I am really lost as to why American Dreamz will ahve such a high ratio.. can you clarify for me?

Two main reasons are the low theater count and the fact that it has a picture on the Yahoo! main page. Plus it partially skews to a more adult audience.

180 is kind of low for Silent Hill. You would think it would have a much higher ratio like Resident Evil since they are both horror games

Tweens make up the high ratios

Resident Evil: Apocalypse had a mad rush of reviews opening day. I think it reached over 4,000, which is not what we're seeing with Silent Hill, obviously. 180 sounds reasonable.

Silent Hill, 281, +25 B+
The Sentinel, 81 +5 B-
American Dreamz, 146, +14 C+
Friends With Money, 249, Friday 12, +2 B-

* 2 reviews were removed from Silent Hill and American Dreamz, and 1 from The Sentinel. I have corrected the counts for this update.

Yeah,ResidentEvil:Apocalypsehadatonofreviews.Ithinksomewerefake, dunno.IknowithadalargescreeningsomewhereontheTuesdaybeforeitcameout.

Rather slow so Im going to say
Silent Hills is getting the silent treatment and American Dreams dreams are shattered
I cant think of a pun for Sentinal

3,371. Just because we don't see a mad rush for Silent Hill doesn't in itself mean the ratio should be lower, could be that the demand is simply less That having been said I think 180-200 might be on the cards. The last Resident Evil was indeed not only a video game adaptation but a sequel.

So what was Dooms ratio?
What was Street Fighters ratio opening day?
How about Double Dragons opening day ratio?
or Mario Brothers?
even dating back to Tron where people logged into yahoo with their commadores and apple

I'm just going with round numbers for the ratios today.

Sentinel - 100
Silent Hill - 200
American Dreamz - 500 (with grade/reviews bad, low theater count, Mandy Moore,
and Idol fans, it could actually be higher, but I'll stick with it.)

Which of these would be expected to have the most activity later tonight? I'm guessing Silent Hill will, given the demo that's likely to see it.

Silent Hill, 400, +119 B
The Sentinel, 115 +34 C
American Dreamz, 203, +57 C+
Friends With Money, 252, Friday 15, +2 B-

A nice jump for Silent Hill. I'm out for today - have a good one, all.

Silent Hill should get progressively better as the day goes on...I never really even tried to learn how to decipher these numbers, but how is it doing right now along with Sentinel compared to similar movies?

Inside Man and Firewall were both at less than 100 at this point, but also didn't have frontpage. If I had to guess right now, I'd say it's going to land right in the expected $13-15 million range for the weekend.

Silent Hill, 447, +47, B
The Sentinel, 128, +13, C
American Dreamz, 225, +22, C+
Friends With Money, 254, Friday 17, +2 B-

Frontpage effect usually frontloads the ratings in the day. Here's the #s for this year. Sorry for the formatting woes.

Movie 12:30 Final % Total Multi

She's The Man 33 720 4.58% 21.82
The New World 11 179 6.15% 16.27
ATL 104 1,301 7.99% 12.51
Inside Man 72 673 10.70% 9.35
The Hills Have Eyes 71 659 10.77% 9.28
Slither 49 446 10.99% 9.10
Final Destination 3 96 869 11.05% 9.05
Date Movie 151 1,307 11.55% 8.66
End of the Spear 49 403 12.16% 8.22
Stay Alive 86 658 13.07% 7.65
The Libertine 20 153 13.07% 7.65
Underworld: Evolution 230 1,738 13.23% 7.56
Eight Below 53 382 13.87% 7.21
Ice Age: The Meltdown 408 2,856 14.29% 7.00
Thank You for Smoking 84 581 14.46% 6.92
Tristan & Isolde 136 932 14.59% 6.85
Larry the Cable Guy 93 633 14.69% 6.81
The Pink Panther 114 768 14.84% 6.74
Aquamarine 86 577 14.90% 6.71
Firewall 41 268 15.30% 6.54
Ultraviolet 110 707 15.56% 6.43
Hostel 305 1,957 15.59% 6.42
Cassanova 18 114 15.79% 6.33
When A Stranger Calls 393 2,358 16.67% 6.00
Grandma's Boy 103 583 17.67% 5.66
16 Blocks 62 334 18.56% 5.39
Hoodwinked 99 533 18.57% 5.38
Curious George 56 299 18.73% 5.34
Freedomland 38 200 19.00% 5.26
Annapolis 156 821 19.00% 5.26
The Shaggy Dog 59 308 19.16% 5.22
Madea's Family Reunion 223 1,137 19.61% 5.10
Failure to Launch 90 457 19.69% 5.08
V For Vendetta 234 1,175 19.91% 5.02
Block Party 72 360 20.00% 5.00
Glory Road 173 835 20.72% 4.83
Basic Instinct 2 82 392 20.92% 4.78
Take The Lead 141 623 22.63% 4.42
Scary Movie 4 1303 5,736 22.72% 4.40
Munich 242 1,065 22.72% 4.40
Something New 105 458 22.93% 4.36
Big Momma's House 2 827 3,521 23.49% 4.26
Last Holiday 342 1,441 23.73% 4.21
Benchwarmers 323 1,356 23.82% 4.20
Doogal 59 233 25.32% 3.95
Bloodrayne 178 672 26.49% 3.78
The Wild 159 563 28.24% 3.54
Nanny McPhee 187 631 29.64% 3.37
Phat Girlz 110 343 32.07% 3.12
Lucky Number Slevin 213 635 33.54% 2.98
Running Scared 112 191 58.64% 1.71

Silent Hill, 478, +31, B+ (up from B)
The Sentinel, 138, +10, C+ (up from C)
American Dreamz, 232, +7, C+
Friends With Money, 254, Friday 17, +0, B-

Silent Hill, 481, +3, B+
The Sentinel, 141, +3, C+
American Dreamz, 233, +1, C+
Friends With Money, 254, Friday 17, +0, B-

Clogged.

Friends With Money is kind've doing crappy eh? I have no idea about the ratio, but only 17 reviews isn't very good any way you look at it.

Silent Hill, 718, +237, B (Down from B+)
The Sentinel, 210, +69, C+
American Dreamz, 321, +78, C+
Friends With Money, 263, Friday 26, +9, B-

Decloggifaction Complete

Looks like Silent Hill's looking at $20+ million for its opening weekend. At a guess, I'll say Friday numbers will be something like $8 million.

It should be noted, however, that I don't know what the fuck I'm talking about.

Silent Hill, 821, +103, B
The Sentinel, 235, +25, C+
American Dreamz, 354, +33, C+
Friends With Money, 267, Friday 30, +4, B-

That is what makes you lovable (in a non gay kind of way).

Silent Hill is looking great... $8 million easy, maybe even $9.