Jake Gittes

With SOTM 3 it's actually June 18. After Monday IM3 is still $15k shy of $400m.

51 53 Life of Pi Fox $12,568 +11.7% 25 - $503 $124,953,846 $120 30 Fox just won't stop until LOP is over $125m

56,000 + 32,000 (SOTM6) = 88,000 for me this week.

Since the CinemaScore is A-, it seems clear to me that the answer to Q11 should be NO.

Pixar should try the Memorial Day weekend or go for July 8/July 15. HTTYD3 has had that June 17 date for months now.

I really love how MOS' actual number is like 18k above GL's total.

August 1

As a film critic for the past two years, yes. I know plenty of other critics who do as well. This stereotype of a film critic who never enjoys what he watches and only seeks to find flaws in it seriously needs to be put to death.

Checked my answers and I think I'll end up with between 45k and 55k points this week. Ironically it seemed like I got more TITE questions wrong than MOS questions.

Yeah it has to be a typo or something. No matter what, you don't just drop 86% from your previous Friday like that.

I thought 3:10 to Yuma was great when I was 14 years old and hadn't seen The Proposition and The Assassination of Jesse James yet. Now, don't get me wrong, I still think it has a lot going for it - top-notch production values, a handful of awesome performances, a surprisingly lovely score by Beltrami, a terrific ending - but Lerman's character has only become more annoying with time and overall it's definitely more conventional and less rich and eye-catching than some other modern westerns released in the past decade. It's very watchable and enjoyable in a wouldn't-change-the-channel-if-it-came-on sort of way, but I definitely wouldn't call it a great film today.

The Big Lebowski Some Like It Hot Election In the Loop Withnail & I

Counting all 2013 US releases even if they had premiered somewhere else before that. If a film first premiered in 2012 and didn't have an American release, it counts if it was released in Russia in 2013. 5/5 Paradies: Liebe (Paradise: Love) The Pervert's Guide to Ideology The Place Beyond the Pines Spring Breakers 4/5 Io e te (Me and You) Side Effects 3/5 Après mai (Something in the Air) Blancanieves (Snow White) Evil Dead Fast & Furious 6 Iron Man 3 John Dies at the End No Post Tenebras Lux Star Trek Into Darkness To the Wonder 2/5 Maniac Pain & Gain Trance Yi dai zong shi (The Grandmaster)

1) Will MOS have one of the top 3 opening days for June of all time? 5000 Yes 2) Will MOS make at least 5 mill from early/midnights? 3000 Yes 3) Will MOS make less than 45 mill OD? 3000 Yes 4) Will MOS make more than 15 mill OW in UK? 2000 Yes 5) Will MOS have a WW opening of more than 175 mill? 2000 Yes 6) Will MOS make more than 90 mill OW? 2000 Yes 7) Will MOS have a Saturday drop? 2000 Yes 8) Will MOS make more than 100 mill OW? 5000 Yes 9) Will MOS make more than 10 mill at IMAX domestically? Yes 10) Will MOS have a per theater average of more than $25,000? Yes 11) Will MOS have a cinemascore of at least A? No 12) Will MOS make at least 26.1 mill on Sunday? Yes 13) Will MOS make at least 30 mill on Sunday? Yes 14) Will MOS drop less than 25.5% on Sunday? Yes 15) Will MOS make at least 90 mill more than IM3 and After Earth combined? Yes 16) Will MOS make more than 120 mill OW? 2000 Yes 17) Will This is the End make more than 3.5 mill for sneaks? 2000 Yes 18) Will TITE make more than 10 mill OD? 2000 Yes 19) Will TITE drop more than 32.2% on Thurs? 2000 Yes 20) Will TITE have a 5 day of more than 40 mill? 2000 Yes 21) Will TITE have a Friday increase of more than 75%? No 22) Will TITE's 5 day be at least half of MOS's 3 day? No 23) Will the top 10 films combine to make more than 170 million? Yes 24) Will The Purge drop less than 62.5%? No 25) Will The Purge finish top three? No 26) Will The Purge finish with at least half of TITE's 3 day? No 27) Will The Internship drop more than 45%? Yes 28) Will Nikki's first Friday report come out before 1pm PST time (just go to deadline and see when she posts her tentpoles)? Yes 29) Will Nikki's first posting about MOS contain the phrase "NOT A RECORD" or mention anything that resembles MOS not setting any kind of record? Yes 30) Will Nikki's first "projection" about MOS be higher than the number reported with official Friday estimates? 3000 Yes 31) On the first three days, will BKB post anywhere at anytime about how the film is not meeting expectations from a box office standpoint? Yes 32) Will the Weekend Numbers thread (this starts with Thurs midnights and goes until Sunday estimates) reach 250 pages by 9AM on Monday? Yes 33) Will NYSM drop less than 40%? Yes 34) Will any film in the top 10 drop less than 15% on Wednesday? Yes 35) Will any film in the top 12 (besides Before Midnight) drop less than 35%? No 36) Will Before Midnight make more than 2.5M? Yes 37) Will IM3 drop less than 50%? Yes 38) Will AE, TH3 and TGG all drop more than 50%? No 39) Will The Internship jump more than 30% on Saturday? Yes 40) Will The STID jump at least 60% on Friday? Yes 35/40 5000 36/40 8000 37/40 10,000 38/40 12,000 39/40 15,000 40/40 25,000 Bonus 1: What will MOS's weekend gross be? 5000 $123.448m Bonus 2: What will TITE's weekend gross be (3Day)? 5000 $26.448m Bonus 3: What will TITE's 5 day be? 5000 $43.223m Bonus 4: What will AE, TH3 and Mud's combined weekend gross be? 5000 $9.815m Bonus 5: What finishes in spots: 6 The Internship 8 Star Trek Into Darkness 10 The Hangover Part III 11 Iron Man 3 13 The Great Gatsby 2000 each and a bonus of 5000 if all correct Bonus 6: On Wednesday, what finishes in spots: 3 Now You See Me 4 Fast and Furious 6 6 Epic 2000 each one correct and a bonus of 3000 if all three correct.

V for Vendetta, way back in 2006, made an unforgettable impression on 12-year-old me. I definitely see more faults in it now, but at that time, it was awe-inspiring, just the imagery, the storytelling, the acting, the editing, that goddamn Parliament explosion set to Tchaikovsky - I felt high walking out of the theater and going home. Like holy-hell-wow-that-was-incredible. It was a unique experience in some ways, because I didn't know a lot about the movie and basically went to see it just 'cause I had nothing to do that afternoon. I don't think I knew the Wachowskis were associated with it, either. I expected to like A Streetcar Named Desire when I sat down to watch it, but I didn't quite expect two of the greatest performances in all of cinema, as well as a final third that was so emotionally intense it pretty much knocked me off the couch. One of those movies that, when you see it, it's such a powerful experience that you don't feel like watching anything else in the next few days. Once Upon a Time in the West. I knew that it had quite a reputation, and I was definitely enjoying myself, even as I was finding it slightly too off-beat and slow-paced for my taste. Then came the big reveal - the reason for Harmonica's pursuit of Frank - and I still remember how that single shot knocked the wind right out of me. Suddenly, I was just staring at the screen in awe, and in that moment everything about the movie came together for me. Lately, I guess The Place Beyond the Pines did it for me; once again, I expected it to be good, but not that good. There's certainly a lot of movies like that, I just don't remember them all off the top of my head. This'll do for a start, anyway.

I love TSN score to death, although I'll admit it had to grow on me originally. But it works perfectly both in the movie and on its own, IMO, bursting with energy as Zuckerberg finds his success, only to start drowning in sorrow and despair as he loses his human connections one by one. I will never, ever understand anyone who dismisses it, as well as the TGWTDT score, as "just noise". There's more mood and subtle emotion in there than in most movie scores I heard. And it's definitely become my go-to album for when I need to get some shit done quick. (Likewise, TGWTDT is my go-to album for when it's freezing cold and snowy outside and I'm kinda just sitting here, thinking about things or doing something slowly and meticulously. For all of this past winter, I listened to it several times each week).

1) Yes 2) Yes 3) Abstain 4) Yes 5) Yes

I might end up earning 24k this week, provided Trek's Saturday increase stays over 51.6%, THAT INDIAN MOVIE and BEFORE MIDNIGHT keep their #12 and #15 spots, and The Internship's Sunday hold actually turns out to be better than The Purge's. Here's hoping all of that happens, and that I'm not going to flop on the MOS questions. Gotta climb up to the top

80% is pretty extreme, but I do expect expect a 65-70% drop. John Carter had better WOM and dropped 63% against THG. I'm not expecting better from AE, unless Sony decides to start fudging it already with This Is the End's money.

Exhibitor Relations ‏@ERCboxoffice1m #3 is the magic number. NOW YOU SEE ME eased off just -33%, conjuring up another $19.5M, $61.3M total.

Exhibitor Relations ‏@ERCboxoffice1m Joss Whedon's MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING scored a mighty $185k in 5 theaters--$37k per--best PTA of all films in release.

Exhibitor Relations ‏@ERCboxoffice1m Fox's THE INTERNSHIP settled for fourth place, debuting with a soft $18.1M.

[*] Exhibitor Relations ‏@ERCboxoffice1m IRON MAN 3 update: Domestic - $394.3M, Int'l - $802.3M, WW - $1.196B Expand [*] Exhibitor Relations ‏@ERCboxoffice2m WB's HANGOVER III bribed its way into the $100+M club this weekend--the 9th film of 2013 to do so.

That's a beautiful PTA hold for Before Midnight. Less than 15%. Hopefully it does a few million next weekend.

Did a quick search. The worst Sunday drop I could find for a fairly sizable June opener was The Taking of Pelham 123's 38%. That was also an R-rated thriller, although obviously not a horror. Several big films like X-Men FC and Snow White, as well as horrors like The Happening, The Strangers and Hostel 2, all dropped between 28-32%. Last year Prometheus dropped just 15%.