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Katy Perry stood by her husband’s side as his movie ‘Arthur’ premiered today in London.
The 26-year-old singer wore a long nude dress with crystals (so unflattering!), while Russell Brand opted for a Dolce & Gabbana suit.
Before the premiere Russell Tweeted: “Arriving at ARTHUR, I’m gonna sneak some tweeters in. Don’t act (fishy) suspicious.”
Hopefully the movie does better overseas! The movie has tanked in the US.
Russell Brand’s new movie, ‘Arthur’ took in a measly $12.7 million over the weekend. The comedy came in at number 2, after ‘Hop’, which earned $21.7 million during it’s second week run! Ouch.
The movie, which sadly costars Jennifer Garner (what were you thinking?) and Helen Mirren, received a sad 25% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Time Magazine chimes in:
Can we stop thinking about Russell Brand now? Britain’s bad-boy comic, who scored a vocal hit last week as the teen bunny in Hop, looked to parlay his animated success by starring in a remake of the 1981 Dudley Moore comedy Arthur. But audiences decided they’d rather hear Brand than see him. The holdover Hop, which dropped 42% from last weekend’s winning tally, won the battle of the Brands. Its $21.7 million earned it the top spot in North American theaters, according to early studio estimates, while Arthur grossed just $12.6 million, well below expectations, in its opening frame. Total theatrical revenue was down about 6% from the same weekend last year, with box-office earnings still running a parlous 30% below 2010’s.
Hop and Arthur were supposed to be the one-two punch that would transform Brand — known to American audiences for a supporting role in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, a co-star turn in Get Him to the Greek and his husbanding of Katy Perry — into the next bankable comedy phenom. Here was the ideal match of new star and old property, with the ex-druggie Brand as the dipsomaniacal playboy whom Moore had made both famous and endearing. Instead of pruney John Gielgud as Arthur’s veddy proper valet, Brand had Oscar- and Emmy-winner Helen Mirren; it was the two stars’ first picture together since their (SARCASM ALERT) plangently poetic teaming last year in Julie Taymor’s take on Shakespeare’s The Tempest (total worldwide gross: $302,110). Arthur made no happier impression than did Mirren’s hosting gig on last night’s lackluster and lack-laugh episode of Saturday Night Live. Even British dames — and dudes — can get slapped with the wet sock of failure.
I was totally expecting this movie to suck, but the trailer actually looks pretty decent! I think it may have a chance!
Irresponsible charmer Arthur Bach has always relied on two things to get by: his limitless fortune and the good sense of lifelong nanny Hobson to keep him out of trouble. Now he faces his biggest challenge — choosing between an arranged marriage that will ensure his lavish lifestyle or an uncertain future with the one thing money can’t buy, Naomi, the only woman he has ever loved. With Naomi’s inspiration and some unconventional help from Hobson, Arthur will take the most expensive risk of his life and finally learn what it means to become a man. “Arthur,” starring Russell Brand, Helen Mirren, Jennifer Garner, Greta Gerwig, and Nick Nolte, opens on April 8th.
I’m not one who thinks Russell Brand is sexy… he just does not do it for me! I know a lot of you think he’s sexy, which I just do not get. What is it about him!? I mean humor will only get you so far…
PICS: Russell Brand and Luis Guzman film a scene for the remake of “Arthur” in midtown Manhattan. The scene requires Brand to strip down to his briefs.
Bauer Griffin
