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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

The Hammer

The Numbers Rating: 4.50 (2 votes) Rate it - Rating Details
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 71% - Fresh
Theatrical Performance
Total US Gross $442,638
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Released March 21, 2008 (exclusive)
MPAA Rating R for brief language.
Keywords Boxing
Distributed by Hammer the Movie
Source Original Screenplay
Major Genre Comedy
Country United States
Production Method Live Action
Creative Type Contemporary Fiction

Synopsis

Jerry Ferro's 40th birthday has brought his life into sharp relief and it's not a pretty picture. A once-promising amateur boxer -- who quit so he wouldn't risk his perfect record of underachievement -- Jerry has been knocking around from one construction job to another and spinning his wheels in an unsatisfying relationship, all the while with an eye toward eventually getting his shit together. His last connection to the fight game is the evening boxing class he teaches to middle-aged, middle class, middle management types at a gym in Pasadena, where he also works as a handyman. When venerable boxing coach Eddie Bell asks Jerry if he'd like to spar a couple of rounds with Malice Blake, an up-and-coming pro, Jerry reluctantly steps into the ring. Despite the ass-kicking Jerry otherwise receives, a one-punch knockdown of Blake convinces Jerry that itıs time to make his return to competitive boxing. Thus ends a 20-year layoff and begins a hilarious fish-out-water quest for Olympic gold.

Weekend Chart Record

DateRank Gross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
3/21/2008 42 $97,137   20 $4,857 $97,137 3
3/28/2008 44 $104,803 +7.89% 34 $3,082 $236,430 10
4/4/2008 49 $58,314 -44.36% 29 $2,011 $321,579 17
4/11/2008 62 $33,642 -42.31% 23 $1,463 $373,871 24
4/18/2008 65 $27,753 -17.50% 23 $1,207 $413,218 31
4/25/2008 83 $12,934 -53.40% 10 $1,293 $436,305 38
5/2/2008 98 $3,282 -74.63% 5 $656 $442,638 45