The Panda

I'm going to get to watching it soon, been a bit busy.

I saw the Grand Budapest Hotel, I really enjoyed it and found it quite charmingly great, plus the cinematography was fantastic.

What if an elephant shits in the movie? Does that mean I have to smell its shit? The only way i'd ever go see a 4D is if it were a director like Cameron, Cuaron, Spielberg, etc. who were actually trying to use it to make an amazing experience instead of a cheap gimmick (3D it's similar but I am a bit more open to which movies I see it in, I just need to know it isn't going to be a more expensive version that looks worse/the same), even then I'd be overly hesitant and would doubt that those directors would go that far. How about we keep the movies on the screen, thank you. I have seen those gimmicky 4D movies before and they are some of the worst theatrical experiences I have ever had.

I saw some of the promo material for Into the Storm, I have no idea if it'll be any good but those glimpses at the effects were glorious.

I bet 50 points both The Grand Budapest Hotel and God's Not Dead are in the top 5 next week. 2 people

I think TWS will be stronger domestically than Thor but weaker internationally

I wonder of Divergent can still outdo twilight, smaller opening but much smaller drop

When Jim Carrey tries he is absolutely fantastic and one of the most honest actors out there. (Eternal Sunshine and Truman Show) The same thing is he simply doesn't care.

What's even worse was 2010 was one of strongest overall years for animation in a long time.

I'm seriously hoping IFC can get a decent campaign in, and not just for screenplay, for picture.

After the new cinemacon reactions I'm goingGuardians of the GalaxyGodzillaThe Hobbit 3InterstellarInto the Storm

The third one seems a bit more stacked compared to the others tbh

19 Monty Python's Life of Brian If you know me well enough you'd probably be wondering where the Monty Python films were by now, and so here is one of them that manages to be absolutely hysterical. My stomach literally was in pain the first time I saw this religious satire because of how hilarious it was. It may be over the top in just about every way it can be, but that's exactly why the Monty Python movies are so damn amazing.

20 The Godfather https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Y1LhPO-xMI I may get hate for not putting this in my top 5 or even top 10, but I'd like to point out that my entire top 25 I had swapped around quite a bit before I could finally be satisfied with what I picked, and so I put The Godfather at 20 because there were simply 19 movies that I liked better. But don't think that means anything bad against this movie because I put it at number 20 which means it's a masterpiece of cinema and the best gangster film out there.

21 The Searchers The classic John Ford film and one of the most pivotal westerns in film history that completely defines what made the genre so great back in the time. The Searchers is not only entertaining, it doesn't just have some great shoot out scenes, but it manages to explore complex social issues of the time (That John Ford does in nearly all of his films) and become a quintessential movie in cinematic history.

22 Goodfellas In my opinion this is Scorsese's strongest movie, it is stylistically, and sinisterly humorous as well as compelling when looked at in depth. The performances are strong, compelling, and honest, and the brutality is gut-wrenchingly strong. The movie imprints itself on your memory, and becomes utterly unforgettable in it's incredible quality.

23 Dr. Strangelove Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Wait, did I say 2001: A Space Odyssey was Kubrick's best film? Well crap, I'll have to take that back because I have this ranked two spots higher because of the absolute satirical hilarity that exists behind it. But honestly that just speaks of how fantastic Kubrick is as a director and it absolutely hits all of the right notes.

24 Grapes of Wrath Another one of the masterpieces by John Ford, albeit this movie version isn't quite as eye opening as the book it still manages to be bold in its stance and creating a fantastic film adaption of Steinbeck's classic book (who is my favorite author). The fact that many of the scenes were shot in real migration camps, and it exposed real problems going on at the time helps further its message, not to mention the script and performances are top-notch.

1.Boyhood 2.Captain America: The Winter Soldier 3.Godzilla 4.Guardians of the Galaxy 5.The Fault in Our Stars 6.Gone Girl 7.Exodus 8.Snowpiecer 9.Jane Got a Gun 10.Whiplash

Top 15 Domestic 1.How To Train Your Dragon 2 - 340m 2.Godzilla - 270m 3.Transformers: Age of Extinction - 265m 4.The Fault in Our Stars - 245m 5.The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - 225m 6.Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - 220m 7.X-Men: Days of Future Past - 215m 8.Maleficent - 175m 9.Guardians of the Galaxy - 170m 10.22 Jump Street - 160m 11.Neighbors - 145m 12.Tammy - 135m 13.Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - 115m 14.Planes: Fire and Rescue - 110m 15.Think Like a Man Too - 105m 16.A Million Ways to Die in the West - 95m 17.Blended - 85m Top 10 World Wide 1.Transformers: Age of Extinction - 1.01b 2.How to Train Your Dragon 2 - 950m 3.Godzilla - 810m 4.Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - 740m 5.The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - 670m 6.Guardians of the Galaxy - 560m 7.X-Men: Days of Future Past - 510m 8.Maleficent - 470m 9.The Fault in Our Stars - 450m 10.Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - 410m Top 5 Weekends World Wide 1.Transformers: Age of Extinction - 245m 2.How to Train Your Dragon 2 - 185m 3.Godzilla - 175m 4.Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - 170m 5.X-Men: Days of Future Past - 150m Top 7 Opening Weekends Domestic 1.Transformers: Age of Extinction - 105m 2.How to Train Your Dragon 2 - 95m 3.Godzilla - 91m 4.The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - 87m 5.X-Men: Days of Future Past - 84m 6.Guardians of the Galaxy - 76m 7.The Fault in Our Stars - 74m Top 5 Lowest Grossing Films (Dom) Earth to Echo - 38m Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return - 26m And So it Goes - 24m Step Up All In - 23m The Fluffy Movie - 16m Bonus Questions 1.Step Up All In - 23m 2.Maleficent - 176m 3.How to Train Your Dragon 2 - 620m Triple Bonus 1.Abstain 2.Yes 3.Yes 4.Yes 5.Yes 6.Abstain 7.Yes 8.Yes 9.No 10.Number 4 11.Yes 12.No 13.Yes 14.Yes 15. 1) Will ASM2 make at least 260 million domestically? No 2) Will ASM2 make more than 600 million internationally? No 3) Will ASM2 do at least 10 million for midnights (including Thurs)? No 4)) Will ASM2 make at least 900 million WW? No Added Bonus Questions 16.Abstain all 17.Abstain all 18. May: Neighbors - 145m June: 22 Jump Street - 160m July: Tammy - 150m 4th Pick: A Million Ways to Die in the West - 110m Question 19 1.16 2.5 3.464m 4.5 5.Yes 6.No 7.No 8.I'm confused about what this question is asking, is it money made in May or money from May releases? If May Releases: Maleficent If In May: Neighbors 9.No 10.No 11.No 12.1 13.Yes 14.Yes 15.No 16.Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 17.No 18.No 19.No 20.11 Question 20 1) Which comedy will open the highest? If only 3 day, Neighbors If 5 Day counts than Tammy 2) Will any two comedies combine to open with more than 60 million? Yes 3) Which film will finish with the lowest total? Sex Tape 4) Will any film have a multiplier of more than 5.75? No 5) Will any film have a multiplier of less than 3.3? Yes 6) How many of these films will open to number one on the weekend? 2 7) Will any film make more than 150 mill internationally? Yes 8) Will any film have a first Monday drop of less than 51%? Yes 9) Will any film have a first Tuesday increase of more than 15.5%? Yes 10) Will any film that opens after June 14th have a second Friday increase of more than 90%? No 11) Will a sequel be the highest grossing film of all these comedies? No 12) Will any film make more than 18 million in Russia? Yes 13) Will any film make more than 20 mill in the UK? Yes 14) Will any film have a second weekend drop of less than 40%? Yes 15) Which films will combine to have the highest total gross? A) 22 Jump Street, Tammy, Million Ways B] TLAMT, Blended, Tammy C) Million Ways, Neighbors, Blended D) Tammy, Sex Tape, 22 Jump Street E) TLAMT, Million, Sex Tape Btw Baumer I have purchased your book (It took me a bit to figure out what it meant)

Thank you! I think I often seem pretentious because a lot of the modern blockbusters annoy me, especially with how there is a trend for movies to just trying be epic and nothing else, as well as every single movie trying to start a franchise. (Don't get me wrong, I don't hate franchises in general, but there are so many unnecessary sequels nowadays it's hindering the development of original films)

I have now reached the top 25 of my top 250 list. I have decided to do something somewhat interesting where before I list my personal top 10 people can post their predictions of the 10 movies they'll think they are. For the person who gets the most right in the closest order I will like 10 random posts of theirs. I thought up the idea, and it sounded like something that could be amusing, especially since I've been at that list for a while and a good number of people have been kind enough to follow it.

I have now reached the top 25 of my top 250 list. I have decided to do something somewhat interesting where before I list my personal top 10 people can post their predictions of the 10 movies they'll think they are. For the person who gets the most right in the closest order I will like 10 random posts of theirs. I thought up the idea, and it sounded like something that could be amusing, especially since I've been at that list for a while and a good number of people have been kind enough to follow it.

25 2001: A Space Odyssey It is probably the definitive science fiction film, and for a very good reason, it is the best film of Stanley Kubrick's thick stack of cinematic masterpieces. You can argue it is slow, you can argue that it makes absolutely no sense, but it doesn't take away the poetic genius from this science fiction art work.

26 Psycho (1960) Alfred Hitchcock delivers one of the shocking thrillers of the time with Psycho that absolutely defined the genre in every respect. It was utterly and profoundly influential and still holds a great deal of weight even to this day. The acting is right on key, like all of Hitchcock's films, and the entire movie is a form of modern art.