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http://deadline.com/2016/11/matthew-mcconaughey-gold-january-27-date-shift-stephen-gaghan-awards-season-1201858215/ Now limited release, expands to wide on Jan. 27th.

Yeah. Beyond was awesome and might be my favorite of the Trek reboot trilogy, although it and '09 are kinda interchangeable and depend on what mood I'm in.

If I can join the tentpole argument, this season the only tentpoles I've really gotten a kick out of are Deadpool and all of the Idris Elba movies (well, except maybe Finding Dory, but I still really enjoyed it). The rest that I've seen thus far mainly fit into the "fun, but forgettable" category. But of course, I've never really had much interest in tentpole movies, even as a kid, minus a couple of franchises (Spider-Man, Potter, Pirates). When I got into high school, the only movies I cared about were the Oscarbaits, indies, and some of the cartoons, with only two or three big tentpoles grabbing my attention in a typical season.

Hi dcasey. Almost forgot you were a thing. @Nutella of Arabia

I come home from Arrival, changed by such amazingness, and I'm greeted with bad drops and a weaker than expected opening for Edge of Seventeen. Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Alright, with all of the craziness going on, here's my two cents: I definitely feel that many of us overpredicted Fantastic Beasts, but to be fair, a lot of signs pointed towards it being huge. Presales seemed strong, Cursed Child was a huge hit, and it was supposed to kick off 4 other movies instead of 2, which showed that WB was super-confident with it. And on its own, if the OW is above $70M, it's definitely a great number. It works as a good launchpad for a franchise, and if it gets around $750M WW, I'm certain WB would be happy. But again, this is supposed to start a 5-movie series, and I don't see something that might not even cross $200M as the perfect place to start. I'll gladly eat crow if there's some major increase for the sequel, or if it has crazy good legs, but I do feel there should be a hint of hesitance. As for the whole Rogue One thing, I do feel Beasts is a good indicator for there being a potential big drop from what's expected. But that's just it: a potential big drop. Star Wars as of now is in a much better situation in terms of films, as this movie comes hot off the heels of the biggest domestic earner of all time, and this one promises to have a much bigger connection to the original series than Fantastic Beasts did. Juding off the trailers, Rogue One promises stormtroopers, AT-ATs, Vader, and the Death Star, all being key features of the original trilogy and film franchise as a whole. Fantastic Beasts has wands...a character from the book that wasn't in any of the movies...fantasy creatures...yeah, that's about it. But again, only time will tell, and quite frankly, I feel that if Rogue One is at least close to half of what TFA got domestically, I'd say Disney would be happy with that. Also, to EmpireCity, if you want people to PM you about their grievances, why aren't you doing the same to other people?

Also, yipes on that FB number.

I don't really remember Tele being that hyped for WW. For the Comic-Con trailer, he thought it looked solid, and for the second trailer, all he said was "I'm surprised you guys are so down on this". Doesn't scream super-hyped to me.

Nah. They're saving the goods for the actual movie. WB knows Queen Brie will be amazing in this, so they want to take everyone by surprise. And thus, the Year of the Brie will start with everyone talking about her.

All questions are related to the top 12, are for the 3 day weekend and are worth 1000 points unless otherwise stated. 1. Will Fantastic Beasts open to more than $70m? YES 2. Will Fantastic Beasts open to more than $80m? 3000 YES 3. Will Fantastic Beasts open to more than $90m? YES 4. Will Billy Lynn make more than $10m? NO 5. Will Billy Lynn make more than $12.5m? 2000 NO 6. Will Edge of Seventeen open to more than $10M? YES 7. Will Bleed for this open to more than $5M? NO 8. Will Billy Lynn make more than Edge of Seventeen this weekend? 2000 NO 9. Will Arrival stay in the top 5? YES 10. Will Dr Strange stay above Trolls? NO 11. Will Almost Christmas drop less than 45%? YES 12. Will Hacksaw Ridge make more than $1.5M every day this weekend? YES 13. Will Nocturnal Animals have a PTA above $5000? 3000 YES 14. Will Manchester by the Sea have a PTA above $15,000? YES 15. Will Shut in Stay above Boo!? YES 16. Will Deepwater Horizon have a bigger percentage drop than Inferno? 2000 17. Will A Man called Ove Increase this weekend? YES 18. Will Keeping Up with the Joneses Stay above Sully? 3000 NO 19. Will Ouija remain in the top 16 this weekend? NO 20. Are we about to be tricked into watching Eddie Redmayne hunt down Kelsey Grammar and Nicholas Hoult for 2 hours this weekend? That would be a rad af crossover. Bonus: 14/20 2000 15/20 3000 16/20 5000 17/20 7000 18/20 10000 19/20 14000 20/20 20000 Part 2: Closest predictor wins 5000 points (Added bonus: If prediction is within 10% win 6000; 5% 7000; 2.5% 9000; 1% 12000) 1. Predict Fantastic Beasts' OW. $107.5M 2. Predict Billy Lynn's Halftime Walk Percentage Increase this weekend. 3,049.18% 3. Predict Trolls Saturday total $9M Part 3: Predict the films that place in the following positions: 3. Doctor Strange 5. The Edge of Seventeen 8. Bleed for This 11. Moonlight 14. Inferno 16. A Man called Ove

Red for Inferno, likely green or gold for Strange, likely dark blue or green for Trolls, and likely burgundy for Arrival. So far, I'm doing better than I thought.

1. What will Dr Strange's total be at the end of the game? $218M 2. What will Arrival's total be by the end of the game? $70M 3. What will Passengers' 3 day OW be? $28M 4. What will Underworld's Second weekend percentage drop be? 57.4% 5. What will be the difference in gross between Hacksaw and Allied by the end of the game (No need to state which is higher)? $5M 6. What will La La Land's multiplier be from it's (9th December limited) opening weekend? 25x 7. What will Moana's 12 day total be (The end of its second Sunday)? $105M 8. How many days will Fantastic Beasts make more than $1M? 2o 9. What will Sing's Opening Day including Previews be? $15M 10. How much will Rogue One make in Thursday previews? $22.5M

I'm down with this movie starting next year's Year of the Brie.

Sing > Rogue One?

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I saw an advance screening for this yesterday, and I had a fun time with it. As a comedy, almost all of the jokes land, and as someone with a sardonic and dark sense of humor, Woody Harrelson was the big highlight of the film for me. Every word he spoke left me howling with laughter. But it also works as a solid coming-of-age teen drama. Steinfeld was great and perfectly portrayed so many great emotions, and her conversations with the different characters throughout the movie were smart, well-written, and entertaining. The other actors did their parts well, but Steinfeld and Harrelson really hold the film up. Outside of that, the story's really good, the pacing was pretty smooth, and there are a couple of good emotional moments sprinkled in too. My grading scale puts it at a 3/5, but it could go up to a 3.5/5 after a rewatch, and I'd still definitely recommend it if you're looking for a fun dramedy. If we're talking box office, from what I could gather, the crowd seemed to have liked it judging by how hard many of the laughs were, and the people walking out and saying to their friends that they liked it shows that it could strike a decent chord with people and lead to some solid WOM. With its projected $10M opening, I can see it getting around $30-40M, which I'm sure STX would be super happy with.