Back Seat Box Office #69

Monty is back. He picks:
1) Contraband
2) Devil Inside
3) Beauty & the Beast 3D
4) Joyful Noise
5) MI4:GP

And me:

1) Contraband- it looks kinda good, but if it really is, then my release in January? On the other hand, there’s nothing else IN January, so also-rans can run.

2) Beauty & the Beast 3D- yeah, everyone thinks this will be a winner, but I say this: B&tB is NOT Lion King. And I drove home in snow last night.

3) Joyful Noise- I don’t know that this will do great, but it doesn’t have to and can still get to #3 for the weekend.

4) MI4:GP- I finally saw this and liked it, tho how Cruise’s character didn’t have TBI. I can’t figure. Kinda fun to see the tech be so… not perfect.

5) Girl w/ Dragon Tat- into the morass of #5 again. I kinda expect Devil Inside to end up here, but as much as audiences seem to hate it I think it’ll fall HARD. Sherlock 2 has as good a chance to be here, and less risk of falling even lower, but I think Girl w/ Tat has a slower fall.

Menolly’s picks for the weekend of January 13 – 15, 2012:
1. Beauty And The Beast
2. Joyful Noise
3. Contraband
4. Mission Impossible
5. Devil Inside