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BraveTue: $5,780,501 (+7%)Wed: $6,420,786 (+11%)The AvengersTue: $544,755 (-24%)Wed: $718,276 (+32%)People Like UsTue: $672,560 (+28%)Wed: $996,008 (+48%)http://www.boxoffice.com/statistics/bo_numbers/daily/2012-07-05

A quick heads up that Disney's actuals for the past two days will be appearing on the website shortly.

Some food for thought... Granted, Spider-Man 2 didn't have Independence Day fall on its second day or 3D grosses, but The Amazing Spider-Man only trails it by 8 percent after two days.Now don't get me wrong, I'm not saying I think there's anyway in the world it could maintain anything close to the same type of pace going forward. But when it comes to midweek openers in general, I think it's best to wait at least until Friday's gross is in before trying to pin down exactly where a film is headed long-term, as things can still change a lot (good or bad) in these cases once the weekend hits. Independence Day not behaving like it did back in 2007 only adds to the uncertainty at this point IMO.

Unless they revised in the last half hour or so, $23.4 million is the number Sony sent out earlier today.Also, they are now including $850,000 from the pre-midnight Canada shows on the opening day figure to revise it upwards to $35.85 million.

A quick heads up that because of the holiday, many/most of the numbers the studios report today will technically be estimates instead of exact actuals.

Don't know if this is the right place for non Spider-Man Tuesday discussion or not, but studio estimates for Tuesday are in for Ted and Magic Mike.Ted: $8.40 m (-4%)Magic Mike: $5.45 m (+9%)Because of the holiday, many/most of the numbers the studios report today will be estimates instead of exact actuals.

Spiderman, Spiderman,Does whatever a spider canSpins a web, any size,Catches thieves just like fliesLook Out!Here comes the Spiderman.Is he strong?Listen bud,He's got radioactive blood.Can he swing from a threadTake a look overheadHey, thereThere goes the Spiderman.In the chill of nightAt the scene of a crimeLike a streak of lightHe arrives just in time.Spiderman, SpidermanFriendly neighborhood SpidermanWealth and fameHe's ingnoredAction is his reward.To him, life is a great big bang upWhenever there's a hang upYou'll find the Spider man.

Not trying to take anything away from Magic Mike's midnight performance at all, but I am personally much more surprised by the Ted #. Regardless of what happens the rest of today, would expect Ted to hold up at least somewhat better than Magic Mike on Sat and Sun just from the demos and walk-up business.

1. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey2. Django Unchained3. The Master4. Amour5. The Dark Knight Rises6. Frankenweenie7. Wreck-It Ralph8. The Amazing Spider-Man9. Gangster Squad10. Skyfall

The last two Wednesdays were clearly inflated from being in between Tue and Thu NBA Finals games. I would expect non-holiday Wednesday drop-offs to return to the usual 2012 standards now.In turn, would also expect holds to be better in general today than they were the last two Thursdays. Balance to the force.

1. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey2. Django Unchained3. The Master4. Amour5. The Dark Knight Rises6. Ted7. Frankenweenie8. Wreck-It Ralph9. Gangster Squad10. Skyfall

No NBA Finals game on Wednesday.

1. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey2. Django Unchained3. The Master4. Amour5. The Dark Knight Rises6. Ted7. Frankenweenie8. Wreck-It Ralph9. Brave10. Gangster Squad

9.0 / A-1. Prometheus (Ridley Scott)8.5 / B+2. Marvel's The Avengers (Joss Whedon)3. The Pirates! Band of Misfits (Peter Lord/Jeff Newitt)8.0 / B4. The Three Stooges (Bobby Farrelly/Peter Farrelly)5. Battleship (Peter Berg)7.5 / B-6. The Raven (James McTeigue)7. Dark Shadows (Tim Burton)8. Chimpanzee (Alastair Fothergill/Mark Linfield)9. The Secret World of Arrietty (Hiromasa Yonebayashi)10. Madagascar 3 (E .Darnell/T. McGrath/C. Vernon)7.0 / C+11. The Dictator (Larry Charles)

One of the things that left the greatest impression on me is the engineers view of humans being a mirror into humanity’s mass view of androids and xenomorphs (especially if mankind plays a larger role in the creation/evolution of xenomorphs later on). The creator growing tired/afraid of its creation, in part because the creation (at least in some ways) becomes as great/strong as or greater/stronger than its creator. However, I do wish this had been a bit more developed than it ultimately was within the script, but I do feel that it is a key theme that is meant to be there.Overall, I just really dug this. The first half of Alien has always been my favorite part of the series by far, so maybe I’m just biased going in, but I absolutely loved the look and feel of the film (would recommend it on these aspects alone), I found it incredibly eerie throughout (which doesn’t happen to me much anymore) and I love that it isn’t trying to explain every little detail in a nice little package with a bow on top (whether it's intentional or lazy screenwriting is up to each individual viewer I guess). Major props to Fassbender and Rapace. Will likely be the first film I re-watch in theatres this year and can’t wait for a sequel. My two cents.A- (9.0/10)

I don't have time to post the grosses, but go back and check how the daily holds for Hangover 1 and Get Him to the Greek compare to other films in the marketplace during June 9 - June 11, 2009 and June 8 - June 10, 2010.

For certain films, usually older male skewing ones, the NBA Finals have hurt the Tuesday and Thursday grosses and helped the Wednesday gross in between (when there's no game). It's not so much that so many people are watching an NBA Finals game, but for that targeted audience they have no game one day in between two days of games.The first week Tue-Wed-Thu holds of The Hangover and Get Him to the Greek were examples of this.

In all likelihood, Prometheus is getting hit from the NBA Finals harder than other films (as well as game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Saturday). Now if it has a relatively bad hold today in between Finals games, then it may be time to panic a bit.

1. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey2. Django Unchained3. The Master4. The Dark Knight Rises5. Ted6. Frankenweenie7. Wreck-It Ralph8. Brave9. Gangster Squad10. Skyfall

1. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey2. Prometheus3. Django Unchained4. The Master5. The Dark Knight Rises6. Ted7. Brave8. Frankenweenie9. Gangster Squad10. Skyfall

1. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey2. Prometheus3. Django Unchained4. The Master5. The Dark Knight Rises6. Ted7. Brave8. Frankenweenie9. Gangster Squad10. Iron Man 3

Originally started putting this together WAY back in the day. I tend to like older films more.1. 8 1/2 (Federico Fellini, 1963)2. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968)3. Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958)4. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Milos Forman, 1975)5. Amarcord (Federico Fellini, 1973)6. Ugetsu Monogatari (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1953)7. Rashômon (Akira Kurosawa, 1950)8. Dr. Strangelove (Stanley Kubrick, 1964)9. The Great Dictator (Charles Chaplin, 1940)10. Pinocchio (Ben Sharpsteen/Hamilton Luske, 1940)11. The Godfather: Part II (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)12. The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972)13. Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941)14. Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960)15. The Empire Stikes Back (Irvin Kershner, 1980)16. Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994)17. Vivre sa Vie (Jean-Luc Godard, 1962)18. Ivan The Terrible, Part I & Part II (Sergei M. Eisenstein, 1944/1958)19. Fight Club (David Fincher, 1999)20. Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg, 1981)21. The Good, the Bad & the Ugly (Sergio Leone, 1966)22. A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick, 1971)23. Intolerance (D.W. Griffith, 1916)24. The Conformist (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1970)25. La Strada (Federico Fellini, 1954)26. Wild Strawberries (Ingmar Bergman, 1957)27. The Passion of Joan of Arc (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1928)28. Rome: Open City (Roberto Rossellini, 1945)29. Schindler's List (Steven Spielberg, 1993)30. Tokyo Monogatari (Yasujiro Ozu, 1953)31. La Dolce Vita (Federico Fellini, 1960)32. Stalker (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1979)33. Contempt (Jean-Luc Godard, 1963)34. Eyes Wide Shut (Stanley Kubrick, 1999)35. Singin' in the Rain (Stanley Donen/Gene Kelly, 1952)36. The Gold Rush (Charles Chaplin, 1925)37. Star Wars (George Lucas, 1977)38. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (John Ford, 1962)39. Rebecca (Alfred Hitchcock, 1940)40. Moulin Rouge! (Baz Luhrmann, 2001)41. Rebel Without a Cause (Nicholas Ray, 1955)42. To Kill a Mockingbird (Robert Mulligan, 1962)43. Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, 1942)44. The Wizard of Oz (Victor Fleming, 1939)45. Cinema Paradiso (Giuseppe Tornatore, 1988)46. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry, 2004)47. The Deer Hunter (Michael Cimino, 1978)48. The Bicycle Thief (Vittorio De Sica, 1948)49. Ordet (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1955)50. Spartacus (Stanley Kubrick, 1960)51. Harakiri (Masaki Kobayashi, 1962)52. There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007)53. Rocky (John G. Avildsen, 1976)54. It's a Wonderful Life (Frank Capra, 1946)55. Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959)56. Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola, 1979)57. Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954)58. Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, 1976)59. Pather Panchali (Satyajit Ray, 1955)60. AI: Artificial Intelligence (Steven Spielberg, 2001)61. Sunset Blvd. (Billy Wilder, 1950)62. Sansho the Bailiff (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1954)63. Solyaris (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1972)64. Band of Outsiders (Jean-Luc Godard, 1964)65. Fitzcarraldo (Werner Herzog, 1982)66. Charulata (Satyajit Ray, 1964)67. Se7en (David Fincher, 1995)68. A Streetcar Named Desire (Elia Kazan, 1951)69. Dumbo (Ben Sharpsteen, 1941)70. Mon Oncle (Jacques Tati, 1958)71. The Gospel According to St. Matthew (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1964)72. Chinatown (Roman Polanski, 1974)73. Raging Bull (Martin Scorsese, 1980)74. Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean, 1962)75. Fantasia (1940)76. Manhattan (Woody Allen, 1979)77. Cool Hand Luke (Stuart Rosenberg, 1967)78. Do the Right Thing (Spike Lee, 1989)79. Breathless (Jean-Luc Godard, 1960)80. Only Yesterday (Isao Takahata, 1991)81. The Cell (Tarsem Singh, 2000)82. Scenes from a Marriage (Ingmar Bergman, 1973)83. The Blue Angel (Josef von Sternberg, 1930)84. Sullivan's Travels (Preston Sturges, 1941)85. The Truman Show (Peter Weir, 1998)86. Modern Times (Charles Chaplin, 1936)87. The 400 Blows (François Truffaut, 1959)88. Punch-Drunk Love (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2002)89. My Neighbor Totoro (Hayao Miyazaki, 1988)90. María Candelaria (Emilio Fernández, 1944)91. Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa, 1954)92. The Magnificent Ambersons (Orson Welles, 1942)93. Once Upon a Time in the West (Sergio Leone, 1968)94. On the Waterfront (Elia Kazan, 1954)95. Three Colors: Red (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1994)96. The Purple Rose of Cairo (Woody Allen, 1985)97. Mary Poppins (Robert Stevenson, 1964)98. Saving Private Ryan (Steven Spielberg, 1998)99. Yojimbo (Akira Kurosawa, 1961)100. Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese, 1990)

8.5 / B+1. Marvel's The Avengers (Joss Whedon)2. The Pirates! Band of Misfits (Peter Lord/Jeff Newitt)8.0 / B3. The Three Stooges (Bobby Farrelly/Peter Farrelly)4. Battleship (Peter Berg)7.5 / B-5. The Raven (James McTeigue)6. Dark Shadows (Tim Burton)7. Chimpanzee (Alastair Fothergill/Mark Linfield)8. The Secret World of Arrietty (Hiromasa Yonebayashi)7.0 / C+9. The Dictator (Larry Charles)

9.5 / A 1. Hugo (Martin Scorsese) 2. The Artist (Michel Hazanavicius) 9.0 / A- 3. Bill Cunningham New York (Richard Press) 4. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Tomas Alfredson) 5. Drive (Nicolas Winding Refn) 6. X-Men: First Class (Matthew Vaughn) 7. Source Code (Duncan Jones) 8. Senna (Asif Kapadia) 9. The Muppets (James Bobin) 10. Winnie the Pooh (Stephen J. Anderson/Don Hall) 8.5 / B+ 11. Certified Copy (Abbas Kiarostami) 12. The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick) 13. Project Nim (James Marsh) 14. Rango (Gore Verbinski) 15. War Horse (Steven Spielberg) 16. Warrior (Gavin O'Connor) 17. Sucker Punch (Zack Snyder) 18. Melancholia (Lars von Trier) 19. 13 Assassins (Takashi Miike) 20. Kung Fu Panda 2 (Jennifer Yuh) 21. Page One: Inside the New York Times (Andrew Rossi) 22. Tabloid (Errol Morris) 23. Beats Rhymes & Life (Michael Rapaport) 8.0 / B 24. Buck (Cindy Meehl) 25. Nostalgia for the Light (Patricio Guzmán) 26. Beginners (Mike Mills) 27. Attack the Block (Joe Cornish) 28. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (David Fincher) 29. Moneyball (Bennett Miller) 30. Another Earth (Mike Cahill) 31. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Rupert Wyatt) 32. Puss in Boots (Chris Miller) 33. The Last Circus (álex de la Iglesia) 34. The Mill and the Cross (Lech Majewski) 35. Bridesmaids (Paul Feig) 36. Win Win (Thomas McCarthy) 37. The Skin I Live In (Pedro Almodóvar) 38. American: The Bill Hicks Story (Matt Harlock/Paul Thomas) 7.5 / B- 39. A Better Life (Chris Weitz) 40. The Conspirator (Robert Redford) 41. Cave of Forgotten Dreams (Werner Herzog) 42. Cars 2 (John Lasseter/Brad Lewis) 43. Everything Must Go (Dan Rush) 44. Conan O'Brien Can't Stop (Rodman Flender) 45. Life in a Day (Kevin Macdonald) 46. Rio (Carlos Saldanha) 47. One Lucky Elephant (Lisa Leeman) 48. Midnight in Paris (Woody Allen) 49. Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (Craig McCall) 50. Sarah's Key (Gilles Paquet-Brenner) 51. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (Rob Marshall) 52. The Adjustment Bureau (George Nolfi) 53. The Adventures of Tintin (Steven Spielberg) 54. Thor (Kenneth Branagh) 55. Sanctum (Alister Grierson) 7.0 / C+ 56. Scream 4 (Wes Craven) 57. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (A. Weerasethakul) 58. If a Tree Falls (Marshall Curry) 59. Super 8 (J. J. Abrams) 60. Mr. Popper's Penguins (Mark Waters) 61. 30 Minutes or Less (Ruben Fleischer) 62. Captain America: The First Avenger (Joe Johnston) 63. Paul (Greg Mottola) 6.5 / C 64. Horrible Bosses (Gavin O'Connor) 65. The Green Hornet (Michel Gondry) 66. Gnomeo & Juliet (Kelly Asbury) 6.0 / C- 67. Mars Needs Moms (Simon Wells) 5.5 / D+ 68. Red Riding Hood (Catherine Hardwicke) 5.0 / D 69. Your Highness (David Gordon Green)