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And that poster proves my point. Sure Vin Diesel is in big letters at the top, but if you're just casually glancing at the poster I bet most don't recognize him.

Well fuck! There goes the opening weekend record hopes. This messes everything up dammit!!

The Last Witch Hunter was done no favors by Vin looking practically unrecognizable in a lot of the marketing. He's the only thing the movie ever had going for it, they needed to make sure people actually know it's him.

What was HT2's late nights?

I know it had a worse Thursday than Pan, but I still think Goosebumps will manage at least 20m for the weekend, maybe 25.

That's putting it mildly...that thing belongs in a demonic possession movie.

I read a lot of those, and don't remember them either.

I admit my low expectations for the box office performance have definitely gone up. Marketing has been really strong lately.

I know for sure that I read at least half a dozen Goosebumps as a kid, maybe even a lot more than that, but I'm having a very hard time remembering anything about a single one...

I can't believe I actually stuck with my 1b TFA prediction in the game, and didn't change it last minute.

If this actually manages to be bigger than IO, I'm calling TDK numbers for Dory.

The constant and overzealous narration was annoying af in that trailer, but otherwise I'm mildly excited. Looks true to the games, and those have always had movie/cartoon level characters and humor.

Lol at that release. It's like they're conducting an experiment to see just how low it can go at the DOM box office. 40m? 30m? Tree fiddy?

Lol, Jackman would've been a terrible Bond. It would be like Brosnan's Bond on steroids (figuratively and literally).

Both Michael Caine and Judi Dench in a Bond sex change plot.

Goosebumps: $25.5m Crimson Peak: 21m Bridge of Spies: 19m Woodlawn: 3.5m

The hype does feel like it's decreasing not increasing to me. I thought for a long time it would fly by 100m OW, but now I merely think it might or might not. Not sure how to predict it right now. Still technically has a lot going for it, but this campaign has been way too blah.

1. Will Goosebumps open to number 1 this weekend? YES 2. Will Goosebumps open to more than $25M this weekend? 3000​ YES 3. Will at least two new openers outgross The Martian this weekend? NO 4. Will Hotel Transylvania 2 drop less than 43% this weekend? 2000 YES 5. Will Bridge of Spies have a higher PTA (per theatre average) than Crimson Peak? YES 6. Will Pan increase more than 65% on Saturday? NO 7. Will Jobs make more than $1.3m for the weekend? YES 8. Will Black mass have a higher percentage drop than Scorch Trials on Sunday? NO 9. Will The Walk cross $10M by the end of the weekend? NO 10. Will Pan have a higher total gross than Sicario by the end of the weekend? 2000 NO 11. Will Woodlawn open in the top 7? NO 12. Will the Intern have the best weekend drop in the top 10? NO 13. Which film in the top 12 will have the best PTA? STEVE JOBS 14. Will Crimson Peak make at least 37.5% of its opening weekend gross on Friday (including Thursday)? 2000 YES 15. Is everyone now crazy excited that Jem and the Holograms is now just a mere one week away?!? IT ALMOST MENDS THE HOLE IN MY HEART SINCE ZAYN LEFT ONEDIRECTION Bonuses: 11/15 2000 12/15 4000 13/15 6000 14/15 8000 15/15 10000 Part 2. Bonus Question 1. What will be the total Friday gross for the top 3 new entries? (5000) 20.015 ​​Bonus Question 2. What will be Pan's weekend percentage drop? (5000) 57.385 Bonus Question 3. What will be Jobs' PTA this weekend? ​ (5000) 27,225 Part 3.​​ Placements: 2. The Martian 4. Crimson Peak 7. The Intern 11. The Walk 13. The Visit 200o points per correct prediction. 5000 bonus for getting all 5.

I'm sure they mean in terms of barely covering the budget. I for one would've never expected the movie to be able to clear 250m though prior to release, so it certainly exceeded all my expectations. It was just a doomed movie in many ways with that budget. Did the best it possibly could and still wasn't really good enough.

Yeah though I'm sure Les Mis' gross had nothing to do with him. As for the Oscar, well...it was an extremely weak year for the lead actors. Without DDL it would have been an entirely forgettable category that year. In all honesty, Van Helsing is probably the most successful he's ever been at being a draw outside of Wolverine.

Is it ever his anything unless he's playing Wolverine?

Actually the heart of the movie is the first 2/3. That's where Zemeckis kinda revives his old-school traditional "charm" that made him huge once. Sure all the buildup is for the last act, but it's not the only thing there worth mentioning.

That sounds all promising actually. I'm on board.

I thought Sicario had a very impressive wide opening for that kind of movie.

The new golden standard of modern theme park design (well OK, tied with both Potter areas at Uni Orlando). Will be there again in 2 weeks! Can't freakin wait!