Jessica Simpson’s acting career appears to be taking off…in Ukraine, where her latest film, Blonde Ambition, hit No. 1, grossing $253,008 for the weekend of Feb. 14-17. Not bad, considering the film bombed in the US last year - after it took just $1,322 in its opening weekend in eight Texas cinemas. How to explain Jessica’s Eastern European success? “The former Soviet nations have a sweet tooth for straight-up comedies,” Conor Bresnan, editor in chief of Box Office Mojo International says. “When these comedies have big name celebrities like Jessica Simpson’s, that’s all that’s needed to sell the movie. Russian and Ukrainian audiences have an even bigger urge for escapism than Americans. So, films like Blonde Ambition will gross more than No Country for Old Men.”

[Source: WENN]

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