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What rivalry? All three previous THG films have outgrossed all three Hobbit films.

I think we can rule out a surprise birthday party for QT. Unless they're going to throw it three months early.

I think they both have the range for either role.

Unless it's from a franchise/director that the collective hasn't automatically deemed unnecessary and already doomed.

1. Will Hunger Games Open to more than $120M? YES 2. Will Hunger Games Open to more than $132.5M? 2000 NO 3. Will Hunger Games Open to more than $145M? NO 4. Where will Mockingjay 2's OW rank alongside the other franchise instalments (1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th)? 3rd 5. Will The Night Before's OW be at least 10% the gross of MJ2's OW? 3000 YES 6. Will MJ2's Friday be above $55M? YES 7. Will MJ2 drop less than 35% on Sunday? NO 8. Will MJ2 have a Saturday PTA above $10,000? YES 9. Will the Secrets in their Eyes open in the top 4? NO 10. Will Peanuts drop less than 48%? YES 11. Will legend have a PTA above $32,000? 2000 NO 12. Will Spectre cross $150M by Saturday? YES 13. Will Love the Coopers stay above The Martian? 3000 YES 14. Will Goosebumps remain above Bridge of Spies yet again? NO 15. Will Prem Ratan Dham Payo have a PTA above $4000? NO 16. Will My All American stay in the top 15? NO 17. Will The Last Witch Hunter actually do what it is supposed to and drop over 52% this weekend? YES 18. Will Hotel Transylvania's weekend be at least 10% of Peanuts'? 2000 YES 19. Will By the Sea finish above Trumbo? NO 20. Will a film drop at least 47% on Sunday? YES 21. Name any film that drops less than 33% this weekend (or choose none)? 3000 BRIDGE OF SPIES 22. Will the 3 new openers combine to at least $150M? NO 23. Will Jem Rock the Kasbah cross $2.9M by the end of the weekend? YES 24. Will Bridge of Spies' Total Gross overtake The Visit's Total Gross by the end of the weekend? 2000 YES 25. Does Tyrian Lannister die at the end of MJ2? (Note any actual spoiler answers will result in death by cannon ) If so, that's a pretty big change from the book. Bonus 15/25 2000 16/25 3000 17/25 4000 18/25 5000 19/25 6000 20/25 8000 21/25 10000 22/25 12000 23/25 15000 24/25 17000 25/25 20000 Part 2: 1. What will MJ2's OW be? 5000 127.3 2. What will The Night Before's OW gross be as a percentage of MJ2's OW? 5000 12.6% 3. What will Legend's PTA be? 5000 23,486 4. What will The Martian's total gross be by the end of Sunday? 5000 214.187 5. What will Paranormal Activity's percentage drop be? 5000 62.3 Part 3: Places 3. Peanuts 6. Love the Coopers 9. Goosebumps 11. Hotel Translyvania 2 14. The Last Witch Hunter 17. The Intern 2000 each 4/6 2000 bonus 5/6 5000 bonus 6/6 8000 bonus

Mockingjay 2 - 131m The Night Before - 17m Secret in Their Eyes - 6m

No, meaning that stacking up their comparisons day by day aren't useful. I swear, you're deliberately not seeing the forest for the trees. It'll have some days behind QoS. So the fuck what? What matters: how well it does in the end. What doesn't: comparisons of small data points that don't lead to any meaningful conclusion.

Kind of a useless comparison. IIRC that was already Thanksgiving week.

If your franchise is pulling a billion a pop, you're doing okay.

Is it mentioned in the film? No. But given the prevalence of Disney Channel among child stars, it's hard for me to read it as anything less than that. There are other fun entertainment industry bits as well, but that's a specific highlight.

Well, vastly underrated doesn't always mean great. I do think that Bolt attempts a few interesting things that I didn't expect, such as the critique of the way Disney Channel stars are treated and utilized... in a movie from Disney, starring one of the Disney Channel stars. It may not be the most in depth critique, but it's a surprising addition. Especially since the film was pulled back a lot from Chris Sanders' original plan. (Hmm... okay now that I think down that line, comparing TGD to Bolt makes a lot of sense.)

Interesting. Among recent WDAS films, I find Bolt to be severely underrated. I suppose it speaks to Pixar's track record that something like that would be merely "okay". But I suppose if it's not grasping at the depth that you'd see in IO or Up it might feel that way. Still excited to see it.

Huh. I wonder if the next Bond film could end up with the US being only the third biggest market, after the UK and China. Actually, I kinda wonder if that might be possible for Fantastic Beasts, too.

For your consideration for Best Animated Short: a MetLife ad

Shit. Forgot again. Well, for future comparison: The 33 - 8m Love the Coopers - 5m My All American - 2m

2. Will Peanuts gross more than the top two new releases combined gross? YES 6. Will The Intern stay in the top 10? NO 10. Will Everest cross $43M total Domestic? YES 13. Will any film outside the top 15 this past weekend, jump into the top 15 this coming weekend? YES 15. Will Spectre be pulled from theatres by the end of weekend in tribute to the wonder that was Jem? NO

Part 1: 1. Will Spectre drop more than 54%? 2000 NO 2. Will Peanuts gross more than the top two new releases combined gross? YES 3. Will By The Sea have a PTA above $8000? YES 4. Which of the top 3 new entries will have the best PTA? THE 33 5. Will Goosebumps stay above Bridge of Spies? YES 6. Will The Intern stay in the top 10? NO 7. Will Hotel Transylvania increase more than 115% on Saturday? NO 8. Will The Martian make more than $1.6M on Sunday? 3000 YES 9. Will Woodlawn stay ahead of Sicario? YES 10. Will Everest cross $43M total Domestic? YES 11. Will at least 2 films increase 150% on Friday? 2000 YES 12. Will My All American debut in the top debut in the top 8? NO 13. Will any film outside the top 15 this past weekend, jump into the top 15 this coming weekend? YES 14. Name any film that drops more than 60% (whilst remaining in the top 12[or choose none])? THE LAST WITCH HUNTER 15. Will Spectre be pulled from theatres by the end of weekend in tribute to the wonder that was Jem? NO 11/15 2000 bonus 12/15 3000 bonus 13/15 5000 bonus 14/15 7000 bonus 15/15 10000 bonus Part 2. (5000 each) 1. What will be the combined 3 day gross of Spectre and Peanuts? 61.423m 2. How many films in the top 25 will drop more than 47.5% this weekend (This is an experimental question that understands that multiple players could win this bonus)? 10 3. What will The Last Witch Hunter gross on Friday? 278k Part 3. 3. THE 33 5. LOVE THE COOPERS 8. HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 12. THE INTERN 14. WOODLAWN 2000 each correct answer 2000 bonus for 3 correct 4000 bonus for 4 correct 10000 bonus for all 5.

Well, KFP and HTTYD are not trilogies. Yet. I would slot either HTTYD film above all three TS films, though. I give TS1 a lot of props for its immense historical significance, but the other two are mid-tier Pixar at best. Which is still really good, and better than the KFPs, but it's not HTTYD good. I kinda hope that KFP is like Madagascar where each film improves on its predecessor. KFP2 was better than KFP, so here's hoping for KFP3.

I did? *checks* Holy shit!

Damn. Everyone could lose points on Spectre. It'll be the JW of the Winter Game.

Why would Thursday be really rough?

Eh. Madagascar is... middling. It has the advantage that the films improve over time, but even the best one of them is only about mid-range for DWA's quality. KFP is quite good. It's not quite upper tier for animation, but it's pretty close. The first film was really entertaining and it showed that DWA could make movies that weren't just pop culture jokes, but it suffers a bit on rewatches. They rely on slow-mo for humor a bit too often, IMO. HTTYD, though. That's arguably the best animated franchise in history. At least for films.

AFAIK, no previous Peanuts film had a theatrical release. They were all TV specials and such.

Why would the business this does in China have anything to do with Pixar?