Jason Bateman Articles
PIRANHA 3D, Jennifer Aniston’s THE SWITCH, Emma Thompson’s NANNY MCPHEE RETURNS: Weak Box Office

Jerry O’Connell, Piranha 3D (top); Emma Thompson, Nanny McPhee Returns (middle); Jason Bateman, Jennifer Aniston, The Switch (bottom) Julia Roberts-James Franco-Javier Bardem’s EAT PRAY LOVE Down Nearly 50%: Box Office At no. 3, new entry Lottery Ticket, featuring Bow Wow, Loretta Devine, Ice Cube, and The Expendables‘ Terry Crews, pulled in $11.12m at 1,973 venues for a better-than-expected 5,639 per-theater average, according to studio estimates [...]
Tina Fey, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jason Bateman, Steve Carell: 2010 Oscar Presenters

Sacha Baron Cohen (above in Bruno), Jason Bateman, Steve Carell, Tina Fey and Ben Stiller will be presenters at the 2010 Academy Awards telecast, the Academy has announced. This will be the debut appearances for Bateman and Baron Cohen — who had been rumored as a possible Oscarcast host. Stiller has appeared on five previous Oscar telecasts, in one of which dressed as a frog. [...]
COUPLES RETREAT Tops Box Office

Universal’s comedy Couples Retreat safely landed at the top of the North American box office this weekend with a solid $35.3 million in ticket sales at 3,000 locations, according to studio estimates Sunday. Starring Vince Vaughn, Jon Favreau, Kristin Davis, Kristen Bell and Jason Bateman, the film follows four couples traveling to a prestigious tropical island resort where they’re forced to partake in numerous couple [...]
THE FINAL DESTINATION Remains #1 at Box Office

The Final Destination held on to the No. 1 spot at the North American box office for a second consecutive weekend with $12.4 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. New Line Cinema’s David R. Ellis-directed horror sequel scored an average of $3,984 per theater at 3,121 locations, bringing its domestic total to $47.5 million after a little more than one week in [...]