#National lampoon van wilder cast 2006 movie
In the international arena, the Bond movie has grossed $185 million. It was followed by the James Bond adventure Casino Royale, which made $115 million in 10 days. The chart was led by Happy Feet, which, in its third weekend, grossed $15 million, taking its total to $121 million. Given the crush of holiday movies, and the critically acclaimed comedy Boratstill going strong - it made a total of $116 million - the chances of The Rise of Taj improving its box office stand are slim. In between there will be Mira Nair's The Namesake but that film, at best, could be an arthouse hit. Meanwhile, he will have to wait for more than a year to boost his mass appeal through Harold and Kumar Go to Amsterdam. And yet, depending on the final revenues from video and DVD, there could be a sequel and Penn may find himself in it. The 2006 film, which grossed $400 million worldwide, was called an underachiever given its $150 million budget. Though he hardly had a speaking line in Superman Returns, he received good attention as one of its villains. And made Kal Penn a star in his own right.īesides, The Rise of Taj will not boost Kal Penn's career that zoomed because of Superman Returns. But it became a real hit on DVD, grossing over $50 million. The outrageous comedy grossed about $18 million. The producers of the second Van Wilder film decided to enhance Penn's role and cast him in the lead following the popularity of his 2004 cult hit Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle. Little does he know that he will have to fight for his survival and deal with a raft of hateful characters who do not like his looks or hidden smartness. In the new film, Taj, who was a personal assistant to the legendary campus figure Van Wilder in the previous film, leaves his American campus for Camford University near London, where he looks to continue his education, and be a teaching assistant. Given the popularity of campus comedies, any film, even a low budget film such as The Rise of Taj - that cost an estimated $10 million - is expected to make $10 million in its opening week. While the Los Angeles Times declared that 'it was refreshing to see an Indian American protagonist in this kind of flick,' it also wrote that the bad news came 'in the form of credited writer David Drew Gallagher, whose knuckles must be blanched from clutching the college-movie playbook, and director Mort Nathan ( Boat Trip), who catches neither the tone nor the spirit of the original.' But in the case of The Rise of Taj, the opinion of the critics and the public seemed to coincide. When it comes to campus comedies, the opinions of the critics mostly do not matter.
The first film, which opened in 2002, grossed a healthy $21 million. Becker was replaced by Mort Nathan in the new film.
The first Van Wilder, which introduced the character of Taj Mahal Badalandabad, was directed by Walt Becker.