Thursday, May 15, 2014

2014 05 16 – Godzilla, Million Dollar Arm

I didn't switched into a summer sucker season 2014 last weekend. I missed quite badly. But this weekend I don't have to avoid a perceived blockbuster. I think it is a good entertainment -- both of two openings, actually.

This weekend we have two openings.

THURSDAY:  My shots per theater!

FRIDAY: All shots!

MONDAY: Official numbers!

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A MOVIE OF DESTRUCTION WITHOUT ANY VISUAL INTENSE SEQUENCE OF DESTRUCTION?

This movie, Godzilla, is an action PG-13 movie, from Warner Bros.

The trailer for this movie looked a little scary. Godzilla reminded me of the first Alien: a movie crawling around the monster for more than a half of it. I can appreciate images of destructed cities, bridges, and buildings, but this is not a simple catastrophic movie. This is about THE MONSTER! And people want to see her destroying cities, bridges, and buildings. Not just afterward shoots from helicopter hovering over.

Fortunately, first opinions from social web say there DEFINITELY is a monster and she is very good looking. So I stopped being afraid about that.

Concerning shooting, I'm sure this movie will break $ 20,000 per theater. It is much bigger event than last year's Pacific Rim or World War Z. It may scratch The Amazing Spider-Man 2's per theater opening or even walk past it a bit. But not too much.

Shots:

$ 93,19 mln  --  the official weekend number of the movie  (3952 theaters, $ 23,580 per theater)
$ 87 mln  --  SaberToothDragon, BoxOfficeFrontier
$ 86,72 mln  --  Mario Ludwinski, USBOPredictions2014  (3952 theaters, $ 21,944 per theater)
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$ 78 mln  --  C.S. Strowbridge, The-Numbers
$ 76 mln  --  Box Office team
$ 75 mln  --  Sensei White Lotus, BreitBart
$ 75 mln  --  ThisIsNotMyName, BoxOfficePredictionsOnline
$ 75 mln  --  Andy Burns, BiffBamPop
$ 74 mln  --  Mitch Metcalf, ShowBuzzDaily
$ 73 mln  --  Ray Subers, BoxOfficeMojo
$ 72,6 mln  --  Edward Douglas, ComingSoon
$ 70 mln  --  Perri Nemiroff, Shockya
$ 68 mln  --  Gitesh Pandya, BoxOfficeGuru
$ 67,3 mln  --  Laremy Legel, RopeOfSilicon
$ 63,7 mln  --  Damon Houx, ScreenCrave

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HAVE YOU SEEN THIS MAN?

This movie, Million Dollar Arm, is a drama PG movie, from Walt Disney.

How one movie can have such different posters? The first one was surely made during a heavy sandstorm. The second one was made after (or before) the storm happened. The second one tells everything you need to know without words (excluding the really ugly tagline). The first one looks like a missing person poster.

Obviously, this movie stands no chance against Queen of Monsters (relax, I'm not talking about Oprah). But it is just a very nice movie, with high emotional stakes, new-found inner leadership, and love hidden in a garden by the side. I will see it as soon as I can, I'm sure I will have a great time.

I predict it to be better than this year's Draft Day, something about $ 4500 per theater.

Shots:

$ 16 mln  --  SaberToothDragon, BoxOfficeFrontier
$ 16 mln  --  ThisIsNotMyName, BoxOfficePredictionsOnline
$ 16 mln  --  Andy Burns, BiffBamPop
$ 15 mln  --  Box Office team
$ 14,5 mln  --  Mitch Metcalf, ShowBuzzDaily
$ 14 mln  --  Ray Subers, BoxOfficeMojo
$ 14 mln  --  Gitesh Pandya, BoxOfficeGuru
$ 13,62 mln  --  Mario Ludwinski, USBOPredictions2014  (3019 theaters, $ 4512 per theater)
$ 13,5 mln  --  Damon Houx, ScreenCrave
$ 13,3 mln  --  Edward Douglas, ComingSoon
$ 12 mln  --  C.S. Strowbridge, The-Numbers
$ 12 mln  --  Laremy Legel, RopeOfSilicon
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$ 11 mln  --  Sensei White Lotus, BreitBart
$ 11 mln  --  Perri Nemiroff, Shockya
$ 10,52 mln  --  the official weekend number of the movie  (3019 theaters, $ 3483 per theater)

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