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The way you phrased it sounded like you didn't know the actual story in a "why did they choose the WTC and not somewhere else?" kinda way. Apologies if I misunderstood you. With that said, the story itself is pretty dang uplifting. It's about an impossible dream and then the great effort engaged to make that dream a reality. The towers have been reduced in the past decade and a half to being nothing more than a couple terrible hours from which the US socially has been unable to advance from. There is a real need to have some contrast. To see that there is a greatness of human spirit and action that's associated with the towers, not just a monumental tragedy. The story isn't something any viewer is going to see without knowledge about what happened to the towers. If that's all you can think of, that's fine. It's important to know that. In fact, it's unlikely that either Man on Wire or The Walk would have gotten made if 9/11 hadn't happened. The context changes this from an amusing historical anecdote to an important reminder that the towers were more than just that final day. I understand that 9/11 is huge in the memory. I'll never forget what that day was like. But there's a need to feel more than sadness and loss about things. That's what this story provides. Plus, Philippe Petit is a terrific character of a human being, full of contrast, so we're hopefully in store for some great character work from JGL.

You realize that's what the guy actually did, right? It really is a true story. I know, right? Phenomenal documentary. Everyone should watch it.

That starving family market.

It's been pretty consistent about having stronger weekdays. The last weekday that PP2 beat MMFR on was May 25th, which was a holiday.

1) Will Spy fall less than 44.8%? YES 2) Will any film in the top 12, playing in at least 1000 theaters, have a Friday increase of more than 88%? YES 3) Will San Andreas have a Saturday increase of more than 40%? YES 4) Will Entourage fall more than 2% on Thursday? YES 5) Will Insidious 3 fall less than 58%? NO 6) Will Mad Max make more than Entourage this weekend? YES 7) Will Pitch Perfect make more than MMFR this weekend? NO 8) Will Poltergeist fall more than Aloha % wise? NO 9) Will Age of Ultron decrease more than 46%? YES 10) Will San Andreas gross more than 80 million WW this weekend? NO 11) Will Furious 7 drop more than 55%? NO 12) Will Spy gross more on Friday and Saturday than JW does for Thursday previews? YES 13) Will Spy increase more than 35% on Saturday? YES 14) Will the top 10 movies add up to more than 185 million? YES 15) Will Me and Earl and the Dying Girl have a theater average of more than $4000? YES 12/15 3000 13/15 5000 14/15 7000 15/15 15,000 What finishes in spots: 7 Entourage 9 Avengers: Age of Ultron 10 Aloha 11 Love & Mercy 2000 each and 3000 bonus for all four correct Bonus 1: What will Jurassic World gross? 5000 113.926 Bonus 2: What will Ex Machina, Hot Pursuit and Paul Blart combine to gross this weekend? 5000 $703,487 (or 0.703 if you're looking at it in millions.)

Finally got out of that rut of 32nd place that I was perpetually stuck in. Also, I'm ahead of Tele, which is apparently a thing.

The weekend estimates thread is different from the weekend actuals thread.

Giving SPY a shot. It's a rare comedy that I see in theaters.

The trailer is encouraging. I want this to be good, but I really don't have any faith in Scott at the moment, so I'm still in wait-and-see mode.

Saw San Andreas and Fury Road at a not-exactly-local drive-in. The experience was really cool. SA is breezy for a disaster epic, but still pretty fun. Fury Road is, as always, sheer brilliance from start to finish. I'll probably see it once more in theaters. The downside of the drive-in is that the movies don't start until dusk, which is getting really late here in the Northwest. SA didn't start until 10 or so. I only got home at 3am. Still, A++ experience. I hope I can do it at least once more this summer. Probably in August or September, when they can start playing the movies earlier.

Gah. Took a risk thinking Entourage would fall below PP2 for the weekend. Why'd it have to have a Friday jump like that?

That's not likely. It'll be $5m short after this weekend and IO hits in two weeks. While the legs have been fantastic, they won't make up the gap before the competition hits. JW could impact it, too. It's broad enough that it should hurt everything, like AoU did.

That's a really good Friday bump for Entourage. I thought it'd slip below PP2 for the weekend.

I don't agree that 4 was filler. It was an important point in the franchise switching from a series of loosely connected films about racing cars to a strongly connected series of films about the relationships between a group of people who happened to drive cars and commit crimes. It lacks the freewheeling nature of the original three films, and in comparison to the stuff that followed, it doesn't have the sense of being really huge. That makes it seem like the odd man out. What it is, really, is setup. If we take that 1-3 are the films that provide the basis for the characters, then 4 is the film that provides the basis for the plot. It's only from there that they can do 5-7. With that said, yeah, it's pretty iffy on execution. The hokey effects worked in Tokyo Drift to a degree, because it still had that breezy nature that inhabited the first two films. But 4's incredibly stripped down and dramatic story was undermined at times because Lin wasn't quite sure how to pull things off. It seems like they paid pretty big to get Diesel and Walker back, which removed some of their ability to ramp up the effects. But it all worked out in the end to set the stage for the films to come, so it's not all bad.

Under 10m weekend for Entourage?

Clearly we need John Frankenheimer.

Week 6: All questions worth 1000 Due by regular time which hasn't changed in 8 years. 1) Will Spy make more in it's OW than Entourage does in it's first five days? YES 2) What film will be number one this weekend? SPY 3) Will the top 3 films gross more than 90 million for the three day? YES 4) Will Insidious make more than 3 mill for previews? YES 5) Will Entourage drop more than 28% on Thursday? YES 6) Will Spy increase on Saturday? YES 7) Will San Andreas fall more than 55.2%? NO 8) Will Mad Max increase more than 93.4% on Friday? NO 9) Will Pitch Perfect 2 increase more than 35% on Saturday? YES 10) Will Tomorrowland have the best increase in the top 10 on Saturday? NO 11) Will Poltergeist stay in the top 10? YES 12) Will Spy make more than 2.5 mill for Thurs previews? YES 13) Will Avengers increase more than 105% on Friday? NO 14) Will San Andreas drop more than 5% on Thursday? YES 12/14 3000 13/14 5000 14/14 10,000 What finishes in spots: 1 Spy 2 San Andreas 5 Entourage 7 Tomorrowland 9 Aloha 2000 each and a bonus of 3000 if all spots are correct. Bonus 1: What will Entourage make for the 5 day? 5000 19.319 Bonus 2: What will Insidious make OW? 5000 23.475 Bonus 3 What will MM and PP2 combine to make this weekend? 5000 19.878

With that 3.6m real Wednesday, I'd kinda be surprised if this gets much more than 12m for the 3-day. 20m 5-day, perhaps?

They vary. They're usually older theaters. Here's one in my general area: http://www.regmovies.com/Theatres/Theatre-Folder/Regal-East-Valley-Stadium-13-1576.aspx And another: http://www.starplexcinemas.com/locations.php?theaterid=1012

Should be at a 3x multi by the time JW opens.

That late-March/early-April animation slot is turning out to be quite lucrative. Home is past 170 off a 52m opening. Rio 2 got to 131 off a 39m opening. The Croods did 187 off of 43. Since it seems animation has mostly abandoned May, there's a long period where these films can build up solid numbers, and even being in proximity of a gigantic film (Hunger Games, Furious 7) isn't really harming them. I wonder if Disney miscalculated by going for the early March slot with Zootopia. Monster Trucks opens just a week before BvS and could do quite well (assuming moderate quality) until Angry Birds opens.

Two mods enter, one mod leaves.

I wonder how the Entourage did for previews.

Jumps: SA - 21% FR - 15% PP2 - 19% TL - 23% AoU - 39% Alo - 41%

Well, that was the teasiest of teasers.