SPEARE'S TIPS - The Films of 4/15/11

[Buscemi]

Atlas Shrugged is looking at a $2 million weekend (over 20 times my weekend prediction of only $130,000, as I expected similar results to the Tea Party-aimed I Want Your Money). But it will have an enormous second week drop due to the poor word of mouth it's been getting.

[Shrykespeare]

BOM Friday estimates (what a logjam from 3-7):

Rio, $10.2M
Scream 4, $8M
Insidious, $2.325M
Hop, $2.291M
Hanna, $2.240M
Soul Surfer, $2.125M
Arthur, $2.120M
Source Code, $1.83M
Your Highness, $1.261M
Limitless, $1.1M
The Conspirator, $1.09M

[Buscemi]

logjam

Karl Hungus?

[Geezer]

Yes! I love when I call out a flop and get it right. Way more satisfying than getting a blockbuster right. Scream 4 is a steaming turd.

[Buscemi]

I had predicted long ago that Scream 4 would sell less tickets than Scream 3. It was too long of a wait, the original story had been completed and Scream 3 polarized audiences.

[Shrykespeare]

Sunday Estimates:

Top 5:
5 points - Rio, $40.00M
4 points - Scream 4, $19.28M
3 points - Hop, $11.17M
2 points - Soul Surfer, $7.40M
1 point - Hanna, $7.33M
Arthur, $6.94M
Insidious, $6.85M
Source Code, $6.30M
The Conspirator, $3.92M
Your Highness, $3.90M

PTA:
5 points - Rio
4 points - Meek's Cutoff
3 points - The Princess of Montpensier
2 points - Scream 4
1 point - The Conspirator

So the Conspirator gets one PTA. And Atlas Shrugged earned $1.67M in 300 theaters. No word yet on A Screaming Man.

[Chienfantome]

I was expecting better from The Princess of Montpensier...
Soul Surfer is quite surprising.

[W]

Can we play films in their 268th week of release? If so, Deep Sea 3D would have two more PTA.

lol

[Shrykespeare]

Sunday Actuals:

Top 5:
5 points - Rio, $39.2M
4 points - Scream 4, $18.7M
3 points - Hop, $10.7M
2 points - Hanna, $7.28M
1 point - Soul Surfer, $7.27M (close!!)
Arthur, $6.8M
Insidious, $6.4M
Source Code, $6.2M
Your Highness, $4.0M
Limitless, $3.7M
The Conspirator, $3.5M

PTA:
5 points - Rio, $10,252
4 points - The Princess of Montpensier, $7,819
3 points - Meek's Cutoff, $7,046
2 points - Scream 4, $5,656
1 point - The Conspirator, $4,963

A Screaming Man made only $2,421 in its one theater ($3,115 since Wednesday).


User Ratings:

Rio - 7.5
Scream 4 - 7.6
The Conspirator - 6.8
The Princess of Montpensier - 6.9
A Screaming Man - 7.2

[undeadmonkey]

i picked up princess in a few slates. $3 for 4 PTA points is a win in my book.

[Chienfantome]

Yep, in the end it gets 4 PTA points, and that's fine by me. I picked it a few times too, glad I did.

[numbersix]

I'm happier with my 8 PTA points for $4 thanks to Meek's Cutoff

[Chienfantome]

It's only Princess' first week-end, Six. We could still grab a couple more points with it