Flags of our Fathers 181, +55, B+ (down from A-)
The Prestige 116, +55, B+
Marie Antionette 122, +60, C+
Flicka 129, +45, C+ (down from B+)

Both Flags of Our Fathers and Flicka had about 40 reviews before 12:30am, so pace wise, MA is catching up the biggest.

I think FOOF's ratio should be lower given its senior audience. Generally agree on the other three.

Everything seems to be doing pretty good so far, I'd say.

EDIT - Just saw screen reports... probably not so much for Flags now.

Flags of our Fathers 214, +34, B+
The Prestige 152, +36, B+
Marie Antionette 135, +13, C+
Flicka 141, +12, C+

Either its an amazing weekend and everyone is out, or its a really crappy weekend and no one cares about updating Yahoo right now.

2-Hours:

Flags of our Fathers 275, +61, B+
The Prestige 199, +47, B+
Marie Antionette 172, +37, B- (Up from C+)
Flicka 182, +41, C+

Flags of our Fathers 376, +101, B+
The Prestige 351, +152, B+
Marie Antionette 257, +85, B-
Flicka 237, +55, B- (up from C+)

Boy, that looks pretty bad for everything... nothing over $15 million this weekend?

I recall a few months ago, this weekend was supposed to be the be one of the most interesting ever. A shame it didnt turn out as well.

PRESTIGE is going to be a very, very, very shockingly low ratio film, so there's still some hope there it seems.

FLAGS is looking low teens at best to me from biz levels.

Flags will undoubtedly have good legs so it really isn't in any trouble yet, is it?

Depends on what your definition of trouble is.

For this weekend it is looking like a little better than Mystic River kind of grosses.

Barring some major awards momentum it seems unlikely to recoup production costs.

Flags of our Fathers 397, +21, B+
The Prestige 379, +28, B+
Marie Antionette 274, +17, B-
Flicka 247, +10, B-

Still three updates to go, but at minimum, I think we are looking at $4.0-4.5M for Flags, $4.5-5.5M for The Prestige, $2-2.5M for Marie Antoinette, and $2.0-2.5M for Flicka. Of course, a huge update for anything changes this.

So Prestige is likely number one unless The Departed held well again?

I would say that is probable. The Prestige may indeed have a lower than expected ratio.

Flags of our Fathers 404, +7, B+
The Prestige 391, +12, B+
Marie Antionette 279, +5, B-
Flicka 249, +2, B-

So much for Jeff Wells and his dumbass comment about how Prestige wont go over well with the general public.

I'd give Flags a ratio of 90 for around 4.6m Friday

Prestige because of the crowd reports and because of it's backloaded pattern I would have to say about 80 with 5.3m

Flags will obviously have the better multiplier so if it ends up around 4.6m it'll still have a good shot at 15m

Before today I was thinking 85 for Prestige, 80 for Flags, 90 for Flicka, and 175 for MA. I'm thinking Flags will be a bit higher, I'll stay with the others.

Flags of our Fathers 452, +48, B+
The Prestige 499, +108, B+
Marie Antionette 313, +34, B-
Flicka 260, +11, B-


Thats just money for Prestige, it totally sepereated itself from the pack with that one. Big night film.

Yeah, I was thinking crowd reports would be misleading because Flags would do well in South Carolina and such, but the night clearly belongs to The Prestige at this point.

$6-6.5m for The Prestige, $4.5m for Flags, $2-2.5m for Marie Antoinette, and $2.5-3m for Flicka.

Final numbers:

Flags of our Fathers 455, +3, B+
The Prestige 524, +25, B+
Marie Antionette 318, +5, B-
Flicka 262, +2, B-

I'm thinking $4m for Flags, $5.5m for The Prestige, $2m for MA, and $2.5m for Flicka.

I'll still say 4.5m for Flags, 6.0m for Prestige, 1.8m for MA, and 2.3m for Flicka.

FYI, Saw III currently has 94 reviews with an A- average.

nice, hope the prestige really breaks out like 18m+

This is precisely what I'm thinking. An excellent Friday for The Prestige, although I suspect it will be fairly frontloaded.

The Prestige - $5.3-6 million
Flags of Our Fathers - $4.1-4.8 million
Marie Antoinette - $2-2.4 million
Flicka - $2.9-3.5 million