Weekend Boxoffice: Harold and Kumar vs. Baby Mama

Amazingly, the dumb-male stoner comedy sequel Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay and Tina Fey's smart female comedy Baby Mama are earning equivalently middling reviews. Harold and Kumar is 53% Rotten on the Tomatometer, and so is Baby Mama. Here are Variety's reviews of Baby Mama and Harold and Kumar. At a Variety conference table meeting last week, one guy asked, "who wants to see Baby Mama?", clearly expecting universal agreement that it was a must-to-avoid. Several women, including me, instantly chimed up, "we do!"

The potboiler Deception, on the other hand, is in the Rotten Tomato doghouse, with a 9 % rotten critics rating.

Here's Variety's weekend forecast. UPDATE: Baby Mama is soundly beating Harold and Kumar.

Fandango Five – Ticket Sales (as of 4/25/08 7:00 a.m. PT)

Movie Fandango User Rating % Fandango Sales

Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay “Go” 18%

Iron Man “Go” 12%

Forgetting Sarah Marshall “Go” 11%

Baby Mama “Go” 8%

The Forbidden Kingdom “Go” 6%

Comments

[Christian Toto]

It's depressing that people could assume there's zero interest in "Baby Mama." Poehler is the best part of "SNL" - and has been for ages -- and "30 Rock" is brilliant nearly every week. Even more depressing -that "Baby Mama" and "Harold & Kumar" are drawing the same RT rating. The drop-off in quality between the two is massive.

[Alan]

okay, i'll go out on a limb. baby mama will do bettr than h&k

however, i was under the impression this was a given. guess not