The Panda

I think it could push a 50m OW, from there on out, it depends on if it's actually a good sequel.

I predict Cranston starts winning all of the precursors, because Leo is cursed.

This gets the award for funniest thing I've seen all day.

It'll be the millennium falcon blowing up that big tree.

I'm thinking the last slot will be to a film picking up a lot of steam, so either Theron for Mad Max or Blunt for Sicario.

Here are the ASC (Cinematography guild) nominations Sicario, Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC Bridge of Spies, Janusz Kaminski Carol, Ed Lachman, ASC The Revenant, Emmanuel Lubezki, ASC, AMC Mad Max: Fury Road, John Seale, ASC, ACS

One thing to take into consideration for original is Inside Out, Hateful Eight, and Ex Machina weren't eligible for a WGA nod. But I do think this puts SOC in, makes Trumbo a possibility, and Star Wars is officially out. However, also remember Brooklyn, Mad Max and Room were uneligible, so it might not mean Carol is in.

Tele, you're old age is showing, these youngins don't know who or what any of that is.

I remember one of my younger cousins, his favorite movie used to always be the latest action movie he saw. In just May 2012 I asked him and first he said the Avengers, then he changed to Battleship, and then he changed to TASM. When it it comes to teens, they seem to love to rush to see a movie based on a book series, then read the books and complain that the book was better than the movie, and then proceed to go and see the movie again. It's a strange phenomenon.

I don't remember it to well (either actually), but I think that's a correct comparison. I'll be sure and watch it just for you. Is it on Netflix, HBOGo, Hulu, or Prime?

I decided to look at the adjusted top 50 These are the ones I haven't seen The Sting The Graduate Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Love Story Cleopatra Beverly Hills Cop American Graffiti The Robe Around the World in 80 Days

This is a good list Water Bottle, your top 3 are the same as mine (only I swapped Mad Max and Star Wars. Simply because Star Wars 7 is going to be the most I've ever seen a movie in the theaters)

Well currently, I'd remember these quickly Gravity Her 12 Years a Slave Frozen Wolf of Wall Street Inside Llewyn Davis Plus some others I'd rather not remember. The General Audience will probably remember different ones (as well as Frozen and Gravity)

I didn't know people on here didn't know Doctor Zhivago though, I watched that when I was 12 I think.

Tele's right about "kids" (Ethan's age through mid twenties or so) not really caring much about films before they were born. A lot of them, when you ask them their favorite movie, will say something modern. I've heard Lord of the Rings, lots of Disney/Pixar Films, Mean Girls, Harry Potter, A few hipster choices like (500) Days of Summer or Perks of Being a Wallflower, I've heard a few Pulp Fictions, Titanic, maybe a few Star Wars and Back to the Future, sometimes something recent that's come out like The Avengers or Hunger Games (these usually change within a year) etc. Given, this is all anecdotal of what I've heard from that age group. And I can't say the older group is any different because my parents favorite films are The Big Lebowski and Jungle Book. A Disney film and a modern film, but I guess more inspired choices. And mine constantly changes, but if you asked me right now Id probably say Raiders of the Lost Ark. Given this is just from sampling the favorite movies of people I know, but I rarely hear references to obvious ones like Wizard of Oz or It's a Wonderful Life.

Just you wait, the Christian Cinematic Universe is coming. A big massive mash up of Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas, God's Not Dead, War Room, and Heaven is For Real is coming. In all seriousness though, I think the big Christian hit this year will be Miracles From Heaven. It had over 100m Facebook views on one of the videos I saw. It also opens right before Easter, I think it'll land just over 100m.

If any of those had a little more marketing they could have been 100m. Impressive for small studios to have such breakouts.

Has Star Wars set the record for setting the most records in a single B.O. run?

It has done it. Star Wars has officially beaten Avatar. It was obviously going to happen, but it still feels like a dream.

And you made the correct choice!

Adam McKay gets his Oscar before Nolan

Id disagree. That was before everything Depp did was act like a crazy maniac. You're judging with tinted glasses and out of context of the time.

I haven't come across anything to indicate that people were wanting this sequel. Obviously I'm exaggerating a little bit, obviously a few people might have wanted one.

If episode VIII opens in the summer, it could match or beat VII's opening weekend only to have much worse legs due to being a summer release. It'll decrease DOM, but OW might not

It's been a while, it's opening against Apocalypse, it's a sequel nobody wanted, and much of Alice's original success was due to being the first film to hop on board the 3D craze post-Avatar and being the first blockbuster post-Avatar. Maybe I'll be wrong, but a massive drop seems incoming.