There needn't be a separate thread for the actuals. It's an unnecessary duplication because the Weekend thread is concerned with the actuals as well as the estimates.
The $45M number was a total ass-pull by some members here. Anything less than that would inevitably be spun as a disappointment even though no one in the industry would agree.
Spy deserves to make all the money. It was flat-out hilarious from the Bond parody opening to the very last scene. There was not a single wrong note in the movie.
10/10
The TV spots for Aloha look absoutely abysmal, and the reviews refect that. It's hard to imagine that even diehard fans of the director or the stars being excited about the movie.
Somehow I knew that if I waited long enough the "early" numbers would be proven wrong. That's two weeks in a row, that I know of. I can't wait to see what happens tomorrow night.
What about the Sunday numbers? I missed all of Sunday, what with the protests, the curfew lifting and National Guard exodus. Now that Baltimore isn't on lockdown any more, look out for a great Monday total!
Right now all I care about is the finals from the studio, not slapdash predictions from any source. These people are making me long for the days when Nikki Finke was all we had. At least she was amusing.
When I returned from my Mayday Marvel Mania I expected some solid predictions from the "experts" about the Friday numbers. Instead, all I've seen is some psychotic yo-yoing in the thread title with no one having a clear picture on what the final tally will be. Weak.
The real numbers will be out by late morning so I'll just ignore this thread and its ever-changing title until then.
I don't know about that. Remember the rather infamous Star Trek Into Darkness over Iron Man 3 thread? Shawn's predictions seemed more based on gut feelings instead of tracking and the actual box office potential of each film. There are other examples, as well. No disrespect to Shawn, but on the big films he has missed the mark on occasion, like all of us.
I misread this as Dom should have a three-way with Chris Pratt and some dinosaurs, with The Rock & Tyrese joining in at the end. I'd pay good money to see that. :wub: