James

It was never meant for US audiences. Like more and more movies these days, it was clearly made with OS numbers in mind. I seriously doubt Universal ever expected it to do good DOM. But it'll make enough money in Europe alone to make up for that. As for awful looking, that's just your point of view.

That means it will probably be huge here too. That's the case most times

I like most songs you used. But having 'Gone, Gone Gone' there is a guaranteed way to get a like I'll also go see 'Gone Girl' this weekend.

LOL. He must've had a horrible night. That castle is all ruins. And it's not that big also, more of a fort.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE Another decent weekend and the first in over a month that increased from the previous one. - In first place, The Equalizer overperformed and opened way above the typical Denzel movie with almost 28.000 admissions and (and $ 165K). In comparison, 'Safe House', 'Flight' and '2 Guns' all opened with less than 20.000 adm. The reason: adult audiences, although not the driving force, were severly neglected lately. 'The Equalizer' will face harsh competition next week, when 'Dracula Untold' and 'Gone Girl' open, but even with so, a total of 500K+ is likely. - In second, The Maze Runner fell harder than expected (-55%), but even so, it still made in it's second outing almost as much as 'Divergent' made in it's first. It's also way ahead of the first 'Hunger Games' through the same point and should stabilize next weekend, even with competition from 'Dracula Untold'. - The third spot is occupied again by The House of Magic that (incredibly) increased 16% in it's 7th weekend. With no competition for the next month it should be the only choice for families and that should carry the animated hit to over 550K, a big total for an unknown movie. - But 'The House of Magic' wasn't the only one that increased. Let's be Cops gained 5% this week. The projections for it's end game keep increasing and a finish norh of 800K seems to be in the cards. - Lucy proved again it is a WOM phenomenon. It stayed flat in the 9th weekend. 1.2M+ is bound to happen at this point. - Guardians of the Galaxy had a good 15% drop. 1.1M remains the target. - The local comedy America, venim! (America, here we come!) fell 55% after it's OW. That usually is a pretty bad drop. Add the fact that this is a local movie (so it should have had a lighter drop), the cheap ticket price and the big number of screens and the drop becomes a HUGE one. - If I Stay and Into the Storm stabilized in their third weekend, falling 14% and 36% respectively. But that's too little, too late. - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles re-entered Top 10 after a good 25% drop. Still, it's overall gross is disappointing. - Dans la cour, the other opener, bombed hard even though it was in limited release. Here's the Top 10: Next week's openers: - Dracula Untold - Gone Girl - Terapie pentru crimă (Therapy for Murder) (local movie) - Wakolda Dracula Untold is a wild card, but not because it will bomb (that's very unlikely). The reason: movies with an ancient / medieval historical setting are almost always hits here. Just looking at 2014: '300: Rise of an Empire' is the biggest film of the year, 'Pompeii' is in Top 10, 'Hercules' (The Rock's movie) and 'The Legend of Hercules' (Kellan Lutz's movie) are both Top 15 titles. So the question is: how far can 'Dracula' go? An opening over 30.000 adm is likely. Gone Girl will probably do decent for itself. The other two movies - flop / bomb.

China, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, Venezuela and others still to open. 250M+ OS (and 350-400M WW) is looking really good at this point.

Another very good episode. I laughed my ass off. I'm starting to dislike Pink more and more though.

Wow, TMR just keeps increasing. Any chance for 18M?

Well, season 1 and 2 are badly edited, but after that the show gets really good. There are a lot of strong seasons. From the top of my mind: 10, 14, 8, 18, 22, 15, 16. Not in a certain order and I can't remember them very well. But if you can find at least one team that you like it gets really good because you are like: 'C'mon, c'mon!! Go faster.' Haha.

Insanely good holds for TMR and TIWILY. Dolphin Tale also should have a sub 40% drop. Really good. I like this weekend Also, Boxtrolls made more than ParaNorman and Coraline. If it tops 17.5M it will become the biggest stop-motion opener ever.

I was surprised to see no thread for this, considering how popular it is. I find it to be the best reality show ever made (yes, even better than 'Survivor;). Season 25 just started and after the disappointment the previous season was, I am happy with the new contestants. I like quite a few teams which is good, considering I've seen seasons where I couldn't sympathize with any of them. So, anyone else a fan?

Great for TMR. If it manages an under 50% drop this weekend it has a shot at 100M. Also, extremly good opening for The Boxtrolls. Could actually have an OW over Coraline. Very good drop for TIWILY too. I'm surprised Dolphin Tale 2 falls another 40%+. It'll probably go up.

Fire & Ice: The Dragon Chronicles (2008)

Lionsgate usually sells the rights for the distribution of their movies OS because their international power is mostly limited. They are more of a US studio.

My LOTR marathon continues. What a masterfully done movie. There are some moments there that transcend the fact that you are just a viewer. It makes you care so much about so many characters and rarely films get to me this way. That is the best cinematic battle scene in history. The modern battles in recent blockbuster pale in comparison. It just had a grandeur beyond anything else ever achieved in filmmaking. Also, there are scenes like this that make you shiver or feel hollow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3Tl9bNmCKo This Arwen scene is probably the best thing in the whole trilogy for me. The Elves are so wonderfully described and played and the music is just out of this world. Yeah, I'm the biggest fanboy ever. Now let The Return of the King come. A+

Just re-watched the EE edition. I'm so struck with how perfect this movie is. The acting, the storytelling, the world that after all this time is just as stunningly beautiful. Also, the greatest soundtrack ever made for a movie. Howard Shore is pure genius. The Lothlorien scenes were my favourite part of the movie. I love Tolkien's Elves. And the ending scenes... so many memories. Now it's time for the 4 hour epicness of the Two Towers EE. A+

Nice increase

Well, LOTR. When I was little my dad loved it and it was always on TV during the Christamas period. I though it was annoying and now they are my all time favourite movies. DOFP this year. I though it was brilliant when I first saw it and at a re-watch I thought it was "just" very good. SM3 was ok at a first viewing. After a few year I came to love it. Titanic. Hated it when I was little and now I like it very much. I used to love TDK, now I think it's just good. I didin't love TDKR when I first saw it, now I do. I liked The Avengers when I first saw it. I still like it, but not nearly as much. The exact opposite happened with Thor 1. HP: HBP - bored me when I first saw it, now I think it's awesome. Narni: Prince Caspian - I hated it, now I like it.

LOL. It has more chances of making 250M OS.

Predictable, but entertaining. I love insanity related movies and this was good. The whole good, family guy turning to the dark side angle is very appealing to me. B-

I wish I could do Johnny Depp

Just watched the pilot. I really dig it. I like the dark tone. The Penguin guy is awesome. Definitely the best character.

Gut (2012)

7 Potters, 3 TF, 3 POTC, 4 LOTR (3 originals + 1 Hobbit). Yep, I'm happy.

I know him form Supernatural. Brilliant show!