SPEARE'S TIPS - The Films of 8/27

[BanksIsDaFuture]

Really, Takers and Armored aren't that much alike. Just on the surface, they seem to be the same movie, but you'd have to watch both to see how they differ.

[Shrykespeare]

Friday Estimates:

The Last Exorcism, $9.4M
Takers, $7.5M
The Expendables, $2.7M
Eat Pray Love, $2.15M
The Other Guys, $1.9M
Vampires Suck, $1.7M
The Switch, $1.5M
Inception, $1.4M
Piranha, $1.35M
Nanny McPhee, $1.33M
Avatar: SE, $1.235M
Lottery Ticket, $1.125M

[Buscemi]

I saw Nanny McPhee Returns today and it had a big crowd (mainly due to a birthday party being booked to watch that movie). Expect a Saturday increase on that one.

Meanwhile, Avatar had their biggest auditorium (probably because of its run time though).

[Shrykespeare]

Weekend Estimates:

It was REALLY close.

Top 5:
5 points - The Last Exorcism, $21.3M
4 points - Takers, $21M
3 points - The Expendables, $9.5M
2 points - Eat Pray Love, $7M
1 point - The Other Guys, $6.6M

The Other Guys is now at $99M, which means it's a shoe-in for blockbuster status in the next few days.
The Expendables is now at $82M. $100M is still a possibility.
Vampires Suck is now at $27M, which for Friedberg/Seltzer means a stellar hit, so we can probably look forward to at least three more of the worst films ever created from them.


PTA:
5 points - Takers
4 points - The Last Exorcism
3 points - The Tillman Story
2 points - Animal Kingdom
1 point - Get Low

No word yet on Centurion.


User Ratings:

Takers - 4.9
The Last Exorcism - 6.4
Centurion - 6.5

[transformers2]

I am glad I took Takers on a couple of slates. I knew it would do pretty well. The Last Exorcisim opened pretty well but is going to drop like a rock. The word of mouth is horrible. On a side note a couple of my friends went and saw it and said it was easily the worst movie they have seen all year and the theater was about 80% full when it started and by the end it was less than half full.

[Buscemi]

Tranny's friends obviously didn't see Why Did I Get Married Too.

[BanksIsDaFuture]

Yeah, the CinemaScore for Last Exorcism was a D, which is the lowest I've ever heard of...

[Buscemi]

The Box got a F from Cinemascore.

[transformers2]

Tranny's friends obviously didn't see Why Did I Get Married Too.

You would be correct.Takers ended up winning the weekend by an extremely slim margin, the actuals came out today.

[Buscemi]

I don't see either movie holding well though. Expect a 1-2-3 finish for the new movies this week (The American, Going The Distance, Machete).

[Shrykespeare]

Son of a biscuit... Takers takes both crowns.

Top 5:
5 points - Takers, $20.5M
4 points - The Last Exorcism, $20.3M
3 points - The Expendables, $9.5M
2 points - Eat Pray Love, $6.8M
1 point - The Other Guys, $6.3M

PTA:
5 points - Takers, $9,298
4 points - The Last Exorcism, $7,087
3 points - The Tillman Story, $6,334
2 points - Mao's Last Dancer, $3,996
1 point - Cairo Time, $3,723

Centurion just missed with $3,569 in 12 theaters.

[Buscemi]

However, the IMDb rating isn't very good.