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Why? He won an Oscar for his screenplay for A Beautiful Mind. That bullet point on his resume will keep him employed for as long as he wants to work. Whether or not he deserved that Oscar is another debate entirely.

Agreed. The movie is hysterical but it's not a comic book hero or sci fi or action film and there are no white stars in it so many people here will refuse to see it.

I listen to a podcast and one of the hosts on it absolutely loved Moonlight. I've seen some people on Twitter praise it but very, very few people in my circle of family/friends/co-workers/neighbors have actually seen it.

He was decent in his small role in that Woody Allen movie he was in several years back. Besides, Bond does not need to be played by a great actor. The character simply needs to be portrayed by someone with some charm like Connery, Moore and Brosnan. Cavill would be fine but Elba would be a much better choice, though.

Given the pending massive theater loss that's coming this weekend, I'd be very nervous if I had picked Valerian in the WW Third Weekend Over Valerian DOM club.

Let's see. The two biggest hits of the year are led by strong female characters. This past winter featured a huge breakout hit led by three women. The year's biggest comedy is shaping up to be one led by four women. Now we have the biggest film franchise of them all led by a strong female character and featuring the final film role of the actress revered by many women (and men) for portraying the greatest cinematic female hero ever and people think the film will underperform its record breaking predecessor by 40-50% or more? Unadjusted Avatar is the minimum for this film. Strong reviews and WOM along with good weather put $850M+ in sight. Heck, I'd say there is a 30% chance it passes TFA if everything goes its way.

Speaking of SW, what's the O/U for the number of days TLJ needs to pass BatB? 11 days? That would be Christmas Day. If TFA can rocket past $500M in 10 days, surely TLJ can clear that hurdle on the big holiday. Or will it need another day or two? Or will the unthinkable happen and it jumps past $503M+ on day 9 or earlier?

@Stutterng baumer Denbrough Just read your 1995 recap and I'm surprised you didn't mention Heat given its all star cast and, at least what seems to me, the influence the film had on Christopher Nolan. Several of his movies look like Michael Mann movies. Maybe it's just me who thinks that. 1995 was certainly a banner year for action/crime thrillers given Heat, Se7en and The Usual Suspects.

What do you mean "stayed?" Don't you mean "slayed?" Look at Girls Trip scoring the best PTA in the Top 12. It will probably increase with actuals as it settles in for a healthy run during August.

You have seen all sorts of garbage this year but you haven't seen the hilarious Girls Trip?

I'm crossing my fingers for a huge Girls Trip increase on Saturday and soft drop on Sunday because I would love for its second weekend to outgross Apes' second weekend. I would have loved to have seen the betting odds for that proposition when the summer began. It likely won't happen but at least GT's second weekend will be greater than Valerian's first weekend!

That Girls Trip number is very impressive. It seems likely to drop less than 40% for the weekend and maybe even less than 35% depending on the Saturday increase.

The first Tilda Swinton movie I saw was The Deep End - an interesting film with some beautifully shot scenes around Lake Tahoe, if I remember correctly. Worth checking out on Netflix if you haven't seen it.

I have not seen Apes yet so I don't know how it ends exactly. However, for those of you who have seen it, was it even possible to end the series in a crowd pleasing manner? There are two warring sides with the winner claiming superiority, by default, on the planet. Either one side wins, both sides lose by wiping out everyone, some sort of peace is achieved or the war continues in perpetuity. The second movie made peace seem like an impossibility so crafting an ending that would satisfy most/all moviegoers was simply not achievable. Regardless of how well made a film is, if the general public doesn't like the ending of a trilogy, the film is not going to perform at or above expectations at the box office.

Girls Trip finally received its Certified Fresh designation at RT today. The low number of reviews due to geek and foreign reviewers steering clearing of the film was the likely reason. The film is definitely going to have some long legs, probably long enough to reach $100M+.

Taste has nothing to do with it. Rather, it's about how many American parents need a way to keep their kids entertained for a couple of hours without enduring the summer heat or a home based insanity.

Arrival was a perfectly fine film up until the epiphany moment which caused the movie to falter for me. It was the movie's big moment and it was handled poorly. Adams and Renner delivered solid performances and I especially liked the interweaving of the family scenes. Villeneuve is still a tremendous filmmaker despite this blemish. I will still rush to see his next film, which is almost here, thankfully.

She persisted, without a doubt. 2017 has delivered some spectacular box office runs so far: Hidden Figures, Get Out, Beauty and the Beast, Wonder Woman, Baby Driver and maybe Dunkirk. Surely one of this fall's releases will sprout some legs. Then we have the year's box office champ still to come in December. If reviews are strong, given the fan desire to see Carrie one last time, almost anything is possible for it.

Whitney Houston would disagree with this statement. The Bodyguard and Waiting to Exhale weren't exactly flops.

The one thing I appreciate with the Madea franchise is that you know exactly what you're getting from the movie just by reading the title, provided you're familiar with at least one other film from the franchise. The films offer nothing more and nothing less. Perry delivers the same formula, although the results and quality may differ from film to film.

As if that WW number wasn't surprising enough, Girls Trip has inched up to 91% with 23 reviews on RT. We may have a breakout hit in the making here. I still think $40M+ OW is not just a dream for this film. Not a guarantee but not far-fetched, either.

$30M+, huh? That's chicken feed. If the reviews hold up, I think this could hit $40M or more this weekend. The market is under-served. We have not had a good comedy all summer and the film has absolutely no competition. The film has just about everything it needs to break out. Only the theater count will be holding back from a bigger gross this weekend.

Do you understand cinema economics? PLF type screens are often in the largest auditoriums in a cinemaplex. Someone at that theater or chain thinks more people will turn out for the late night Girls Trip showing than a late night Dunkirk showing. I'm not sure where you live; but I could definitely see that being the case in some cities such as Atlanta, Chicago and New York.

I am starting to think Girls Trip OD > Valerian OW.

Is there a Girls Trip OW over Valerian OW club by any chance?