SPEARE'S TIPS - The Films of 6/24/11

[Chienfantome]

If those predictions hold, I'll be glad I trusted Bad Teacher enough to put it on a few slates.

[Shrykespeare]

Friday Estimates (BOM):

Cars 2, $25.7M
Bad Teacher, $12.1M
Green Lantern, $6M
Super 8, $3.7M
Mr. Popper's Penguins, $3.6M
X-Men: First Class, $2.0M
Hangover 2, $1.8M
Bridesmaids, $1.7M
Pirates 4, $1.5M
Kung Fu Panda 2, $1.3M
Midnight in Paris, $1.2M


Weekend Predictions (BO.com):

Cars 2, $71M
Bad Teacher, $30.5M
Green Lantern, $18.7M
Super 8, $12.7M
Mr. Popper's Penguins, $12.2M
X-Men: First Class, $6.7M
Hangover 2, $5.7M
Bridesmaids, $5.5M
Pirates 4, $5.2M
Kung Fu Panda 2, $4.6M
Midnight in Paris, $4.3M

[W]

Great openings for both wide releases, Green Lantern drops 65%, Super 8 has another decent 40% drop. And Popper drops only 33% in it's second weekend. Not a bad weekend overall.

[transformers2]

I thought Bad Teacher would do pretty well, but not this well. Cars 2 did about what I expected. Solid weekend overall money-wise.

[Shrykespeare]

Wow... this week's column has gotten more responses than any column I've done since we started this board.

Yeah!!

[Shrykespeare]

Sunday Estimates:

Top 11:
5 points - Cars 2, $68M
4 points - Bad Teacher, $31M
3 points - Green Lantern, $18.4M (-65.5%)
2 points - Super 8, $12.1M
1 point - Mr. Popper's Penguins, $10.3M
X-Men: First Class, $6.6M
Hangover 2, $5.9M
Bridesmaids, $5.4M
Pirates 4, $4.7M
Midnight in Paris, $4.5M
Kung Fu Panda 2, $4.1M

PTA:
5 points - Cars 2
4 points - A Better Life
3 points - Bad Teacher
2 points - Beginners
1 point (Apr/May) - Tree of Life
1 point (Jun) - Buck

No word yet on The Names of Love.


User Ratings:

Cars 2 - 6.6 (wow)
Bad Teacher - 6.2
A Better Life - 7.0
The Names of Love - 7.5

[numbersix]

The Names of Love has a PTA of $6,240, meaning it beats Buck for that 1 PTa point in June leagues

[Shrykespeare]

Ah so. Thanks, Six.

[undeadmonkey]

darn, since tree of life, i haven't been able to pick one good PTA pick, well other than the wide releases. At least it's IMDb rating is really good

[Chienfantome]

Yeah, I had dropped The Names of Love from the few slates I had put it in, for as good as the film is, I felt it wouldn't be one US audiences would be much drawn to. I'm glad I did.

[englishozzy]

Cant believe Bad Teacher did so well, hope it doesnt effect me too much in the Bankrupt league.

[Brockster]

I had Bad Teacher AND Bridesmaids in all of my BK leagues I think...so much for those.

[numbersix]

I had Bad Teacher too. Wasn't expecting it to do so well. Should have picked Horrible Bosses for the same price (surely the 4th R-Rated comedy of the summer can't overperform as well!)

[Brockster]

I'm rooting for Horrible Bosses. I think it looks pretty good. I'd go see it for Bateman and Spacey alone.

[Geezer]

I'll see it for Charlie Day alone