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Okay, Banks missed his regularly scheduled column, so we'll skip the prelims and go on to the Theater counts:


Smallfoot - 4,131
Night School - 3,010
Hell Fest - 2,297
Little Women - 643 (I have seen literally NOTHING on this film)
The Old Man and the Gun - 5


Next week:

Venom - 4,000+
A Star is Born This Way (come on, someone had to tell that joke) - 3,500+
The Hate U Give - 34

Little Women's apparently terrible too. I feel this only got a theatrical release in an attempt to confuse people into thinking this is the currently filming one from Greta Gerwig (which even without Emma Stone could be a big Christmas film next year).

Celebrity birthdays:

Phil Hartman would have turned 70 on 9/24 (I miss Troy McClure)
Kevin Sorbo turned 60 on 9/24 (Hercules! Hercules!)
Michael Madsen turned 60 on 9/25
Will Smith turned 50 on 9/25
Olivia Newton John turned 70 on 9/26
Mary Beth Hurt turned 70 on 9/26
Jim Caviezel turned 50 on 9/26
Naomi Watts turned 50 on 9/28

Cinemascores:

Night School: A-
Smallfoot: A-
Hell Fest: C

Friday Estimates

Night School, $9.5M
Smallfoot, $6.5M
House with a Clock, $3.1M
A Simple Favor, $2.1M
Hell Fest, $2.0M
The Nun, $1.6M
Crazy Rich Asians, $1.2M
The Predator, $1.0M

Little Women, $350K




Weekend Projections:

Night School, $26M
Smallfoot, $23M
House with a Clock, $12.5M
A Simple Favor, $6.8M
The Nun, $5.4M
Hell Fest, $5M
Crazy Rich Asians, $4.2M
The Predator, $3.6M
White Boy Rick, $2.6M
Peppermint, $1.8M
Little Women, $1.1M



PTA:
Old Man and the Gun, $30K
Night School, $8.6K
Smallfoot, $5.5K

Weekend Estimates

Top 10:
5 points - Night School, $28.0M
4 points - Smallfoot, $23.0M
3 points - The House with a Clock in its Walls, $12.5M
2 points - A Simple favor, $6.6M
1 point - The Nun, $5.4M
Hell Fest, $5.1M
Crazy Rich Asians, $4.1M
The Predator, $3.7M
White Boy Rick, $2.4M
Peppermint, $1.8M

16. Little Women, $747K



PTA:
5 points - The Old Man and the Gun
4 points - Colette
3 points - Night School
2 points - Smallfoot
1 point - The House with a Clock in its Walls

Weekend Actuals

Top 10:
5 points - Night School, $27.3M (5)
4 points - Smallfoot, $23.0M (4)
3 points - The House with a Clock in its Walls, $12.6M (8)
2 points - A Simple Favor, $6.5M (9)
1 point - The Nun, $5.4M (13)
Hell Fest, $5.1M
Crazy Rich Asians, $4.1M
The Predator, $3.9M
White Boy Rick, $2.4M
Peppermint, $1.8M

17. Little Women, $705K



PTA:
5 points - The Old Man and the Gun, $28,426 (5)
4 points - Colette, $10,172 (9)
3 points - Night School, $9,056 (3)
2 points - Smallfoot, $5,579 (2)
1 point - The House with a Clock in its Walls, $3,509 (5)

How about that PTA for Free Solo? Who saw that coming? Crazy!

I saw the trailer before a movie recently and thought it looked too similar to the directors' other film, Meru. But maybe it's just me (for example, A Star is Born and Blaze have to be the same movie while I don't understand how Bad Times at the El Royale is any different from Hotel Artemis).

Buscemi2 wrote:I saw the trailer before a movie recently and thought it looked too similar to the directors' other film, Meru. But maybe it's just me (for example, A Star is Born and Blaze have to be the same movie while I don't understand how Bad Times at the El Royale is any different from Hotel Artemis).

Far as I can tell Blaze and A Star is Born are not the same. I've seen Blaze and it's pretty dull, but tells the true story of a talented musician that battles substance abuse and possible mental illness. It has some of the romance angle (the script was adapted from the woman's book). A Star is Born may be the same as Crazy Heart though.

You may have a point with El Royale. I've been thinking that for a while, but Friday the 13th and Halloween are basically the same and both have spawned double digit franchises. And there are tons of movies that seem the same but one sucks and the other is great.

So sorry guys, I definitely forgot that I'd signed up for this week.