Jim Shorts

It's all misleading. The trailers do a good job hooking you in, but like most Japanese movies of this type, they're pretty much boring or super corny. Sure there's hot Japanese girl nudity, but even that isn't enough to sit down and watch 90+ minutes of mindless crap. Same can be said about Machine Girl, Mutant Girl Squad or any zombie/school girl movie. You're better off watching hentai.

As long as people are watching the new episodes on HBO Go, I don't think HBO minds the ratings since they are still viewing the show on their site. I'm sure they can count how many times the movie is viewed on HBO Go as well.

American Pie - 27.88M Titanic 3D - 24.13M

Hoping for a good Sunday for Titans so I can win gold! :fingers crossed:

$7.5M?? No wonder everyone wants to watch movies in IMAX.

Didn't IMAX only account for 6.7% of OW? 10.2M of 152.5M? No idea why IMAX would gross almost 2M when it should be closer to 1M. Also, IMAX is not 2x regular ticket prices. Most theaters it's a $3-4 surcharge, not double the price.

IMAX loss is minimal imo, HG is not TDK or TF where watching in IMAX was way better than watching in regular screens. The movie is not so effects driven that people interested in watching the movie can have the same enjoyment in any type or size theater.

It's pretty sad when you have to resort to giving Chemistry lessons to support your boxoffice predictions.

I'm with you, I'm guessing between 65-68. Anything more than that would be amazing!

The trailer looked decent at the start, but lost interest towards the end. Can either of you suggest some recent romcoms that have been released? My parents will be there in May for my cousin's wedding and I want them to bring back some movies.

Where the hell is Tawasal? I haven't seen him post in a while.

Wrath of the Titans - 34.88MMirror Mirror - 28.13M

Just as long as HG's weekend is in the 60's, I'm happy. No shame in that.

Not working today?

Have either of you seen My Kontrabida Girl? Any good?

TDK2 Over 170M OW. If I win, you have a sex change operation . I lose, we move on and forget we even made such a silly bet.

Man I haven't posted in a boxoffice thread since BOM, feels weird throwing out random facts and shit.

I purposely left that last part of your post out because it's not a valid comparison. New Moon and Breaking Dawn both opened the week before Thanksgiving. The Tuesdays prior to Thanksgiving (Thursday) is inflated because a lot of people in the US take vacation that week and schools are out. The holiday explains the jump on Tuesday you were comparing between the two movies.Also, show me anywhere where it says Tuesday discounts are bigger now than ever? And that 15-20% jump you said above does not apply to movies that gross more than 10M the previous day without the help of a Holiday.

You're getting too carried away with discount Tuesdays. It's not like they became popular only in 2012, we've been factoring that in for years now. Take a look at AIW http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=daily&id=aliceinwonderland10.htmYou can see it benefited from Tuesdays as well with the exception of holidays falling on Monday.

Loved it!

AIW woudl be one. Ice Age 2 and Mosters vs. Aliens to a lesser extent, but still, better comparisons based on their release dates.

Is a 150% increase Friday unrealistic?

A 135% jump on Friday will probably disappoint a ton of people. I'm hoping for at least a 150% jump Friday,

I think 300 is a lock at this point. April is pretty weak except maybe for Titanic 3D.