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Where there's a Will, there's a paydayPopWire: News, Reviews and Commentaryby David HinckleyNew York Daily News (MCT) 2 April 2007The ice kings pulled in lots of cold cash this weekend. “Blades of Glory,” a goofball figure-skating comedy starring Will Ferrell and Jon Heder, earned $33 million at the box office, continuing Ferrell’s winning streak with absurd costumes and sports satire. The weekend’s other breakout hit was the new animated Disney flick “Meet the Robinsons,” a time-travel adventure that earned $25.1 million. “Blades” puts Ferrell in his most absurd role since “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby” and also brings him back to the scene of his last big score, gently trashing a beloved American spectator sport. Last summer’s NASCAR comedy earned almost $150 million. Ferrell and Heder play bitter figure-skating rivals who are forced to team up to enter a pairs competition. The movie has been heavily promoted and got surprisingly good reviews. After “Blades” and “The Robinsons,” there was a big dropoff to the No. 3 movie, “300.” The Greek warrior epic earned $11.2 million to run its total to $179.6 million and keep it on track for $200 million. Last week’s No. 1 film, the animated “TMNT,” plunged to fourth place with $9.1 million for fourth place. “Wild Hogs” earned $8.4 million to finish fifth and run its total to $135.3 million.
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