2014 08 22 – If I Stay, Sin City: A Dame to Kill for, When the Game Stands Tall

I feel sorry for Sylvester Stallone and the rest of past heroes of Expendables franchise. They want to make new movies, to be a part of exciting stories. But scripts they are getting don't give them a favor. Sixty years ago aged star actors -- like John Wayne and James Garner -- still played in western dramas, actions, comedies. Maybe it's an action genre thing, because Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon managed to land into Grumpy Old Men.

This weekend we have three openings.

FRIDAY: All shots!

MONDAY: Official numbers!

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I CAN'T IMAGINE WATCHING THIS MOVIE MUNCHING POPCORN

This movie, If I Stay, is a drama PG-13 movie, from Warner Bros.

Chloe Grace Moretz is becoming a new Natalie Portman. The pattern of starting in movies at young age, getting acting chops in front of the camera, building on that to reach an enormous potential and versatility: I hope we will see Miss Moretz in great movies in near future.

This one looks fantastic. It promises a wide set of emotions -- love, loneliness, jealousy, anger, loss, kindness, passion (for music), hope, despair -- with an overwhelming question hanging right over: what is it in our lives that makes it worth going on? Or in case of the lead character: going back?

As I'm writing in the headline, I can't imagine watching this movie with mouth full of popcorn. I can imagine a room full of people crying. Laughing. Sighing. Cheering. Just like at screenings of Guardians of the Galaxy. It's definitely the second best movie experience of the year.

Shots:

$ 31,23 mln  --  Mario Ludwinski, USBOPredictions2014  (2907 theaters, $ 10,744 per theater)
$ 21,5 mln  --  Ray Subers, BoxOfficeMojo
$ 21,5 mln  --  Edward Douglas, ComingSoon
$ 20 mln  --  Andy Burns, BiffBamPop
$ 19,5 mln  --  Box Office team
$ 19 mln  --  Sensei White Lotus, BreitBart
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$ 16 mln  --  C.S. Strowbridge, The-Numbers
$ 16 mln  --  Gitesh Pandya, BoxOfficeGuru
$ 16 mln  --  Mitch Metcalf, ShowBuzzDaily
$ 15,68 mln  --  the official weekend number of the movie  (2907 theaters, $ 5394 per theater)
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$ 14 mln  --  ThisIsNotMyName, BoxOfficePredictionsOnline
$ 12,5 mln  --  Laremy Legel, RopeOfSilicon

SaberToothDragon, BoxOfficeFrontier, didn't post a shoot for this movie.

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AS A PROMOTIONAL STUNT, I SUGGEST A BLACK-WHITE SAUCE FOR NACHOS

This movie, Sin City: A Dame to Kill for, is an action R movie, from Weinstein.

I understand a distinct visual style of Sin City (no matter what medium it is translated into). The violence is justified there, as well as is sex. This movie, however, feels stretched. I can hear producers talking about making a sequel that needs to be bigger and faster, but not necessarily be more surprising. They try to provide us more tension and action, but can they really compete with Marv's hunting of the Elijah Wood's cannibal? The answer is probably yes, though I'm sure it doesn't involve riding a mansion and fighting several henchmen. This is a wrong way, I think the box office number will show that.

Shots:

$ 30 mln  --  Andy Burns, BiffBamPop
$ 26 mln  --  SaberToothDragon, BoxOfficeFrontier
$ 23 mln  --  ThisIsNotMyName, BoxOfficePredictionsOnline
$ 21 mln  --  C.S. Strowbridge, The-Numbers
$ 20,8 mln  --  Laremy Legel, RopeOfSilicon
$ 20,58 mln  --  Mario Ludwinski, USBOPredictions2014  (2894 theaters, $ 7112 per theater)
$ 18,5 mln  --  Mitch Metcalf, ShowBuzzDaily
$ 18,3 mln  --  Edward Douglas, ComingSoon
$ 16,5 mln  --  Ray Subers, BoxOfficeMojo
$ 15 mln  --  Box Office team

$ 14 mln  --  Gitesh Pandya, BoxOfficeGuru

$ 13 mln  --  Sensei White Lotus, BreitBart
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$ 6,32 mln  --  the official weekend number of the movie  (2894 theaters, $ 2183 per theater)

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IS IT A FAIR GAME WHEN ONE TEAM PLAYS IN FULL SPORT CLOTHES, AND THE OTHER IN FORMAL PANTS?

This movie, When the Game Stands Tall, is a drama PG-13 movie, from Sony.

This movie is great for all people who know personally characters depicted in it. Also football coaches can pick up a few cool leadership tricks from Jim Caviezel. Just how many theaters can they fill?

Also, this is a strange drama (by definition, dealing with a human conflict), when we can't see on the poster faces of people touched by the conflict. Maybe the poster tries to reach to women, though it would be a sexist thing.

Shots:

$ 14 mln  --  SaberToothDragon, BoxOfficeFrontier
$ 11,3 mln  --  Edward Douglas, ComingSoon

$ 11 mln  --  Box Office team
$ 11 mln  --  Gitesh Pandya, BoxOfficeGuru

$ 11 mln  --  Andy Burns, BiffBamPop

$ 10 mln  --  ThisIsNotMyName, BoxOfficePredictionsOnline

$ 9,5 mln  --  Mitch Metcalf, ShowBuzzDaily
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$ 9,2 mln  --  Sensei White Lotus, BreitBart
$ 9 mln  --  C.S. Strowbridge, The-Numbers
$ 9 mln  --  Ray Subers, BoxOfficeMojo
$ 8,8 mln  --  Laremy Legel, RopeOfSilicon
$ 8,38 mln  --  the official weekend number of the movie  (2673 theaters, $ 3136 per theater)
$ 8,09 mln  --  Mario Ludwinski, USBOPredictions2014  (2673 theaters, $ 3025 per theater)

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