[bobbyk1133]

All week tracking was strong for this one with signs of a mid-high 30's opening weekend. Today things stalled and went backwards. Some of that might have to do with the fact that they didn't screen the movie for critics and some might have to do with lack of pre-sales and modest studio expectations (high 20s-low30s). Predictions range btwn 30-35M making it tricky to get a handle on. Competition will be strong again as the Vow and Safe House will be popular picks again this weekend. Also Nic Cage hasn't been bankable over recent years.

Interesting that Intertops set the over/under at 25M. Seems they are banking on a potential bomb. I like 25-32M w/ a hedge on 32-39M in case 3D sales and a 4-day weekend pushes it over.

[darko3131]

I'm guessing you didn't see the first movie? Because if you did you'd have bet on the lowest amount and not burned any money on the hedge. Seriously one of the worst movies of all time and Cage is a joke as a leading man. I hope the studio losses a ton of money here because they deserve it for greenlighting this crap.

If you only get fri-sun your done, if you get Monday as a bonus its possible you can salvage 25M, might want to go out and see the movie 4 times to help you cause

[bobbyk1133]

I'm guessing you didn't see the first movie? Because if you did you'd have bet on the lowest amount and not burned any money on the hedge. Seriously one of the worst movies of all time and Cage is a joke as a leading man. I hope the studio losses a ton of money here because they deserve it for greenlighting this crap. If you only get fri-sun your done, if you get Monday as a bonus its possible you can salvage 25M, might want to go out and see the movie 4 times to help you cause

The bet includes the 4-day weekend. I didn't see the 1st one nor do I plan on seeing this one. Right now it looks on pace for about a mid-high 20's so it should hit. It could drop below 25M depending on how today goes. Here's hoping it holds...

[darko3131]

We both win! Ghost rider deservedly flops and you hung on by the skin of your teeth 25.4M or something. That theater you rented out sure helped. Hopefully this is the start of another hot streak for you, this years slate has some HUGE blockbusters Avengers, Dark Knight Rises, Hobbit, Final Twilight, Spiderman reboot with Emma Stone, Brave hopefully Rise of the Guardians. Not sold on Hunger Games but some people are going nuts for it. As Bart Scott would say Can't Wait.

[bobbyk1133]

That was a close one, but it's much better being on the right side of these than the other. I'm looking forward to those flicks too, but they seem like a long way away at this point. There's a ton of ppl that think Dark Knight will beat the Potter record, but I have my doubts.

[Blackroc78]