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Because BOM has gone to shit.

Any info on how many theaters Hot Pursuit loses this weekend?

Again, why?

Shar why do you never link the tweet source when posting numbers?

36. Marc Forster's WORLD WAR Z Starring: Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz, Pierfrancesco Favino Box office: $202M Rotten Tomatoes: 68% "We just woke the dead. Please turn off all cellphones and pagers." It went through a million production hurdles, passing through various writers and reshoots, and while the stitches haven't dissolved, the Hollywood machine didn't stop World War Z from being a surprisingly intelligent and articulate blockbuster, serving as a reminder that not all $200 million films have to beat you round the face with their clammy hands until you're as dumb as a rock. The source text - Max Brooks' provocative 2006 novel - would have been exceptionally difficult to successfully take direct to screen, so the film's structure doesn't much resemble anything that the book's fans would recognise. But the throughline of the novel - its heavy political subtext, and its wide array of apocalyptic ideas - remains, and it's what powers this steaming action romp - and it is full of well-directed action - at its core. Although the film charges from setpiece to setpiece at a startling place, it's philosophically and geopolitically light on its feet: it dips into ideas of how various cultures would respond to an apocalypse, and how in humanity's final hours, we must slow down and think in order to survive. Zombie entertainment throughout the past decade has mostly taken survival ideas literally; World War Z thinks bigger. And despite the popular claims that the film's final act is anticlimactic and out of place, frankly I couldn't want anything more.

Christ, that article is facepalmingly terrible.

Far From the Madding Crowd is doing great!

Any ideas as to the budget?

37,000 points this week, much better than last week.

Screw the box office - I GOT QUESTION 13 RIGHT IN BSG!

Is there a list of Fri/Sat/Sun breakdown for the box office? Since BOM isn't going to update for a while.

No. Her fans are just Hunger Games fans, they've yet to prove that they will turn up to everything else. Yes, Silver Linings Playbook was a big hit but that's just one film. House at the End of the Street was tiny. She's really unproven as a box office draw, despite her popularity. She simply hasn't done many movies, so we can't tell yet.

Oh, damn, I forgot about TGD, I was just thinking Inside Out. Still, Minions, Ted 2 and JW are all going to be huge.

Cinderella only grossed 40M less, with no star power at all...

37. David O. Russell's SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK Starring: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert de Niro Box office: $132M Rotten Tomatoes: 92% "Can we get through one fucking conversation without you reminding me that my goddamn husband's dead?" (Sorry for taking a bit of a... break... from this list. But I'm back now. Enjoy it while you can) This is perhaps one of the least surprising movies to see on a list like this, given its widespread appeal and success, but it's here nonetheless. Before Silver Linings Playbook, I couldn't stand Bradley Cooper; I thought he was pretty awful. Although Jennifer Lawrence was the one to take home the Oscar, this is Cooper's film through and through. His performance is a stunningly convincing portrayal of someone trying to cope with their illness, and despite a clunky, cheesy script, both lead actors give us a charming and thoughtful film about the problems we all have, and it's due to these performances that the film works. Much like their ending dance, each character strides through the movie in parallel, allowing us to see two strikingly different ways of dealing with their problems and how they eventually lead down the same road. Its melancholic pace, its powerhouse performances, and its ability to politely and properly delve into stigmatised issues make Silver Linings Playbook rather irresistible.

He doesn't get huge hits, no, but he is possibly the most reliable actor in terms of getting a solid, profitable hit.

Everything that's bad in every movie ever is Lindelof's fault. We all know this to be true.

Oh, duh, I dunno how I forgot about Denzel. You're right about Hart too, I forget about him as I've never seen one of his movies. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?id=bradpitt.htm

You can say what you like about Prometheus and Exodus (I like them both) but in what world is The Counsellor good?

Star power is having less relevance by the minute, but if I had to name a few: Brad Pitt Sandra Bullock Leonardo Dicaprio Tom Cruise (despite what everyone thinks) Melissa McCarthy

where is this being shot?

He's traveled the world and the seven seas.