SPEARE'S TIPS - The Films of 8/20

[Shrykespeare]

Sunday Estimates

Top 5:
5 points - The Expendables, $16.5M
(Vampires Suck), $12.2M --- Jesus, people have NO TASTE!!
4 points - Eat Pray Love, $12M
3 points - Lottery Ticket, $11.125M
2 points - The Other Guys, $10.1M
1 point - Piranha 3D, $10.035M
Nanny McPhee Returns, $8.31M
The Switch, $8.1M

So I was pretty close on Expendables, EPL and Lottery Ticket. I was sure Piranha and NPR would do a lot better, though. Sigh. This will probably embolden Friedberg and Seltzer for years to come.

PTA:
5 points - The Tillman Story
4 points - Lottery Ticket
3 points - Get Low
2 points - The Expendables
1 point - Animal Kingdom

No word yet on Down Terrace or Mao's Last Dancer.


User Ratings:

Vampires Suck - 3.6 (much better than I thought)
Piranha 3D - 7.2
Nanny McPhee Returns - 6.4
The Switch - 6.3
Lottery Ticket - 4.4
Mao's Last Dancer - 7.1
The Tillman Story - 7.9
Down Terrace - 7.0

[Buscemi]

Piranha 3-D should have had a $30 million weekend.

[Shrykespeare]

Sunday Actuals

Same as listed above. Mao's Last Dancer and Down Terrace STILL not reported.

[Shrykespeare]

Mao's Last Dancer finally reported, so the PTA shakes out as follows:

5 points - The Tillman Story
4 points - Mao's Last Dancer
3 points - Lottery Ticket
2 points - The Expendables
1 point - Get Low

Still no word on Down Terrace. Wonder what happened.