The Forgetful Five

Weekend Openers
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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Welcome back Vin Diesel! Diesel stars as a veteran-turned-mercenary who takes the high-risk job of escorting a woman from Russia to America. The bad news is she is a host to an organism that a cult wants to harvest in order to produce a genetically modified Messiah.

Don Cheadle starring in an action movie? Uh oh. Straight arrow FBI agent (Guy Pierce) heads up an investigation into a dangerous international conspiracy and all clues lead back to our buddy Cheadle, a former U.S. Special Ops officer.

From the writers of such classics as Epic Movie and Meet The Spartans, we bring you Disaster Movie! Over the course of one evening, an unsuspecting group of twenty-somethings find themselves bombarded by a series of natural disasters and catastrophic events. Hilarity ensues!

Drake Bell sneaks off of the Disney small screen to show up in College. A wild weekend is in store for three high school seniors who visit a local college campus as prospective freshmen. American Idol fans will notice Chicken Little himself, Kevin Covais in a starring role.

While all of the pop-ups on the movie sites are telling me that Hamlet 2 is going to be a sleeper hit, I wonder if any movie with David Arquette in the cast can ever be listed as a "hit". In this irreverent comedy, a failed actor-turned-worse-high-school-drama treacher rallies his Tucson, AZ students as he conceives and stages a politically incorrect musical sequel to Shakespeare's Hamlet. Ummm, ok.

Frightening Four Pack Results

DEATH RACE      ACTUAL      GUESS     DIFF
Ryan            $12.62     $17.00    $4.38
LJ                         $19.40    $6.78
Grimm                      $20.85    $8.23
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HOUSE BUNNY     ACTUAL      GUESS     DIFF
Grimm           $14.53     $11.10    $3.43
Ryan                       $10.50    $4.03
LJ                          $4.30   $10.23
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THE LONGSHOTS   ACTUAL      GUESS     DIFF
Ryan             $4.08      $7.00    $2.92
Grimm                       $7.45    $3.37
LJ                          $8.70    $4.62
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THE ROCKER      ACTUAL      GUESS     DIFF
Ryan             $2.64     $10.00    $7.36
LJ                         $14.60   $11.96
Grimm                      $15.87   $13.23
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TOTALS        DEATH     BUNNY  LONGSHOTS    ROCKER
Ryan          $4.38  +  $4.03  +  $2.92  +   $7.36  = $18.69
Grimm         $8.23  +  $3.43  +  $3.37  +  $13.23  = $28.26
LJ            $6.78  + $10.23  +  $4.62  +  $11.96  = $37.47

The Frightning Foursome scared away most of the competitors as we have 3 to battle for the gold. Ryan makes a comeback winning his league high 4th Gold of the season. LJ's 3rd place finish keeps her from taking over 3rd in the overall standings.

Frightening Four Pack

Weekend Openers
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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It looks to be a sad, sad weekend for movies.

First off, Rainn Wilson is moving from The Office to the big screen in The Rocker. Apparently he gets his freak on with Christina Applegate - pardon me while I try and pry that imagery out of my head with a claw hammer.

Everyone's favorite B-movie action star Jason Statham is back driving in a Death Race whose only similarity to the original with David Carradine and Sylvester Stallone are the character names. Sorry folks, no points for killing people here.

Anna Faris tries to make people forget those hilariously awful uncomedies and tries a more serious role in The House Bunny. Oh, please - who am I kidding? It's safe to say you won't be seeing Faris in any dramatic roles. At least not while these gems are here for her to do.

And inspired by a true story, Ice Cube coaches a female quarterback in The Longshots. Is this comparable to Walter Matthau and his female pitcher in the Bad News Bears? And did my eyes deceive me or is Fred Durst directing this? Eeek.

I am thinking Batman may regain the #1 spot this week.

Tropic Thunder / Mirrors / Clone Wars Results

TROPIC THUNDER  ACTUAL      GUESS     DIFF
Grimm           $26.00     $27.11    $1.11
Media Boy                  $24.00    $2.00
LJ                         $23.56    $2.44
Ryan                       $31.50    $5.50
Will                       $11.80   $14.20
Mikey                       $8.35   $17.65
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MIRRORS         ACTUAL      GUESS     DIFF
Grimm           $11.12     $13.88    $2.76
Ryan                       $14.00    $2.88
Will                        $8.00    $3.12
Mikey                       $5.26    $5.86
LJ                         $17.63    $6.51
Media Boy                  $18.00    $6.88
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CLONE WARS      ACTUAL      GUESS     DIFF
LJ              $15.50     $11.87    $3.63
Ryan                       $20.00    $4.50
Grimm                      $22.95    $7.45
Mikey                      $25.46    $9.96
Will                       $30.00   $14.50
Media Boy                  $33.00   $17.50
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TOTALS         THUNDER     MIRRORS      CLONE WARS
Grimm           $1.11   +   $2.76    +     $7.45   =  $11.32
LJ              $2.44   +   $6.51    +     $3.63   =  $12.58
Ryan            $5.50   +   $2.88    +     $4.50   =  $12.88
Media Boy       $2.00   +   $6.88    +    $17.50   =  $26.38
Will           $14.20   +   $3.12    +    $14.50   =  $31.82
Mikey          $17.65   +   $5.86    +     $9.96   =  $33.47 

Mikey fails in his Box Office debut, while Media Boy comes within a Clone Wars of standing on the podium in his first attempt. Who knew the Star Wars faithful wouldn't be down with a cartoon Yoda? LJ scores her second medal while Grimm takes over the overall lead.

Thunder/Mirrors/Clone Wars Triple Play

Weekend Openers
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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It's a wide open weekend. While Tropic Thunder may be the favorite, we haven't had a good horror movie in awhile - Mirrors could surprise. And we can't forget those Star Wars geeks who will probably be camping out for the Clone Wars cartoon as well.

Pineapple Sisterhood Results

PINEAPPLE       ACTUAL      GUESS     DIFF
Grimm           $22.40     $32.17    $9.77
Ryan                       $35.80   $13.40
LJ                         $36.20   $13.80
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SISTERHOOD      ACTUAL      GUESS     DIFF
Grimm           $10.77     $12.88    $2.11
LJ                         $13.60    $2.83
Ryan                       $16.40    $5.63

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TOTALS          MUMMY      SWING
Grimm           $9.77  +   $2.11 =   $11.88
LJ             $13.80  +   $2.83  =  $16.63
Ryan           $13.40  +   $5.63  =  $19.03

The Pineapple Sisterhood

Weekend Openers
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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Can The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants derail The Pinapple Express?

Swinging Mummy Results

THE MUMMY       ACTUAL     GUESS     DIFF
Ryan            $42.45     $51.70    $9.35
Grimm                      $53.85   $11.40
Will                       $60.50   $18.05
LJ                         $75.20   $32.75
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SWING VOTE      ACTUAL     GUESS     DIFF
Will             $6.30     $8.20    $1.90
Ryan                       $9.70    $3.40
Grimm                     $11.98    $5.68
LJ                        $32.00   $25.70
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TOTALS          MUMMY      SWING
Ryan            $9.35  +   $3.40 =   $12.75
Grimm          $11.40  +   $5.68  =  $17.08
Will           $18.05  +   $1.90  =  $19.95
LJ             $32.75  +  $25.70  =  $58.45