Tracking
The new-movie battle this weekend will be between High School Musical 3: Senior Year (88, 22 and 7 -- almost totally under-25 females drawn in by Zac Effron) and Saw 5 (63, 44 and 15 -- tracking very well with younger males).
Gavin O'Connor's Pride and Glory (Warner Bros.), easily the best movie opening this weekend, is running at 54, 29 and 3. Weak.
The following week Clint Eastwood's Changeling (Universal -- opening limited on 10.24, wide on 10.31) makes its big play for mainstream America. Right now it's running at 65, 34 and 5.
The Haunting of Molly Hartley (also 10.31) is tracking at 34, 31 and 1, and Kevin Smith's Zack and Miri Make a Porno is at 53, 34 and 5
The two 11.7 wide openers are Madagascar (83,.39 and 7), Role Models (34, 30 and 2) and Soul Men (42, 32 and 1) costarring Samuel L. Jackson and the late Bernie Mac.
Posted by Jeffrey Wells on October 20, 2008 at 4:00 PM
comment #1
Nick Rogers
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It's Efron, for the record. And does anyone else who's seen the "HSM3" trailer think it looks like he's staving off taking a dump when he sings?
Sorry if this posts twice.
Posted by Nick Rogers
at October 20, 2008 4:09 PM
comment #2
btwnproductions
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Soul Men also features the late Isaac Hayes. An apt if unfortunate title, though the movie is about music and not the afterlife.
Posted by btwnproductions
at October 20, 2008 4:17 PM
comment #3
BurmaShave
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if the stories about Efron starring in PIRATES 4 are true that's a goddamn disgrace and Johnny Deep needs to get the fuck out of there.
Posted by BurmaShave
at October 20, 2008 4:18 PM
comment #4
BurmaShave
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Depp, rather. Johnny Deep would be the name of an actor in the kind of films for which Efron would be much more qualified.
Posted by BurmaShave
at October 20, 2008 4:21 PM
comment #5
insidah
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I don't get the appeal of Efron. He reminds me of the guys featured in teeny bopper magazines my older sister used to read years ago. you know, the kind of magazine that tells you someone is cute even though he's not.
Posted by insidah
at October 20, 2008 4:21 PM
comment #6
actionman
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Can't wait to see Pride and Glory. Looks gritty and hardcore. Love these types of flicks.
Posted by actionman
at October 20, 2008 4:29 PM
comment #7
D.Z.
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Burma: I don't see how Effron's any worse than Bloom...
insidah: That's how I felt about Dicaprio and those guys from Party of Five, when I was younger.
Posted by D.Z.
at October 20, 2008 4:43 PM
comment #8
D.Z.
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Oh, yeah, from http://www.darkhorizons.com/news08/081020k.php via Variety:
"With 'The Soloist' now pushed back to March, for economic reasons more than anything else it seems, Paramount will now back an Academy campaign for Robert Downey's supporting role in "Tropic Thunder" instead..."
Posted by D.Z.
at October 20, 2008 4:45 PM
comment #9
huntermdaniels
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No way will Depp back out of a FIFTY SIX MILLION DOLLAR deal for 1 movie. 56,000,000 to spend 6 months in the Caribbean. He doesn't even need to create a character, he just has do dress up and do the same old shtick.
Posted by huntermdaniels
at October 20, 2008 5:00 PM
comment #10
Dan Revill
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HSM3 FTW!
J/K. Still, it's not really about the women under 25 as much as it's about the kids. I'm trying to think of a series where the first film or two were direct to tv films and the sequel was a movie....and I don't mean like Twin Peaks type stuff. Is this a first?
I'll be seeing Pride & Glory myself. Saw5 can crawl into a pit of lava, burn up like Anakin and then die. I haven't watched a Saw flick yet, and I'm not about to start.
Posted by Dan Revill
at October 20, 2008 9:01 PM
comment #11
Devin Faraci
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PRIDE & GLORY is horrible. Bottom ten of the year for me.
Posted by Devin Faraci
at October 20, 2008 10:18 PM
comment #12
Radewart
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What do these number mean again?
Posted by Radewart
at October 21, 2008 12:02 AM
comment #13
diesel
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yeah I don't know what the hell they're saying.
jeff, how about a post explaining them?
Posted by diesel
at October 21, 2008 3:49 AM
comment #14
Anomaly
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Correct me if I'm wrong:
The first number is the % of all surveyed who have heard of the movie when asked.
The second number is the % of those who have heard of the movie who are also interested in seeing it.
The third number is the % of all surveyed who list the movie as their first choice to see of all the movies listed.
Since the first choice numbers here add up to 46%, my question is what are the other 54%? Is there a choice for "none" or "other" or "undecided"? Are the movies above a complete list of those surveyed? I don't know exactly how this works.
Jeff - can you please shed a little light on that? Thanks.
Posted by Anomaly
at October 21, 2008 12:23 PM
comment #15
janee
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at May 18, 2011 6:09 AM