But, mercifully, the presence of Al Pacino doesn’t fool anybody:

Weekend of April 20, 2008

Box Office

1	new	Forbidden Kingdom	1	$20.9M	$20.9M	$6.6k	3151	62%
2	new	Forgetting Sarah Marshall	1	$17.3M	$17.3M	$6.2k	2798	86%
3	1	Prom Night	2	$9.1M	$32.6M	$3.4k	2700	9%
4	new	88 Minutes	1	$6.8M	$6.8M	$3.1k	2168	5%
5	4	Nim’s Island	3	$5.7M	$32.9M	$1.7k	3277	48%
6	3	21	4	$5.5M	$70M	$1.9k	2903	31%
7	2	Street Kings	2	$4M	$19.9M	$1.6k	2469	34%
8	6	Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who!	6	$3.5M	$144.4M	$1.3k	2670	78%
9	new	Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed	1	$3.2M	$3.2M	$3k	1052	9%
10	5	Leatherheads	3	$3M	$26.6M	$1.1k	2798	53%
11	7	Smart People	2	$1.6M	$6.8M	$1.4k	1119	51%
12	9	Superhero Movie!	4	$1.5M	$23.5M	$0.8k	1880	15%

Source: Rotten Tomatoes

My apologies for this mere blurb, hope to expand on it shortly:

Much, much more to love

Breaking up is hard to do when you’re wearing nothing but a pout and were just regaling your soon-to-be-ex with a celebratory wang-flapping to welcome her home.

Yes, Forgetting Sarah Marshall is another Apatowian romance, and once again the It producer and his crew have conjured fresh, dirty ways to make rom-com mush tolerable. Jason Segel earns the bulk of the credit here, though, not only starring as Peter, the musician dumped by his titular actress girlfriend (Kristen Bell), but also penning a debut script that doesn’t completely shun genre contrivances but feels believable nonetheless.

More important, it’s funny: Segel’s melancholic, genial Peter out-Everymans Seth Rogen with quips that are quick without seeming crack-fueled, and a supporting cast including Jack McBrayer, Jonah Hill, Bill Hader, Mila Kunis, Paul Rudd, and Russell Brand help ease/exacerbate Peter’s misery when he arrives at a Hawaiian resort to lick his wounds, only to run into Sarah and her new beau.

Sarah Marshall has a fan blog. Not the movie, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, mind you — the character herself.

I think this kind of marketing is a little, um, insane. Is anyone going to be that obsessed with Sarah’s backstory, even after the movie comes out? Hard to say. It is an Apatow production (you may have heard), but even though it’s pretty funny in parts and charming overall, IMO it’s not nearly in the same league as Knocked Up or Superbad.

Full review coming in a couple of weeks. In the meantime, get your cinematic-stalker on:

http://www.sarahmarshallfan.com/

The (alleged) legend herself