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Friday Estimates by InKladiant

Friday Estimates 2015-03-21 at 8.50.34 AM

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8 Responses to “Friday Estimates by InKladiant”

  1. Kevin says:

    No GUROV & ANNA numbers?

  2. EtGuild2 says:

    Anyone seen JAUJA? I haven’t…I know it was a passion project for Viggo, but was it really so challenging as to deserve this dumping?

    TRACERS is practically a masterpiece next to ABduction. I guess Lautner’s star has fallen far enough where Lionsgate decided not to take the risk of giving it a push.

  3. movieman says:

    Yawn.
    It’s the box-office blahs again.

    But who doesn’t think “FF 7” won’t open to at least $100-million in two weeks?
    With the possible exception of “Paul Blart 2” (I’m assuming somebody must want to see it), that’s probably the last sure thing until “Generic Marvel Comic Book Sequel” #248 hits on May 1st.

  4. YancySkancy says:

    EtGuild2: Bilge Ebiri has a rave for JAUJA at Vulture.com. He’s seen it four times already. He says he still can’t claim to understand it all, and makes it sound like it is pretty challenging. He calls it “rapturously bizarre” and says the final scenes are a “what-the-fuck of epic proportions.” I doubt it will come anywhere close to where I live, but I’ll keep an eye out for VOD.

  5. Smith says:

    EtGuild2: Cinema Guild picked an especially bad weekend to open Jauja – Lincoln Center (where Jauja is playing on the smallest of their three screens) and MOMA are putting on the annual New Directors/New Films showcase, which I’m sure is drawing the vast majority of the arthouse crowd that might otherwise show up for Jauja (case in point – I spent last night at a ND/NF screening of White God).

  6. EtGuild2 says:

    Thanks guys. “White God” looks amazing.

  7. palmtree says:

    Promos for F7 have been great. I’d put money on it opening 100.

  8. Chucky says:

    NCAA Final Four + Easter Sunday + Passover will put a crimp in any big opening for the latest Fast and Furious money grab.

    [And it ain’t just mainstream fare; arty picture “Woman in Gold” had its release moved up to 4/1 to avoid Passover.]

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