2014 07 04 – America, Deliver Us from Evil, Earth to Echo, Tummy

At last: I have shot a blockbuster right. That's all for this weekend's intro to a shooting exercise.

This weekend we have four openings.

FRIDAY: All shots!

MONDAY: Official numbers!

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'STEAD PROPAGANDA, MAKE PROPER GANJA

This movie, America, is a documentary PG-13 movie, from Lionsgate.

At the start of the trailer, I thought it was something related to The Purge. I was eager to see violence, fire, destruction on streets. Nothing happened.

I was also disappointed, because a disappearing of America was not explained. Why did it happen? Was it Godzilla? Faceless and disjointed threat from the East? The Russian bear finally roared? Or maybe people of the West finally collapsed under heavy of their sins and stomachs brimmed with hamburgers? This movie looks like a typical homework for psychology course students: not applicable in real life, as well as throwing out of a window any logic. Why? Because it is a curious self-denying reference: if there was no America, then this movie wouldn't be made.

Maybe creators, instead of making movies filled with illogical propaganda, should relax, travel to a few selected states and legally smoke some 'nja?That would be a better use of time for them and for us.

Shots:

$ 7 mln  --  Mitch Metcalf, ShowBuzzDaily
$ 5,6 mln  --  Laremy Legel, RopeOfSilicon
$ 5 mln  --  Edward Douglas, ComingSoon
$ 3,3 mln  --  Ray Subers, BoxOfficeMojo

$ 3,1 mln  --  Box Office team
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$ 3 mln  --  C.S. Strowbridge, The-Numbers
$ 3 mln  --  Gitesh Pandya, BoxOfficeGuru
$ 2,74 mln  --  the official weekend number of the movie  (1105 theaters, $ 2483 per theater)

$ 2,65 mln  --  Mario Ludwinski, USBOPredictions2014  (1105 theaters, $ 2400 per theater)

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ERIC BANA HAS BEEN NOMINATED THIS YEAR FOR A BEN AFFLECK'S TROPHY FOR THE MOST WOODEN PERFORMANCE ON SCREEN
(in two weeks I'll reveal an actress with a similar nomination)

This movie, Deliver Us from Evil, is a horror R movie, from Sony.

This is the second horror movie this year that winks at an audience speaking Spanish or Portuguese. This move saved Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones from being a total disaster at box office. It should help here as well. $ 6503 per theater of Paranormal is out of the question. There are almost any new scares, also Eric Bana's efforts to emulate Ben Affleck finally pay off. Watch out, because splinters do fly.

Shots:

$ 21,3 mln  --  Laremy Legel, RopeOfSilicon
$ 20 mln  --  Ray Subers, BoxOfficeMojo
$ 19 mln  --  Andy Burns, BiffBamPop
$ 18,5 mln  --  Mitch Metcalf, ShowBuzzDaily
$ 18,4 mln  --  Edward Douglas, ComingSoon
$ 17 mln  --  ThisIsNotMyName, BoxOfficePredictionsOnline
$ 13 mln  --  Gitesh Pandya, BoxOfficeGuru

$ 12,5 mln  --  Box Office team
$ 12 mln  --  C.S. Strowbridge, The-Numbers
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$ 9,74 mln  --  the official weekend number of the movie  (3045 theaters, $ 3195 per theater)
$ 9,37 mln  --  Mario Ludwinski, USBOPredictions2014  (3045 theaters, $ 3077 per theater)

Shot for 5 days:

$ 25 mln  --  SaberToothDragon, BoxOfficeFrontier
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$ 15,25 mln  --  the officlal 5-day weekend number of the movie

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A MOBILE GENERATION'S E.T. OPENED LAST WEEKEND

This movie, Earth to Echo, is an adventure PG movie, from Relativity.

I looked at previous years's numbers. Relativity looks like a movie studio/distributor that is used to -- and probably comfortable financially -- openings of $ 4000 per theater. This movie won't make that money. The reason is simple: kids these days don't fall for PG movies with aliens from space. They need visual stimulants: sharp edges and fire explosions. A family E.T.-like movie is out of date. Or just for 4- and 5-year olds, who are simply too young to embrace with their tiny minds how awesome Optimus Prime is.

Shots:

$ 16 mln  --  Edward Douglas, ComingSoon
$ 16 mln  --  Andy Burns, BiffBamPop
$ 14 mln  --  ThisIsNotMyName, BoxOfficePredictionsOnline
$ 13 mln  --  C.S. Strowbridge, The-Numbers

$ 13 mln  --  Ray Subers, BoxOfficeMojo
$ 12 mln  --  Gitesh Pandya, BoxOfficeGuru
$ 11,02 mln  --  Mario Ludwinski, USBOPredictions2014  (3230 theaters, $ 3411 per theater)
$ 11 mln  --  Box Office team
$ 10,5 mln  --  Mitch Metcalf, ShowBuzzDaily
$ 9,6 mln  --  Laremy Legel, RopeOfSilicon
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$ 8,37 mln  --  the official weekend number of the movie  (3230 theaters, $ 2590 per theater)

Shot for 5 days:

$ 21 mln  --  SaberToothDragon, BoxOfficeFrontier
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$ 13,57 mln  --  the official 5-day weekend number of the movie

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A CRAP IN A GOLDEN TIN FOIL DOESN'T SMELL OR TASTE LIKE CHOCOLATE

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

The quote I used above is one of great life lessons for everyone, everywhere, everytime. If you want to make people feel like crap about themselves, break it. If you hold any respect for a mate from the prison Earth, don't do that.

The movie itself feels like an amateurish attempt to film a particulary low day of a person who believes she is funny. She does things she watched in tv funny persons do. But it doesn't work. There is no surprise, no contrast, no real depth in presumed jokes. The trailer didn't evoke in me any ounce of sympathy for a lead character.

But box office lives by its own rules. People pay money to be fooled, over and over, without learning any respect for their hard earned dailies (or for themselves, but I think this is a lost cause). Tammy will get a nice opening, but it doesn't deserve it at all. If you have nothing to do for two hours, go to a river and watch water flows. A much better way to relax.

Shots:

$ 27,7 mln  --  Laremy Legel, RopeOfSilicon
$ 25,58 mln  --  Mario Ludwinski, USBOPredictions2014  (3465 theaters, $ 7382 per theater)

$ 25 mln  --  ThisIsNotMyName, BoxOfficePredictionsOnline
$ 25 mln  --  Andy Burns, BiffBamPop

$ 24,5 mln  --  Mitch Metcalf, ShowBuzzDaily
$ 24 mln  --  Ray Subers, BoxOfficeMojo
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$ 23 mln  --  C.S. Strowbridge, The-Numbers
$ 22,5 mln  --  Box Office team
$ 22,3 mln  --  Edward Douglas, ComingSoon
$ 21,58 mln  --  the official weekend number of the movie  (3465 theaters, $  per theater)
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$ 19 mln  --  Gitesh Pandya, BoxOfficeGuru

Shot for 5 days:

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$ 33,31 mln  --  the official 5-day weekend number of the movie
$ 31 mln  --  SaberToothDragon, BoxOfficeFrontier
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