Wrath

Im probably in the minority on this, but I liked Storks better than Lego Batman as well (though I did like Lego Batman in a B/B+ kinda way). edit - I did think Dory was pretty mediocre, though.

Nuts. Fell asleep and once again failed to answer the questions. Just hasnt been my game this time around it seems.

I recall Fury Road having the same issue.

The Shack - 40%

I'll pile on: Get Out - 50%

The marketing push is key. Book of Life was terrific but Fox didn't push the marketing and it flopped. Disney won't let that happen.

Heh, I'd say so. When your *4th* weekend's take is equal to your production budget, things are going well.

Abstain

Yeah, my bad. I thought the, um, extra-villain-y part was in the trailers but it wasn't.

But they never SAY any of this.

I feel like all the people complaining about the villains are missing the point. This story is being told by a kid, just like Lego movie was. Yes, its a Batman movie, but one told by a 10 year old not a Batman expert. As a result you're going to get a lot of cross-overs because thats how the kid is going to tell the story. The first movie handled this really well, while this one really didn't.

The problem is that the movie isnt great. Its good, and argually very good, but its not great. As others have noted, Chris Pratt as Emmett was a better lead than Arnett as Batman. Id add that I thought the pacing was off in a few places (especially the beginning) and I thought part of what elevated the first one to great was dual-plots between the Lego world and the real world. Both were poignaint. Lego Batman was also clearly taking place in the same universe (city built over bottomless pit to the void, etc) but there was no cross-over. Which was fine, it didnt detract, but it was a situation the first one used to raise the stakes with parts of the audience (every dad got hit in the feels when Ferrell realizes his son has made him the bad guy in his story).

Top 10 OW: Obviously not set in stone quite yet, but I'm guessing: 1. Rogue One - 155M 2. Dr Strange - 85M 3. Fantastic Beasts - 74M 4. Moana - 57M 5. Lego Batman - 56M 6. Trolls - 47M 7. Fifty Shades - 42M And it looks like Glassfairy may be the one and only person to go 7/7 on these. Thanks, Trolls.

Honestly that doesn't surprise me. 50Shades isn't exactly a matinee kinda flick.

Greatest generation, thank you very much.

1. Rogue One vs Sing $400M - Sing 2. La La Land vs Hidden Figures $140M - Hidden Figures 4. Lego Batman vs Moana $220M - Batman 6. XXX vs A Dog's Purpose $50M - Dog's Purpose 7. Rings vs Resident Evil $28M - Resident Evil

1. Will Lego Batman open to more than $60M? *YES* 2. Will Lego Batman open to more than $72.5M? 3000 *YES* 3. Will Lego Batman open to more than $85M? *NO* 4. Will 50 Shades open to more than $35M? *YES* 5. Will 50 Shades open to more than $42.5M? 2000 *YES* 6. Will 50 Shades open to more than $50M? *NO* 7. Will John Wick open to more than $20M? *YES* 8. Will John Wick open to more than $25M? *YES* 9. Will John Wick open to more than $30M? 2000 *NO* 10. Will 50 Shades' 3 day make more than Lego Batman's Friday and Saturday? *NO* 11. Will Lego Batman make more than all the other new openers combined? *NO* 12. Will the three big new openers combine for more than $150? 3000 *NO* 13. Will A United Kingdom have a PTA above $20,000? *NO* 14. Will Rogue One increase more than 100% on Saturday? *NO* 15. Will the Comedian have a PTA above $8,000? *YES* 16. Will the I Am Not Your Negro have a PTA above $4,500? 2000 *YES* 17. Will Bye Bye Man make less than $300k? *YES* 18. Will Moonlight have a Bigger Percentage drop than Arrival? 3000 *NO* 19. Will Rings stay in the top 5? *NO* 20. Will Sing Stay above Lion? *NO* 21. Will Split drop by more than 52.5%? *YES* 22. Will Underworld make less than $33,000 this weekend? *YES* 23. Will XXX finish in the top 12? *NO* 24. Which new entry will have the biggest Sunday percentage drop? *Fifty Shades* 25. Will Lego Batman's conclusion centre around the name of somebody's mother? *Yes. My mom... Oh, waiit...* Bonus: 16/25 2000 17/25 3000 18/25 4000 19/25 6000 20/25 9000 21/25 12000 22/25 15000 23/25 21000 24/25 25000 25/25 30000 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 Batman, 50 Shades and John Wick's combined 3 day gross. *148.5M* 2. Predict 50 Shades Saturday percentage change. -45% 3. What will A United Kingdom's PTA be? *18,750* Part 3: Predict the films that place in the following positions: 4. Split 6. Rings 8. La La Land 10. Lion 13. xXx 16. Founder

1. Will Rings open to more than $10M? No 2. Will Rings open to more than $12.5M? 3000 No 3. Will Rings open to more than $15M? No 4. Will Space Between Us open to more than $2.5M? Yes 5. Will Space Between Us open to more than $4M? 2000 Yes 6. Will Space Between Us open to more than $5.5M? No 7. Will Split stay at Number 1? Yes 8. Will Dog's Purpose stay above $10M? No 9. Will Resident Evil have a higher percentage drop than XXX? 2000 yes 10. Will La La Land enter the top 4? No 11. Will Hidden Figures cross $120M domestic by the end of the weekend? No 12. Will Moana stay above Lion? 3000 no 13. Will Sing have a Saturday above $1.5M Yes 14. Will Rogue One increase more than 100% on Saturday? No 15. Will the Comedian have a PTA above $8,000? No 16. Will the I Am Not Your Negro have a PTA above $4,500? 2000 Yes 17. Yes 18. Yes 19. No 20. Sure, eventually 1. 9.8m 2. 3.85m 3. 47% 1. Split 3. Dogs 5. La La 8. Sing 10. Rogue One 13. Monster Trucks

Logan 50% its available now, right?

Abstain for now

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED! Usually, my approach is try to abstain my way to victory. But tonight, well, I'm three sheets to the wind so I'm giving it a shot. Resident Evil Domestic vs 150% of Rings Domestic Resident Evil OW vs 10% Rogue One OW Resident Evil WW vs 40% Moana's Domestic Resident Evil OD vs 50% John Wick OD Resident Evil Japan Gross vs 200% 50 Shades Darker 2nd weekend

1. Will Resident Evil open to more than $14M? *Yes* 2. Will Resident Evil open to more than $18M? 3000 *NO* 3. Will Resident Evil open to more than $22M? *NO* 4. Will A Dog's Purpose open to more than $14M? *YES* 5. Will A Dog's Purpose open to more than $18M? 2000 *YES* 6. Will A Dog's Purpose open to more than $22M? *NO* 7. Will Resident Evil open higher than A Dog's Purpose? *NO* 8. Will Gold open to more than $4M? *NO* 9. Will Gold open to more than $6M? 2000 *NO* 10. Will Spilt stay at number 1? * 11. Will Kung Fu Yoga have a PTA above $1,000? *Yes* 12. Will Hidden Figures' Domestic Total overtake La La Land's? 3000 *YES* 13. Will Rogue One Stay above Monster Trucks? *YES* 14. Will Sing drop more than 35%? *NO* 15. Will XXX stay in the top 4? *NO* 16. Will any film drop more than 67.5%? 2000 *YES* 17. Will Underworld stay above Live By Night? *YES* 18. Will Fences cross $50M domestic by the end of the weekend? *YES* 19. Will at least 2 films from all those in release receive an Oscar nomination and increase in gross this weekend? *Yes* 20. Will Resident Evil be given an unprecedented 15 Oscar nominations despite being a 2017 film because of its unarguable genius? 2000 *No. It will win ALL the Oscars, even the technical ones most people don't care about. And it won't just win all the Oscars this ceremony, it will win all the Oscars EVER. That's because all movie studios will shut down and give up, overwhelmed by the awesome majesty of the Resident Evil series. That's not too dramatic, is it? Because I'm trying to be conservative in my predicting." Bonus: 14/20 2000 15/20 4000 16/20 6000 17/20 9000 18/20 12000 19/20 16000 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 A Dog's Purpose's 3 day gross. 18.5M 2. Predict Resident Evil's internal multiplier after its Friday gross. 3.1 3. What will Moana's percentage drop be? -23% Part 3: Predict the films that place in the following positions: 1. Dog's Purpose 4. Hidden Figures 6. xXx 9. Rogue One 12. Founder 15. Bye Bye Man

And Im back to sucking at the weeklies as usual. Maybe NOW is the time to cheat? This is so confusing.

Back to a more reasonable number of entries. I'm a little behind but I'll catch up in the next day or so. Please provide your 3-day predicts for: Dog's Purpose (wide) Gold Resident Evil Thanks! Deadline will be Thursday afternoon when I get to it.