Paul Blart: Mall Cop
| Paul Blart: Mall Cop | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Steve Carr |
| Written by | Kevin James Nick Bakay |
| Produced by | Adam Sandler Kevin James Barry Bernardi |
| Starring | Kevin James Jayma Mays Keir O'Donnell Stephen Rannazzisi Bobby Cannavale Raini Rodriguez Erick Avari Jamal Mixon |
| Cinematography | Russ T. Alsobrook |
| Edited by | Jeff Freeman |
| Music by | Waddy Wachtel |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | Template:Film US |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $26 million |
| Box office | $227,126,523[1] |
Paul Blart: Mall Cop is a 2009 American comedy film written by and starring Kevin James as the title character and directed by Steve Carr. It was released on January 16, 2009 by Columbia Pictures.
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Cast
- Kevin James as Paul Blart, a security guard. When the mall is hijacked, he must utilize his skills and innate courage to save the day.
- Keir O'Donnell as Veck Simms. He is initially a washed-up security guard in training, but is revealed to be a sarcastic, intelligent bank robber who leads his own gang of robbers.
- Jayma Mays as Amy Anderson, Paul's love interest. She owns a kiosk and sells hair extensions .
- Shirley Knight as Margaret Blart, Paul's mother
- Raini Rodriguez as Maya Blart, Paul's daughter
- Stephen Rannazzisi as Stuart. He acts like a jerk towards Paul, but he turns out to be a coward.
- Peter Gerety as Chief Brooks, Paul's superior.
- Adam Ferrara as Sergeant Howard, the hostage negotiator.
- Bobby Cannavale as Commander James Kent, a corrupt SWAT operative who really works with Veck.
- Adhir Kalyan as Pahud, an egocentric teenager whom Paul befriends via cell phone.
- Erick Avari as Vijay, an aging man who sells cell phones.
- Jamal Mixon as Leon, A kid at a bar that competes with Paul eating nachos and peppers.
- Allen Covert as Jerky Security Guy
- Bas Rutten as Drill Instructor
- Jason Ellis as Prancer
- Natascha Hopkins as Vixen
- Mike Escamilla as Blitzen
- Rick Thorne as Cupid
- Mike Vallely as Rudolph
- Gary Valentine as Karaoke Singer
- Victor T. Lopez as Donner
- Jackie Sandler as Victoria's Secret Sales Associate
Production
The film began shooting in late February 2008 in Boston.[2] Principal shooting took place at the Burlington Mall in Burlington, Massachusetts after being denied a permit from Willowbrook Mall in Wayne, New Jersey. From late February until mid-April, the mall and its stores were decorated with Christmas decorations, and there was a large prop ball-pit in the main foyer of the mall near the Sears branch, and a Santa's Village at the opposite end near the Macy's branch in the same place that the mall usually puts its own Santa's Village. Interior filming took place mostly at night.
Release
Critical reception
The film was considered mostly a critical failure, receiving mostly negative reviews from movie critics (although was a box office success). Rotten Tomatoes reported that the film has a "Rotten" rating of 37%, based on 107 reviews.[3] Furthermore, another review aggregator, Metacritic, calculated for the movie a similarly low approval rating of 39 out of 100, which indicates "generally unfavorable reviews", based on 24 reviews from mainstream critics.[4] One notable exception was Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun Times.
Box office
Paul Blart: Mall Cop became a surprise hit at the box office. The film ranked number one at the domestic box office with $9,791,368 from 3,144 theaters for an opening day average of $3,105. During the film's entire three day opening weekend, the film remained at number one, grossing a total of $31,832,636, with a per screen average of $10,125, outgrossing its $26 million budget. It grossed $39,234,238 over the entire four day MLK weekend, for a four day average of $12,479. The film was the second best opening of all-time for the MLK weekend, behind 2008's Cloverfield. The film stayed at number one in its second weekend, grossing another $21,623,182, dropping just 32%, and boosting the ten day income to $64,923,380. In its third weekend it dropped to second place with $13,872,751, a 36% decline from the last weekend, for an average of $4,327 from 3,206 theaters, bringing the seventeen day gross to $83,247,655. In its fourth weekend, it dropped to fifth place with $10,884,825, a drop of 22% from the last weekend, for an average of $3,435 from 3,169 theaters, and bringing the 24-day tally to $96,886,687. In its fifth weekend (President's Day weekend), it dropped to sixth place, making another $10,983,319 over the three day span, actually increasing 1%, for an average of $3,704 from 2,965 theaters, and bringing the 31-day total to $109,787,819, having broken the $100 million mark on Friday February 13. Over the four day President's Day weekend, it made $13,574,027 for an average of $4,578, and bringing the 32-day cume to $112,388,524.[5] The film closed on Monday, May 25, 2009, with a final domestic gross of $146,336,178 (the equivalent of about 20.4 million tickets with 2009's $7.18 ticket price), with the three day opening weekend making up 21.75% of the total gross (26.81% for the four day opening weekend). The film has also so far made $36,625,591 internationally, bringing the total worldwide gross to $183,293,131, against a modest $20 million budget.[6]
Home media
Paul Blart: Mall Cop was released on DVD, Blu-Ray, and UMD on May 19, 2009. The DVD sold 1,817,747 copies, making US$29,411,146 for the week of May 24, 2009, having only been out for six days, and it ranked number one for DVD sales that week as well.[1] Furthermore, for the week of May 31, 2009, it again made number one on the US DVD Charts as it sold an additional 553,681 copies and making US$9,921,964 for a total of 2,834,826 units sold with earnings of US$46,676,902 as of November 1, 2009.[1] Combined with results from the Box Office and total DVD sales as of November 1, 2009, Paul Blart: Mall Cop has made a total of US$227,126,523.
References
- ^ a b c The-numbers.com
- ^ A Mall Cop by any other name, accessed March 18, 2008
- ^ "Paul Blart Mall Cop Movie Reviews, Pictures". Rotten Tomatoes. IGN Entertainment. Retrieved 2011-01-03.
- ^ "Paul Blart Mall Cop (2009): Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2009-01-18.
- ^ "Weekend Box Office Results from January 16–18, 2009". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2009-01-18.
- ^ "Paul Blart Mall Cop (2009)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2009-04-06.
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