> It is time to fire all reports that report on box office grosses and replace them with people
> who don't thrive so much on puns. For a long time now, box office headlights have read things
> like:
>
> "Con Air soars at the box office."
> "Maverick rides to the top."
> "Titanic stays afloat."

The first headline in IMdB's Studio Briefing today reports that The Phantom Menace is COMING DOWN FROM HYPE-RSPACE.

The second poses the question: WILL IT SAIL PAST TITANIC?

> These are all bad enough. But now this kind of reporting has become mandatory, even for titles
> for which there aren't any puns that even mean anything. I've actually seen:
>
> "Phantom Menace menaces box office."
> "Never Been Kissed french kisses another $5 million."

Headline number three today: MUMMY REMAINS WELL HEELED.

I thought of this thread immediately.

Paul