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Weekly Update:
I recently starting watching the series on Amazon, Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power and it's pretty dang amazing. From what I know of the lore, this has been pretty accurate or close so far but I am only through the first season and they are on season 2 now. Seeing a young Galadriel, Elrond and for the first time Celebrimbor, Isildur and Gil-galad! These are characters I have basically grown-up hearing and imagining. Playing a role-playing game called Middle Earth Roleplaying Game for years and years with reference to all these people. Seeing these visions pretty much come to life is incredible. Not sure where this will fall for me over the original movies and Peter Jackson remakes till I see more but so far, amazing.
At the movies:
New at #1 just in time for the season is Terrifier 3 with a decent 18.3 million to open. Not bad for a horror/suspense film during this time of year. Not a lot on this film either but next week will tell us how it will maintain. Holding ground at #2 is The Wild Robot with another 13.5 mil as it slowly approaches the 100 mil mark and may get that next week if not shortly after. Big drop down to #3 is Joker: Folle A Deux with 7.1 mil and a 81% decrease. That is very significant drop and this film will be gone in no time from theatres. Hanging on to #4 is Beetlejuice Beetlejuice with an extra 7.1 mil as it slowly approaches 300 mil and should still get there. Rounding off the top 5 is Piece by Piece with 3.8 mil and feels like a throw-away film which will be in-and-out of theatres quickly.
New movies that did not make the top 5:
Several this week! At #8 is My Hero Academia: You're Next with 3 mil to open on over 1800 runs so a very poor per screen average and will fade out fast. Right behind that at #9 is another re-release of Nightmare Before Christmas with 2.3 mil and that is pretty much all profit at this point. Rounding off the top 10 is The Apprentice with only 1.6 mil and over 1700 screens, this one will be fired out of the theatres quickly!
Quote of the week:
"Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown." - Charles de Gaulle
Facts & Tips:
Asparagus can grow up to 7 inches in a day.
"Shao Kahn is my father." - Samantha Win as Kitana in the online series Mortal Kombat: Legacy.
Dubai chocolate? Yes, have some.
Weekly Update:
I think the Earth is angry (and it should be too!). After the destruction of hurricane Helene which many states are still recovering from, another hurricane is on it's way to Florida this week. Hurricane Milton is projected to be a category 3 (out of 5, 5 being the worse) is projected to hit Tampa and make it's way across the state going East, through Orlando. That is if it maintains it's current trajectory and build up but hurricane's are very unpredictable and could change directions and intensity at any time. And then over this past week, we had a 4.7 earthquake in Ontario, Ca which is only about 25 miles from me so I did feel it. Occurred Sunday morning around 4AM and was more noisy than anything else for me. The Earth and/or Mother Nature, she is ticked off right now!
At the movies:
New at #1 this week is Joker: Folle A Deux with a 40 million opening. It's a good number but well below all expectations and the reviews are very poor on this film. I guess they mislead the audience into thinking it was a regular movie like the first one and not a musical. I think we will see a considerable drop next week for it. Drop down to #2 is The Wild Robot with another 18.7 mil as it tries to climb and reach 100 mil, still a possibility! Hanging out at #3 is Beetlejuice Beetlejuice with 10.3 mil extra and still within range to hit 300 mil! Down to #4 is Transformers One with 5.4 mil and will not reach the 100 mil mark at all. Rounding off the top 5 and holding is Speak No Evil with 2.8 mil and may be the last week we see it unless Joker drops way more than expected.
New movies that did not make the top 5:
In at #6 is Sam and Colby: The Legends of the Paranormal with 300 screens and $1.8 mil total. Not a good screen average and will fade out. New at #7 is White Bird with 1.5 mil with just over 1,000 screens and also a poor per average.
Quote of the week:
"Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself." - Octavia E. Butler
Facts & Tips:
Platypuses are venomous.
"You know what, I got a hangnail right there, on my thumb, you mind working on that one next?" - Kevin Weisman as Marshall Flinkman in the TV series Alias.
Consistency is good!
Weekly Update:
The life of a game does end... last week an app game called The Simpson's Tapped Out announced it will be ending with the final day to play on January 24, 2025. Turns out I have been playing this game for over 9-years! It wasn't a complicated game and unlike a lot of games it wasn't competitive. It was a very casual, fun game surrounded by the theme of Springfield, the home of the Simpsons. I didn't have to worry about troops or a base shield or getting to the next level for enhancements or the ability to upgrade something. It was just a simple, fun and no-brainer game I enjoyed and if I missed a day, so what, I knew nothing would happen and I won't lose anything. So, I am sad to hear this game is ending but I'll definitely keep playing it till the lights turn off.
At the movies:
New at #1 is The Wild Robot with a decent 35 million to open. A good number for this time of year and a film with heart. Next week will tell us how well this movie will do in the long run. Drop down to #2 is Beetlejuice Beetlejuice with another 16 mil and now hitting 250 mil, could possibly make it to 300 mil when it's said and done. Sliding down to #3 is Transformers One with 9.3 mil and this looks like it will fall very short of 100 mil mark. New at #4 is Devara Part 1 with 5.1 mil and these numbers aren't very strong that we may not see part 2 in wide release. Rounding off the top 5 is Speak No Evil with an extra 4.3 mill and will be dropping out soon.
New movies that did not make the top 5:
Just one this week, in at #6 is the epic Megalopolis with only 4 mil to open and definitely fell short of expectations.
Quote of the week:
"Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go." - William Feather
Facts & Tips:
The praying mantis can turn its head 180 degrees.
"Kiss her you fool!" - Stephen Merchant as Dave Gibbs in the TV series The Big Bang Theory.
The heat is GONE?
Weekly Update:
There was a TV sitcom called Cheers back in the early 1980's and in case you don't know what it is was about, a bar in Boston that is owned and operated by a former Red Sox's pitcher named Sam Malone (made up of course) and it was just a place were hijinks ensued every week. One thing I always enjoyed about the show was the spirit and also the theme song of th show, "Where Everybody Knows Your Name" by Gary Portnoy and Judy Hart Angelo. So why do I like it so much? A long time ago I used to go to this placed called Virtual World (another story for another time) and every time I walked it, everyone would cheer "McDuck!" as was my callsign for the establishment. It just reminded me of the show Cheers and when Virtual World closed, I lost that sense of comraderies and home away from home feel. But, I seem to have found a tiny little bit of that at Panera that I frequent often. Some of the people recognize me but just don't know my name and that is OK. I miss that old place, Virtual World... it was my escape from reality I suppose.
At the movies:
Holding it's ground for a 3rd week in-a-row is Beetlejuice Beetlejuice with another 26 million and now just past the 200 mil mil mark! Still solid word-of-mouth carrying this film and should get a bit further when it's all said and done. New at #2 is Transformers One with 25 mil to open and I feel this franchise is a bit worn out now. Drop down to #3 is Speak No Evil with 5.9 mil more and still a good overall number for this genre of film. New at #4 is Never Let Go with 4.5 mil and this one will pretty much be let go after another week. Rounding off the top 5 for it's 9th week in release is Deadpool & Wolverine with another 3.9 mil and solidifying it's name in the 600 mil range.
New movies that did not make the top 5:
A couple this week... in at #6 is Substance with 3.1 mil and not much on substance at the box office. Coming in at #9 is Jung Kook: I Am Still with 1.4 mil and maybe they needed to move instead of being still.
Quote of the week:
"Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities." - Frank Lloyd Wright
Facts & Tips:
You transfer more germs shaking hands than kissing.
"Yeah. I heard that bullshit. Look man, Wink is scandalous, dawg." - Mekhi Phifer as Future in 8 Mile.
bring it on down now
Weekly Update:
Popcorn buckets... this is such a big thing now from movie theatres to theme park buckets and most of them do not even hold popcorn very well if you were to use them for that. Theme park buckets are such a big business and they make them exclusive to either coast. By that I mean only certain ones will be at Disneyland in California and some only at Disney World in Florida. So one has to know people in another state to get a certain bucket or travel themselves to get one but then all the costs to do that as well. Also, shipping has gotten super expensive as well lately. And then, once you get these buckets, what do you do with them? They are huge and take up a lot of room, even if you were to display them, they are kind of odd looking after awhile to display. I just do not get this kind of collecting.
At the movies:
The juice holds on to the #1 spot for a 2nd week in a row! Beetlejuice Beetlejuice earns another 51.6 million for it's 2nd week at #1 and now just a small distance to 200 mil, it should get that by mid-week the latest. New at #2 is Speak No Evil with 11.5 mil and not a bad number overall. Hanging on to #3 after 8-weeks is Deadpool & Wolverine with 5.2 mil as it continues to solidify it's mark at the box office this year. New at #4 Am I Racist? with 4.8 mil and I don't see this film lasting very long. Drop down to #5 is Reagan with 2.9 mil and this one is quietly dropping out and should be gone by next week.
New movies that did not make the top 5:
Two this week... in at #6 is The Killer's Game with 2.6 mil and not a great number which will quickly be out of theatres. At #10 is God's Not Dead: In God We Trust with only 1.5 mil and also not a great number.
Quote of the week:
"The secret of business is to know something that nobody else knows." - Aristotle Onassis
Facts & Tips:
The fear of vegetables is called lachanophobia.
"I'm in a boy band." - Diego Boneta as Drew Boley in Rock of Ages.
