Stay cool
Weekly Update:
This past weekend I got to dog sit again for MISO! He's such a good dog and smaller than what I am used to but still a good boy. He listens for the most part like Orion but the last time didn't like going in the crate when I had to go out for a short errand. He will be visiting me again in a few weeks so will work on him getting used to the crate when I have to go out. Usually when I go out, it's for a very short time too (at most 30 to 45 minutes). But, we know dogs can't tell time except when they are hungry which is almost all the time. But he doesn't whine or bark. The last couple of nights the coyotes have been noisy but he remained calm and didn't bark, just looked out into the darkness and listening to them make their ruckus.
At the movies:
Holding it's crown for a second weekend is The Devil Wears Prada 2 with another 43 million and now over the 100 mil mark which is on track to break 200 eventually. New at #2 is Mortal Kombat II with 40 mil to open. Not a great number but good enough and also did slightly less than it's predecessor which was released in theatres and online at the same time. 2nd weekend will be a big tell for this film. Slight drop to #3 is Michael with 36.5 mil, a good low drop for this film as it gets closer to 300 mil. New at #4 is The Sheep Detectives with 15.9 mil and a pretty soft opening for a wide-release pattern. New and rounding off the top 5 is Billie Ellish - Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour with 7.5 mil, the title seems way too long to me.
Quote of the day:
"Happiness is not a matter of intensity but a balance, order, rhythm and harmony." - Thomas Merton
Facts & Tips:
Animals that lay eggs don't have belly buttons.
"Welcome to purgatory!" - Jamie Bamber as Midshipman Archie Kennedy in the series
Horatio Hornblower.
Remember Luke...
Today is May the 4th which is often considered Star Wars day now since it now sounds like May the Force be with you. But then there is debate on if the 5th or 6th is Sith day, the anti-Jedi since both do sound close to the word Sith. I think the 6th is closer as both start with an S and it gives a day gap between the two dates. Also this should be an international observed holiday, I mean the movie franchise is world wide and has sparked so many new things like spin-offs and conventions all to itself. What once was part of something like San Diego Comic Con and other conventions is now on it's own PLUS that with Celebration that is generally heled in a rotation between Anaheim, Germany and Japan. This is definitely one of the few things that has spanned the globe and almost recognizable in some form or fashion that I think it deserves it's own day which should be today of all days.
Weekly Update:
This past Saturday I went to the Walt Disney Studio lot for an event called Mickey's Morning Mayhem. This was the 3rd annual of this event and it is fashioned after Disneyland's Minnie's Moonlit Madness. This year the weather was overall better (not 90+ degrees) and they had water throughout the entire event! I did get to test several of the clues beforehand and I have to say they were all pretty easy. The average clue time should take around 8 to 10 minutes each and I was able to finish them under 5 mins with the group I had during testing. With the clues being kind of easy, there ended up being a LOT of ties for each grouping. From their easy to hard, every one of them had a tie from 5 teams to as high as 11 teams! That was pretty crazy but with that happening last year (but not as many), they were prepared with tie-breakers and those worked out nicely. But overall a great event with a really good breakfast featuring breakfast burritos and steel cut oats. I was very full by the time it was the start of the event through the entire rest of the day! But also, I miss the studio lot and it was great to be back again, sort of felt like coming home.
At the movies:
New at #1 with a hefty 77 million is The Devil Wears Prada 2. Being a 20-year gap since the first film, this is a good number but the real test will be how it holds up in week #2. Slight drop to #2 is Michael with an extra 54 mil as it now narrows in at the 200 mil mark and should hit that by mid-week. Also slightly dropping to #3 is The Super Mario Galaxy Movie with 12.1 mil more in it's 5th week and just passing 400 mil which is a fantastic number. Holding on to #4 after 7 weeks is Project Hail Mary with 8.6 mil as it slowly starts to wind down from it's run just passing the 300 mil mark. New at #5 is Hokum with 6.4 mil and this was barely in and will likely drop out next week.
New movies that did not make the top 5:
A few this week starting at #6 is Animal Farm with 3.4 mil on a very wide-release pattern only averaging $1300 per screen which is very poor. New at #8 is Deep Water with 2.2 mil on about 1600 runs and with an even less per screen average. And at #9, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Tears of the Azure Sea with only $100k but on less than 1,000 screens making about $1100 per screen. The movie title will be longer than it's theatrical run!
Quote of the week:
"The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible." - Arthur C. Clarke
Facts & Tips:
A bee has five eyelids.
"Livin' in the ghetto, black is everywhere you go. Would have thought I'd love a girl whose skin was white as winter snow?" - Elijah Kelley as Seaweed in
Hairspray (2007)
How fast is fast
Weekly Update:
I was recently told that McDonald's has sheet cake for birthday parties but so far, I haven't been able to find a location that has it. The internet does say very select locations and usually those with a Play Place. I went to two different ones with a Play Place and neither had it so where are they? The ones with Play Places makes sense too as families can hold birthday parties there for their kids but I guess not all of them have it sadly. It's a very simple white cake with white frosting and sometimes referred to as the Ronald's Birthday Cake. My quest will continue to find this cake!
At the movies:
New at #1 this week is Michael with a huge 97 million for it's debut. Solid word-of-mouth on this biopic and should easily get to 100 by mid-day or sooner tomorrow. Drop down to #2 is The Super Mario Galaxy Movie with 21.2 mil extra as it's quickly making it's way to 400 mil cume and could get that by end of this week. Also dropping down to #3 is Project Hail Mary with 13.2 mil more as it slowly winds down and will cap out soon with just over 300 mil. Drop down to #4 is Lee Cronin's The Mummy with an extra 5.6mil and this one will also cap out soon barely making a dent. Rounding off the top 5 is The Drama with another 2.6 mil and also winding down and eventually out.
New movies that did not make the top 5:
Two this week, first at #8 is Over Your Dead Body with 1.4 mil to open on over 1500 screens with less than 1k per screen average. In at #10 is American Youngboy with 1.2 mil with just over 500 screens, a very low number and will be out quickly.
Quote of the week:
"Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world." - Archimedes.
Facts & Tips:
Mosquitoes are attracted to people who just ate bananas.
"If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88-miles per hour... you're gonna see some serious shit." - Christopher Lloyd as Dr. Emmett Brown in Back to the Future.
I'm a fan!
Weekly Update:
The last two Saturday's I went up to Burbank to do some game testing for an upcoming event in May. It was easy getting up there at around 830 to 9AM but coming home around 1PM was insane. What took me about 40 minutes to get up there, took me closer to 2 hours to get home when I left around 1PM. Why was there so much traffic on a SATURDAY!!? Rhetorical question but why oh why was there so much and it wasn't even a work day! School's are out, no churches (Saturday remember), no big events that I am aware especially at that hour, and gas prices are so high across the country... that it feels like more people are out driving! I need there to be none to light traffic on a weekend, please!
At the movies:
Hanging on to the #1 spot for a third week in a row is The Super Mario Galaxy Movie with an extra 35 million and still on a solid track to hit 400 in time. Also holding at #2 is Project Hail Mary with 20.5 mil and just shy of 300 mil cume, should get that by end of this coming week. New at #3 is Lee Cronin's The Mummy with 13.5 mil and I think the general audience is waiting for a different kind of mummy movie. Drop down to #4 is The Drama with 4.8 mil as it continues to wind down. Rounding off the top 5 is You, Me & Tuscany with 3.8 mil more and possibly will fall out next week from the top 5.
New movies that did not make the top 5:
Several this week as we start with #7, Normal with 2.7 mil in a wide release and only $1300 per screen, won't be able to hold onto those screens. At #8 is Busboys with 1.6 mil but just under 1,000 runs, still a low number. And finally at #9 is Bhooth Bangla with 977k, also under 1,000 runs and didn't fair so well.
Quote of the week:
"Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough." - Og Mandino
Facts & Tips:
Cats have over 100 vocal cords."I know there's a "D" in there, but it keeps moving every time I try and write it down." - Kaley Cuoco as Penny in the TV series
The Big Bang Theory.
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.
