Wrath

Anyone else find it funny that Last Knight did $130m DOM, but if you adjust for inflation, according to BOM, it did... $128M? Inflation isn’t negative these days, right?

1. Will Escape Room Open to more than $9M? 1000 Yes 2. Will Escape Room Open to more than $15M? 2000 No 3. Will Escape Room Open to more than $12M? 3000 Yes 4. Will The top three change from last weekend? 4000 No 5. Will Poppins drop more than 18%? 5000 No 6. Will Aquaman make more than 27.5M? 1000 Yes 7. Will Aquaman make more than 32.5M? 2000 No 8. Will Bumblebee make more than 13.5M? 3000 Yes 9. Will Bumblebee finish above Spiderverse? 4000 Yes 10. Will Holmes and Watson stay in the top 9? 5000 Yes 11. Will Bohemian Rhapsody have a bigger percentage drop than Mary Queen of Scots? 1000 No 12. Will Welcome to Marwen drop more than 60%? 2000 Yes 13. Will The Mule have a PTA above $2250? 3000 Yes 14. Will The Grinch have the biggest decrease in the top 25? 4000 No 15. On what day will Second Act cross $350M domestic? 5000 The day Napoleon and TombRaider stop fighting Part B: 1. What will Escape Room make for its 3 day? 13M 2. What will be the percentage change for Grinch? -60% 3. What will Poppins make on Saturday? 11M Part 😄 1. Aquaman 3. Bumblebee 5. Spidey-Verse 8. Second Act 11. Beale Street 13. Favourite

Wk10 - no

A bad run *this*game? I’m always mediocre-to-bad at the weeklies. Its the part of the game I’m most consistent at!

Current Top 15 DOM 1. Aquaman - 329M 2. Grinch - 271M 3. Bohemian Rhapsody - 211M 4. Ralph 2 - 198M 5. Spidey-Verse - 180M 6. Mary F-ing Poppins - 170M 7. Fantastic Beasts 2 - 159M 8. Bumblebee - 126M 9. Creed 2 - 116M 10. The Mule - 103M 11. Glass - 99M 12. The Upside - 87M 13. Instant Family - 67M 14. Green Book - 62M 15. Escape Room - 55M Current Top 7 OW 1. Aquaman - 67.9M 2. Grinch - 67.6M 3. Fantastic Beasts 2 - 62.2M 4. Ralph 2 - 56.2M 5. Bohemian Rhapsody - 51.1M 6. Glass - 40.3M 7. Creed 2 - 35.6M Current Top 12 WW 1. Aquaman - 1,121M 2. Bohemian Rhapsody - 846M 3. Fantastic Beasts 2 - 653M 4. Grinch - 509M 5. Ralph 2 - 495M 6. Bumblebee - 458M 7. Spidey-Verse - 353M 8. Mary F-ing Poppins - 336M 9. Glass - 223M 10. Creed 2 - 202M 11. The Nutcracker - 174M 12. The Mule - 136M

Has no place in this thread, though.

Wk9 - Cashout

I’d watch Aquaman 1000 times if it meant never watching an Alvin and the Chipmunks movie ever again.

Yeah, Aquaman wasn't a great movie, but it was surprisingly family-driven in pretty much every possible way and a lot of fun (which DC badly needed). My most serious complaint was that the sound track was so loud and percussion-heavy it literally gave me a headache. Non-seriously, Mira has annoyed me more and more the more I’ve thought about it, but its fine.

You say that like its not a worthwhile pastime in its own right.

Is that Anna and the Apocalypse?

I just saw the Holmes/Watson trailer before Mortal Engines last weekend (seeing that was kind of a triumph of hope over experience. I mean, it *could* have been ok, it just wasn't), and I'm actually getting excited for it.

Part A: 1. Will Aquaman Open to more than $64M? Yes 2. Will Aquaman Open to more than $80M? Yes 3. Will Aquaman Open to more than $72M? Yes 4. Will Aquaman's Friday and Saturday be higher than Mary Poppins' 5 day? Yes 5. Will Aquaman increase on Saturday from its Friday gross without previews? Yes 6. Will Bumblebee open to more than $19M? Yes 7. Will Bumblebee open to more than $24M? No 8. Will Will Second Act have a higher PTA than Welcome to Marwan? Yes 9. Will The Favourite make more than Mary Queen of Scots? Yes 10. Will Mortal Instruments stay above Creed? Yes 11. Will The Mule have a smaller percentage drop than Ralph? Yes 12. Will Robin hood have a bigger decrease than Hannah Grace? Yes 13. Will Bohemian Rhapsody have a PTA above $1500 Yes 14. Will the top 4 combine to more than $150M? No? 15. Will Bumblebee drink a refreshingly cool Bud Light? Yes THIS SECTION IS ABOUT CHRISTMAS DAY OF CLOSE TO IT 16. Will Aquaman increase more than 110% on Christmas Day? No 17. Will Mary Poppins increase more than 160% on Christmas Day? No 18. Will Bumblebee increase more than 125% on Christmas Day? No 19. Will at least two films in the top 10 have a bigger Christmas Day gross than every day from the 21st-24th? Yes 20. Will Holmes and Watson Decrease more than 32.5% on Boxing Day? No THIS SECTION IS ABOUT THE WEEKEND STARTING DECEMBER 28th 21. Will Aquaman drop more than 20%? Yes 22. Will Mary Poppins increase more than 40%? No 23. Will Mary Poppins win the weekend? No? 24. Will Bumblebee increase? Yes? 25. Will The Grinch increase? Yes 26. Will Holmes and Watson enter in the top 5? Yes 27. Will Green Book increase more than 55%? No 28. Will Ralph finish above the Grinch? No 29. Will Second Act have one of the two worst percentage changes in the top 12? No 30. Will this be the moment that Mortal Engines kicks into gear and saves my preseasons with a monster $20M weekend out of nowhere? Sadly, I don't think so, but the idea of London suddenly shifting into 4th gear sounds cool. Bonus: 18/30 3000 19/30 5000 20/30 7000 21/30 9000 22/30 12000 23/30 15000 24/30 18000 25/30 21000 26/30 25000 27/30 30000 28/30 36000 29/30 42000 30/30 50000 Part B: The top 3 predictions will score points as follows: Closest: Within 1% - 15,000, Within 2,5% - 12000, Within 5% 9,000, Within 10% - 6000 Outside 10% - 3000 points 2nd Closest: Within 1% - 12,000, Within 2,5% - 10000, Within 5% 7,000, Within 10% - 4000 Outside 10% - 2000 points 3rd Closest: Within 1% - 10,000, Within 2,5% - 8000, Within 5% 5,000, Within 10% - 2000 Outside 10% - 1000 points 1. What will Aquaman make for its 3 day? $80.9 2. What will Spiderman's Percentage drop be? -44% 3. What will Mary Queen of Scots percentage increase be? 140% 4. What will Mary Poppins make on Christmas Day? 11.5M 5. What will Bumblebee's percentage change be on Christmas Day? +100% 6. What will Holmes and Watson's Domestic total be by the end of its opening weekend? $30M 7. What will be the difference between Grinch and Ralph's Weekend grosses on the 28th weekend? $2M 8. What will be the difference between The Mule and Instant family's total domestic gross by the end of the weekend of the 28th? $7M Part C There will be 6 films to place and points are expanded because traditionally people haven't scored well here: 21st weekend 2. Mary Poppins Returns 4. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 7. Second Act 9. Mortal Engines Christmas Day 1. Aquaman 3. Bumblebee 6. The Grinch 8. Ralph Breaks the Internet 28th weekend 1. Aquaman 4. Holmes & Watson 7. Ralph Breaks the Internet 11. Bohemian Rhapsody

Hah, yeah. That moment was my kids' favorite moment of the movie, by far. To me it barely even warranted mention compared to the Vader appearance at the end of Rogue One, but to them it was only a half-step below.

I did not know that, and am genuinely disappointed.

A movie co-starring Lin-Manuel Miranda full of forgettable songs is... weird.

Hah, I know that feeling. When my older daughter was a toddler, she *LIVED* for the "Jolly Holiday" sequence in the original. We watched it so many times the DVD actually died which is the only time I've ever seen that happen. Its been a while now, but by the end, it was like an academic study piece. Almost in spite of myself, I learned a ton about acting styles and scene transitions and what-not, just from watching those scenes over and over and over (literally hundreds of times). I really appreciate the film, but liking it or disliking it almost feels besides the point for me.

They did indeed. For me, the characters and dialogue were even worse than expected and I wasn't expecting much. Good life rule is that expectations can never be low enough.

Generally speaking, I'd agree, but Mortal Engines is not the hill to die on. I went into it both wanting to like it and with low expectations, and still ended up disappointed. Visuals and world-building are really good, but the characters and plot are just dire.

Yeah, it going from potential Oscar-darling to dropping off the face of the Earth was unusually abrupt. The WoM I've heard is almost Mother!-grade "WTF?!?!" which is *really* not what I was expecting.

GL with move! Wk8 - No

Word of mouth has been so weird this winter. Different people whose opinions I trust have variously told me Roma is clearly best pic of the year and that its mediocre. Then my wife just saw The Favourite and she had a near Mother!-grade reaction to it. Just weird.

Does India have much of a tradition of animation? I can't think of a single Indian-made animation film off the top of my head, but I admit I don't know Indian filmmaking that well outside the usual Bollywood stuff.

So does your crushing defeat.

I can't decide if it was a boring weekend or not. Nothing new released, but some of the holds were super impressive. I give it a 5.5/10.