NOTE FROM KRISTIAN:

Indie wunderfilm “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” was
made for only $5 million, and has now generated
nearly $240 million at the box office. So what
has Hollywood learned from this experience?

The Top 8 Things Learned
From “My Big Fat Greek Wedding”

8> Don’t get too attached to the pet lamb.

7> Apparently, “fat” means about 5′6″, 148 pounds.

6> Reshoot “Terminator 3″ for $75 million less, call it “My Big Pumped-Up Austrian Wedding”.

5> Men can be fooled into seeing a chick flick if you call it a “very successful independent film.”

4> It’s okay to cast a member of a boy band in your movie, but only when you need someone to play a big, grinning idiot.

3> Big Fat Greek demographic now has lots of big, fat disposable income.

2> That bastard Stallone should give back $80 million.

and the Number 1 Thing Learned from “My Big Fat Greek Wedding”…

1> Tom Hanks’ wife knows a good thing when she sees it.

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Credits:

Selected from 27 submissions from 12 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

Dave Ferry, Purvis, MS — 1 (2nd #1)
Scott Witmer, Hanover, PA — 2, 3, 6 (3-picture deal!)
Reid Kerr, Tyler, TX — 3
Rabbi Crut, Bowling Green, OH — 4, 5
Arthur Levesque, Laurel, MD — 6
Kris Johnson, Glendale, CA — 7
Michael Cunningham, Woodridge, IL — 8
Kristian Idol, Burbank, CA — Still-single List Editor