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Dr. Lecter
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Mr. X wrote: Dr. Lecter wrote: Mr. X wrote: I hate to say it, but I feel this will disappoint. It's a brilliant movie, but almost too brilliant. Wait, you've already seen it? I sure did. It's my favorite movie of the year. I thought that honor went to Shaun of the Dead. _________________The greatest thing on earth is to love and to be loved in return!
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Mister Ecks
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I don't know yet. When Shaun of the Dead, Dawn of the Dead, and Saw are all on DVD, I'm going to watch all three in a row to judge. Otherwise, I'll leave all three as my favorites. :wink:
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makeshift
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Mr. X wrote: I don't know yet. When Shaun of the Dead, Dawn of the Dead, and Saw are all on DVD, I'm going to watch all three in a row to judge. Otherwise, I'll leave all three as my favorites. :wink: I think this act will cause your head to explode from a little know medical syndrome called "fucking rad movie overload". I would not recommend it.
I mean, this guy thought he could watch Kill Bill: Volume 1 and 2 back to back, and, well...
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Dr. Lecter
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All I know is that Saw kicked Dawn of the Dead's butt really hard!
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Mister Ecks
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makeshift_wings wrote: Mr. X wrote: I don't know yet. When Shaun of the Dead, Dawn of the Dead, and Saw are all on DVD, I'm going to watch all three in a row to judge. Otherwise, I'll leave all three as my favorites. :wink: I think this act will cause your head to explode from a little know medical syndrome called "fucking rad movie overload". I would not recommend it. I mean, this guy thought he could watch Kill Bill: Volume 1 and 2 back to back, and, well... Damn, I knew there was a reason why I shouldn't try and watch Vol. 1 and 2 back to back.
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Mister Ecks
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Dr. Lecter wrote: All I know is that Saw kicked Dawn of the Dead's butt really hard! Now now, it's been a few months since I saw Dawn of the Dead, but I think I'll still like it as much. For now, Saw was the better movie. Man, I loved the ending.
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Dr. Lecter
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makeshift_wings wrote: Mr. X wrote: I don't know yet. When Shaun of the Dead, Dawn of the Dead, and Saw are all on DVD, I'm going to watch all three in a row to judge. Otherwise, I'll leave all three as my favorites. :wink: I think this act will cause your head to explode from a little know medical syndrome called "fucking rad movie overload". I would not recommend it. I mean, this guy thought he could watch Kill Bill: Volume 1 and 2 back to back, and, well... You should use that as your next avatar!  _________________The greatest thing on earth is to love and to be loved in return!
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Mister Ecks
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I was so mesmerized by that picture, that my own head exploded. Man, was that a messy clean-up.
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Dr. Lecter
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Mr. X wrote: Dr. Lecter wrote: All I know is that Saw kicked Dawn of the Dead's butt really hard! Now now, it's been a few months since I saw Dawn of the Dead, but I think I'll still like it as much. For now, Saw was the better movie. Man, I loved the ending. The ending is incredible, really. Who would have guessed?!! _________________The greatest thing on earth is to love and to be loved in return!
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I want Saw to do well, but I think it'll only have a $10 million opening due to competition from the Grudge and possible expansions of RE:A and Shaun of the Dead for Halloween.
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Mister Ecks
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Dr. Lecter wrote: Mr. X wrote: Dr. Lecter wrote: All I know is that Saw kicked Dawn of the Dead's butt really hard! Now now, it's been a few months since I saw Dawn of the Dead, but I think I'll still like it as much. For now, Saw was the better movie. Man, I loved the ending. The ending is incredible, really. Who would have guessed?!! Oh my god, do not get me started. I swear, I'm willing to place this on my last of favorite movies of ALL TIME! Shaun of the Dead and Dawn of the Dead too, but I think Saw was better still. It's just so hypnotic this film. The time flies right by, and I had no complaints at all. Perfect cast, perfect length, perfect villian, perfect ending.
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misterglass
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Saw is one of the worst movies I've seen this year...it's a ripoff of Se7en with less story, worse acting and lower production values. I think it could do okay openin gweekend, maybe $13-14 million but no more than $40 million total. There was some interesting ideas in the movie but overall it's the most ludicrous thing I've seen this year and I'm just amazed by the number of people raving about it.
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Dr. Lecter
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shades033 wrote: Saw is one of the worst movies I've seen this year...it's a ripoff of Se7en with less story, worse acting and lower production values. I think it could do okay openin gweekend, maybe $13-14 million but no more than $40 million total. There was some interesting ideas in the movie but overall it's the most ludicrous thing I've seen this year and I'm just amazed by the number of people raving about it. Sure, its style is Se7en-oriented. But it is a movie of its own and its ending is not much worse than Se7en's. The movie is a slap in the face and a pretty hard one. The cast acted well and the whole atmosphere is very creepy. Also, even Se7en's ending is more uplifting than SAW's. _________________The greatest thing on earth is to love and to be loved in return!
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zingy
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Saw is excellent. I wish it all the best at the box office. If it gets enough theaters, it can be big, and possibly crack $20 million.
Opening: $16.5
Total: $46.2
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Animosity Reigns
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Think alot of people are very interested in this movie...not just college/teens...could be pretty big
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jb007
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A lot of my friends (in their 30's) are interested in this. This will bring in more than just teenagers only crowd. This movie will have legs.
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Dr. Lecter
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Ok, let me collect the predictions...
Opening weekend:
Joseba B-Loki - $8 million
BOYFRESH - $8.1 million
micasey300 - $8.9 million
Plot - $10 million
mansonmyers - $10 million
Terminator1997 - $10.1 million
matatonio - $12 million
coasterman2002 - $12.8 million
lovemerox - $13 million
trixter - $13.5 million
rhyno - $15.1 million
Zingaling - $16.5 million
Dr. Lecter - $17.3 million
Animosity Reigns - $19.2 million
Total gross:
Joseba B-Loki - $20 million
mansonmyers - $36 million
micasey300 - $36.5 million
BOYFRESH - $37 million
coasterman2002 - $39.6 million
trixter - $40 million
matatonio - $40 million
rhyno - $46 million
Zingaling - $46.2 million
Dr. Lecter - $46.5 million
lovemerox - $47 million
Terminator1997 - $51.7 million
Animosity Reigns - $60+ million
Keep 'em coming
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misterglass
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Saw is going to be another Team America where everyone overpredicts because they think that just because they want to see it, everyone else does as well. OPen Water has been better promoted (at least you kind of know what that's about) and that didn't do that well despite getting 2700 theatres
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-hopefully, it will do much better, but I think Shades will be right in his comparisson to Team America. 
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Dr. Lecter
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I think Open Water is much less accessible than SAW. Furthermore, SAW is not really a love/hate movie and it opens on Halloween.
My new predictions:
Opening weekend - $17.3 million
Total gross - $46.5 million
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Kris K
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At first i thought SAW wouldn't find an audience in the US, but it sure as hell found one here in the UK.
SAW has made over $8.5M in the UK, dropping 12% then 15%!
WOM is fantastic, and i'v watched it twice....it rocks.
$10M opening.
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Bodrul
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It is doing really, really great over here. It should do 16.5M opening weekend with a total of about 66-70M
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Algren
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I see no reason why it cant do well, as well as Dawn of the Dead anyhow, i reckon:
$17 Million opening
$68 Million total
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Kris K
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Upping my prediction from $10M to $13.5M
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If it was Pg-13 like Grudge 40mil opening, but since it isnt 19.5mil with a total of 50.4
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