SPEARE'S TIPS - The Films of 12/22, 12/25

[Shrykespeare]

Sunday Actuals:

Top 5
5 points - Little Fockers, $30.8M ($45.1M 5-day)
4 points - True Grit, $24.9M ($36.1M 5-day)
3 points - Tron Legacy, $19.2M
2 points - Narnia: Dawn Treader, $9.5M
1 point - Yogi Bear, $7.8M
The Fighter, $7.3M
Tangled, $6.4M
Gulliver's Travels, $6.3M (2-day)
Black Swan, $6.3M
The Tourist, $5.4M

PTA:
5 points - Somewhere
4 points - The Illusionist
3 points - Little Fockers
2 points - Country Strong
1 point - True Grit

[Buscemi]

Don't be surprised if Gulliver's Travels drops to below 4. The percentage of F's on Box Office Mojo is an overwhelming 49.2%.

Also, the reported budget on Gulliver's Travels was $160 million (before prints and advertising). With an opening weekend under $7 million, this is one of the biggest disasters of all-time (the best comparison to Gulliver is Cutthroat Island, which cost $92 million in 1995 and opened to just $2 million in a Christmas release).

[Shrykespeare]

And why not? The entire fuckin' story was told in the trailer. People who put together trailers like that should be sacked.