2014 02 28 – Non-Stop, Son of God

Last week was my first perfect weekend in history of this (and last year's) blog. Not only I got 2 out of 2 shots right, in 10 per cent bracket, but also I (along with Ed Douglas of ComingSoon) predicted that 3 Days to Kill will top Pompeii. It was great. Still smiling about that :)

Also, shout out to Edward, who also scored the perfect weekend!

This weekend we have two openings.

THURSDAY:  My shots per theater!

FRIDAY:  All shots!

MONDAY:  Official numbers!

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LOOKING AT THE POSTER MAKES ME DIZZY IN MY STOMACH

This one, Non-Stop, is an action PG-13 movie, from Universal.

Taken and Taken 2 were phenomenal thrillers. They felt like the good old action movies from 80's and 90's, that we were watching as kids. Good tension, high stake for a likable hero, good looking fights and shootings.

Non-Stop feels the same way. PG-13 rating (the same as Taken's) means youngers can go and see it freely, in their own company. If this movie gets more than $ 15,000 per theater, it will be a great example that in order to make money, you don't need superheroes. Ordinary heroes will do.

Shots:

$ 44,43 mln  --  Mario Ludwinski, USBOPredictions2014  (3090 theaters, $ 14,378 per theater)
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$ 30 mln  --  Andy Burns, BiffBamPop
$ 28,88 mln  --  the official weekend number of the movie  (3090 theaters, $ 9345 per theater)
$ 28,5 mln  --  Box Office team
$ 27,5 mln  --  Mitch Metcalf, ShowBuzzDaily

$ 27 mln  --  C.S. Strowbridge, The-Numbers

$ 27 mln  --  SaberToothDragon, BoxOfficeFrontier

$ 26,7 mln  --  Edward Douglas, ComingSoon
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$ 25,5 mln  --  Damon Houx, ScreenCrave
$ 25,4 mln  --  Ray Subers, BoxOfficeMojo
$ 25,3 mln  --  Laremy Legel, RopeOfSilicon
$ 24 mln  --  Gitesh Pandya, BoxOfficeGuru
$ 24 mln  --  Sensei White Lotus, BreitBart
$ 24 mln  --  ThisIsNotMyName, BoxOfficePredictionsOnline
$ 20 mln  --  Perri Nemiroff, Shockya

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IF ACTORS PLAYING JESUS GET YOUNGER AND PRETTIER WITH EVERY MOVIE, IN HOW MANY YEARS THE ROLE WILL BE OFFERED TO JUSTIN BIEBER?

This one, Son of God, is a drama PG-13 movie, from Fox.

No movie about life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ will top Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ. The movie is 10 years old, but still touches hearts of people with raw power of emotions and tearing kiss of iron nails grinding into jelly flesh-like substance during crucifixion.

I get that movies like this serve as a handy remainder for Christians. Especially now, when the time of Lent starts. I know that church trips have booked whole theater rooms. The question is: how many those trips will be? It's a total blank field for me. This movie can open with $ 6000, $ 12,000, as well as with $ 20,000 per theater. I'm going with $ 11,500, but I'm okay if it goes wrong.

Shots:

$ 37,49 mln  --  Mario Ludwinski, USBOPredictions2014  (3260 theaters, $ 11,500 per theater)
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$ 27,5 mln  --  Ray Subers, BoxOfficeMojo
$ 25,6 mln  --  the official weekend number of the movie  (3260 theaters, $ 7853 per theater)
$ 25 mln  --  Sensei White Lotus, BreitBart
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$ 21 mln  --  Andy Burns, BiffBamPop
$ 20,8 mln  --  Laremy Legel, RopeOfSilicon
$ 20 mln  --  Gitesh Pandya, BoxOfficeGuru
$ 20 mln  --  ThisIsNotMyName, BoxOfficePredictionsOnline
$ 19,5 mln  --  Mitch Metcalf, ShowBuzzDaily
$ 18,4 mln  --  Edward Douglas, ComingSoon
$ 18 mln  --  Damon Houx, ScreenCrave
$ 17,5 mln  --  Box Office team
$ 15 mln  --  Perri Nemiroff, Shockya
$ 14 mln  --  SaberToothDragon, BoxOfficeFrontier

C.S. Strowbridge, The-Numbers, didn't shoot clearly for this movie.

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