June 2011
3 posts
Green Lantern Glows But Doesn't Dazzle..
“In brightest day, in blackest night, No movie shall escape my sight. But now Ill say in black and white, Ill skip this one - Green Lanterns shite.”
Yes folks, this ones currently making the rounds as a good indicator for what to expect of this weeks new releases. DC tries to convert another of its more popular properties (that’s not Batman), and create a successful franchise. And by way of a...
Close Encounters of the Super Kind..
Happy weekend folks. Yes another set of releases are upon us, one highly anticipated in the film world and the other highly anticipated somewhere in the world..surely. This weekend sees a slow down at the box office after many big releases, big budget blockbusters and sequels, with J.J Abrams Super 8, and Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer (I know).
#New Releases
First comes Super 8, a coming...
X Marks The Spot?
X Marks The Spot?
Another weekend, and another entry into the Marvel universe tries to kick start a franchise that became sour after previous instalments. X Men First Class is the only new release so should grab a good portion of the weekends cinema goers. On another note, Spring Slam has now come to an end. Congratulations go out to Chrestomanci who topped the leaderboard, closely followed by...
May 2011
3 posts
Very Bad Trip 2...
This Memorial weekend, two highly anticipated movie sequels lead the pack to what could be an extremely successful weekend. The more adult viewers will be looking toward The Hangover Part 2 for their movie fix, whereas children and parents will no doubt head toward Kung Fu Panda 2.
Dont forget, this is the final week for Spring Slam, with Chrestomanci leading the chase, shortly followed by...
Marriage Sucks..
Marriage Sucks….
Here we are at the weekend again, with two releases to share. Although Thor looks like it will c continue to dominate, Bridesmaids and Priest (in 3D!) will hope to corner their own side of the market and bring in the viewers. Congrats to Smellface on the caption contest win for last week, although two entries shared three votes each, I just thought Smellface’s was funnier…
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Thor He's a Jolly Good Fellow...
After a brief break for a stag do (or Bachelor party..) the blog is back, and this weekend the Marvel gods are unleashing their latest adaptation, Thor. As most may well know, Thor is but a piece to the Avengers puzzle, so will be hoping to introduce and flesh out a well rounded character prior to next years big ensemble movie. Also this weekend, two wedding theme movies for May, Something...
April 2011
4 posts
Tyler Perry vs The World
This Easter weekend we have three new releases coming in, Madeas Big Happy Family, African Cats and Water For Elephants. Cinema attendance should be quite high due to the holidays, although expect last weeks animated releases to perform well with the kids out in force.
#New Releases
Tyler Perry will attempt to bring in the numbers once again with Madeas Big Happy Family, trying to capitalise on...
There Will Be...Birds.
This week, although only two releases are scheduled, we should see a fairly sizeable impact at the box office. Scream 4 and Rio are set to battle it out for the top spot, and together should return one of the better opening weekends so far this year.
#New Releases
First up, Scream 4 returns after an 11 year hiatus. Bringing with it the original cast members (or at least those that survived) as...
Sex, Drugs and Child-Assassins
This week, we have 4 new releases to check out. Arthur, Hanna, Your Highness and Soul Surfer all attempting to steal pole position from last week’s Hop. Although looking at the latest results it’s not all that likely.
#New Releases
Arthur is the latest in a long line of remakes, starring Russell Brand in the title role as a drunken playboy who stands to lose wealthy inheritance when he falls for...
Groundhop Day
Good news folks! The blog is back. Here to give a little insight into the weekend so far, and look at what’s to come on FP. Made some pretty bad choices this week? Don’t panic just yet, we’ll also be giving you the chance to net yourself some extra points.
#New Releases
Duncan Jones follows cult favourite ‘Moon’ with Source Code, a sci-fi actioner with elements of Quantum Leap and Groundhog Day...
October 2010
3 posts
Fun With Power Tools
Due to a certain Rally To Restore Sanity and/or Fear, the full blog will return next week. Still, I felt like not giving the people of Flickpicks a chance to comment on kids, deathtraps, and confused people was just a disservice. So I made sure to still whip up a…
Caption Contest: Smellface won the last contest through a pairing of Shakespeare and Jackass 3D. Now it’s your chance to...
This is 3D People Want
Feces. Urine. Puke. Genitalia. Audiences don’t care about 3D immersion, they want crap flying at their face. Hey, it’s better than post-conversion.
Jackass 3D blew past every expectation with an estimated $45 Million opening weekend. Considering the previous series high was a $29 Million start, this is simply amazing.
Red had a solid opening of $20 Million which is likely to make...
John Malkovich Needs a New Agent
Though the judgement’s not out on Red yet, a quick look at Malkovich’s IMDb profile send shivers down a movie buff’s spine. Jonah Hex followed by Secretariat rounded out by Transformers 3? No.
The full blog will return next weekend but for now we have a Caption Contest to tide you over. Luckily there’s double the oppurtunity this weekend as I just couldn’t choose...
September 2010
6 posts
Wall Street hits You Again right in the Ga'Hoole
Shia Labeouf went from destroying the Indy franchise to starring in Transformers 2 to opening another movie at #1. America needs to start hating this kid.
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps topped the box office with $22.5 Million. The combination of timeliness, Michael Douglas, and insomnia-prone cash proved irresistible to many.
Legends of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole is perched...
Ben Affleck Beats the Devil
Hollywood is finally forgiving Affleck for Gigli as his new movie The Town opened to good reviews, $22 Million, and a first-place finish. Not bad for someone who destroyed the possibility of an awesome Daredevil movie.
Easy A slid into the #2 position with a decent $18 Million. Though that’s not a fantastic start (Screen Gem’s Dear John brought in a $30 opening), it should be enough...
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This Weekend is Evil
No, it’s not a particularly bad weekend, it’s just mind-numbingly bland. Not a single wide release dared to face Resident Evil: Afterlife and now RE:A is rolling in the dough. Hollywood needs to learn that dimwitted young men aren’t the only people going to the movies this weekend.
I can’t even think of anything to say about Resident Evil: Afterlife. Estimates put it at...
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FlickPicks Fall Face/Off starts Sept. 17
After an intense summer with the first Summer Showdown, the breather weeks are coming to an end as we prep for the FlickPicks Fall Face/Off.
The fall will bring us some potential heavy-hitters: The Social Network, Megamind, Saw 3D, Jackass 3D, Due Date, Guardians of Ga’Hoole and more.
The Fall Face/Off will be 8 weeks, just like the Summer Showdown, and will not affect your regular play....
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2010 Summer Showdown Champ: seb.hope
Congrats to seb.hope (aka Sebastien), the winner of the first annual FlickPicks Summer Showdown (and by one point no less). We hope you all enjoyed the tournament, it gave folks like seb.hope a chance to prove their worthiness against the current all-time Top 10.
For each tournament winner, we’ll profile them so you can get to know each other a little better. So, meet seb.hope:
Where are...
¡Viva la George Clooney!
Who knew an incredibly slow and low-key drama could top the box office in this age of music-video editing? The Cloonster, that’s who.
Though expectations were low at the start of the week, older adults came out in full force and catapulted The American to a #1 finish with around $14 Million. The film may suffer from bad word of mouth though, as mainstream audiences are slowly realizing...
August 2010
4 posts
James Cameron Sheds a Small Tear on His Throne o'...
As the week came to a close it was clear that The Last Exorcism and Takers had firm grasps on the top two spots and they didn’t disappoint. The true question came from the single-screens though, as Avatar: Special Edition was the first of its kind in Flickpicks history and expectations were everywhere.
Friday numbers are now in, and it seems most moviegoers have used up the blue face-paint...
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Moviegoers Suck
Theaters were stuffed to the brim this week as five new releases entered the fold. Still, audiences cast their vote and the back-end of the summer season has lived up to its terrible reputation.
Early estimates put The Expendables in a confident first place with $15 Million for the weekend. Testosterone-infused males flocked to this holy grail of muscle and even a fairly large drop...
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Expend, Pray, Destroy Scott Pilgrim
One year after District 9 exploded into theaters and attracted audiences of all kinds, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World failed at the exact same mission. Unable to branch out beyond its core fan-base, SPvTW was no match for the more commercial fare in theaters.
The Expendables easily grabbed first place with an estimated $34 Million for the weekend. Men of all ages flocked to see things blow up and...
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'The Other Guys' Succeed in Stepping Up
The reign of 3D took another hit this weekend as Step-Up 3D earned both the smallest opening of the series and a 3rd place finish behind Inception’s 4th week.
The big success this weekend is Will Ferrell’s The Other Guys. This buddy-cop comedy finished in an awesome 1st place on Friday with $13 Million and is likely to reach $35 Million by Sunday. Considering Cop Out opened with only...
July 2010
9 posts
Inception Pities the Schmuck
Three new releases entered the competition this weekend but as mixed and negative buzz pored in, audiences once again flocked to Inception and made it the #1 movie for the third week in a row.
That doesn’t mean Inception lacked any competition though. Dinner for Schmucks narrowly beat it on Friday and a weekend take of about $24 Million for Schmucks will put it in a very close second...
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DiCaprio is the Pepper
There’s a reason people don’t name movies after condiments. Angelina Jolie couldn’t outshine a terrible title and bland trailers as Salt lost out to Inception’s second weekend. In other news, Inception only dropped 32% and is certified awesomeness (which is a step above Fresh).
The weekend ahead is pretty dark as Charlie St. Cloud looks like a mediocre Lifetime movie and...
Friday's Results: Inception holds up.
This weekend saw the wide release of two new releases to go against Inception and the other holdovers: Salt and Ramona and Beezus. But according to the latest numbers it appears that Inception is going to, once again, be the “#1 Movie in America” with an estimated $43 million. Following Inception is Salt, a spy thriller starring Angelina Jolie, which could potentially catch up to...
Whoa, who turned the lights off?
Welcome to the latest redesign of FlickPicks. Yes, we turned the lights off, and while you probably can’t decide whether you like it or not, let me help you decide: you love it.
We’ve been testing under this look for about a month now, and let’s just say after a month you’ll never want to go back to the blindingly bright old FlickPicks. It’s comforting, cool and,...
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Chris Nolan plants a box office virus with...
After making film geeks wait in anticipation for months, it was hard to tell whether Inception would live up. Whether you loved it or hated it, you apparently went and saw it.
Director Christopher Nolan’s follow-up to the critically-acclaimed Dark Knight pulled in $62 million over the weekend, and is only continuing to do well with $10 million+ on Monday.
For more in-depth analysis of...
Incoming Inception
This past weekend showed that 3 screens should not be used lightly as those individuals who tried the 3 screen option for Despicable Me lost out to everyone with 2 screens of Despicable Me and 2 screens of Eclipse. So the next question then becomes what to do with next weekend will Inception be worth 3 screens?
Being released this weekend are 2 new movies: Inception and The Sorcerer’s...
Friday: Despicable or not people are watching...
This weekend’s big movie turns out to be Despicable Me as pretty much everyone expected however it appears it isn’t quite so big to warrant 3 screens. Despicable Me found itself with 21 million after Friday and should get about 58 million for the weekend. As opposed to the likely second place Eclipse with approximaely 35 million for the weekend. Leaving Predators bringing up third...
Upcoming Weekend: 7/9-7/11
What a terrible weekend for movie-goers. Last weekend marked the release of two preteen dominated movies and sadly the better appears to have been The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. How any movie could have been worse than that is beyond me, but The Last Airbender somehow accomplished the enormous feat. And yet both still made seemingly endless amounts of money out of the dribble the called film....
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Friday: Total Eclipse of the Airbender
This weekend is turning out just as expected with Eclipse dominating, The Last Airbender coming in at about $30-35 Million less, and Toy Story 3 settling for a decent third place. (Turnaround)
Because of the 4-Day weekend it’s almost impossible to find 3-Day estimates (what FP runs on), so I’ll leave you with the caption contest.
This is also the beginning of the 2010 Summer...
June 2010
7 posts
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Announcing the 2010 FlickPicks Summer Showdown
One of the most requested features on FlickPicks right now is the addition of “seasons,” similar to fantasy football. Well, FlickPicks isn’t fantasy football. It does, however, have the Summer Showdown.
How it works
If you’re cautious about joining the Summer Showdown, don’t be. Joining it has no effect on your current standings or point totals. Registering for...
Toy Story 3 = Not BellerFail.
This post on the other hand may be a Bellerfail as it’s coming in so late. Weekend Actuals were released and out of nowhere Toy Story 3 came up with $110 million and Jonah Hex only made $5 million it’s like my whole world’s been turned upside fucking down. Or not so much…
The real question though is how well will Toy Story 3 do this upcoming weekend against it’s...
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Friday: No One Likes Disfigured People
This weekend’s box office is about as uninteresting as Jonah Hex’s 70 minute running time (minus credits). Toy Story 3 destroyed its competition as expected and Jonah Hex earned a bit less then the measly predictions.
Toy Story 3 grabbed $41 Million on Friday and should make an excellent $120 Million for the weekend. By comparison, The Princess and the Frog (Disney’s attempt...
Toy Rebellion set to slaughter Karate Kid
This weekend’s surprise hit The Karate Kid is not so much a surprise that it was in the top 5, but that it was #1 and the massive lead it had over its competition, the debuting A-Team. The Karate Kid secured a lead so large it became a surprise 3-screen success. Following in the shoes of numerous other better and I’m sure more original movies. (No I have not seen it I merely hate...
Violent Chinese - 1, Violent Americans - 0
After weeks and weeks of box office disappointments, it appears the summer drought has finally come to an end.
The Karate Kid took in a stellar $19 Million on Friday and is looking at an opening weekend in the range of $50 Million. This is big money for Sony and much more then anyone was expecting. Get ready to start seeing Jaden Smith in a lot more movies. The big question for FPers though, is...
Three-Screen This! Episode Four
For those that aren’t in the know, FlickPicks now has a podcast! Join TheMightyBlot, Brot, MBO, and Jeter as they discuss FlickPicks news, upcoming movies, the Topic of the Week, and the soon to be infamous NICOLAS CAGE MATCH on Three-Screen This!
This week, we chat about the Karate Kid and A-Team, the decline of American cinema, our favorite (and least favorite) Arnold movies, and the...
Weekend: Remakes Dominate?
This weekend returns to somewhat normalcy after last weekend’s potluck of who knows what to expect. Shrek 4 reigned king as it took the top spot again this weekend despite it’s 4 new contenders.
Opening this weekend are The Karate Kid and The A- Team. The new movies this week would remind me of the 80’s had I lived through them however they only remind me of the 20 times I...
Weekend: Summer in full Swing.
This past weekend showed the opening of two movies that could easily be classified as summer blockbusters: Sex and the City 2 and Prince of Persia unfortunately neither of them held up to what was expected and the returning Shrek 4 took the weekend. The upcoming weekend just has more of the same. Opening this weekend are 4 new movies each with about 3000 theaters to their names.
First is...
May 2010
11 posts
Friday: Sex sells, Persia doesn't.
A hard week for picks turned into a disappointing weekend at the box office as one new release fell below many expectations and the other was this summer’s second bomb in two weeks. I’d say the box office disasters can only go down here, but Jonah Hex is only a few weeks away.
Sex and the City 2 earned an estimated $13 Million on Friday, and is heading toward around $41 Million for...
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Another LOST blog? Nah, upcoming weekend
This past weekend featured Shrek 4 blowing out all other competition especially the other new release MacGruber which made only $4 million less than Just Wright and that is Just Sad. Oh, and Lost ended…
This weekend features two new releases, both which I expect to be terrible movies and excellent money makers. Coming out this weekend are Prince of Persia: Sands of Time and Sex and the...
Friday: Someone Didn't Stop the Bomb
This weekend has to be a punch to the gut in Hollywood as both new releases failed to produce anywhere near the kind of money they were expected to.
Shrek Forever After opened fine, and that’s about all anyone is going to say about it. With $21 Million on Friday, the movie looks to be on track to around a $70 Million weekend. This isn’t terrible by any means, but considering Shrek...
The first FlickPicks fancast is Here!
Ever wanted to hear your favorite FP personalitys discuss picks, chains, and general movie happenings?
You’re in luck, as the first episode of “Three-Screen This! The first FlickPicks fancast” has arrived. Starring Mr. Box Office, The Mighty Blot, Brot, and Melissam2828, this episode discusses everything from the unlikely rise of Robin Hood, to the emerging dominance of 3-D.
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Weekend: MacGruber Forever After
After an unexpectedly large drop for IM2 in its second weekend, studios are releasing two fairly high-profile movies this weekend in an attempt to draw summer moviegoers back into the air-conditioned theaters where they belong.
The first of these new releases is Shrek Forever After (also called Shrek: The Final Chapter). Though critics mostly gave up on the series after a weak second and...
Friday: Iron Man steals from Robin Hood... keeps...
There was much debate leading up to this weekend about screenings with the tremendously successful Iron Man 2’s second weekend approaching. It was in direct competition from the newest Ridley Scott/Russell Crowe team-up Robin Hood, which had the benefit of opening Cannes this year, however was faced with mixed reviews. Most people expected Iron Man 2 to come out ahead because...
Summer movie season heating up
Post-Iron Man 2 Weekend
Everything seems to be telling me that the summer movie season has officially started after Iron Man 2’s first weekend where it grossed $122,128,480. Not too shabby and it seems to have pretty good word of mouth as well…
Which brings me to this coming weekend: will Iron Man 2 continue to dominate or will their be a sharp drop off for its second weekend with...
Friday Results: The Iron is a Bit Rusty
Though everyone you know is probably going to see Iron Man 2 this weekend (if they haven’t already), the movie isn’t the massive success many were expecting.
With $52 million on Friday, its estimated take of $130 million is something studios salivate over, but not the record breaking $150+ million many were expecting. Still, it will be enough to put the film in the fourth or fifth...
Weekend: Box Office Iron
After one of the most exciting weeks in FlickPicks history, things start to cool down with only one new wide release this week.
Iron Man 2 is the flick and though it might not make for the most exciting weekend at FP, this is sure to be a huge weekend for moviegoers. The original Iron Man was one of the biggest surprises of 2008, launching a little-known superhero into a $318 million phenomenon....
Friday Results: 'Nightmare' pulls in $15 million
Although we’re still baffled at how not only a remake, but a horror film in April, can take home $35 million (or more) in its opening weekend, there were some theaters out there that went for the 3-screen, and it’s likely to pay off (leave comments below if you disagree).
Also as projected, Furry Vengeance fell flat on its face and will be lucky to come away with $9 million this...