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A kid with his huge monster friend and a mother with a terminal illness is basically Chicken Soup for the preteens soul.

So, is this going to increase from the second Cars movie? I think it can. And I think you can safely see this one without seeing the second one. No need to see Mater in some spy caper.

The BAFTA winner in this category has always went on to win the Oscar. Except for The Lego Movie debacle, but we'll set that aside.

Someone at work tried to bring this movie up in conversation. It was kind of awkward.

A Monster Calls is just a mega-bomb in North America. I just it just looked too much like a kid's movie, and we've already had enough of those.

@AndyLL http://www.the-numbers.com/box-office-chart/weekend/2017/01/06 Weekend Domestic Chart for January 6th, 2017 ← Previous Chart Chart Index Movie Distributor Gross Change Thtrs. Per Thtr. Total Gross Days 1 (17) Hidden Figures 20th Century Fox $22,800,057 +2,557% 2,471 $9,227 $25,754,235 15 2 (1) Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Walt Disney $22,063,570 -56% 4,157 $5,308 $477,364,924 24 3 (2) Sing Universal $20,712,365 -52% 3,955 $5,237 $214,512,010 19 4 new Underworld: Blood Wars Sony Pictures $13,688,751 3,070 $4,459 $13,688,751 3 5 (7) La La Land Lionsgate $10,132,213 +6% 1,515 $6,688 $51,788,800 31 6 (3) Passengers Sony Pictures $8,816,213 -45% 3,400 $2,593 $80,909,256 19 7 (5) Why Him? 20th Century Fox $6,901,730 -31% 2,904 $2,377 $48,961,283 17 8 (4) Moana Walt Disney $6,384,485 -42% 2,549 $2,505 $225,365,667 47 9 (6) Fences Paramount Pictures $4,813,606 -52% 2,368 $2,033 $40,776,870 24 10 (8) Assassin’s Creed 20th Century Fox $4,178,643 -52% 2,642 $1,582 $49,884,426 19 11 (9) Manchester-by-the Sea Roadside Attractions $2,517,794 -41% 1,057 $2,382 $33,858,151 52 12 (44) A Monster Calls Focus Features $2,080,051 +9,774% 1,523 $1,366 $2,171,543 17 Just ignore Assassin's Creed and Manchester by the Sea.

We'll have to wait until next year for Golden Globes boob jokes.

So is this going to stay flat from last weekend?

Whoops. I thought you said Crash meets Brokeback Mountain.

I totally fucked this up. I treated this like a mid-January weekend and I underestimated what the weather would do.

Really? Crash? What could Moonlight have in common with Crash?

About a middle aged white guy. With bombastic scenes. Both things Moonlight lacks.

Seems small in scope and quiet. I think it's at kind of a disadvantage when it comes to Oscar voters.

I wonder if Keith Simanton still thinks Sing is going to win an Oscar.

Have you seen Moonlight? I don't think it's something that the Academy would fall over itself to give the big award.

It's getting Adapted Screenplay, man.

No. La La Land is a movie that celebrates Hollywood, so everyone is going for that.

Crash also won Original Screenplay and Editing. Spotlight just won Original Screenplay in addition to its other win.

Sing

If it was among Scorsese's best, it would be one of the greatest movies ever, so that's not saying much.

Why are you rooting against a movie you haven't watched?

I don't see any reason to continue watching this.

TBH, now that Zootopia won, I don't see any reason to continue watching this.