Yeah and MI3 making over 100m more then the original makes total sense

Dont get me started with those legs you're giving it.

The tracking isn't that unrealistic. The first two both opened on Wednesday and Memorial Day weekend, making their 3-Day weekend gross smaller than potential. $19,000-$20,000 PTA (vs. the first two's $15,000-$16,000) looks right.

Plus, considering that Paramount gave M:I-2 3,600 theaters in 2000 (I believe it was the record at the time) and gave War of the Worlds 3,900 theaters last summer, we should expect atleast that much for M:I-3.

Not to mention the first M:I was the first movie to ever go into over 3,000 theaters ever.

3,900 theaters at least.

So let's tally up what type of news Tom has been using to build up buzz for this film:

1) Pending wedding to Katie Holmes
2) Pending birth of their child (timed conveniently around this film's release....)
3) Father issues
4) Eating placenta (yeah, that's the latest one)
5) Silent birth
6) Katie cutting her previous ties, and now only being a Scientologist
7) Tom/Katie's father problems
8) Medications (like before)
9) Post partum depression

I'm sure there are more? But regardless, Cruise is taking the publicity to an absurd level. There are some things that people don't need to know, but he's going all out to make sure people know...

So Cruise is an attention whore?

He's becoming a middle-aged man Paris Hilton...

I think this is a publicity stunt in itself. He planned the baby to come around the movie in my opinion, and everyone complained about how much he was bringing publicity to the movie. He's also looked like a jerk lately w/ the Matt Lauer, Brook Shields stuff, so he's only "scrapped" publicity to show how "caring" he is and that the career can be put on hold, and to give the public a more favorable view of him. But think about it, he knew 6 months ago that the baby was being expected around MI3's opening, so it isn't like his scrapping promotions is out of surprise. He knew that they would overlap, even saying that he wouldn't get married until after the MI3 promotions. This latest move is just an attempt to give him a more favored view compared to what people have now. If he really sincerely thought this was more important, he would have told the studios way in advance that he wasn't going to promote MI3 anymore because of his other committments, and not done Blackberry interviews with Diane Sawyer just days before the birth...

Excuse me, but how the hell do you "plan" a baby to be born when your film comes out? That's not even possible to do. Medical science doesn't allow you to pre-determine when your baby will be born. It's not possible to calculate the date when you are going to impregnate your girlfriend/wife.

Are you aware that MOST people spend months, even years actively trying to get pregnant? Are you aware that women don't automatically become pregnant the moment they have unprotected sex?

You are being completely ridicilous.

Are you aware that MOST of my post wasn't supposed to be taken so literally?

You just marry a mammal with a gestation period close to the desired timeframe, have sex frequently during ovulation, and hope for the best...

Short hair = Long Legs!

60 million opening

260 finish!

You totally just stole my prediction.

You better get your eyes checked then, cause you have 60 Million for an Opening and I have 65 Million and you have 260 Million for a grand total and I have 250-270 Million Squee.. Where's the theft involved with this???

It's a devious, clever theft. Like a cat burglar.

Meow! (This is the only thing that somehow resembles a cat)...

Oh come on.. When you watch the show "The Price is Right" does it affect you when a contestant bids something like 250 Dollars for an itenm and the person next to them bids 251 Dollars??? That's sort of what this is like..

I was not a fan of the first two (especially the 2nd) but the 3rd one looks promising (great action set pieces, more human drama). Seems as if J.J. Abrams was the right guy to hire...

You were being sarcastic? Ah, Ok. I've just heard people saying thins like that for real, so you just never know...

The "hope for the best" part is important. The thing is, even in ideal condtitions it's just pure luck whether you get pregnant or not. Some people do. many don't. I'm 29 and I know quite a lot people who are trying to get pregnant - It's not something you can count on. Typically people try it for months before they succeed.

There are two reviews out so far. Both are highly positive. The overall buzz in fact is very good for the film.

http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/archives ... hp#COLUMN2

http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=23062

With a Friday release, as compared with a Wednesday release of the last M:I:2, I think its opening weekend should be huge. Other than last year, the first weekend of May has been very kind to movies and really jump started the movie season. M:I:3 should take advantage of this as an event film and capture at least 70 mil over the 3 day weekend. I think it will be $80 mil.

3 day - 80 mil
total- 255 mil

If the reviews keep up the way they are right now for this, it just might..

BKB that will never happen for an action sequel like this in the beginning of May. 2.7 tops.

wow...summer is sooo close! ONE MORE WEEK then MI3!