Weekend Estimates: LS - 38.5M | FZ - 15.1M | WoWS - 9M | Hercules - 8.6M | AH - 8.6M | Her - 5.4M

[Gopher]

Heh. I actually kinda liked the Osage trailers.*shrug*

The advertisments are NOTHING like the film though. There isn't a light humorous moment in the entire enterprise. Which I wouldn't have had a problem with if any of the themes or relationships landed with me.

[bballman24]

Lone Survivor: $14.4m

 

Wow. Even stronger than I expected.

 

After Act of Valor opened to 25m, I knew I should never doubt 'Merica again lol

[baumer]

The advertisments are NOTHING like the film though. There isn't a light humorous moment in the entire enterprise. Which I wouldn't have had a problem with if any of the themes or relationships landed with me.

 

Sorry to mention it again, but have you taken a look at my bottom 50 yet (in the top 100 countdown)?  Kind of want your thoughts on the list so far.  

[#ED]

Does the NFL usually affect this weekends numbers? 

 

Last years games weren't nearly as exciting as this weekends.

 

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Rank* Title Friday 1/11 Saturday 1/12 Sunday 1/13 1 ZERO DARK THIRTY Sony / Columbia 2,937 $9,034,202 +3148.1% / $3,076 $14,515,009 / 24 $9,354,467 +3.5% / $3,185 $23,869,476 / 25 $6,050,267 -35.3% / $2,060 $29,919,743 / 26 2 GANGSTER SQUAD Warner Bros. 3,103 $6,714,883 -- / $2,164 $6,714,883 / 1 $6,214,654 -7.4% / $2,003 $12,929,537 / 2 $4,140,810 -33.4% / $1,334 $17,070,347 / 3 3 A HAUNTED HOUSE Open Road Films 2,160 $6,792,123 -- / $3,145 $6,792,123 / 1 $7,537,706 +11% / $3,490 $14,329,829 / 2 $3,771,853 -50% / $1,746 $18,101,682 / 3 4 DJANGO UNCHAINED Weinstein Company 3,012 $3,442,642 +84% / $1,143 $117,776,764 / 18 $4,641,652 +34.8% / $1,541 $122,418,416 / 19 $2,956,191 -36.3% / $981 $125,374,607 / 20 5 THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY Warner Bros. 3,012 $2,349,056 +103.8% / $780 $271,393,243 / 29 $4,190,664 +78.4% / $1,391 $275,583,907 / 30 $2,628,711 -37.3% / $873 $278,212,618 / 31 6 LES MISERABLES (2012) Universal 2,927 $2,853,825 +104.7% / $975 $111,932,545 / 18 $4,229,515 +48.2% / $1,445 $116,162,060 / 19 $2,561,125 -39.4% / $875 $118,723,185 / 20 7 LINCOLN Buena Vista 2,027 $1,850,373 +156.2% / $913 $148,115,433 / 64 $2,764,314 +49.4% / $1,364 $150,879,747 / 65 $1,720,506 -37.8% / $849 $152,600,253 / 66 8 PARENTAL GUIDANCE Fox 2,957 $1,689,134 +251.8% / $571 $56,239,438 / 18 $2,876,054 +70.3% / $973 $59,115,492 / 19 $1,523,650 -47% / $515 $60,639,142 / 20 9 SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK Weinstein Company 810 $1,496,241 +163.5% / $1,847 $37,801,946 / 57 $2,182,404 +45.9% / $2,694 $39,984,350 / 58 $1,339,882 -38.6% / $1,654 $41,324,232 / 59 10 TEXAS CHAINSAW 3D Lionsgate 2,659 $1,833,210 +160.3% / $689 $27,434,950 / 8 $2,303,085 +25.6% / $866 $29,738,035 / 9 $1,142,950 -50.4% / $430 $30,880,985 / 10

 

[Shawn Robbins]

The advertisments are NOTHING like the film though. There isn't a light humorous moment in the entire enterprise. Which I wouldn't have had a problem with if any of the themes or relationships landed with me.

 

Sorry to hear that. The ads paint it to be lightly comical in the vein of Silver Linings. I'm sure that's not by accident, though.

[Jack Nevada]

August has Julia Roberts' best performance in what, ten years? Never saw Charlie Wilson's War but she was really good here. I really dont dislike tge movie as much as some people here but it's a lazy adaptation of a stage play in that it doesnt dare change the dialogue or do something creative to make the thing feel more cinematic.

Edited January 11, 2014 by Jack Nevada

[Gopher]

Sorry to mention it again, but have you taken a look at my bottom 50 yet (in the top 100 countdown)? Kind of want your thoughts on the list so far.

I'll take a look at it later today buddy.

[CoolioD1]

August has Julia Roberts' best performance in what, ten years? 

Not exactly much competition there.

[ladyevenstar22]

baumer go see august osage country! i think you'll love it , can't form an opinion until you've seen it for yourself 

different tastes different strokes etc

 

ok off to the cinema for some leo time! see y'all later!

hope its not too much    ...

[John Marston]

Thats a pretty bad Friday increase for DOS

[Jack Nevada]

Not exactly much competition there.

She's been in movies.

[CoolioD1]

Oh fuck I forgot about Closer.

 

I really doubt she's better in August than she was in Closer. That's really the best work she's ever done and it's not even close®.

[Jack Nevada]

That was 2004 wasnt it. So yes, it's her best work since Closer.

[Chewy]

Finally seeing Llewyn today! Been waiting forever

[The Stingray]

Speaking of Closer, wtf happened to Clive Owen??

[Jack Nevada]

Tele, we know you already leaked Her so you might as well go ahead with Llewyn Davis.

[Dementeleus]

Sorry to hear that. The ads paint it to be lightly comical in the vein of Silver Linings. I'm sure that's not by accident, though.

They keep trying to claim it's a comedy. I dunno why, it's sure not going to appeal to someone who goes in expecting it to be funny. Unless, of course, your idea of funny is a Steel Cage Match of acting, where each scene is everyone trying to OUTACT each other. It's a misfire on almost every level.

[Jack Nevada]

"How was his cum?!""LIKE YOURS BUT SWEETER"That's the line I remember from Closer.

[CoolioD1]

Speaking of Closer, wtf happened to Clive Owen??

Flops.

 

Clive Owen shoulda won an Oscar. He would've if it wasn't for Morgan Freeman's "what? we haven't given this guy an Oscar? Ah shit, I guess we better throw him a bone now" performance

[filmnerdjamie]

I don't mean to derail this with Phoenix talk but the documentary was meant as a joke the whole time.  Letterman was in on the joke when he interviewed him.  Phoenix is a little out of tune with Hollywood.  I've read that he thinks the whole scene is superficial and ridiculous and that the documentary was just something to illustrate that.  

 

Phoenix, like Casey Affleck is also a vegan and he speaks out on animal welfare and he did the narration of Earthlings for next to nothing.  

 

I don't think Phoenix being involved has anything to do with how little it will gross.  Put anyone in a film like this and give it the marketing push its had and it would finish with the same amount.

 

That's all well and good. But Phoenix still turned off a lot of causal movie-goers with that stunt. Its not like I'm Still Here set the record straight. Most people didn't see it. They didn't want to. He creeped people out. Can't blame em because he did a really good job convincing them he was really losing his mind.