2014 06 13 – 22 Jump Street, How to Train Your Dragon 2

Are Americans cultural racists? Or can't they simply appreciate movies and need to be spoonfed with advertising what movies are good? I loved last weekend's opening of The Fault in Our Stars, it was phenomenal. But in a parallel theater room Edge of Tomorrow was doing worse than it should. The movie is fantastic, I've seen it, action is strong but light, comic one-liners are well placed. Shame, it was based on a manga book (manga was from Japan), and Americans seemed to have not stomach for imports. Boo to them.

This is another weekend of two strong movies.

FRIDAY: All shots!

MONDAY: Official numbers!

-----------------------------------------------

A THERAPY FOR SELF ESTEEM, YET ANOTHER

This movie, 22 Jump Street, is a comedy R movie, from Sony.

I don't understand an admiration people hold for school days. I get it was fun and little responsibility. But it was also little money, parenting guidance, peer pressure, lack of skill with girls. The point is in dreaming what could have been, fantasizing about unreachable girls or school teachers. It can be a therapy, if only there were made any conclusions and lasting resolutions. Or just some quick kissing at the showers.

My point is this is a fluff entertainment. Just like The Amazing Spider-Man 2, just like 300: Rise of an Empire, Maleficent, Noah. It can be fun at the movies, but holds no value, makes no growth, stirs no thought. A cinema fast-food. Eat. Digest. Out. And do it fast. I don't get that thing, so my prediction is lower than other shooters.

Shots:

$ 65 mln  --  Box Office team
-----------------------------------------------
$ 62 mln  --  Sensei White Lotus, BreitBart
$ 60 mln  --  C.S. Strowbridge, The-Numbers
$ 58,3 mln  --  Laremy Legel, RopeOfSilicon
$ 58 mln  --  Mitch Metcalf, ShowBuzzDaily
$ 57,07 mln  --  the official weekend number of the movie  (3306 theaters, $ 17,263 per theater)
$ 55 mln  --  Ray Subers, BoxOfficeMojo
$ 53,5 mln  --  Edward Douglas, ComingSoon
$ 53 mln  --  Gitesh Pandya, BoxOfficeGuru
$ 52 mln  --  Damon Houx, ScreenCrave
$ 52 mln  --  Andy Burns, BiffBamPop
-----------------------------------------------
$ 49 mln  --  SaberToothDragon, BoxOfficeFrontier
$ 45 mln  --  Perri Nemiroff, Shockya
$ 45 mln  --  ThisIsNotMyName, BoxOfficePredictionsOnline
$ 41,48 mln  --  Mario Ludwinski, USBOPredictions2014  (3306 theaters, $ 12,547 per theater)

-----------------------------------------------

A TALE OF THE UGLY CHILDREN 2

This movie, How to Train Your Dragon 2, is an adventure PG movie, from Fox.

I love Beetlejuice, the cartoon. All of it is so beautifully twisted, but also fun, smart, and surprisingly warm (BJ really cares about Lydia).

When I see these posters, I find those characters ugly. They remind me of Digimon, an American rip-off of Pokemon. The same level of ugliness, visual unfriendliness. I don't feel it artsy, just clumsy drawing. Like they didn't care enough to finish those lines in faces. Or they are just racists, mocking Scandinavian type of appearance and face bones structure. Either way, I have no interest in this movie, though in a Vulcan part of my brain I understand its popularity and can shoot appropriately.

Shots:

$ 90 mln  --  SaberToothDragon, BoxOfficeFrontier
$ 80 mln  --  ThisIsNotMyName, BoxOfficePredictionsOnline
$ 72 mln  --  C.S. Strowbridge, The-Numbers
$ 71,8 mln  --  Laremy Legel, RopeOfSilicon
$ 69,45 mln  --  Mario Ludwinski, USBOPredictions2014  (4253 theaters, $ 16,329 per theater)
$ 69 mln  --  Mitch Metcalf, ShowBuzzDaily
$ 68,5 mln  --  Edward Douglas, ComingSoon
$ 67 mln  --  Ray Subers, BoxOfficeMojo
$ 65,5 mln  --  Damon Houx, ScreenCrave
$ 65 mln  --  Perri Nemiroff, Shockya
$ 64 mln  --  Box Office team
$ 59 mln  --  Sensei White Lotus, BreitBart
$ 55 mln  --  Andy Burns, BiffBamPop
-----------------------------------------------
$ 54 mln  --  Gitesh Pandya, BoxOfficeGuru
$ 49,45 mln  --  the official weekend number of the movie  (4253 theaters, $ 11,627 per theater)

-----------------------------------------------