Jennifer Aniston had a pretty good weekend. Box office analysts didn’t really know how to predict the box office for We’re the Millers, and their predictions were all over the place. At the end of the day, it seems like WTM ended up in the middle of the predictions, coming in at #2 behind Elysium. WTM made about $25 million for the weekend, and $37 million since it opened last Wednesday. This is one of the better openings for an Aniston film. Not only that, but Jennifer was back in LA with Justin Theroux this weekend – she threw Justin a party for his 42nd birthday at their newly renovated Bel Air mansion. I’m including some blurry photos from the party at the end of the post.
He’s one popular birthday boy!
Ellen DeGeneres, Ben Stiller, Jimmy Kimmel, Tobey Maguire, Laura Dern, John Krasinski, Don Cheadle, Jason Bateman, Kristen Bell, Isla Fisher, Samantha Ronson, Will Arnett, Malin Ackerman and Dax Shepard were among the celebs who headed to Jennifer Aniston’s Bel Air mansion Saturday night as the actress threw her fiancé, Justin Theroux, a 42nd birthday bash.
The party also took place on the one-year anniversary of the couple’s engagement. Though the party sparked rumors of a possible surprise wedding, guests dressed down and the atmosphere was casual.
In the afternoon, guests hung outside on the patio of the newly renovated $21 million, 8,500-sq.-ft. home, chatting and listening to pop tunes (Nelly’s “Hot in Herre” gets any party started!) before heading inside to toast Theroux.
Aniston’s personal chefs prepared appetizer-style food with a relaxed buffet for about 75 guests. On Friday, a large shipment of Champagne had been delivered to the house.
Last week, the We’re the Millers star, 44, said she was in no rush to get married.
“We just want to do it when it’s perfect, and we’re not rushed, and no one is rushing from a job or rushing to a job,” said Aniston. “And, you know, we already feel married.”
Yes, one year ago, Justin proposed to Jennifer on his birthday. It’s nice that she made this year’s birthday all about him, I guess. Us Weekly’s sources said basically the same thing, that Jennifer and Justin seemed happy and huggy with everyone, but that Justin and his boys were listening to Kanye West and The Kinks (as opposed to Nelly). The UK papers claimed last week that Jen and Justin might “surprise” people with an impromptu wedding at the Bel Air estate, but it doesn’t look like that happened. Which is fine. Happy birthday, Justin.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
I think it’s sweet. I hope she invited all his friends, that’d probably be a nice surprise for him. My mom’s birthday is this sunday, and unfortunately there’s not a lot we can do for her, being that we live in the middle of nowhere. So birthdays aren’t really exciting where I am. The most I was ever excited was last year when I got a laptop.
I wonder when they’ll get married. It would’ve been funny if they did what Britney and Kfed did—didn’t they invite guests to their “engagement party”, but it was actually their wedding? That would be a bold move for Aniston/Theroux. And unexpected.
It was sweet. Happy for her film opening too. Everyone deserves the occassional victory.
Chelsea wasn’t there probably because she was performing on Saturday night in my hometown @ Caesars Windsor, in Windsor Ontario, Canada.
“It’s nice that she made this year’s birthday all about him”
Stretching! Birthdays are SUPPOSED to be about the other person!
Besides, this big bash just happens to coincide with her movie opening. No, it’s not about him. Nothing ever is.
No Courtney. She was in Mexico with her friends because it was reported she broke her hand. They aren’t close anymore.
They may not be close but they’re still friends…..and interesting to note no Chelsea Handler at the party.
Yeah I just read on TMZ that Courtney broke her wrist in Mexico… I wonder if she was invited to the party? I don’t know why but it makes me sad if they’re not close anymore.
Oh.
It all sounds rather empty. And contrived. Like their life.
I know.. when you heard the guest list that attended the party, it was the most corny people in HW. The c/d listers of HW.
I don’t know.. why is it news. I mean I’m sure lots of other celebs have b-day parties.. we just don’t hear about it.
They dont call People magazine People.com posted story about party on Friday.Im sure they will have exclusive pics like Access Hollywood had exclusive video for Aniston bday party in 2010 I think.Congrats We are the Millers did good despite 40% RT rating.Damon’s movie underperformed.Lastly Ellen is looking ancient she is only in her fifties.Oh yeah Courtney and Jen not so close anymore
Is it news when other celebs take their kids to the park or the farmers market? Or lego land?
It’s just gossip, and yes we do hear about it with other celebs.
Really? No, we just see photos of them, and all their children going to the party place for decorations, toys, etc…
Sounds like a fun party.
I’ll give her props for the movie not bombing!!!!! Go Jen.
I get what you mean, but that’s pretty sad we have to give her props for that.
Did anyone see it, though? My initial impression is that it’s really one of those movies that you watch on a friday night that is neither completely awful nor memorable.
The only film I’ve ever liked her in was Horrible Bosses, and even then, I’m on the fence about whether or not that movie was even funny because there were so many stupid things in it.
Let’s just say Kevin Spacey (my other future husband) and Colin Farrell MADE that movie (for me, at least).
I’m with you Virgillia, I might go see it this week, but I’m not really into gross humor, unlike most of the country I hated Bridemaids and the Hangover. I’m not a summer movie fan though, I’m an Oscar bait movie snob, bring on fall releases.
You know I didnt like Bridesmaids either but I didnt want to lose my “Woman” card so I stayed mum
I thought some parts in Bridesmaids was funny, but it isn’t a movie that I’ll ever watch again. My favorite part was on the plane, with the girl that was into Disney w/the gay husband, and the blonde drunk lady.
“Stop it! You’re more beautiful than Cinderella. You smell like pine needles, and you have a face like sunshine!”
BEST PART EVER.
I love The Object Of My Affection so much. Awesome film.
I had to leave the theatre because of a work emergency so didnt finish Bridesmaids. I loved what I saw though. Especially the line about men who are aggressive about wanting bjs, putting it in your facial area as if a bj is a right. It was funny coz it was true. Lol.
Mental note; rent Bridesmaids.
I have to admit that The Good Girl is one of my guilty pleasures. Not just for her or her performance, but there were so many great actors in it, and it’s a great story. A quiet ‘hauntingness’ about it, as well as being sweetly funny at times.
It was very funny, and I’m not usually a fan of comedies.
Looks like a fun time, one of my friends birthday is this week so we’re doing the get together thing at her house this weekend, good food, drink and friends what more could you want. Congrats on her movie too, it actually made $36 million since it opened in the middle of the week, since the budget was $30 million it actually made some cash.
Portia’s face looks different. Is she tinkering with plastic?
IKR!! She also looks like Ellen’s sister in this photo
She looks like J. K. Rowling’s hitherto unknown little sister, IMO.
YES!! She is tinkering. Too much. Have you seen the latest Arrested Development series on Netflix? She looks very different. She looks good but she was such a natural (maybe??) beauty before that this is a big change. I don’t like it!
Portia has been messing with her face for a long time. She used to be beautiful. Now she looks incredibly plastic.
I could be wrong, but it seems to me that she has put on some significant weight. Not a bad thing, considering her ED.
Jennifer you go girl! We’re the Millers is doing as well as Identity Thief and The Heat.
The Heat made $39M as opposed to We are the Millers @$26M for opening weekend but good for Aniston led film
But don’t you find it interesting that the only films she can get cast in are low budget films? The only big ticket movie I think she was in was the one where she played third fiddle to Owen Wilson and 22 dogs. Some people who saw the movie said she was the 23rd dog.
The Millers bombed it started on the Wednesday, while most box office starts on Friday and still it only made a measly 26 mil. Party had people milling around looking bored and on their cell phones. Something is happening to JA and her friends and her new beau, no Courtney and the one with the late show both were no shows, seems to me the party was for Justin to network Aniston’s Hollywood friends.
lmfao…..23rd dog Maniston!
Floretta. The box office including the Wed and Thurs numbers is estimated at 38 million. The 26.5 was weekend only. Elysium did 30 and that included IMAX tickets.
Can’t really call it a bomb if it hit’s it’s production figure in 5 days.
But it only made one third of what WWZ pulled in its first weekend. So there you go.
No comparison The Millers budget was $39M, WWZ budget was $190.
In spite of what these respective movies cost to make,MTM only pulled one third of the audience.
True enough. But there is a vast difference on how much was spent to market the two films as well. Plus, WWZ was a hugely popular book, which tends to give a certain amount of built in audience, as we also saw with Twilight or The Hunger Games.
Apples to Oranges in this case, I think.
The Millers’ actually opened on Tuesday. IIRC it has several showings starting at 8 pm.. so it has a 5 1/2 or 6 day tota. But nobody is pointing that little fact out.. so there you go.
It is a HUGE SUCCESS by her STandards.
Rotten Tomatoes has 81% of those that saw We’re The Millers liking it to World War Z’s 75%.
It did pretty well for a comedy, but I have yet to read a good review of her performance. In fact, there have several scathing ones. But she’s one of those chicks who does not need good reviews nor frankly good acting to get hired, although there are plenty of hollywood types that fit that bill.
The party seems nice, although I did have to chuckle at the number of men wearing skinny jeans. Maybe I’m just old, but they amuse the heck out of me – so silly and contrived.
I don’t think it’s ONLY Jennifer that’s making the film a success. Jason Sudekis has a big following as well. I’d see it for him and his humor before I’d see it for anything she added to the film.
It was an ensemble cast. It probably would have done much better if she weren’t it.
Meet the Millers had special viewings on Tuesday night. The studio was desperate for this movie to make some money, given the bad reviews prior to its premiere. It was the only new movie opposite Elysium. If you weren’t interested in that movie and wanted to see something, MTM was it. Not surprised it did okay.
actually, “Planes” also opened this weekend, and came in third.
According to Box Office Mojo, “the millers” opened “surprisingly strong”.
it beat a disney/pixar spin off (a spin off from one of their most popular films), which is no easy feat.
frankly, the fact that NO movie that opened this weekend did (much) over 30 mil tells me that a LOT of people are on vacation and not seeing movies. But those that did apparently thought the Millers was worth seeing.
give it a couple of weeks, see how it does in its second weekend (increase or decrease) and that’ll give us a better idea of it’s long-term money making prospects.
not a movie that I’D see in the theaters, but I’ll watch it on cable…looks funny.
Are you really suggesting that Meet the Millers was competing against Planes? Two separate markets completely. August is always a dumping ground for movies, although frankly I think Meet the Millers did just fine. The fact that it was expected to bomb says something right there. And let’s face it, none of these people carried this movie, and if one were to be singled out, seems Sudekis would be it.
All the top 4 (Elysium, Millers, Plane, Percy Jackson) have different target audience. But I think it’s safe to say that animated movies tend to fare better — especially in summer. Elysium has a little advantage from the 3D showings. And Percy Jackson is a sequel of a pretty successful predecessor. If you compared these 4, say, last week, WTM would be seen as the weakest. Also add that most critics bash it, although interestingly I see improving RT number, thanks to some approving major critics (Salon, EW, Roeper).
to Amory:
not saying they’re competing for the same audience, but the fact that an “adult” R-rated comedy outperformed a G-rated spin off/sequel from a successful animated franchise, in the summer, is impressive.
my post was in response to the one who said that the only other new movie was Elysium, which wasn’t accurate. further, I was sort of agreeing with your point that August is a dumping ground; that is, a lot of folks aren’t historically seeing movies during the August period. Elysium only barely broke $30mil, and I think a movie like that opening on an October or November weekend would do 50mil, easy.
I give props to WarnerBros, they know what they’re doing in terms of marketing. There is reason they’re number 1 against other movie studios. I have come to not believe that star power is the ultimate factor in alluring people now.
IIRC, similar strategy was also adopted for WWZ, e.g. selling ticket packages, special prices, and of course Brad Pitt giving “surprise” appearances. These were all, I think, out of concerns due to some negative reviews.
And like the previous comment has mentioned, there are several other new movies, including “Plane” and “Percy Jackson”. I also agree to wait until the second week to see how it stands. It is not a movie that I would normally see in theaters (but I rarely go these days), but it looks like it gets good word of mouth.
I rarely visit movie theatres either. Partly because its $11.50 per head and partly because I have access to a drive-in. Two movies on a 50′ X 100′ screen $10, and you can bring your own snacks, or hit up the incredibly cheap snack bar. Blankets, pillow, pajamas, the only way to watch movies on the big screen.
Movies are up to $14.50 here! Total b.s. I get $8 tickets at Costco for Regal Cinemas. Plus I hate when I got to movie and the theater is empty and people sit directly behind me.
The trade mags all report this was a “crowded” weekend in August – four wide releases (3000+ screens each) is unusually high. “Millers” is the only one of the four movies to meet or exceed studio estimates. “Elysium” was expected to do $35m-$40m, “Planes” was expected to do over $30m, “Percy Jackson” high $20s (over five days), and “Millers” was projected to come in around $30m (5-day) and finish behind “Planes” for the 3-day weekend.
The most interesting aspect is the absence of C. Cox.
I give props to WarnerBros, they know what they’re doing in terms of marketing. There is reason they’re number 1 against other movie studios.
IIRC, similar strategy was also adopted for WWZ, e.g. selling ticket packages, special prices, and of course Brad Pitt giving “surprise” appearances. These were all, I think, out of concerns due to some negative reviews.
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Where is Courtney Cox??????
She was in Mexico, after wrapping her movie last week.
He is so committed to that one particular style he cant even veer slightly off to wear flip flops.or even go barefoot.at his own backyard party in the middle of a very hot.summer.
where are the friends Justin?
Why, There are friends de jennifer and no justin
Scott Campbell, Will Arnett, John Krasinski are all long time friends of Justin. They also did not name everyone that was there = approx. 70 guests I believe.
In the picture above, he’s smiling with Scott Campbell, one of his closest friends from New York. Dax Shepard, Jimmy Kimmel, John Krasinsky and Will Arnett are all friends of his predating Aniston, and they are all there. Not to mention any of the less famous ones that didn’t get papped.
I don’t see Jen Aniston having a quiet wedding. They can’t even throw birthday parties,that are private. When she does get married, get ready for her publicist to tell People and E online.It may be a Kardashian wedding all over again. She does nothing private.She feeds into the attention.
Christa Miller, Courteney Cox’s good friend and co-star, was papped coming to the party. I didn’t realize she was friendly with Aniston/Theroux as well.
Courteney just wrapped the movie she was directing last week. She probably headed to Mexico right away. Not sure when Cougartown goes back into production.
Chelsea Handler was in Canada this weekend.
They are clearly so very much in love, and to make this year’s birthday all about her fiance’ was a special gift of love as well. Jennifer’s been glowing since she accepted Justin’s proposal a year ago while Justin continues to be protective and loving with her. In a town where so much perversion is the norm, it’s wonderful to see two successful celebs so committed and happy.
Two successful people? looool thanks for giving me a laugh. Jennifer is called boxoffice poisen for a reason and Justin well he is Mr Aniston – that says it all..
+1
two successful celebs ???
Wait. To make Justin’s birthday about him was showing a great act of love? Who was Justin’s birthday supposed to be about at the party?
Kevin Huvane, how the heck are you?
Nah, it’s just Patty Anne from IUC. She always has to throw in talk of “perversions.” LOL!
WOW. Talk about a prepared, canned answer. Well, hello Mr. Huvane how are you??
Heres a tip: make your posts a tad more “natural” would you?? Were not all a bunch of gullible turnip heads on here. Pfft!!!
Aniston is not pregnant There is nothing to announce she just gained” a couple of lbs” in interview with the Kyle and Jackie O show(Australian radio show)
I’m probably going to get reamed a new one for this, but I honestly wonder sometimes if she is under going fertility treatments. Those can make you bloat like a mother (literally)!
Eh, she could’ve changed her mind (because I remember her saying during the promotion of The Switch that adoption/in vitro wasn’t for her), but I highly doubt it. I doubt it because she’s with Justin, and the dude was 40 years old when they got together. If he’d wanted kids, he would’ve had ’em by then. I hope that was one of the first conversations they had.
I know it must seem old to you, but 40 is not really that old. I was 40 when I had my first (and last) child. Honestly, before that I wasn’t ready and neither was my husband, and he was 43 when she was born.
I like her and I think she seems sweet. Not a huge fan of all her movies, but I liked Horrible Bosses and The Good Girl a lot. They seem happy. I’m just tired of everyone acting like she has to get married RIGHT NOW. Even if she is engaged. Considering how her last marriage ended up, I’m not surprised she’s taking her time. I would.
This seemed like a sweet, fun thing to do for her man and I hope they’re happy.
http://www.celebitchy.com/303757/people_mag_jennifer_aniston_justin_therouxs_wedding_is_on_hold_indefinitely/
Did you notice all the same people from Jimmy Kimmel’s wedding? Almost identical it seems. Seems she has done a total revamp of her friends in the last 5 years. No sheryl Crow, no Courtney, etc. Wonder why.
yeah I’ve noticed that LOL
I think JA gained weight and like most women of her age it goes to the gut. She has been wearing Spanx and that is why it was so noticeable when she wasn’t wearing them.
Heh. I bet Heidi felt married too. If jen is interested in being married, she should probably “rush.”
I think Jennifer looks amazing in that grape-colored satin (?) dress. I know that people act like she’s so homely by Hollywood standards but if I saw her on the street looking like that my jaw would drop!
Same old. Same old. Nothing new with her. In five years they will still be throwing the same old birthday parties. In five years they still wont be married. And this one is never having a kid. Not gonna happen. Shes too self obsessed. Im not surprised at all Brad grew bored of their lifestyle. Its all very empty after a while. I mean what has she done with her life that holds any sunstance?? Can anyone name any significant charities she started or world wide trips. She never does anything truly interesting. Was her mother at Justins bday party?