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They also blamed Marilyn manson and Eminem for Columbine too. 1999 was a crazy year.

Kevin Hart, Melissa Mcarthy, and Denzel Washington, are draws as well.

I doubt that would have helped. In fact it might have had a worse opening without the holiday weekend.

Im not necessarily happy for Reynolds. It's whatever. He's been given loads of opportunities even after numerous flops, so he was bound to get lucky eventually.

They aren't making these movies for the domestic audience anymore. I dont know anyone who cares or talks about Transformers.

Depends on the marketing. I think it will safely open to 40m+ in any month but anything higher than that has to be something special. What has set apart films like Deadpool and GOTG from flops is the marketing.

Zoolander 2 and How to be Single are going to be very close for the 4-day, Single might even pull ahead on Valentine's Day.

Yup, that helped tremendously. IM sure there are some dumb parents that will still take their kids to see it and then complain but this is a movie for adults and they showed out.

I think it looks ok, but the subject matter is what's going to limit the BO. There is no 'raa raa America rocks" shit in it so they arent going to get the bible belt. It should do better than Our Brand is Crisis though because it has a better release date. OW-13m DOM-34m

with zootopia probably

This must be WB Oscar film next year.

My most anticipated movie of the spring.

Both of STX hit movies were horror films, which usually are made for dirt cheap. I don't think they should get too excited and start making a bunch of 40m dollar films. That's a sure fire way to end up like Relativity.

They should have cut their losses with this, Allegiant is going to make more money.

Wasted money. Gods of Egypt is being dumped in late February. Should have bought a spot for Allegiant, atleast that has a chance to crack 100m.

1) The Girl on the Train 2) Passengers 3) Story of Your Life 4) Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find them 5) The Light Between Oceans 6) Ghostbusters 7) Independence Day: Resurgence 8) Moana 9) Silence 10) Loving

But the studio was clearly hoping for atleast 100m, considering Ben Stiller's track record. They could have done way more to market it as more of an event, instead Deadpool has taken the headlines and the buzz for the weekend.

I think this will do alright, it's pretty cute trailer.

That's not really true. More like after Safe Haven, the casting has gone downhill. Message in a Bottle (1999) Kevin Costner, Robin Wright Penn : 52.8m A Walk to Remember (2002) Mandy Moore, Shane West : 41.2m The Notebook (2004) Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling : 81m Nights in Rodanthe (2008) Diane Lane, Richard Gere : 41.8m Dear John (2010) Channing Tatum, Amanda Seyfried : 80m The Last Song (2010) Miley Cyrus, Liam Hemsworth : 62.9m The Lucky One (2012) Zac Efron, Taylor Schilling : 60m Safe Haven (2013) Josh Duhamel, Julianne Hough : 71m The Best of Me (2014) James Marsden, Michelle Monaghan 26.7m The Longest Ride (2015) Britt Robertson, Scott Eastwood : 37.4m

Paramount is kind of dropping the ball with marketing on this film.

With the budget over 100m+, the script has obviously had changes. I'd imagine that several action sequences are being added. Plus it looks like they've built a huge set for the spaceship and that costs money too. This is no longer just the average sci-fi romance

It's not really a bomb though, Wayans movies don't cost alot to make. The budget for this one was only 5m. The studio will keep making them as long as he wants, because it's a cheap way to get quick money.

Dont forget about Assassin's Creed and Passengers. I'm very intrigued to find out how these films are going to look. Will Passenger's basically be Titanic in Space? Will Assassin's Creed be the first huge video-game adaptation?

The Winter (Jan/Feb) will be weaker than 2014. But Spring looks to be on-par with 2014, there will be atleast 5 100m+ grossers (Zootopia, BvS,Jungle Book, Huntsman, Allegiant,) It's also possible that 10 Cloverfeild Lane, Miracles From Heaven, The Boss or My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 breakout with 100m+ However, summer looks way better than 2014. 2014 July was what killed the entire summer, it was very weak. The biggest releases were Dawn of the Planet of the APES(208m) and Lucy(126m). This July has Star Trek Beyond , Ghostbusters, Bourne 5, Ice Age: Collison Course, The Secret Life of Pets, The Legend of Tarzan and The BFG. There are possibly 2 or more 200m+ grossers in that group. Fall 2016 should remain within the averages, it's doesn't look any weaker or stronger than recent years. There are always some wildcards around this time of year that can break out. ( The Girl on the Train, The Magnificent Seven, Jack reacher 2, Sully, Deepwater Horizon or one of the untitled horror films could do 100m+) Holiday 2016 is what will make or break the year. I expect several Oscar bait movies and maybe one more big release to get slated for December so i cant really gauge how its going to turn out at the moment. Especially since most of these November and December films dont even have trailers yet.

That's good news for Universal, Bourne is their biggest film of the year.