Box Office Preview - October 10, 2008
Movie of the Week:
Body of Lies
Plot: A CIA operative (Leonardo DiCaprio) uncovers a lead on a major terrorist leader suspected to be operating out of Jordan.
Buzz: Yeah, the plot is secondary. DiCaprio teaming up with Russel Crowe is the real interest here. And so far, when Ridley Scott directs Crowe, good things happen (Gladiator and American Gangster).
Also Opening:
City of Ember
The Express
Quarantine
Happy-Go-Lucky
The Beverly Hills Chihuahua must be stopped and DiCaprio plus Crowe should be enough to do the trick. Quarantine did not have an advanced screening in Portland or Chicago, so as always be careful with that.
We have two new writers joining our staff this week.
The reviews for the weekend…
Morrow McLaughlin - Body of Lies
Nick Allen - Body of Lies & The Express
Jeff Bayer - Happy-Go-Lucky & City of Ember
And now it’s time for TSR’s Top 5 Box Office Challenge
Jeff Bayer and the rest of the staff will compete to see who correctly predicts the order of the top films for that weekend.
Here’s how it works, just decide the order. Points are awarded as such …
#1 at the box office = 5 points
2 = 4 points
3 = 3 points
4 = 2 points
5 = 1 point
So if you guessed the #1, and the #3 films, that would be 8 points.
For the season it’s
Staff: 1
Readers: 2
Look for the TSR staff to add their predictions in the comments section. Deadline is Friday night.
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Unfortunately, I’ve been missing the boat the last couple weeks on the top five. Hopefully I can connect on at least a couple picks this week. I really hope Jeff is right and Body of Lies will take down the Beverly Hills Chihuahua juggernaut.
The last three are a toss up so I based them solely on the amount of advertising I’ve seen in the past two weeks. My fingers are crossed.
1. Body of Lies
2. Beverly Hills Chihuahua
3. The Express
4. City of Ember
5. Quarantine
If n = 1 … and I won last week, well, we can all do basic math, I will never lose again.
1. Body of Lies
2. The Express
3. Beverly Hills Chihuahua
4. Eagle Eye
5. Quarantine
Oh, and I’m a bit of an idiot. Happy-Go-Lucky opens 10/24, so the review won’t be up until then.
As the Eagles once sang, “there’s a new kid in town”. And I am here to bring a walloping amount of greatness and correctness. With BODY OF LIES, RC (Russell Crowe) and RS (Ridley Scott) will continue their cinematic bromance with another number one opening. It also helps that Leo, “I’m not that boy from WHAT’S EATING GILBERT GRAPE anymore”, DiCaprio is bringing the C4 to the explosive film (I will allow Ridley Scott to send me his cut, thanks to my glowing review which will gain him millions of dollars, but only if he apologizes for KINGDOM OF HEAVEN). “Match in the gas tank, boom boom” indeed.
BEVERLY HILLS CHIHUAHUA, as much as I was disappointed by its blatant lack of excessive-awfulness (yes, I’ve seen it), will be stinking up theatres for a while. CITY OF EMBER may have a notable cast, but kids aren’t going to see a movie just because Gil Kenan did it. Get the scoopers because CHIHUAHUA is going to be doing some major box office “business” for longer than you may like.
EAGLE EYE is going to only drop one spot, because his entire teenybopper audience haven’t all been to the theatres. And they certainly haven’t been to see NICK AND NORAH, who are going to stay strong for at least one more week in the top five before fading into an obscurity similar to that of meeting your “true love” at a one week summer camp. And with the cherished geekiness of NICK AND NORAH, it might as well be computer camp. THE EXPRESS will pull in at fifth place, because somebody, probably not you, will see it. Which is kind of okay.
Body of Lies
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Eagle Eye
Nick And Norah’s Infinite Playlist
The Express
I know, I’m amazed how right I am too.
1. Body of Lies
2. The Express
3. Quarantine
4. Beverly Hills Chilhuahua
5. Eagle Eye
Leo and Russell will bring the house down. I hate that a tiny dog will retain a top-five billing. Argh.
Well, I haven’t seen most of these films, but judging by what I’ve been hearing and seeing, I think I have a pretty good idea of how things will shape up.
1. Body of Lies - if only for the star power (plot seems a bit boring, but then that’s what I thought about The Departed, one of my favorite movies now)
2. Nick and Nora - lots of hype, and it IS enjoyable
3. Beverly Hills Chihuahua - I agree with Nick. This one’s got a least one more turd left in it ith enough trajectory to penetrate the top 5)
4. Quarantine
5. City of Embers
(Those last two are just hunches…)
there’s an obvious formula to predicting these, and now that i’ve figured it out, i will dominate.
1. body of lies
2. chihuahua
3. quarantine
4. express
5. eagle eye
I’m terrible at predictions. I’m too timid to strike out on my own, so maybe I’ll just pilfer from other lists…
1. Body of Lies
2. Eagle Eye
3. Chihuahua
4. City of Ember
5. Quarantine
My predictions for this weekend are:
1. Body of Lies
2. Beverly Hills Chewawa
3. The Express
4. Quarantine
5. Appaloosa
1. Body of Lies
2. Eagle Eye
3. Chihuahua
4. City of Ember
5. Express
6. Tommy Boy
Tommy Boy is always #1, hales