Jake Gittes

Ennio Morricone, followed by John Williams, Howard Shore, Vangelis and Zimmer

Apparently Blanchett is getting tons of critical acclaim for Blue Jasmine. At least a nomination seems almost inevitable now.

1) What film finishes first? The Conjuring2) Will DM2 finish with more than Turbo? Yes3) Will Turbo fall more than 25% on Thurs? No4) Will RIPD open to more than 15 mill? Yes5) Will Ryan Reynolds films gross more than 45 mill? Yes6) Will Conjuring make more than 3 mill for sneaks/midnt? Yes7) Will Red have an OD of more than 9 mill? Yes8) Will RED's OD and Turbo's OD combine to make more than RIPD's OW? No9) Will Turbo make more than 1 mill from sneak/mid? No10) Will GU2 fall less than 50%? No11) Will PR fall less than 45%? Yes12) Will TLR fall more than 45%? Yes13) Will WWZ 's Globl Total be more than 455 mill (currently it is at 423)? Yes14) Will Conjuring's OW be at least double it's Friday gross (incl sneaks/mid)? Yes11/14 300012/14 400013/14 600014/14 8000What finishes in spots:3 Despicable Me 2 7 RIPD8 The Heat10 The Lone Ranger12 White House Down2000 each 3000 bonus if all correctBonus 1: What will Conjuring make OW(3 decimals please) 5000 35.901 Bonus 2: What will the openers (the 4 wides) gross for the 3 day weekend? 5000 99.999 Bonus 3: Abstain

I gotta say, I do like Batman Returns better than BB and much better than TDKR.

1. Iron Man 3 $400.8m - within $10m, great 2. Star Trek $354m - total misfire 3. Monsters $302.9m - likely going to be within $30m, alright 4. Man of Steel $277.1m - within $20m, well done 5. Fast & Furious 6 $240.5m - within $5m, perfect 6. Despicable Me 2 $228.1m - total misfire 7. Pacific Rim $202.7m - almost certainly will lose points on it 8. The Hangover $175.6m - misfire 9. White House Down $165.7m - total misfire 10. Turbo $165.1m - a likely misfire 11. The Heat $159.3m - almost certain I'm gonna hit the spot here 12. The Wolverine $145m - can hardly imagine this not being close, unless it completely flops 13. After Earth $141.5m - total misfire 14. Epic $138m - alright, but will lose points if it misses the top 15 15. The Lone Ranger $127.6m - same as #14 It does kinda hurt how I picked a few totally wrong movies to break out (WHD, AE, to an extent PR) at the expense of Gatsby, WWZ and GU2. And it's cruelly ironic how STID is going to make almost exactly what I predicted for DM2 ($228m) while DM2 should end up pretty close to my STID prediction ($354m). Damn, if only I could swap those two predictions.

Turbo The Conjuring

1) What film finishes number 1? 5000 Pacific Rim2) What film finishes number 2? 2000 Despicable Me 23) Will DM2 fall less than 45%? No4) Will The Lone Ranger fall less than 45%? No5) Will any film, without a theater increase of more than 150 theaters, fall less than 35.7%? Yes6) Will WHD increase more than 50% on Friday? No7) Will WWZ have a Saturday increase of more than 40%? No8) Will GU2 and PR combine to make more than 82.5 mill? Yes9) Will MU fall more than 40%? No10) Will Pain and Gain fall more than 55%? No11) Will Pawn Shop Chronicles make more than $125,000? No12) Will GU2 make less than 3 mill from sneaks/early? Yes13) Will PR make more than 2.5 mill from sneaks/early? Yes14) Will GU2's weekend gross be at least 9X the combined gross of what PR and GU2 makes at midnights/early? No12/14 300013/14 500015/15 10,000Bonus 1: What will the combined gross be of PR, GU2 and DM2? 5000 127.063Bonus 2: What will DM2's total gross WW be? 5000 470.649Bonus 3: What will MOS' domestic gross be? 5000 282.300Bonus 4: What finishes in spots:1 Pacific Rim2 Despicable Me 23 Grown Ups 2 4 The Heat12 Now You See Me15 Fast & Furious 6 2000 each5000 bonus for all 6 correct

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*high-fives Shawn*

ZDT is definitely going into my list, I don't think any other 2012 film does though. (except maybe Pines, which is technically a 2012 film).

Shrek the Third

Malick's best work and probably the most gorgeous film I have seen. The combination of Nestor Almendros' visuals, Morricone's score and Linda Manz's voiceover creates the kind of magic you rarely see in a film. And unlike *ahem* some of Malick's later films, Days of Heaven is exactly as long as it needs to be.

Well technically SB is 2012 film, in premiered in Venice back in September.

I checked it... it's just you and me.

1) Will Despicable Me 2 have an opening day of more than 25 mill? 5000 Yes 2) Will Lone Ranger have an opening day of more than 10 mill? Yes 3) Will DM2 fall more than 20% on Thursday? 5000 Yes 4) Will Lone Ranger fall more than 20% Thursday? No 5) Will IM3 increase more than 58.6% on Friday? Yes 6) Will DM make more than 85 mill? 5000 No 7) Will Lone Ranger's 5 day be more than DM2's Wed and Saturday total? No 8) Will The Heat fall more than 45%? No 9) Will WHD fall more than 50%? No 10) Will any film increase more than 91.6% on Friday? Yes 11) Will any film increase more than 24.1% on Saturday? No 12) Will any film fall less than 18% on Sunday? Yes 13) Will MU fall less than 30% on Wednesday? Yes 14) Will Monster's University fall less than 30%? No 15) Will WWZ have a Saturday increase of more than 13%? No 16) Will NYSM fall less than 22%? No 17) Will TITE have a Thursday drop? No 18) Will Kevin Hart make more than 8 million for the 5 day? Yes 19) Will Kevin Hart have an opening day of more than 1.5 million? Yes 20) Will MOS fall less than 43%? No 16/20 4000 17/20 6000 18/20 8000 19/20 10,000 20/20 15,000 Bonus 1: What finishes is spots: 5 World War Z 6 White House Down 9 Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain 11 Fast & Furious 6

For Isaac and Michael B. Jordan, just getting a nom would be a win.

I nailed all the percentage drops questions. Beautiful.

Loved, loved, loved the second season. Besides a few moments here and there (Gary Cole being weirdly underused stands out the most for me), everyone just brought it, and JLD was on fucking fire through all of it. She could submit any of the season's ten episodes for her Emmy and deserve to win it. Also, Anna Chlumsky deserves to win some kind of an award for best reaction shots.

Somewhere is excellent IMO. Loved its relaxed, laid-back but melancholic vibe, and Dorff & Fanning did a wonderful job in it.

Yup, taking that back. On the other hand, my $165m WHD prediction is a total disaster.