2014 02 21 – 3 Days to Kill, Pompeii

I was not amused at all watching About Last Night's Friday's fantastic rise to power, then Saturday's and Sunday's slips to mediocrity.

This weekend we have two openings.

THURSDAY:  My shots per theater!

FRIDAY:  All shots!

MONDAY:  Official numbers!

And... my perfect weekend: I have hit both movies right, in the 10 per cent bracket!

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IF AN ACCOUNTANT SLEPT WITH WAS A PRIEST, THEIR CHILD WOULD LOOK LIKE THIS

This one, 3 Days to Kill, is a thriller/suspense PG-13 movie, from Relativity.

Obviously, producers want to cash in on Taken's glory. Bad news, folks: Taken got sequel, and the next week Mr. Neeson is going to reclaim his thriller crown.

I looked at historical numbers. Thrillers/suspenses rated PG-13 were tough to sell if not pinned to a recognizable face. Is Mr. Costner's such a face? I don't think so. I feel something about $ 4150 per theater.

Shots:

$ 17 mln  --  SaberToothDragon, BoxOfficeFrontier
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$ 13 mln  --  Edward Douglas, ComingSoon
$ 12,5 mln  --  Laremy Legel, RopeOfSilicon
$ 12,24 mln  --  the official weekend number of the movie  (2872 theaters, $ 4263 per theater)
$ 12 mln  --  Sensei White Lotus, BreitBart
$ 11,92 mln  --  Mario Ludwinski, USBOPredictions2014  (2872 theaters, $ 4150 per theater)
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$ 10,2 mln  --  Mitch Metcalf, ShowBuzzDaily
$ 10 mln  --  Damon Houx, ScreenCrave
$ 10 mln  --  Gitesh Pandya, BoxOfficeGuru
$ 10 mln  --  ThisIsNotMyName, BoxOfficePredictionsOnline
$ 9 mln  --  Ray Subers, BoxOfficeMojo
$ 9 mln  --  Perri Nemiroff, Shockya
$ 8,5 mln  --  Box Office team
$ 8,1 mln  --  C.S. Strowbridge, The-Numbers  (just over 8)

Andy Burns, BiffBamPop, didn't shoot for this one.

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DO YOU KNOW THIS MOVIE IS A REMAKE OF AN UNKNOWN VIETNAMESE WAR MOVIE TITLED PHNOM PENHII?

This one, Pompeii, is a drama PG-13 movie, from FilmDistrict.

I see no reason to make this movie. I expect the opening close to The Legend of Hercules's, even a bit smaller.

Shots:

$ 24 mln  --  Sensei White Lotus, BreitBart
$ 21 mln  --  SaberToothDragon, BoxOfficeFrontier
$ 13,5 mln  --  Laremy Legel, RopeOfSilicon
$ 12 mln  --  Perri Nemiroff, Shockya
$ 12 mln  --  Andy Burns, BiffBamPop
$ 11,7 mln  --  Damon Houx, ScreenCrave
$ 11,6 mln  --  Ray Subers, BoxOfficeMojo
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$ 11,2 mln  --  Edward Douglas, ComingSoon
$ 11 mln  --  Gitesh Pandya, BoxOfficeGuru
$ 10,8 mln  --  Mitch Metcalf, ShowBuzzDaily
$ 10,76 mln  --  Mario Ludwinski, USBOPredictions2014  (2658 theaters, $ 4050 per theater)
$ 10,34 mln  --  the official weekend number of the movie  (2658 theaters, $ 3890 per theater)
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$ 9 mln  --  Box Office team
$ 8,9 mln  --  C.S. Strowbridge, The-Numbers  (just under 9)

ThisIsNotMyName, BoxOfficePredictionsOnline, didn't shoot for this one.

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