January 2010
9 posts
Upcoming Theater Counts
This is going to be the most thrilling weekend ever for FlickPicks. Yep, I said it. Thrilling.
Why? Two reasons: Risky picks with the new flicks/rotting old flicks like Sherlock Holmes, and a league-wide, Pay-Per-View Cage Match Event between Zackaplex (#1) and Prancing Pony (#2).
Not only is there a THRILLING main event, but YOU get to try and predict who will win the match and gain up to 15...
Friday Results: 'Legion' takes #2, but who cares?
The fact that most of the recent new films haven’t come close to Avatar, now on its fifth week in theaters, tells you just how pathetic Hollywood is in January.
And with films like Legion and Tooth Fairy out this week, one has to wonder how the indie film industry hasn’t taken over yet. Then again, both of these terrible newcomers are projected to bring in about $30 million...
Upcoming Theater Counts
Get ready for more than 8,000 screenings of pure Hollywood trash.
Welcome back to the stage, Mr. Dwayne Johnson in yet another role that makes his acting career actually worse than Hulk Hogan’s.
And let us not forget Legion, starring the greatest old woman ever…and that’s it.
Right when it couldn’t get any worse (or any happier than The Blind Side), Hollywood proved us...
Friday Results: 'Eli' on top...for now
Nothing like waking up to a heart attack when you find out Book of Eli actually topped Avatar. Thankfully, that was only for Friday, as Avatar is projected to hit ANOTHER $50 million this weekend.
Which, of course, begs the question once again: was it worth three screens this week, too? It’s a question theaters like ex-champ FlickChart (going against a 3-screener) are shivering just...
Upcoming Theater Counts
Phew, that was a fun week. And it’s only going to get harder.
Congratulations to Zack and the Zackaplex, the new #1 theater in the league after nathanchase and FlickChart witnessed its first defeat to BohemianMonkey and the Multimonkey Megaplex (have we mentioned how awesome you all are?).
This week brings a terrible kids flick, the return of the king of filmmaking and arguably one of the...
Friday Results: 'Avatar' on 3 screens FTW?
As dull, yet terrifyingly challenging as this week was, it could turn out to be a momentum changer in the world of FlickPicks.
The ultimate question come Friday night was whether ‘Avatar’ was worth three screenings again — if all holds up as it is now, it may have been the right decision.
And if it was, there could be an interesting shift take place among groups, rankings, etc....
The Last Minute Report
Let’s take a look at the final screen counts/reviews:
Daybreakers: 2,523/65% Leap Year: 2,511/14% Youth in Revolt: 1,873/73%
Daybreakers has some Twitter buzz tonight, trending right behind Avatar.
Based on screen counts, Youth in Revolt should fall to Leap Year, but based on reviews, Leap Year will fail miserably.
It’s a tough call between those two this week, but keep these in...
Upcoming Theater Counts
After a dull week, let’s get back to something more interesting. Out this weekend is a small handful of B-flicks that certainly won’t take a chunk out of Avatar, but their freshness might mix up the pot for the current Top 10 seat holders.
Estimated Theater Counts
Daybreakers: 2,400 Leap Year: 2,400+ Youth in Revolt: 2,000
The early reviews for Daybreakers and Youth in Revolt are...
Friday Results: Deja Vu
That’s right, Tony Scott’s Deja Vu returned to theaters this weekend and dominated the box office.
No, we mean deja vu in that this week is, as predicted, really no different than last week. And if you’re in a challenge this week, we apologize for the lack of excitement, but blame Hollywood.
The only news really worth mentioning this week is that Avatar has passed $300 million...