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Yeah. Literally two votes short. And apparently a number of writers said that, had there not been a 10 player limit on their ballots, they would have voted for him.

West Side Story I'm pretty impressed that it opened with a still image that remained on screen with only color changes for nearly five minutes.

And Frozen holds up better than equivalent family films from last year, too. Great bump for WoWS, too. I believe this is its first #1 spot, right?

That doesn't remove the parallel. Among 3D re-releases, MI was pretty disappointing, too. And WWD held up better than it on the equivalent Tuesday.

Monsters Inc 3D. The re-release. Not MU. http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=daily&id=monstersinc3d.htm

That's a good hold for WWD relative to last year's family films. Monsters Inc 3D (probably the closest parallel) fell by 11%.

I'm sure, given enough time, another sequel will do the same. Mostly because 400 is the new 300, so inflation will start to apply.

You didn't need to fix that. The 350 million mark is accurate, and it emphasizes how good Catching Fire's performance really is.

There's been talk about Frozen... transcending, I suppose, and getting more of a general audience rather than a family crowd. I'm not sure that's the case. Life of Pi is the closest non-family parallel I could think of from last year: Thanksgiving release, big spectacle, good critical and audience response. The family films from last year had other knocks against them that may not apply to Frozen. Rise of the Guardians had the Christmas theme going, and Wreck-It Ralph had been out two months already. But it's possible it sees a similar drop, yes.

Yeah, that's the question. It's possible that Frozen will perform more like Life of Pi, I suppose.

Wow, that's only $1,126 short of AUJ's comparable day. Might even beat it with an actual. Also, if Frozen gets a similar bump, it'll be over 2 million.

I still need to see Catching Fire. Tomorrow, perhaps.

Many years ago on the Box Office Report forums, there was a discussion about Transformers. This was sometime after The Island was released and there were rumors that Michael Bay was being pulled from the film. Anyway, we're still close to a year or two before Transformers would be released. And everyone is down on the film. Multiple people are claiming it'll fail to even break a hundred million. And I thought about it and mentioned that, for a certain segment, this was their dream film. Fans of the franchise had been waiting years for the film to come out, just like Star Wars fans were waiting on Episode 1. Good, bad, indifferent, that was enough fan interest to give it a pretty good head start over something like TMNT. I don't know what number I threw out. It was probably over 200 million. As for the worst, it wasn't a prediction per se, but The Avengers completely blindsided me. I really didn't expect it do the business of IM2, Thor, and Cap combined.

Toy Story vs Castle in the Sky - Although it's close. Mostly I don't think CitS ages quite as well.A Bug's Life vs Arrietty - Also close. It's been years since I've seen A Bug's Life, though, so I'm not sure.Toy Story 2 vs Kiki's Delivery Service - I've never been a huge TS2 fan, and KDS is one of my favorite films ever.Monsters Inc vs Spirited Away - Agonizingly close. I love MI, but Spirited Away is amazing.Finding Nemo vs Pom Poko - Abstain. I don't know if I've seen all of Pom Poko.The Incredibles vs My Neighbour Totoro - Totoro is great, but The Incredibles remains the best superhero movie made.Cars vs Ponyo - Cars is mediocre. Ponyo is great.Ratatouille vs Porco Rosso - Still close. And I could probably flip a coin, here.WALL-E vs Princess Mononoke - Another possible coin flip.Up vs Whisper of the Heart - As awesome as Up is, Whisper of the Heart is my favorite Ghibli film.Toy Story 3 vs Grave of the Fireflies - I'm not capable of watching Grave a second time. TS3 isn't Pixar's best, but it's pretty good. Cars 2 vs Tales of Earthsea - Earthsea's a mess, but it's not complete crap.Brave vs Howl's Moving Castle - Tie. Howl is a better constructed film, but Brave is a more important film.Monsters University vs From Up on Poppy Hill - Abstain. Havne't seen Poppy Hill, yet. Ghibli beats Pixar 6 to 5.

That's a really good hold for Frozen. Could hit 300 tomorrow.

Covering the ones I've seen. 1. Frozen - My top movie of the year. 2. The Croods - While it's not as good as HTTYD or Lilo & Stitch, Sanders is still a great director 3. Monsters University - Nothing special from Pixar, but still enjoyable. 4. Despicable Me 2 - Illumination is pretty middle-of-the-road quality, but the Minions are great humor 5. Epic - Despite moments that shine, Chris Wedge continues to prove himself as a pretty pedestrian director 6. Escape from Planet Earth - Pretty terrible. I believe I caught it on Netflix, and little about it is memorable

Gravity's probably about a week away from becoming her highest grossing film. It's just a few hundred thousand short of The Blind Side. I remember when I first read that she had been cast as the lead in Gravity, I was a bit disappointed. I'm sure glad she did it, though. Completely amazing.

Historically, yes, but Disney hasn't done regular re-releases for several years, unless there's a technology upgrade. And even 3D upgrades are getting rarer. After the declining returns of stuff like Monsters, Inc. I think they've pretty much given up on future releases. If they weren't, we'd have heard about Aladdin by now. I don't believe any film they've released since The Lion King has had a significant re-release. As far as the Oscars, Frozen's likely to win two (Best Animation and Best Song). I don't think either is going to cause its gross to bump up significantly. There may be a slight uptick in late February, but at best, we'd probably see something like $5 million additional there, not the $40+ it'd need to get to $400.

You seriously think it's got another hundred million plus to go domestically? Man, I wish, but it's highly unlikely. It would need weekend drops of 20% or less every weekend for the rest of its run. And that might still not be enough. As far as overseas, while it's got a few large markets to go, and Latin America may still bring in big bucks, it's still a tall order to expect the film to double its current OS gross.

Beating TS3 would probably require 700 million OS. That's basically asking Frozen to turn into an Ice Age film.

Right now it is summer in the southern hemisphere.

If Frozen doesn't have an incredibly soft drop over the next two weekends (probably needs to be under 25%, maybe under 20%), it probably isn't going to match DM2. And it may not hit 300 until Thursday, now.

Possibly. It depends on if audiences decide to see a movie they missed this weekend next... or if they just decide to not go at all.

I don't normally think weather has a large effect on movie grosses. However, if it leads to theater closures, yes, that would put a dent in things.

True enough. Frozen earned more from Thanksgiving to New Years, though. (something like 256 vs 187 or so.)