring Will Ferrell, is expected to dominate the weekend boxoffice by drawing young males. Boasting femme appeal is the other Boleyn girl, which grabbed a 53% rotten rating. Unlikely to score much action this weekend is Summit Entertainment's freshman release Penelope, starring recent BAFTA nominee James McAvoy and Christina Ricci as a girl with a pig nose, which earned 56% rotten reviews.

BTW, for the still-Oscar-obsessed, Rotten Tomatoes compares the scores of all the films that have won the Oscar for Best Picture.

Here's the weekend forecast based on Fandango's advance ticket sales:

Movie Fandango User Rating % Fandango Sales

Semi-Pro “Go” 21%

The Other Boleyn Girl “Go” 17%

Vantage Point “Go” 10%

The Spiderwick Chronicles “Go” 6%

U2 3D “Must Go” 5%

This week's Fandango Weekly Poll (as of 2/29/08 9:00 a.m. PT):

Will Ferrell's latest, Semi-Pro, opens this week. What's your favorite Ferrell comedy?

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy 24%

Old School 22%

Elf 21%

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby 17%

Blades of Glory 10%

Zoolander 6%