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It had alot of potential (Harmony is a good director) and it occasionally hits some nice high notes, but it never fully connected with me. It was just TOO much alot of times, and it used such unrealistic extremes that it could never land with me (maybe because I've seen every Florida spring break for years- it's never like that). Franco is pretty great, though

I enjoyed this alot. The last 15 or 20 minutes or so get a bit over-the-top and draggy and I had to suspend my disbelief for the whole robbery/jaunt in the woods scene, and there is a few times where it is a bit OVERdirected. But otherwise, I thought it was brilliant. Exceptionally shot and scripted, and I've been thinking about it for a while now. Acting was awesome- Cooper and Cooper's son impressed me the most, and Gosling, Mendelsohn, and especially Liotta impressed the hell out of me. A-

1) Will The IM3 make more than 62 mill OD? 5000 Yes 2) Will IM3 make less than 55 mill OD? 3000 No 3) Will IM3 make more than 71.167 M OD mill OD? 3000 No 4) Will IM3 make more than 15 mill OW in Russia? 2000 Yes 5) Will IM3 make more than 8 mill OW in Germany? 2000 Yes 6) Will IM3 make more than 1 mill OW in Poland? 2000 Yes 7) Will IM3 have a Saturday drop of more than 15%? No 8) Will IM3 make more than 16 mill at midnight/thurs? Can I say push for this one? I see it landing exactly AT 16 million. If not, no 9) Will IM3 make more than 12.5 mill at IMAX domestically? Yes 10) Will IM3 have a per theater average of more than $37,200? Yes 11) Will IM3 have a cinemascore of A or better? Yes 12) Will IM3 fall less than 33% on Sunday? Yes 13) Will IM3 make at least 140 mill more than positions 2 and 3 combined? No 14) Will IM3 make more than 145 mill OW? 2000 Yes 15) Will IM3 make more than 155 OW? 2000 Yes 16) Will IM3 make more than 165 mill OW? 2000 Yes 17) Will IM3 have a world wide weekend of more than 300 mill? Yes 18) Will the top 10 films combine to make more than 205 million? Yes 19 Will Pain and Gain drop less than 55.5%? No 20) Will Pain and Gain have a Friday increase of more than 120%? Yes 21) Will Oblivion have a Saturday increase of more than 35%? Yes 22) Will Nikki's first Friday report come out before 1pm PST time (just go to deadline and see when she posts her tentpoles)? Yes 23) Will Nikki's first posting about IM3 contain the phrase "NOT A RECORD" anywhere in the post? Yes 24) Will Nikki's first "projection" about IM3 be higher than the number reported with official Friday estimates? 3000 Yes 25) On the first three days, will BKB post anywhere at anytime about how the film is not exceeding expectations from a box office standpoint, or at least how amazing the film is doing? Yes 26) Will the Weekend Numbers thread (this starts with Thurs midnights and goes until Sunday estimates) reach 150 pages by 9AM on Monday morning? (I'll keep track...this would be our first enormous thread of the yr) Yes 27) Will The Big Wedding drop less than 45%? No 28) Will GI Joe drop less than 45%? Yes 29) Will any film in the top 12 drop less than 35%? Yes 30) Will Mud make the top 12? Yes 31) Will Jurassic Park drop less than 55%? No 32) Will Evil Dead and Scary Movie both drop more than 50%? Yes 33) Will IM3 drop less than 45% in UK? Yes 34) Will IM3 have an international weekend of more than 150 mill? Yes 35) Will The Croods have a Saturday increase of more than 98%Yes 30/35 5000 31/45 8000 32/35 10,000 33/35 12,000 34/35 15,000 35/35 25,000 Bonus 1: What will IM3s weekend gross be? 5000 166.4 Bonus 2: What will Pain and Gain's weekend gross be? 5000 9.8 Bonus 3: What will The Big Wedding's weekend gross be? 5000 4.2 Bonus 4: What will IM3, Mud and Place BTP combined gross be? 5000 170.8 Bonus 5: What finishes in spots: 6 Big Wedding 8 Pines 10 Mud 11 SM5 13 Olympus 2000 each and a bonus of 5000 if all correct Bonus 6: According to the International Report in the International section (first report will be the one we go by), Internationally, what finishes in spots: 3 Oblivion 4 GI Joe 6 Croods

I wasn't yaying for Summer Game purposes, I was yaying because I really enjoyed the movie, so with that said, double yay!

No

Yay for Pain and Gain over 20!

Is the mysterious bowman/traitor to Theon

Very good episode that actually had a better first half than second.

I loved Pain and Gain, and was really hoping for 25+.

1) Will Pain and Gain open to more than 20 million? Yes 2) Will The Big Wedding finish in the top 3? No 3) Will Pain and Gain have a Saturday increase of more than 15%?No 4) Will The Big Wedding make more on Saturday than 42? No 5) Will Oblivion fall less than 52%? No 6) Will Pain and Gain make more than 500K for midnights and early Thursdays? (if no number is reported, then everyone gets this question right) Yes 7) Will Scary Movie 5 fall less than 50%? Yes 8) Will Place Beyond the Pines drop more than 38%? No 9) Will Pain and Gain make more than 1 million internationally this weekend? Yes 10) Will IM3 make more than 100 mill internationally when reporting is released on Sunday? (We will only use estimates from Sunday) Yes 11) Will IM3 make more than 18 mill in the UK? Yes 12) Will IM3 make more than 10 mill in Australia? Yes 13) Will IM3 make more in The UK and Russia combined than the total gross of The Big Wedding and Pain and Gain combined? Yes 14) Will The Croods increase more than 85% on Saturday? Yes 15) Will Oblivion increase more than 25% on Saturday? No 12/15: 2000 13/15: 3000 14/15: 5000 15/15: 8000 Bonus 1: What will the top 5 cume be? (3 decimal places please) 4000 84 million Bonus 2: What will Pain and Gain gross this weekend? (3 decimal places) 4000 32.4 Bonus 3: What will the combined weekend gross be of Evil Dead, JP3D and The Host? (3 decimal places) 4000 5 million What finishes is spots? 4 Croods 5 Big Wedding 9Joe 13 Temptation

Both are obviously very beautiful, but I'm way, way more attracted to Olga than Andrea. Olga 's just way more my type.

One of my favorite books, but the movie didn't thrill me as much. This may seem sacreligious (no pun intended), but I would love to see a modern remake.

I've been trying to bet money for ages but no dice.

WHOOOOOO BEST EPISODE OF THE SEASON SO FAR BY FAR!

1. Star Trek Into Darkness 2. Man of Steel 3. Fast and Furious 6 4. Iron Man 3 5. White House Down 6. This Is The End 7. Pain and Gain 8. Catching Fire 9. Great Gatsby 10. Anchorman

The Hobbit had the most walk outs I've seen in a movie theater behind Movie 43 and Evil Dead. The bunny rabbit sled scene made two of my friends walk out alone.

Wait, the Hobbit had an A+ cinemascore? I'm not even a hater like that, but no freaking way is that possible.

I've got 34, for now. If Oblivion hadn't done as well I'd be predicting even higher. This is assuming a relatively high TC, of course.

I wouldn't doubt it. Pain and Gain will skew younger and more diverse, but white male action fans are still going to turn up, and they made up quite a bit of Oblivion's audience.

38 million is indeed rather impressive for Oblivion- with international business, it should make enough money to not be a disaster. I predicted only 30 million for it, due to the lack of buzz. For reference, most of the crowd when I saw it yesterday was older white men, so that may explain why the buzz was underestimated- that's the toughest demographic for me to get a hold on.

1. Man of Steel (Star Trek's might be a little better, but for the hype this one generated for MOS, it's way more impactful, so I put it at one) 2. STID 3. THG: CF 4. Lone Ranger 5. R.I.P.D

I liked it more than I expected to. The obviously great visuals go without saying, but I think the script was better than the reviews made it out to be. Some good themes, and the dialogue never made me cringe. The performances were good too. Overally, it made for an enjoyable experience. However, the main flaw was just what I thought it would be from the first trailer- it was a bit lifeless. Absolutely no humor, and while it had a good score and cinematography, they never really clicked with me on an emotional level until the very end. With a bit more heart, it could have been truly fantastic. But it lacked the great shots and chemistry to elevate it to that level. 7.5/10

Here I go with my finalized postings Top 15. 1. Iron Man 3-410 2. Despicable Me 2- 360 3. MU- 330 4. ST2- 325 5. FF6- 300 6. Man of Steel-260 7. Hangover 3- 210 8. Lone Ranger- 205 9. The Smurfs 2- 180 10. White House Down-175 11. Grown Ups 2- 155 12. The Heat- 145 13. After Earth 135 14. Wolverine 130 15. Gatsby 120 International Flair 1 1. Iron Man 3 1.05 B 2. Monsters U 1 B 3. Fast and Furious 825 M 4. Despicable Me 2 770 M 5. Smurfs 2 650 M 6. STID 630 M 7. MOS 610 M 8. Hangover 3 580 M 9. After Earth 525 M 10. World War Z 430 M International Flair 2 1. Iron Man 3 2. Monster's University 3. STID 4. Hangover 3 5. Man of Steel Opening Weekend 1. Iron Man 3- 165 2. Star Trek 2- 130 3. Monsters University- 108 4. Fast Six- 106 5. Despicable Me 2- 85 6. Hangover- 80 7. Man of Steel- 76 Bonus 1 1) The Big Wedding- 20 millionSecond Bonus Question:Two Guns- 100 millionThird Bonus Question:Smurfs 2- 500 TRIPLE BONUSQuestion 1: YesQuestion 2: YesQuestion 3: YesQuestion 4: AbstainQuestion 5: AbstainQuestion 6: YesQuestion 7: YesQuestion 8: Yes.Question 9: YesQuestion 10: 2Question 11: AbstainQuestion 12: NoQuestion 13: Yes.Question 14: YesQuestion 15: AbstainPLAYERS:There may be more preseason bonus questions added before the start of the game. It is doubtful, but I hold the right to add a question if it seems right.Bonus Question of all Bonus Questions:This is a four parter:1) Will IM3 make at least 360 million domestically? Yes2) Will IM3 make more than 500 million internationally? Yes 3) Will IM3 do at least 25 million for midnights (including Thurs)? No4)) Will IM3 make at least 880 million WW? YesNEW QUESTION:This is a four part question. Again, you have choices.Answer any part of the question. Each answer you get correct you will receive 7000 points. Each answer you get wrong, you will lose 7000 points. If you go for all four parts of the question, you must get all four parts correct. If you get even one wrong after going for it all, you will lose 7,000 points. You can go for all of it, none of it and some of it. Choice is yours.17)A) Will any film listed as a horror OR thriller film by boxofficemojo.com gross more than 150 million dollars this summer? NoWill any film listed as a horror OR thriller film by boxofficemojo.com open to more than 40 mill? YesC) Will any film listed as a horror OR thriller film by boxofficemojo.com have a second weekend drop of less than 47%? YesD) Will any film listed as a horror OR thriller film by boxofficemojo.com have an opening day of more than 18 mill? No

Wow, color me stunned by that Oblivion opening. Anything over 35 is incredibly impressive. It's probably playing better with older audiences, because there is zero, nada, zip buzz among people my age.

I'm not too fond of animated films, but TS3 was brilliant. Not Finding Nemo brilliant, but first Monsters Inc. brilliant, yes. The three best Pixar films since 2000, IMO