SPEARE'S TIPS - The Films of 7/8/11

[Buscemi]

I didn't take it. Concert movies (especially ones aimed towards adults) never do anything and anything associated with rap tends to have a bad IMDb score.

The former reason is also why Glee: Raise Your Voice is a bad pick.

[BanksIsDaFuture]

anything associated with rap tends to have a bad IMDb score.

Notorious - 6.3
Tupac Resurrection - 7.7
Biggie & Tupac (doc) - 7.0
Jay-Z Fade To Black - 6.3
8 Mile - 6.7

Those aren't bad, they aren't Tyler Perry-esque scores.

[Shrykespeare]

Friday Estimates:

Transformers: Dark of the Moon, $14.9M (now at $228M after 10 days)
Horrible Bosses, $9.9M
Zookeeper, $7.4M
Cars 2, $4.8M
Bad Teacher, $3M
Larry Crowne, $1.9M
Monte Carlo, $1.5M
Super 8, $1.5M
Mr. Popper's Penguins, $1M
Green Lantern, $945K
Bridesmaids, $860K
Midnight in Paris, $790K

So Zookeeper flops. Add that to the list. Yikes, what a summer this has been.

[Brockster]

anything associated with rap tends to have a bad IMDb score.

Other Hip-Hop/Rap Docs (than the ones Banks listed above):


Rhyme and Reason - 7.0
The Freshest Kids - 8.1
And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop - 6.7
Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes - 7.4

I think rap docs tend to have decent scores...now, if you're talking low budget movies that rappers are in, like State Property, Belly, etc., than yes, a lot of them have bad scores.

Do you even research this stuff before you say it Busc?

Honestly, there aren't a lot of rap/hip hop docs out there.

[undeadmonkey]

Friday Estimates:

Transformers: Dark of the Moon, $14.9M (now at $228M after 10 days)
Horrible Bosses, $9.9M
Zookeeper, $7.4M
Cars 2, $4.8M
Bad Teacher, $3M
Larry Crowne, $1.9M
Monte Carlo, $1.5M
Super 8, $1.5M
Mr. Popper's Penguins, $1M
Green Lantern, $945K
Bridesmaids, $860K
Midnight in Paris, $790K

So Zookeeper flops. Add that to the list. Yikes, what a summer this has been.

what is with all the kids/family movies underperforming this summer?

[Buscemi]

anything associated with rap tends to have a bad IMDb score.

Other Hip-Hop/Rap Docs (than the ones Banks listed above):


Rhyme and Reason - 7.0
The Freshest Kids - 8.1
And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop - 6.7
Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes - 7.4

I think rap docs tend to have decent scores...now, if you're talking low budget movies that rappers are in, like State Property, Belly, etc., than yes, a lot of them have bad scores.

Do you even research this stuff before you say it Busc?

Honestly, there aren't a lot of rap/hip hop docs out there.

I sad rap movies, not rap documentaries. As in, scripted as well as documentaries. I was referencing all of them.

[Shrykespeare]

Sunday Estimates:

Top 5:
5 points - Transformers, $47M (has now earned $261M, officially #1 for the year so far)
4 points - Horrible Bosses, $28.1M
3 points - Zookeeper, $21M
2 points - Cars 2, $15.2M
1 point - Bad Teacher, $9M
Larry Crowne, $6.3M
Super 8, $4.8M
Monte Carlo, $3.8M
Green Lantern, $3.1M
Mr. Popper's Penguins, $2.85M
Bridesmaids, $2.76
Midnight in Paris, $2.71

PTA:
5 points - Beats, Rhymes & Life
4 points - Transformers
3 points - Horrible Bosses
2 points - Zookeeper
1 point - Cars 2

No word on any limited-release except BR&L, including Rapt, Project Nim and Ranchero.


User Ratings:

Horrible Bosses - 7.7
Zookeeper - 3.1 (ouch)
Project Nim - 6.3
Rapt - 6.8
Beats, Rhymes & Life - 6.4
Ranchero - 6.9

[Buscemi]

Reportedly, Beats, Rhythm and Life did over half its business in Los Angeles (grossing $25,000 in one theatre on the first day and probably $70,000 for the weekend). The other three theatres were in New York and looks to be about $16,000 per theatre.

Meanwhile, Project Nim supposedly did just $7,000 per theatre, according to HSX. It did well in New York and Los Angeles but bombed hard in Chicago (which makes me wonder why Lionsgate opened in Chicago day-and-date with New York and Los Angeles).

[W]

$7000 PTA will net Nim 2 PTA this weekend with the info we have right now.

[transformers2]

Damn, Horrible Bosses had a really good opening. Higher than I anticipated for sure.

[Shrykespeare]

Sunday Actuals:

Top 5:
5 points - Transformers, $47.1M
4 points - Horrible Bosses, $28.3M
3 points - Zookeeper, $20.1M
2 points - Cars 2, $15.2M
1 point - Bad Teacher, $8.9M
Larry Crowne, $5.9M
Super 8, $4.8M
Monte Carlo, $3.8M
Mr. Popper's Penguins, $3.154M
Green Lantern, $3.147M
Bridesmaids, $2.634
Midnight in Paris, $2.628

PTA:
5 points - Beats, Rhymes & Life, $27,996
4 points - Transformers, $11,522
3 points - Horrible Bosses, $9,310
2 points - Project Nim, $6,455
1 point - Rapt, $5,872

Still nothing on Ranchero. Oh well, I don't think anyone took it anyway (except me, in Bankrupts).

[silversurfer19]

Damn, I was really hoping Project Nim would be a PTA giant. Let's hope it's got legs. At least my last minute decision to drop Zookeeper for Horrible Bosses paid off.

[Shrykespeare]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LEESTU!!

[Buscemi]

I'm even more shocked about Larry Crowne dropping 55%. Did Universal really not want this to do well?

Had they saved it for Christmas (and cut a better trailer), it would have done much better.

[silversurfer19]

Or maybe it just wasn't that great and bad word of mouth spread quickly... After all, it actually gained theatres this weekend and still bombed. I'm pretty sure, other than Tom Hanks, you've been Larry Crowne's only supporter.