Employee of the Month, 2006, Dane Cook, Jessica Simpson, Dax Shepard
Employee of the Month is a film released on October 6, 2006. It focuses on events that happen at a Sam's Club-like store (and indeed filmed in a Costco store), where two co-workers, Zack (Dane Cook) and Vince (Dax Shepard), compete for the affection of the new cashier, Amy (Jessica Simpson). The movie is directed by Greg Coolidge and is rated PG-13 for crude and sexual humor and language. It was released on DVD January 16, 2007.
Following its release on October 6th, the film became the #1 most requested movie on AOL , and was released along with The Departed and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning. Despite the poor critical response, the film managed open to nearly $12 million in its opening weekend, debuting at #4 just behind Open Season. The movie was made on a $12 million budget, and it finished with a little over $28 million in the United States.
The film has started to be released world-wide. In United Kingdom the movie debuted at #4 opening with over £1,000,000. The total world-wide figures for the film is of $34 million.
Cook has posted this on his official website talking about the film's box office success; "We already made back our entire budget and now the movie is making a profit. Of the top 3 movies, we are the only film already out of the black (sic) and making money! This is great for me and my cast. It has sent a message that I can open a film up against HUGE COMPETITION with huge advertising budgets.
The movie received heavy promotion from not only TV stations such as MTV, which aired sneak peeks of the movie every night after the "10 Spot", but a variety of websites including sites such as Perez Hilton, Myspace, and YouTube promoted the movie.
Jessica Simpson also appeared in many TV shows such as The Tonight Show, The Today Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live, and MTV's Total Request Live to promote the movie release. She appeared by herself on every show except TRL, where she was joined by Dane Cook.
Dane Cook appeared as the host of the 2006 season opener of Saturday Night Live to promote the movie, though no mention of the film was made during his opening monologue or the subsequent sketches.Wikipedia
