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Weekend Openers
We have just started the fall/winter season and the scores have all been reset. Now is a great time for more people to play. Remember, the more people that play, the less likely I will win (again).

Your mission: Predict the opening weekend (Fri-Sun) totals for this week's releases. The deadline is Friday night at Midnight EST.

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An interesting start to the new season to be sure...

We finally get a DeNiro-Pacino film, even if it is probably 10 years too late. DeNiro and Pacino star as two veteran New York City detectives who work to identify the possible connection between a recent murder and a case they believe they solved years ago. Is there a serial killer on the loose, and did they possibly put the wrong man behind bars? It sounds good, and it does have John Leguizamo, Donnie Wahlberg and Brian Dennehy as co-stars...oh wait, never mind - so is 50 Cent. Ouch.

Two families from different walks of life learn to work together in this Tyler Perry gig. I'll be honest, I am not a big follower of Tyler Perry - even if he seems to be invading my television screen with his various film and television projects. And to give Perry some credit, I can say that I have never seen any of his work - therefore I really can't pass too much judgment here can I? Well besides the fact that he puts his name in front of everything he does - that seriously annoys me to know end. Kathy Bates is in this movie - that in itself rules.

The Cohen Brothers are back at it and once again they are teaming up with George Clooney in this crime comedy about a disk containing the memoirs of a CIA agent that ends up in the hands of two unethical gym employees who attempt to sell it. The cast is packed with stars as Brad Pitt, Frances McDormand and John Malkovich join Clooney in what I suspect may be the "cool" film of the fall. Hell, I would almost pay to see it just to see Malkovich hit Pitt in the nose again. Almost.

When my wife saw that The Women was coming and the cast that was attached to it, she immediately declared box office success. Well, um....that probably is not gonna happen. The cast looks fantastic, as it seems to have plucked female leads from every aspect and age group - From Bette Midler and Annette Bening to Jada Pickett Smith and Debra Messing. The movie, however, is about a wealthy New Yorker leaving her cheating husband and bonding with other society women at a resort. Not exactly the kind of movie women will be able to drag their significant others to.