Top Ten Films at the U.S. Box Office of the week in order from most money to least.
Individual monetary predictions for each film.
Final box office tally for all new wide releases.
Awards predictions for any film you think has a shot at an end-of-year awards nomination.
This Week’s New Wide Releases
The Hunger Games (4,000 screens)
Last Week’s Results
It finally happened, the box office has jumped the shark. In this case, the street is the shark. Doing record business, it just goes to show how potent this year is likely to be at the box office.
Top 10 Films
21 Jump Street, $36,302,612
Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax, $22,764,760
John Carter, $13,569,795
Project X, $4,044,159
Act of Valor, $3,733,697
A Thousand Words, $3,632,932
Safe House, $2,716,795
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, $2,388,320
Casa de Mi Padre, $2,287,239
This Means War, $2,141,760
Key: W=Wesley | M=Mike | Z=Zach @ Total : Correct Prediction o : Correct Prediction Individual = : Correct Placement
Division 1
21 Jump Street (W | M | Zo) @ $35.0 M
Division 2
21 Jump Street (W= | M= | Z=o) @ $35.0 M Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax (W=o | M= | Z=) @ $22.5 M John Carter (W= | M=o | Z=) @ $15.5 M Project X (W= | M=o | Z=) @ $5.5 M Act of Valor (W= | M= | Z=o) @ $4.0 M A Thousand Words (Wo | M | Zo) @ $3.0 M Safe House (W | M= | Zo) @ $2.5 M Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (Mo) @ $2.0 M Casa de Mi Padre (No one) This Means War (W=o) @ $2.0 M
1. The Hunger Games – $145 M
2. 21 Jump Street – $20 M
3. Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax – $15 M
4. John Carter – $9 M
5. Act of Valor – $3 M
6. Project X – $3 M
7. A Thousand Words – $2.5 M
8. Safe House – $2 M
9. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island – $1.5 M
10. Casa de Mi Padre – $1.5 M
2. 21 Jump Street 20M
3. The Lorax 12M
4. John Carter 6M
5. Project X 2M
6. Act of Valor 1.5M
7. A Thousand Words 1.5M
8. Casa de mi padre 1.5M
9. Journey 2 1.5M
10. Safe House 1M
After having seen the movie, I don’t think it’s gonna get any nominations. Nothing in the top categories for sure, the editing is a bit flabby, the cinematography a bit shaky, the art direction and costumes a bit garish, the sound a bit ragged, the score too similar to others, the visuals too fake. I liked the movie well enough, but award-worthy it ain’t!
I’m watching it Sunday, so I don’t know about any of that, but when you say the Art Direction and Costumes were a bit garish, then I think it succeeded. I don’t know if you’ve read the book or not, but that is precisely the fashion sense and decorative style of The Capitol.
Fair enough, but you can’t argue with the fact that the Costume Designers and Art Directors will very likely recognize the film in their Fantasy categories if nowhere else.
1. The Hunger Games $140 M
2. 21 Jump Street – $23 M
3. The Lorax – $13 M
4. John Carter – $7 M
5. Case de mi Padre – $2.5 M
6. Act of Valour – $2 M
7. Project X – $2 M
8. A Thousand Words – $1.5 M
9. Safe House – $1.5 M
10. Journey 2 – $1 M
1. The Hunger Games $105M (Final Take: $250M; AMPAS nominations: Editing, Costume Design, Art Direction, Score, Song, Sound Effects Mixing, Sound Effects Editing)
2. 21 Jump Street $18M
3. Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax $11M
4. John Carter $7.5M
5. Project X $2.5M
6. Act of Valour $2.5M
7. A Thousand Words $2M
8. Case de mi Padre $1.5M
9. Safe House $1.5M
10. Journey 2 $1.5M
For a full list of rules, click here: 2011 Spring Box Office Predictions Game Rules.
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