A drop is still a drop
Weekly Update:
It's funny how when you order some food that comes with a certain number of pieces and when you find an extra piece, it's like you won the lottery and discovered heaven all in one. But when you are short a piece, you go ballistic like the word is about to end. Great example is a 6-piece chicken nuggets from McDonald's and if you get a 7th nugget, you won the fast food lottery of all time! You don't care how it got there but you are 100% happy it showed up some how. But on the flip-side, you only get 5-pieces and you are furious that the one nugget never made and you are immediately calling them or writing the corporate office as to why something like a missing nugget happened in the first place! It is like all the systems that make the world function just all of a sudden shut down. Funny how plus one piece can make your world but minus a piece shuts it down.
At the movies:
Holding the crown for it's 2nd week is The Super Mario Galaxy Movie with an extra 69 million, now hitting over 300 mil cume! At this rate, it could get to 400 in about 2 more weeks but it should get there in time. Also holding for another week at #2 is Project Hail Mary with 24.6 mil as it continues to make its way to 300 mil but will require more time to get there. No movement at #3 as The Drama keeps it spot and earns 8.7 mil with very little change. Though it's not doing huge numbers, it still is doing very well. New at #4 is You, Me & Tuscany with 8 mil to open and likely will be a quick burn. Rounding off the top 5 is Hoppers with 4.1 mil as it quietly wraps up.
New movies that did not make the top 5:
In at #6 is Faces of Death with 1.7 mil and it was a decent wide release pattern, just not grabbing the wide audiences. New at #7 is Exit 8 with 1.4 mil but this was on less than 500 screens. Still pretty low and will exit out of theatres quickly.
Quote of the week:
"Either you run the day or the day runs you." - Jim Rohn
Facts & Tips:
Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backward.
"I have responsibilities, I have four kids." = Steve Little as Steve Janowski in the series Eastbound & Down.
April Fool's
Weekly Update:
Baseball has started another season and will the LA Dodgers get a third championship? They have showed a strong showing so far but from the start to the end is a long way to go and a lot of games to play. In MLB history there has only been 4 teams to win three World Series in a row and the New York Yankees own that title for 3 of them! The last one was from 1998 to 2000. The only other team to have a 3-peat were the Oakland Athletics which was from 1972 to 1974 which they are now the Las Vegas Athletics or will be. So, if the LA Dodgers win this year, they will make history by being the 5th team but only 3rd different team to win a 3-peat and a first for the LA Dodger baseball club. Again, a long way to go but here's wishing them the best this season!
At the movies:
New at #1 with a huge box office is The Super Mario Galaxy Movie earning an outstanding 130.9 million for the weekend but a 5-day total of 190.1 mil! This is an huge number and should get to 200 mil by tomorrow. Above expectations and Easter Sunday is usually not a very busy weekend too. Drop down to #2 is Project Hail Mary with another 30.7 mil as it now passes the 200 mil cume mark. Still going strong and will continue to do well. New at #3 is The Drama with 14.4 mil and not a lot on this film, may do OK overall. Hanging on to #4 is Hoppers with 5.8 mil and it will continue to lose steam and be out soon. Rounding off the top 5 is Reminders of Him with an extra 2.2 mil and likely the last we see of this movie.
New movies that did not make the top 5:
Just one this week in at #6 is A Great Awakening with 2.1 mil. It opened on over 1200 screens so not a great number overall.
Quote of the week:
"Great mind discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people." - Eleanor Roosevelt
Facts & Tips:
The average koala sleeps 22 hours each day.
"Devin, this is what happens when you do Minecraft instead of math! And neither of you should be eating Twinkies this close to dinner." - Ron G. as Brian in Just Swipe.
Mmmmmmm
Weekly Update:
One of the tools I am using to try and declutter my stuff is eBay. I can't remember if I talked about this before but it warrants another mention. Now, I am trying to declutter for the past several years and been doing it through eBay for the most part. It's semi-easy but not quick because you never know when someone may be looking for something you have so you just have to keep reposting it. But at least reposting is a simple two click process and that makes it using it very attractive. I would say I probably sell about 10 to 12 things a year but they range from something the size of a ring or pin to a big board game sized item. It is very random and when it's something small, I don't even notice the impact it makes in redeeming space in my house. When it's something big, that is awesome and I see the small difference but the challenge with that is finding the right size box to ship things in. You don't want to oversize the box because then you have to find extra packing materials plus the bigger the box, the more expensive the shipping. The smaller the item, the easier the shipping (an inexpensive) but the impact of space it makes, negligible. But what is the overall impact is the money that I can earn and set aside, that is the best part and I'm not just throwing stuff away... my junk is someone else's treasure as they say.
At the movies:
No surprise holding ground at #1 is Project Hail Mary with another 54.5 million and that is an incredibly small drop of only 32% from week 1. It is at 164 mil cume and should hit 200 probably by mid-week at this pace. Also holding at #2 is Hoppers with 12.2 mil more and gradually slowing down. New at #3 is They Will Kill You with 5 mil and probably a quick burn out. Drop down to #4 is Dhurandha The Revenge with an extra 4.8 mil and will continue to fade out. Holding again at #5 is Reminders of Him with 4.7 mil which is surprising but should be out by next week.
New movies that did not make the top 5:
Just one this week at #10 is Forbidden Fruits with only 1.2 mil on a wide release and only doing less than $800 per screen.
Quote of the week:
"Where there is great love, there are always wishes." - Willa Cather.
Facts & Tips:
One brow wrinkle is the result of 200,000 frowns.
"Only a fool makes threats he's not prepared to carry out." - Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Jaime Lannister in the series
Sprin... SUMMER is here!!
I went to the parks this past week getting some friends in and talk about a scorcher. Monday through Wednesday I would say the average was 95 degrees. Thursday and Friday were both in the low 90's and it didn't break till Saturday when it only hit 88. First day of Spring was this past Friday but I think we completely skipped it and went right to Summer! What does this mean for the Summer weather than? I hope we aren't for record breaking temperatures this year when we officially go into Summer. We already had record breakers for this past week in the start of Spring! Global warming and climate change are such a real thing. It is like if someone sees how green the grass is in front of them and say it isn't green simply because they prefer it to be any color but green. They end up saying I didn't see any green grass. They deny the truth to fit their own mindset and do nothing to correct or help the situation but simply make it worse and worse. People are stupid.
Weekly Update:
It is interesting how maps and map programs have changed over the past 20 to 25 years. Before it was all folded road maps or if you were lucky, a Thomas Guide which was detailed down to the street as long as no construction work had taken place. Then we evolved to things like MapQuest and other programs such as having a navigation system in your car. What was interesting about your car nav is it was only accurate up to the point of when you purchased your car and if you want a more accurate map, you had to get a new CD. Now, the apps for location are so accurate and car navs are connected to your own app or a global tracking system. They now knew traffic alerts or if a car is pulled over to the side that might cause some delays on the road. You can watch someone move blocks by just being connected to them and watching them walk down the street. Even games have mapping that can you help you get around like Pokémon Go! It uses probably Google Maps because I can see the roads and if it's a dead end street or not and my location on the map is so accurate! It is easy to know where anyone is now these days!
At the movies:
Big opening at #1 with Project Hail Mary earning a huge 80.6 million and very positive reviews. Should get to 100 mil in no time and continue it's way to a potentially quick 200 at the box office. Drop down to #2 is Hoppers with 18 mil extra and another 37% drop which is very good. Movie broke into the 100 mil category but 200 may be a stretch. New at #3 is Dhurandha The Revenge with 10 mil to open and this might be a quick burn. New at #4 is Ready or Not 2: Here I Come with 9.1 mil which isn't bad for this film. Rounding off the top 5 is Reminders of Him with another 8 mil and should fade out fast.
New movies that did not make the top 5:
Just one this week in wide-release is The Pout-Pout Fish with 1.5 mil and less than $1000 per screen, this one will be out of theatres fast.
Quote of the week:
"Success is the sum of small efforts - repeated day in and day out." - Robert Collier
Facts & Tips:
The first vacuum was so large, it was brought to a house with horses.
"You can tell she's a good dancer by the way she drinks her soda pop." - Oscar Nunez as Ramone in The Proposal.
SUMMER!!!
Weekly Update:
Recently Panera Bread came out with this new Dubai Chocolate Cookie and I had a thing for a free desert so thought I would try it. First off, it's very small, a little bit bigger than say a Chips Ahoy! brand cookie. It's also a very soft, chewy cookie which is fine but the size is disappointing. Then, there is very little of the pistachio filling inside that you don't even taste or notice it. It was more like a soft bake cookie with some pistachio on top that you could taste but the rest of it, doesn't take anything but chocolate and I really like that pistachio/cream and kataifi pastry filling. That is the key to this Dubai chocolate craze, I mean forget the chocolate just give me that filling please! But the Panera cookie for $4.99 is not worth it, not even if it's half that if they do that 50% offers. Get the better value for the Kitchen Sink cookie when it's 50% or free.
At the movies:
Holding at #1 for a 2nd week is Hoppers with
another 28.5 million and only a 37% drop! Movie is close to 100 mil cume
and should get there in another couple of days. New at #2 is Remindersof Him with 18.3 mil and could be a fast burn. Also new at #3
is Undertone with 9.3 mil and not much on this one so will
likely drop fast. Drop down to #4 is Scream 7 with 8.4 mil
extra as it passes the 100 mil mark but likely not go too much further.
Rounding off the top is GOAT with 4.7 mil and closer to 100
mil, will get there but will take more time.
Quote of the week:
"Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within." - James Baldwin
Facts & Tips:
Lizards communicated by doing push-ups.
"Do you ever get the feeling that you were meant to do something extraordinary?" - Milo Ventimiglia as Peter Petrelli in the TV series Heroes.
