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Guardian's BAFTA liveblog was awesome. 7.40am GMTHere we go ... supporting actress is being read out by Bard the Bowman. Jennifer Lawrence is there obviously. As is Sally Hawkins. And someone else and someone else. And they're on to two-three other categories before I've typed this. Updated at 7.40am GMT 7.42am GMT Wow ... they're talking quickly. Grab bag of names snatched out of the flurry ... Steve McQueen, director. Act of Killing, documentary, David O Russell, director, Philomena, film. Sandra Bullock for Gravity, did we say Philomena. Oh God. Liveblogging. Never again. http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/jan/08/bafta-nominations-2014-liveblog?CMP=twt_fd

Harvey is campaigning for Julia Roberts. Not sure if Harvey has any real interest in Fruitvale Station and its actors so Octavia Spencer isn't more likely than Roberts.

Anyone saw Michael Bay's meltdown after his teleprompter failed at Samsung CES ? That was really painful to watch. I have to occasionally deliver presentations as part of my job and it is tough if you are not a natural public speaker. I have had tech malfunctions before (mostly to do with slides and computer not co-operating) and it isn't pretty but you gotta soldier on. You can't just quit like this. Edit - It is after 56 m 30 seconds mark. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztsmusDQ9jU&t=56m30s

Watch Bottle Rocket if you can.

The Royal Tenenbaums Bottle Rocket Rushmore The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou Moonrise Kingdom The Darjeeling Limited Fantastic Mr. Fox

Well, PGA completely snubbed Harvey this year. His awards slate just isn't very good this year but yeah it is stupid to count him out so early in the season.

Kung Fu Hustle > Shaolin Soccer

Anyone else think Harvey made a big mistake by releasing his strongest movie Fruitvale Station so early on in the season? This is the sort of movie that could've gotten some awards traction if it was released in October/November. I think TWC over-estimated the strength of their awards slate. They have a lot of movies this year but nothing that truly stands out.

Frozen came to chew gum and kick ass this holiday season. Now it is all out of chewing gum.

So Wolf will likely finish with $33-34 million 5 days. $100 million can happen but it will depend on whether it gets some major nominations.

Nikki agrees with Rth. Nikki Finke ‏@NikkiFinke 2m Friday Dec 27 Box Office: #3 'Anchorman 2' with $7M, tie for #4 'American Hustle' and 'Wolf Of Wall St' with $6.2M, #5 'Mr Banks' $5M.

Maybe. Django opened to $15 million Christmas Day and finished with $162 million. Same multiplier gives it $100 million but Django had much better reception so who knows ?

DOS is starting t put up some amazing numbers. Wolf of Wall Street had a budget of $100 million and $100 million DOM is far from a lock. I don't know how it will play in most overseas territories so there are no guarantees that it will go down as a Box Office success.

Ronin $3.7 million

Stuart Oldham ‏@s_oldham 39m Box Office: Thursday 1. The Hobbit - $10.4M 2. Frozen - $8.8M 3. Anchorman 2 - $7M 4. Wolf of Wall St - $6.4M 5. American Hustle - $6.1M

1.) Fanboy/Fangirl movies always get good cinemascore. It says nothing about their legs. 2.) Movies with limited potential may get good cinemascore but their box office ceiling is limited. 3.) Comedy and horror movies typically get low cinemascore and low scores in most polls. It says nothing about their legs. Cinemascore is important for blockbuster type movies. Anything less than A- is horrid for a Superhero movie. Anything B or better is awesome for a horror movie. Rango didn't have great legs for an animated movie that opened to less than $40 million. There is a reason why studios use Cinemascore. You can get a lot out of it if you understand the context. A- for MOS is not the same as an A- for Conjuring.

You shouldn't compare movies aimed at very limited audience to $100 million movies. Soul Surfer was aimed at Church audiences. BMH was aimed at African-American audiences. Movies like this always get high Cinemascore and they have very low Box Office ceilings.

Wrong comparison. BMH has very limited potential audience so Cinemascore isn't very relevant. That's not the case here.

C cinemascore for Wolf is terrible.

Russell re-wrote JLaw's character after her award run last year. The original role was very tiny and JLaw wasn't even going to do it initially. I think that screwed up the script somewhat as the original script revolved completely around Bale/Adams' characters.

Yeah, these numbers look about right to me. DOS should have a better saturday jump so it will win the weekend.

Nikki Finke ‏@NikkiFinke 1m Some sources telling me 'Hobbit 2' won Friday. Others saying 'Anchorman 2' on top. We'll figure out Bilbo vs Burgundy in the morning, OK?

DOS should have a much bigger Saturday jump than the other two so 30+ for DOS.

It isn't making 23 million with 5 million opening. I think Friday will be closer to 7 million than 5 million.

Yep but it is going to cost more too. They must have spend a lot of money on advertising in addition to higher production costs. Releasing a movie in 3500 theaters is no joke.