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6 minutes ago, RIPPA said:

When the Emoji Movie fucks me over I am going to light my desk on fire

I want The Dark Tower to be really good, but I don't think it will be.  I also don't think it will be completely horrible.

Thus  the "eh" position for it on my RT list and absence from my BO list.

Watch it be either the sleeper hit of the late summer or a colossal failure of epic proportions and totally screw over my ballot. 

Then I will go to the parking lot and slash someone's tires at random.

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10 minutes ago, _MJ_ said:

Guardians deadline is today?! 

Yes!  I wanted to point this out.

p.s. CHiPS is conclusive proof that remakes of old tv shows don't draw and Hercules is conclusive proof that the Rock doesn't draw.  21 What Street?  San And-who?

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Hail Sabin was entrant #15.  Add THE INTERIOR to the list of prizes.

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When a twentysomething learns he has a serious physical illness, he retreats to the wilderness of British Columbia. But soon his serenity becomes disturbed by something he perceives as sinister.

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7 hours ago, RIPPA said:

When the Emoji Movie fucks me over I am going to light my desk on fire

I was going back and forth because of that damn movie. I was like it looks so stupid, but stupid cartoon movies make money. But this can't possibly make money.

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Box Office

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (May 5)
Despicable Me 3 (Jun 30)
Transformers: The Last Knight (Jun 23)
War for the Planet of the Apes (Jul 14)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (May 26)
Spider-Man: Homecoming (Jul 7)
Wonder Woman (Jun 2)
The Mummy (Jun 9)
The Emoji Movie (Jul 28)
Baywatch (May 24)
Alien: Covenant (May 19)
Dunkirk (Jul 21)
All Eyez On Me (June 16)
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (May 12)
Baby Driver

Rotten Tomatoes

Dunkirk (Jul 21)
All Eyez On Me (Jun 16)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (May 5)
Baby Driver (Jun 28)
Despicable Me 3 (Jun 30)
Spider-Man: Homecoming (Jul 7)
War for the Planet of the Apes (Jul 14)
Baywatch (May 24)
Atomic Blonde (Jul 28)
Alien: Covenant (May 19)
Wonder Woman (Jun 2)
The Mummy (Jun 9)
Cars 3 (Jun 16)
Transformers: The Last Knight (Jun 23)
The Emoji Movie (Jul 28)

Box Office tiebreaker: King Arthur 33 Million

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47 minutes ago, Kuetsar said:

I think we are all fucked if Valerian isn't a bad Mexican Shit bomb that it feels like. Potential franchise starters with long names like that HAVE  to be a bomb. . . .right?

Besson is a weird one for me. I remember my whole rationale for having Lucy low on my RT list is that all his recent films haven't done well critically. I think this might help determine if Lucy was an outlier, or that he got his groove back.

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Thanks for doing this again! 

BOX OFFICE: 

1. GotG Vol. 2

2. Despicable Me 3

3. Dark Tower

4. Baywatch

5. Wonder Woman

6. Transformers 5

7. Spiderman

8. Cars 3

9. Planet of the Apes

10. Capt Underpants

11. All Eyez on Me

12. Dunkirk

13. Baby Driver

14. Mummy

15. Emoji Movie

 

RT: 

1. Baby Driver

2. Dunkirk

3. Planet of the Apes

4. GotG Vol. 2

5. All Eyez on Me

6. Despicable Me 2

7. Atomic Blonde

8. Alien 

9. Wonder Woman

10. Baywatch

11. Mummy

12. King Arthur

13. Pirates 5

14. Transformers 5

15. Emoji Movie

Tiebreaker: GotG Vol. 2 will make 312,000,000

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Box Office List:

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2
Despicable Me 3

Spide-rman: Homecoming

Pirates of the Carribean part 5 (I guess))

Wonder Woman

Transformers: The Last Samurai Knight

Cars 3

Alien Convenant

War for the Planet of the Apes

Dunkirk

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets 

All Eyez on Me
Atomic Blonde 

Baby Driver

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Rotten Tomatoes:

Baby Driver

Dunkirk

War for the Planet of the Apes

Spider-man: Homecoming

Guardians of the Galaxy

Atomic Blonde

Alien

All Eyez on Me

Cars 3

Baywatch

The Mummy

King Arthur

Pirates of the Caribbean part whatever

Transformers

The Emoji Movie

 

Tiebreaker: Despicable Me 3 - $153,453,980

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Tiebreaker
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Not sure if I made it on time for Guardians and I didn't get to research like I usually do for these things (sigh), but as a recently unemployed newscaster once said, "Fuck it. We'll do it LIVE!"

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Box Office
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  1. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
  2. Wonder Woman 
  3. Spider-Man: Homecoming  
  4. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
  5. Transformers: The Last Knight  
  6. Despicable Me 3 
  7. Cars 3
  8. Dunkirk    
  9. Alien: Covenant
  10. War for the Planet of the Apes  
  11. Baywatch  
  12. The Emoji Movie 
  13. Baby Driver 
  14. The Dark Tower 
  15. King Arthur: Legend of the Sword 

Rotten Tomatoes
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  1. Baby Driver 
  2. Dunkirk 
  3. Spider-Man: Homecoming   
  4. Alien: Covenant 
  5. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2     
  6. Atomic Blonde 
  7. War for the Planet of the Apes  
  8. Wonder Woman
  9. Baywatch     
  10. Despicable Me 3
  11. King Arthur: Legend of the Sword 
  12. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales 
  13. Cars 3
  14. The Mummy 
  15. Transformers: The Last Knight

Tiebreaker: Alien: Covenant - $80,000,000

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ivpvideos was entrant #18, so... I believe we're adding recent Best Foreign Film winner THE SALESMAN to the prize list.

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While both participating in a production of "Death of a Salesman," a teacher's wife is assaulted in her new home, which leaves him determined to find the perpetrator over his wife's traumatized objections.

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Anyone thinks this summer looks as if it's going to be a bad year for summer blockbusters?

I'm interested in Baby Driver, Atomic Blonde, and Wonder Woman, but I don't consider the first two true blockbuster summer flicks.

I looked at my list again, and I have no idea why I put Planet of the Apes sequel so high on my RT list.  Drunk.

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Box Office:

1.      Spider-Man: Homecoming

2.      Despicable Me 3

3.      Wonder Woman

4.      Transformers: The Last Knight

5.      Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

6.      War for the Planet of the Apes

7.      The Emoji Movie

8.      The Mummy

9.      Dunkirk

10.   Alien: Covenant

11.   Baywatch

12.   The Dark Tower

13.   King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

14.   All Eyez on Me

15.   Baby Driver

 

 

Rotten Tomatoes:

1.      Baby Driver

2.      Spider-Man: Homecoming

3.      Dunkirk

4.      War for the Planet of the Apes

5.      All Eyez on Me

6.      Despicable Me 3

7.      Baywatch

8.      The Dark Tower

9.      Alien: Covenant

10.   Wonder Woman

11.   Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

12.   The Emoji Movie

13.   The Mummy

14.   King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

15.   Transformers: The Last Knight

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Box Office

 

1) Spider-Man: Homecoming (Jul 7)

2) Despicable Me 3 (Jun 30)

3) Wonder Woman (Jun 2)

4) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (May 26)

5) Transformers: The Last Knight (Jun 23)

6) War for the Planet of the Apes (Jul 14)

7) Captain Underpants (Jun 2)

8) Cars 3 (Jun 16)

9) The Emoji Movie (Jul 28)

10) The Dark Tower (Aug 4)

11) Dunkirk (Jul 21)

12) The Mummy (Jun 9)

13) Alien: Covenant (May 19)

14) Baywatch (May 24)

15) King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (May 12)


RT

 

1) Spider-Man: Homecoming (Jul 7)

2) Dunkirk (Jul 21)

3) War for the Planet of the Apes (Jul 14)

4) Atomic Blonde (Jul 28)

5) Wonder Woman (Jun 2)

6) The Dark Tower (Aug 4)

7) The Emoji Movie (Jul 28)

8) Alien: Covenant (May 19)

9) Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (Jul 21)

10) Baywatch (May 24)

11) King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (May 12)

12) Cars 3 (Jun 16)

13) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (May 26)

14) Transformers: The Last Knight (Jun 23)

15) Despicable Me 3 (Jun 30)

 

Tiebreaker

 

Spiderman Homecoming - $300 million

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Damn, forgot to make my picks here before GotG v2 came out... whoops. I'm sad I missed out on some easy box office points there, but I'll still give it a try this year... 

BOX OFFICE
1) Despicable Me 3 (Jun 30)
2) Spider-Man: Homecoming (Jul 7)
3) Transformers: The Last Knight (Jun 23)
4) Wonder Woman (Jun 2)
5) Cars 3 (Jun 16)
6) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (May 26)
7) War for the Planet of the Apes (Jul 14)
8) Baywatch (May 24)
9) Dunkirk (Jul 21)
10) Alien: Covenant (May 19)
11) The Mummy (Jun 9)
12) Atomic Blonde (Jul 28)
13) King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (May 12)
14) Baby Driver (Jun 28)
15) All Eyez On Me (Jun 16)
 
 
ROTTEN TOMATOES
1) Baby Driver (Jun 28)
2) Dunkirk (Jul 21)
3) Spider-Man: Homecoming (Jul 7)
4) Alien: Covenant (May 19)
5) War for the Planet of the Apes (Jul 14)
6) Atomic Blonde (Jul 28)
7) Wonder Woman (Jun 2)
8) Despicable Me 3 (Jun 30)
9) Baywatch (May 24)
10) The Mummy (Jun 9)
11) Cars 3 (Jun 16)
12) Transformers: The Last Knight (Jun 23)
13) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (May 26)
14) The Emoji Movie (Jul 28)
15) King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (May 12)
 
TIEBREAKER: Spider-Man Homecoming -- $247,000,000
 
I have no idea what to make of VALERIAN or DARK TOWER. I'm *hoping* that VALERIAN is fun and wild and a spiritual successor to FIFTH ELEMENT... but it could also be incoherent crap. And even if IS fun and crazy, it still may not do any box office. So I just stayed away entirely. I just can't get a read on DARK TOWER, critically or box office-wise. 
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Based on the current fan reaction from screening, people may have been a little too hard on Legend of the Sword.  If that sentiment reflects with the critics, it might settle around 45%-60% which isn't bad compared to what everyone expects. In comparison, the early reaction for Covenant is split and contentious at best. Both of those films might be in the same range when all is said and done.

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Usually crowd reaction is higher than critics

Not saying you are wrong but I am still waiting for actual reviews to come in

Granted King Arthur won't bone me as much as say Dark Tower will if it is good

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46 minutes ago, RIPPA said:

Usually crowd reaction is higher than critics

Yeah, I kinda took that into consideration. This more or less seems like acceptable dumb fantasy action movie w/ comedy thrown in. The negative reviews I've seem to be more aimed at Guy Ritchie than the actual film although some of the people who liked it seem to admit there are tonal issues and shit happening out of nowhere. If a good majority of critic reviews (which should be out pretty soon) let some of those things slide, it could end up in a range much higher than people expected. On the other hand, they could lambast it and go to town. Either way, this wasn't as safe a pick as anyone expected.

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