MovieMan89

I haven't even seen this yet and I already want it to sweep awards season. Would just be such a unique film to win for a change.

Yeah the trailer didn't do anything for me either quite honestly. Hope this isn't another The Fighter, cause The Fighter to me was an entirely generic film held up by strong acting. Love SLP though.

So what you mean is it's the only movie you're talking about. I kid, I kid.

Wow, this critical reception is just insane! What's the last wide release with a 9.0 average rating?

Just to clarify on question 6 and the second bonus question, do increases count? So like if Enough Said increases, does that count as dropping less than 20%?

All questions worth 1,000 points, unless otherwise specified All answers are due by Thursday at 11:59 pm (PST) All questions pertain to the top 12 films of the weekend 1) Will Gravity open to more than $37M? YES 2) Will Gravity have an opening day of more than $14M? NO 3) Will Runner Runner’s opening weekend gross be within $5M of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 weekend gross? YES 4) Will Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 drop less than 30%? NO 5) Will Prisoners have a Saturday drop of more than 40%? NO 6) Will at least 2 films drop less than 20%? YES 7) Will Don Jon drop less than 45%? YES 8) Will The Butler stay in the Top 12? NO 9) Will Rush drop less than 25%? YES 10) Will any film have a drop of less than 22% on Sunday? YES 8/10 Correct = 4,000 bonus points 9/10 Correct = 6,000 bonus points 10/10 Correct = 8,000 bonus points Bonus #1) How much will the top 3 films gross (combined)? [4,000 points] 74.760 Bonus #2) What will the combined percentage drop be for the two films that drop the least amount this weekend? (For example, if Prisoners & Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 have the best drops, and Prisoners drops -5% and CWACOM2 drops -2%, your answer would be 7%.) [4,000 points] Bonus #3) What will finish in spots: #2) Cloudy 2 #6) Don Jon #11) Millers

Those sound like the ones ours have.

Prior to this, Six Feet Under had my favorite series finale. After watching this 3 times though, I'm confident in saying BB's is the new champ for me.

1972: The Godfather (Frenzy) 1973: The Exorcist (The Sting) 1974: The Godfather: Part II (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre) 1975: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Dog Day Afternoon) 1976: Taxi Driver (Rocky) 1977: Star Wars (Annie Hall) 1978: Halloween (Grease) 1979: Alien (The Warriors) 1980: Empire Strikes Back (The Shining) 1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark (The Fox and the Hound) 1982: The Thing (Blade Runner) 1983: A Christmas Story (Return of the Jedi) 1984: Amadeus (A Nightmare on Elm Street) 1985: Back to the Future (The Breakfast Club) 1986: Aliens (Ferris Bueller's Day Off) 1987: The Princess Bride (Empire of the Sun) 1988: Grave of the Fireflies (Die Hard) 1989: When Harry Met Sally (Christmas Vacation) 1990: Edward Scissorhands (Goodfellas) 1991: Beauty and the Beast (Terminator 2: Judgement Day) 1992: Unforgiven (My Cousin Vinny) 1993: Jurassic Park (Schindler's List) 1994: The Lion King (The Shawshank Redemption) 1995: Se7en (Before Sunrise) 1996: Scream (Trainspotting) 1997: LA Confidential (Princess Mononoke) 1998: Saving Private Ryan (American History X) 1999: Fight Club (The Matrix) 2000: Memento (Gladiator) 2001: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Spirited Away) 2002: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (About a Boy) 2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Finding Nemo) 2004: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Anchorman) 2005: Batman Begins (Howl's Moving Castle) 2006: Pan's Labyrinth (The Departed) 2007: There Will Be Blood (Ratatouille) 2008: The Dark Knight (WALL-E) 2009: Avatar (Up) 2010: Toy Story 3 (Inception) 2011: A Separation (Warrior) 2012: The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Lincoln)

It's funny because I thought I was so late to the bandwagon for the show, only catching up to watch the final 3 eps, but it turns out there's like 6 million+ worth of viewers who did the same apparently!

Since this was really more like season 6, what was the 5A finale's ratings?

Holy shit, 10.3m viewers!!!!

Top 18 1. Catching Fire - $420m 2. Thor 2 - $290m 3. The Hobbit 2 - $285m 4. Frozen - $220m 5. Anchorman 2 - $160m 6. Gravity - $155m 7. The Wolf of Wall Street - $150m 8. Saving Mr. Banks - $145m 9. Walter Mitty - $125m 10. Ender's Game - $120m 11. American Hustle - $115m 12. The Monuments Men - $105m 13. Captain Phillips - $85m 14. A Madea Christmas - $80m 15. Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa - $77m 16. 12 Years a Slave - $72m 17. The Counselor - $70m 18. Free Birds - $65m Opening Weekend Top 5 1. Catching Fire - $192m 2. Thor 2 - $112m 3. The Hobbit 2 - $82m 4. Anchorman 2 - $70m 5. Frozen- $49m Preseason Questions 1. Will at least 3 films gross more than $85M dollars opening weekend (domestically)? Abstain 2. Will at least three films gross more than $37.5M opening day? No 3. Will at least 2 films make more than $800M WW by the end of the game? Yes 4. Will at least 3 films, listed as a comedy by Box Office Mojo make more than $100M dollars this winter? (The films that qualify for this question include: A.C.O.D., Bad Milo!, Zero Charisma, Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa, Last Vegas, About Time, Best Man Down, A Case of You, The Best Man Holiday, Nebraska, Delivery Man, Inside Llewyn Davis, Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas, Anchorman: The Legend Continues, Her, Grudge Match, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, August: Osage County, and Ride Along) No 5. Will the combined grosses of the top 2 films add up to more than the combined gross of films that land in spots #3 - #9? No 6. Of the following movies currently listed as being released in a limited amount of theaters, which will be the highest grossing? Twelve Years A Slave, American Hustle, or Saving Mr. Banks Saving Mr. Banks 7. Of the following movies currently listed as being released in a limited amount of theaters, which will be the lowest grossing? Her, Nebraska, or Dallas Buyers Club Nebraska 8. Will the November opening weekend record be broken by more than $25M? (The current record holder is The Twilight Saga: New Moon with $142,839,137.) Yes 9. Will the December opening weekend record be broken by more than $10M? (The current record holder is The Hobbit with $84,617,303.) No 10. Which combination of movies will gross the most amount of money during the game? C. Thor: The Dark World, Anchorman: The Legend Continues, Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa, Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas, & Frozen

Exactly! I caught the nod too and the understanding they had come to with each other. Great that they didn't need any words in that scene, the nod summed it all up.

I love that Walt still gave Jesse the opportunity to do whatever he felt he needed to do to him. I don't care if anyone agrees with me or not, but Walt did get his redemption in this episode in my eyes. He righted a whole lot of wrongs and fully accepted his consequences.

A good book is probably the best bet to fill my BB void now, cause I know no TV shows right now will do the trick.

I feel your pain, entered multiple contests and haven't won any. I'm so anxious to see this. I'm just worried all the hype and stellar reviews are gonna end with me being disappointed.

I'm seriously contemplating getting a Heisenberg shirt and wearing it, and I almost never wear graphic shirts like that.

I'm so pleased with how Jesse's arc ended up. I was dreading him getting some fairytale happy ending that I didn't feel he deserved, but the beauty of how it ended is even though Jesse is the one who gets to walk away free from it all, it's at the cost of losing pretty much everything that was important to him. His own desire for needless revenge and inability to let go ended up with Andrea getting killed and him being a slave to neo nazis. So he had to suffer and will probably continue to suffer a lot for his mistakes. His ending is bittersweet, as it should be. I feel like him not killing Walt showed that he was above that now, and didn't feel the burning need to blame it all on Walt and seek revenge on him. He finally accepts his responsibility in what has happened, whereas before I always felt like he just did a lot of feeling sorry for himself, not accepting responsibility.

And that car/gun scene. Good god, badass doesn't even cut it. Scarface is jealous of Walter White.

It is THE line of the series, and Bryan Cranston gave THE performance of a lifetime on THE best series finale ever, and Vince Gilligan created THE best TV series of all time. Oh my god, I'm just a big wreck of emotions right now.

Rice-know-in ya Lydia.

Bwahaha, Walt's "two best hitman" were Badger and Skinny P! Great way to give them something to do here.

"You're gonna need a bigger knife." Lol, I love it.

Yep, that's exactly my breakdown of the seasons too. I've come to appreciate season 5 so much more than I initially did. Lumen was a great character, by far the best one the show introduced post season 4. I think it was really stupid writing her off at the end of season 5. Her relationship with Dexter was one I would have actually been interested in exploring further.