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Damn, bummed Scouts isn't opening in 500 more theaters. It was definitely in contention to take the 2000+ record from Oogieloves. Still could see it possibly landing in the bottom ten 600+ list, which would require <350k.

Deadline is Thursday at 11:59pm, All questions refer to the top 12 and are for 1000 points UOS. Here Goes Part 1: 1. Will a new opener debut at number 1? NOPE 2. How many films ill make more than 10M this weekend? 3000 One 3. Will Burnt finish above Bridge of Spies? NO 4. Will Jobs stay in the top 8? YES 5. Will Scouts Guide make at least 40% of its opening weekend on Friday? YES 6. Which of Week 2's openers will have the highest percentage drop? 2000 Jem and the Holobomb 7. Will Jem and the Holograms finish in the top 20? YES 8. Will Paranormal Activity decreased more than 42% on Sunday? YES 9. Will the Last Witch Hunter finish above Steve Jobs? NO 10. Will Our Brand is Crisis make more than 3.5M on Saturday? NO 11. Will at least 2 films in the top 12 not drop any positions this weekend? 2000 YES 12. Will Goosebumps gross at least double the weekend gross for Last Witch Hunter? YES 13. Will Hotel Transylvania's Saturday gross be higher than Scout Guides' total weekend Gross? YES 14. Will the Walk drop at least 67% this weekend? YES 15. Are zombies, Witches, ghosts or Vampires the biggest threat to our souls this Halloween? Cooking Network Feature Films are Part 2. 1. What will The Intern gross on Friday? 0.895 2. What will be the combined weekend gross of the 3 main new entries? 8.666 3. What will Rock the Kasbah's percentage drop be this weekend? 59.950 Part 3. 1. The Martian 3. Bridge of Spies 7. Witch Hunter 9. Crimson Peak 12. Woodlawn 2000 each and 5000 bonus for all 5. Good Luck

A weekend for the record books! Sandra Bullock's Brand Is In Crisis: $5m The Artist Formerly Known as Adam Jones: $1.3m Oogieloves In the Zombie Apocalypse Balloon Adventure: 450k

Damn this looks gorgeous. Can't believe it's the same movie as the stuff we originally saw of it.

SOTM 2: 6) Interview with the Vampire 105.2M (7000 / 8000)

I just realized Spot looks very much like Darla from Nemo. Well, still much better than that original design at least.

To recap, a look at 2015's record breaking low OWs: Worst OWs in 600+ theaters: #12: The Diary of a Teenage Girl #16 The D Train #32: The Pyramid #38: 99 Homes #69: Irrational Man #94: Foxcatcher #100: Pawn Sacrifice Worst OWs in 2000+ theaters: #4: Jem and the Holograms #5: Rock the Kasbah #6: We Are Your Friends #54: The Walk #68: Blackhat #74: Shaun the Sheep #85: Mortdecai Worst OWs in 2500+ theaters: #7: The Walk #12: Blackhat #19: Mortdecai #31: Unfinished Business #35: The Gunman #45: American Ultra #48: Strange Magic #60: Hot Tub Time Machine 2 Worst OWs in 3000+ theaters: #7: Strange Magic #17: The Transporter Refueled #24: No Escape #25: Hitman: Agent 47 #47: Entourage #53: The Last Witch Hunter #56: Run All Night #90: Paper Towns #97: Magic Mike XXL #100: The Longest Ride

The days when a star could make a completely unappealing movie do at least decent are over. I'm not saying there's no such thing as draw power anymore, but there is no such thing as draw power in unappealing movies anymore.

Next weekend we will be saying that about Burnt compared to Scout.

Well on the bright side of the weekend, those are some fantastic holds for all the holdovers not named Pan or Crimson Peak.

Attracting the younger generation is more the lifeblood of most franchises, most blockbusters don't happen without huge teen/kid audiences. However, nostalgia is a very effective tool to lure that audience to an old franchise, because if it was beloved to the parents they want to introduce the kids. And then on top of that you get the older demo out in big numbers too, which is definitely something that doesn't happen with every blockbuster. Exactly what happened with JW and the PT. I know we heard the pre-sales were 70% 18-50 males, but I'm sure a ton of those over 30 were guys buying 3-5 tickets for the whole family to go.

The first and last time this will ever be compared to Argo.

Maybe BoS will join Spielberg's 21st century 77-79m club along with A.I., The Terminal, Tintin, and War Horse.

Pretty low I'd say. However it should have a good shot at 75m.

This is the calm before the storm. Once that first weekend in November hits, hold onto your butts and watch the biggest Holiday season at the movies ever unfold.

Their early reviews are telling too. Most of these wide releases that have bombed hard this year have also been big critical pans too.

Say what you will about this weekend's movies, but I feel like at least Steve Jobs, Paranormal, Witch Hunter, and even Jem had some visibility and awareness. People obviously just didn't care about them. With next weekend though, I feel like those movies have next to no awareness and on top of that I doubt people care about them. So I would brace for full blown disaster.

Horror comedy is always a tough sell unless you're part of the Ghostbusters or Scary Movie franchises. Add non-existent marketing and Scout could totally make less than Jem. The last time I saw marketing for Burnt it wasn't even called that. Our Brand is Crisis looks about as appealing as Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close or All About Steve. If the movie does anymore than 10m than Bullock's draw power is the one and only reason. But I doubt she can draw in that big of a stinker. She couldn't in the other two I mentioned. 500k-1.5m for Scout, 2-3m for Burnt, and 7-10m for Crisis.

So it just occurred to me that as dismal as this weekend's openers are, next weekend actually has the potential to top them in bombage. I mean is there anyone out there with an iota of interest in Burnt, Our Brand is Crisis, or Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse? Hell, is 99.9% of the GA even remotely aware of any of those film's existence?

Maybe people already exhausted their movie money on SW pre-sale tickets.

If Craig does stay for one more I at least hope it's out by 2017. He's definitely looking long in the tooth now, and best to avoid that creepy 80's Roger Moore Bond territory.

No. I don't think he deserves a nom. But the movie's popularity will probably carry him to one. I doubt he'd really win.

Doesn't seem like there are any newcomers or no names in contention for a nom this year though. Maybe Abraham Attah for Beasts of No Nation would be the only possibility.

He'll probably still get nominated (Fassbender), but I don't see the movie taking any big awards now. There's always Leo if they finally come to their senses, Redmayne if they want to be pandered to again, Depp since he should've won at least once back in the 90's, Caine if they want to go the older "career achievement" route, Damon because he'll probably be the populist pick, and maybe even Cranston if he's really great. So plenty of options really.

Oh I wouldn't even be surprised. I'm sure someone will in the end. Though it'd be nice if it were Cranston... Watch it be Redmayne again, for what I'm sure is the most Oscar pandering performance of the year. Kinda like his one last year. Sensing a theme with him.