Wow, a stunning result. The GP (general public) lifted Apocalypto more than I anticipated and they took a pass on The Holiday. The end result was a slight box office win for the Mel pic in what was a very weak weekend.
#1 movie predicted correctly: Zero Weeks In A Row
1. Apocalypto
It just didn’t tell the story it was trying to tell. That’s going to be my issue from now until the end of time with this one.
Result: $14.1 million (My rank: #2, $3.9m off)
2. The Holiday
Look here, I know it wasn’t high art, but it was a holiday romantic comedy. Don’t you people want to feel good? Well, doncha?
Result: $13.5 million (My rank: #1, $6.6m off)
3. Happy Feet
Happy Feet scoffs in the general direction of a flick that wins the weekend with a paltry $14m.
Result: $12.7 million (My rank: #3, $2.9m off)
I swear I read somewhere that this was the highest grossing Bond with $128m so far. Okay, did research, it’s the highest grossing without inflation. Still pretty impressive.
Result: $8.8 million (My rank: #5, $1.4m off)
Does this mean no one cares about conflict diamonds? Can the De Beers folks rest easy?
Result: $8.5 million (My rank: #4, $.9m off)
Very close to the exacto on this one. It should fade away, never to be heard from again.
Result: $6.2 million (My rank: #6, $.2m off)
7. Deja Vu
Aaargh, even closer to getting it right on. This combined with my Holiday debacle is making me very angry.
Result: $6.0 million (My rank: #7, $.1m off)
You gotta be kidding me. That’s three in a row less that .2m off. Maybe from here on out I should just predict the six through ten movies.
Result: $5.3 million (My rank: #8, $.1m off)
In this case that $1.5m variance represents like 50 percent so that means Deck the Halls whipped me. Ths good news is I’ll never have to predict it again.
Result: $3.9 million (My rank: #10, $1.5m off)
The only I thing I want for Christmas is for these damn wretched comedies to go away. Next weekend I get my wish. See you then.
Result: $3.3 million (My rank: #9, $.1m off)
