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I have a guess. In the film, or at least the trailer, there is this very lush garden with bright colors; bright colors are also used as a frequent device once the father is found by the personifications of the trinity. I think of bright colors when I think of Brazil, and I'm sure that, with the styles commonly associated with the country, bright colorization is something Brazil fully embraces. So my guess is that when they were shown a film with a story about a man in a drab world finding a much brighter place, the audience resonated with the use of the colorization, perhaps subconsciously. This is a big shot in the dark, but I figured I might as well make the assertion.

I haven't seen it yet, but I'm rooting for it to win for sure. Unfortunately, it has a detraction that may become a detriment: the cultural appropriation controversy. Although this is a much smaller deal than the recent white-washing scandal, some people might put a blindfolded thumbs down on the film because of it. Luckily, as of now, it's less of a major concern and more of a minor worry. And, deservedly so, the film is still grossing fine regardless.

Paul, Apostle of Christ April 1st, 7:35 PM, 15% full Regal Mayfaire Stadium 16, Wilmington, NC (We came in too late for the trailers. There may not have been any trailers at all; we walked into a Coca-Cola promotional advert that I've never seen before, and the movie started right after.) There were a few chuckles at some slight humor, but for the most part, the crowd was appropriately solemn. The other moviegoers talked to themselves about the film once it ended.

I'm really glad that Ready Player One did well. It's not a smash hit, but at least they weren't planning on making a sequel anyway. That's the beauty of the occasional stand-alone blockbuster. Tyler Perry's Acrimony is the surprise of the weekend for me. I thought it was gonna flop; I mean, it doesn't seem like the type of film people would want to see on Easter weekend, with its morose and cynical outlook. After Proud Mary, Taraji P. Henson needed this. The film's budget was probably small so it's not too bad. Not too bad at all. Black Panther is just at that stage where nothing else needs to be said. I Can Only Imagine is rocking right now! Beautiful Easter hold! The film deserves its success, so I'm very happy about it! At this rate, the film can even beat the total gross of a few of those March blockbusters, too! That's a steep drop for Pacific Rim: Uprising and I don't think it's gonna be able to recover... all eyes are on China now. Sherlock Gnomes had a fine hold with the family , but... that budget is uncomfortably high. Love, Simon was able to hold well enough to overtake Tomb Raider on the chart. Word of mouth is definitely a thing. It's certainly keeping more theaters than Tomb Raider. Speaking of Tomb Raider, the film is beginning to struggle... but it has already doubled its budget worldwide, so anything else it gets is icing on the cake, even if it is a tad disappointing. A Wrinkle in Time held pretty well in my opinion. I'm still rooting for it to Maze Runner its way to $100M domestic... only less thsn $17M to go! Let's see what the family audience does! And Paul, Apostle of Christ is able to hold onto a Top 10 spot for Easter Weekend! And it doubled its budget in the domestic region alone! Just from the trailers alone, I csn tell that its craftmanship is deserving of the success! Isle of Dogs still has the best PTA... I want this to perform as well as it can, and I'm really happy that people are noticing it. It can only grow from here, hopefully! God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness is the fifth Pure Flix / Quality Flix release in a row to debut outside of the top ten. If they want to make a bigger impact, they need to make better films. As I thought, The Death of Stalin is undergoing a steady expansion, and doing it successfully, might I add. Good for IFC! The Greatest Showman (after an Easter expansion) and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle both have dumbfounding holds, and I'm left absolutely speechless. Like... huh?! I can't help but feel that Peter Rabbit is going to lose a good amount of theaters now that the Easter novelty has come and gone. And the PTA, percentage drop, and 2nd weekend gross of Unsane is the most pitiful I've ever seen in my entire life. I'm disappointed. (Note to self: relying on Easter to carry a risk-taking psychological thriller is a big no-no).

The third Pokemon film, the one with Entei, is legitimate as well (because of how engaging it is).

1. A Quiet Place 2. Chappaquiddick 3. Isle of Dogs 4. Lean on Pete 5. Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero 6. Borg vs. McEnroe 7. Rampage 8. You Were Never Really Here 9. The Miracle Season 10. Avengers: Infinity War (I'm sorry @That One Guy... the hype got to me...)

Some of the viewership is just people wanting to be ironic and trollish with the young adult aspect of the film... but being #1 on trending is great nonetheless, and the trailer trending at all is a good sign that people are being engaged by it. To me, this looks to be a well-executed film with a bad Wattpad story serving as its script. But the beauty about the domestic box office is that, these days, a viewership of one million moviegoers can net a film over $10 million dollars in ticket sales. In other words, movies don't have to appeal to everyone in order to be a success.

By my own experiences regarding pro sports: - The NFL is the only one where I can name all the teams by heart. - The NBA is pretty engaging but can be overshadowed by NCAA, especially during March Madness. - MLB games are probably better experienced in person. - So would be NHL games. - The Olympic games are fun to watch. - So are specialty events like Tennis, Cycling, and Bowling. - I never was a fan of soccer, by I admire the effort that soccer takes to play. - *mumbles something about liking eSports before getting quickly shushed*

The Voice is going to have to improvise. They've been using iTunes downloads as a voting device for a long time and they may have to change some voting methods around.

This seems like a good film but I don't see this going wide in my opinion. The film does seem pretty interesting, and it seems like it's tackling a reverend's downward spiral... it makes for good drama, but it might be a little too dark for my tastes.

The one 2018 film that I need to remember for next year is Annihilation. I've never seen anything like it! Very good sci-fi flick!

Though plot details are being kept under wraps, the script, which insiders say has an “Election” feel, is based on true events that Makowsky experienced at his high school. This seems interesting to me. The guy's a good filmmaker, so I hope he's able to make this.

The manga's still going according to Wikipedia... and the series is gaining popularity for sure. I wouldn't be surprised to see another season for sure. Not that it'd be a bad thing; the show is deserving of its success!

I've only the seen the first half of the season, but I enjoyed what I've seen of it for sure. Is it the season finale or the series finale?

This fiasco reminds me of the time when Batman V Superman was delayed from a 2015 release to a 2016 release to be honest. I think the film still has potential to be at least good and I think the fact that the filmmakers are showing that they care very much about this product is at least a little relieving.

Whether or not the film is going through a troubled production at this time, in my opinion, can't say with authority whether or not the film will be inherently meritless. The film may not be *that good*, but it is still certainly liable to have its own merits. But, of course, if it does turn out to be bad, and I meant atrociously bad, then that's a different story entirely.

Here's where the teams stand after the knockout rounds. Team Adam Mia Boostrom Drew Cole Gary Edwards Jackie Foster (STOLEN from Team Kelly) Rayshun LaMarr Jordyn Simone (STOLEN from Team Alicia) Reid Umstattd Jackie Verna Team Blake Pyror Baird Spensha Baker Austin Giorgio Dylan Hartigan (STOLEN from Team Kelly) Kyla Jade Jaclyn Lovey (STOLEN from Team Alicia) Jaron Strom WILKES Team Alicia Miya Bass (STOLEN from Team Adam) Johnny Bliss Britton Buchanan Sharane Calister Dallas Caroline (STOLEN from Team Blake) Terrence Cunningham Christiana Danielle Kelsea Johnson Team Kelly Alexa Capelli Brynn Cartelli Jorge Eduardo Jamella Tish Haynes Keys (STOLEN from Team Adam) Justin Kilgore D.R. King Kaleb Lee (STOLEN from Team Blake) Interestingly, four competitors were eliminated from each team this time around. Such equilibrium doesn't always happen after the battle rounds; some teams might have more competitors that the coaches are interested in 'stealing'. Now that the teams have becone smaller, clearer pictures of talent and longevity are beginning to emerge. The coming knockout round is usually the second saddest round in my opinion because there is a lot of talent that doesn't make it through. I could see almost every one of these artists make it through to the next round... so we'll see!

I would have to choose number 4 as well. It looks like the perfect balance between chewy and crispy.

I have to say, props to the distributor for going through with a film such as this! Jack Black's career has been revitalized by the mega-success of Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (as well as Goosebumps) so I'm sure he'll be a selling point.

I haven't seen it but I've been hearing great things about it! It looks like it's executed well!

I don't see this making very much at this point...

I'm watching this now and I do think the episode I'm watching is very well executed!

Pacific Rim: Uprising did a little better than expected, but it's got an uphill battle if it wants to seem legitimate. This would feel like a better gross if the budget wasn't as inflated. Black Panther simply isn't dying, and that's an exciting thing for sure; I do wish the grosses had been just a little more evenly distributed, but Black Panther is a film that really deserves its massive success. This is an outstanding hold for I Can Only Imagine, one that reminds me of the leg-driven success of War Room in 2015. I believe in the possibility that there were more children watching this than Sherlock Gnomes this weekend. Speaking of Sherlock Gnomes, I think the film was very lucky to break $10,000,000. I think the film can have a little longevity until April 13th when the triple threat of Rampage, Sgt. Stubby, and Isle of Dogs shoos it away. I don't think Tomb Raider grossed enough this weekend to justify the amount of theaters it has (which is a higher amount of theaters than Pacific Rim: Uprising). I think Tomb Raider will likely be losing a fairly large amount of theaters next weekend, but I'm expecting it to have a slower drop-off period than something like Assassin's Creed or Warcraft. I think it can still leg its way past $60 million. I'm starting to want A Wrinkle in Time to make it to $100M domestic but I think the chance is becoming a little slim at this time. Its status as a family film might give it a little more longevity, and I don't really think theaters are going to be willing to drop it too quickly. To make it to $100M, the film needs less than $30M. Maybe it can pull a Maze Runner or a Passengers or an Edge of Tomorrow. Who knows. Love, Simon has a much better hold than many of the other film this time around. It'll still be around for a few weeks. I'm a little disappointed at how low Paul, Apostle of Christ debuted, but if the OW stays above $5M, that means the film made its production budget back in the weekend alone. The film will undoubtedly be a popular choice among the elderly folks who see movies on weekdays, so this can't be as much of a financial disaster as Samson was. Game Night surprised me. I thought it would be dropping off the top ten, but its hold is magnificent. This film deserves it, so bravo! And at #10, we have Midnight Sun, attempting to make the same clutch move that Forever My Girl and Every Day made to get a #10 spot. This romance genre has really gone off the deep end. I'm disappointed about Unsane. The film was the only film releasing wide this weekend that had a fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and it still managed to fall flat on its face just before the Top Ten finish line. That #10 slot that Midnight Sun is stubbornly holding on to rightfully belongs to Unsane. But at least the film made a profit, right? I guess there is a big drop-off for films like Peter Rabbit when the majority of their audience has already seen it. But the thing that matters the most is that it made $100M when many of the other films couldn't. Red Sparrow is $9M away from doubling its budget worldwide. There is an audience that's really driving this film during the weekdays, so I think it'll have no problem doubling its budget worldwide. I don't think my Strangers: Prey at Night over Kidnap club is going to work out. There's no way it'll secure $8-$9M more than it already has. That's a very good amount for Isle of Dogs to be receiving on an OW with on 27 theaters. I think Wes Anderson fans can really drive the film forward to a respectable gross. Plus, all the kids being interested in this film's big standee in the auditoriums that showcases all of the dogs can't hurt its gross. The Death of Stalin did good to gross $1M this weekend, and I can certainly envision IFC being more adventurous by trying to expand this semi-wide while they can. And I'm not sure if it's a normal occurrence or not for films going from wide to platform after virtually two months' time, but Winchester only had a 0.2% drop this weekend. Not that it really matters at this point.

He shouldn't go through with this in my opinion... he'll lose badly.

I personally believe that Ninjago (not as a part of the Lego brand of films but as an animated film) was something that filmgoers don't really go crazy to support. The film had an aura through the marketing that, on the storytelling scale, made it seem like the film was closer to something like Sherlock Gnomes than to something like a Pixar film. But I think Smallfoot will have a better impact because it looks like it will tell a story that potential audience members will be willing to care about. It gives me the kind of 'important story' vibe that How To Train Your Dragon gave me.