In the Seat:
- Scott
Recorded 04/16/13
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Month: April 2013
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Weekend Box Office: Apr 12-Apr 14
#1 42 from Warner Bros. opened at #1 with a gross of $27.5 million in 3,003 theaters. Budget was $40 million.
#2 Scary Movie 5 from Weinstein Company opened at #2 with a gross of $14.2 million in 3,402 theaters. Budget was $20 million.
#3 The Croods from 20th Century Fox held at #3 with a gross of $13.1 million (-36.5%) in 3,689 theaters (-190). Total gross to date is $142.4 million. Budget was $135 million.
#4 G.I. Joe: Retaliation from Paramount fell from #2 to #4 with a gross of $10.9 million (-47.8%) in 3,535 theaters (-199). Total gross to date is $102.5 million. Budget was $130 million.
#5 Evil Dead (2013) from TriStar fell from #1 to #5 with a gross of $9.5 million (-63.2%) in 3,025 theaters. Total gross to date is $41.5 million. Budget was $17 million.
#6 Jurassic Park 3D from Universal fell from #4 to #6 with a gross of $8.9 million (-52.4%) in 2,778 theaters (+7). Total gross to date is $32 million. Budget was $10 million.
#7 Olympus Has Fallen from FilmDistrict fell from #5 to #7 with a gross of $7.3 million (-28.7%) in 2,935 theaters (-124). Total gross to date is $81.6 million. Budget was $70 million.
#8 Oz The Great and Powerful from Buena Vista fell from #7 to #8 with a gross of $4.9 million (-39.3%) in 2,504 theaters (-401). Total gross to date is $219.4 million. Budget was $215 million.
#9 Tyler Perry’s Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor from Lionsgate fell from #6 to #9 with a gross of $4.5 million (-55.4%) in 1,805 theaters (-242). Total gross to date is 45.4 million. Budget was unknown.
#10 The Place Beyond the Pines from Focus Features rose from #13 to #10 with a gross of $3.9 million (+449.6%) in 514 theaters (+484). Total gross to date is $5.2 million. Budget was $15 million.
#11 The Host (2013) from Open Road Films fell from #8 to #11 with a gross of $2.4 million (-54.2%) in 2,172 theaters (-1,030). Total gross to date is $23.4 million. Budget was $40 million.
#12 The Call from TriStar fell from #9 to #12 with a gross of $2 million (-44.2%) in 1,630 theaters (-372). Total gross to date is $48.6 million. Budget was $13 million.
The combined gross of the top 12 movies this weekend was $108.8 million.
Sources:
Box Office Mojo
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BSP Episode 266: Argo
Release date – 10/12/2012
Warner Bros. Pictures
Directed
- Ben Affleck
Produced by
- Grant Heslov
- Ben Affleck
- George Clooney
Screenplay by
- Chris Terrio
Based on The Master of Disguise by Antonio J. Mendez and The Great Escape by Joshuah Bearman
Cast
Ben Affleck
- Tony Mendez
Bryan Cranston
- Jack O’Donnell
Alan Arkin
- Lester Siegel
John Goodman
- John Chambers
- If the intern was there, she’d have been screaming THE DREAM TEAM!
- Vaginas are always serious… a well-established fact.
- Mixed reviews
- A bit of comedy in the first half, then it tightened up.
- A good period piece for the 1970s.
- Also mixed reviews as to whether it should have won the Oscar.
- Affleck did a good job in not over-acting the character, but it might have been too much in the other direction.
- Hey, Argo F%#k yourself!
- The conversation quickly veers off to the other movies nominated for a Best Picture Oscar
- Nice touches that lent to the 1970s-ness of the movie.
- The Civil War would have been over in a week if they had Twitter
- #ShermansMarch
- #AtlantaBurns
- The would have liked a bit more Jack Kirby.
- The 70’s pornstache was brilliant!
- Oscar expectations, when seeing the movie after the fact, weren’t met. BUT, still a good movie.
- David lists movies that he thought were better than Argo.
- Did it win Best Picture because of politics?
- Discussing past Best Picture winners and whether they were warranted.
- Thoughts on acting – well cast, well acted.
- Alan Arkin stole every scene he was in.
- Bryan Cranston goes all Walter White toward the end of the film!
- Why are so many movies nominated for Oscars?
- Netflix: House of Cards, Hemlock Grove, Lilyhammer and Arrested Development
- This is the End
Trivia bits-n-pieces:
- In order to make the movie feel like the 1970s, Affleck shot it on regular film, cut the frames in half and blew the images up 200% to increase the graininess.
- Argo is the first movie to win the Oscar for Best Picture without a Best Director win since Crash (2005) and the first movie to win the Oscar for Best Picture without the Director being nominated since Driving Miss Daisy (1989).
Awards won (partial list):
- Academy Awards – Picture, Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing
- British Academy Film Award – Film, Director, Editing
- Critics Choice Awards – Picture, Director
- Golden Globe Awards – Picture/Drama, Director
- Los Angeles Film Critics Association – Screenplay
- National Board of Review Awards – Top 10 Films, Special Achievement in Filmmaking, Spotlight Award/John Goodman
- Directors Guild of America – Director
- Producers Guild of America – Picture
- Screen Actors Guild Awards – Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
- St. Louis Film Critics Awards (shout out to BSP’s homeland) – Film, Director
Your Producers for this episode were:
- Tony
- Darrell
- Tony
- David
This episode was recorded: 4/10/13
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Congrats to BD, Nick and Tad for their high scores of 24!
Thanks to Nick and Tad for their voice mails.
Psst… Tad… she’s Menolly!
Picks:
Jeff
- 42
- Scary Movie 5
- The Croods
- G.I. Joe: Retaliation
- Evil Dead
Lena
- 42
- Evil Dead
- G.I. Joe: Retaliation
- Scary Movie 5
- The Croods
Back Seat Art House Picks
- Jeff – Disconnect
- Lena – The Angels Share
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Weekend Box Office: Apr 5-Apr 7
#1 Evil Dead (2013) from TriStar opened at #1 with a gross of $25.8 million in 3,025 theaters. Budget was $17 million.
#2 G.I. Joe: Retaliation from Paramount fell from #1 to #2 with a gross of $20.9 million (-48.5%) in 3,734 theaters (+15). Total gross to date is $86.4 million. Budget was $130 million.
#3 The Croods from 20th Century Fox fell from #2 to #3 with a gross of $20.7 million (-22.7%) in 3,879 theaters (-186). Total gross to date is $125.4 million. Budget was $135 million.
#4 Jurassic Park 3D from Universal opened at #4 with a gross of $18.6 million in 2,771 theaters. Budget was $10 million.
#5 Olympus Has Fallen from FilmDistrict fell from #4 to #5 with a gross of $10.2 million (-28.2%) in 3,059 theaters (-47). Total gross to date is $71.2 million. Budget was $70 million.
#6 Tyler Perry’s Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor from Lionsgate fell from #3 to #6 with a gross of $10.1 million (-53.4%) in 2,047 theaters. Total gross to date is 38.5 million. Budget was unknown.
#7 Oz The Great and Powerful from Buena Vista fell from #5 to #7 with a gross of $8 million (-31.6%) in 2,905 theaters (-419). Total gross to date is $212.6 million. Budget was $215 million.
#8 The Host (2013) from Open Road Films fell from #6 to #8 with a gross of $5.2 million (-51%) in 3,202 theaters. Total gross to date is $19.6 million. Budget was $40 million.
#9 The Call from TriStar fell from #7 to #9 with a gross of $3.5 million (-28.9%) in 2,002 theaters (-437). Total gross to date is $45.5 million. Budget was $13 million.
#10 Admissions from Focus Features fell from #8 to #10 with a gross of $1.9 million (-39.8%) in 1,407 theaters (-754). Total gross to date is $15.3 million. Budget was $13 million.
#11 Spring Breakers from A24 fell from #9 to #11 with a gross of $1.2 million (-57.8%) in 1,072 theaters (-307). Total gross to date is $12.6 million. Budget was $2 million.
#12 Identity Thief from Universal fell from #11 to #12 with a gross of $796 thousand (-27.5%) in 721 theaters (-361). Total gross to date is $131.2 million. Budget was $35 million.
The combined gross of the top 12 movies this weekend was $126.8 million.
Sources:
Box Office Mojo
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Author: Matthew Wayne Selznick
Published: 2005
Lulu MWS Media
Plot Summary – Fans of Spider-Man, silver age comics, and alternate history will enjoy this novel of teen angst and metahumans! This coming of age story is set in an alternate 1980’s, where people with amazing abilities make themselves known. Can young Nathan Charters find himself in this uncertain new world? Who is he, where did he come from, and is he part of a remarkable new minority…or just a misfit among misfits? Brave Men Run is at once gripping and emotional, shocking and intelligent.
Quick Thoughts: [forthcoming]
“Brave men run…in my family”
Your hosts:
- Lena
- Tony
- Scott
This episode was recorded: 02/28/13
Next Time: Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
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Congrats to Jeff and Scott for their high scores of 24!
Thanks to Art, Nick and Tad for their voice mails.
Picks:
Jeff
- Evil Dead
- The Croods
- G.I. Joe: Retaliation
- Jurassic Park 3D
- Tyler Perry’s Temptation
Lena
- Evil Dead
- Jurassic Park 3D
- G.I. Joe: Retaliation
- The Croods
- Tyler Perry’s Temptation
Back Seat Art House picks:
- Jeff – The Company You Keep
- Lena – Trance
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In the Seat:
- Sam
- Scott
Recorded: 04/02/13
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Weekend Box Office: Mar 29-Mar 31
#1 G.I. Joe: Retaliation from Paramount opened at #1 with a gross of $40.5 million in 3,719 theaters. Total gross to date is $51 million. Budget was $130 million.
#2 The Croods from 20th Century Fox fell from #1 to #2 with a gross of $26.7 million (-38.8%) in 4,065 theaters (+19). Total gross to date is $88.9 million. Budget was $135 million.
#3 Tyler Perry’s Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor from Lionsgate opened at #3 with a gross of $21.6 million in 2,047 theaters. Budget was unknown.
#4 Olympus Has Fallen from FilmDistrict fell from #2 to #4 with a gross of $14.1 million (-53.4%) in 3,10+6 theaters (+8). Total gross to date is $54.9 million. Budget was $70 million.
#5 Oz The Great and Powerful from Buena Vista fell from #3 to #5 with a gross of $11.7 million (-45.7%) in 3,324 theaters (-481). Total gross to date is $198.4 million. Budget was $215 million.
#6 The Host (2013) from Open Road Films opened at #6 with a gross of $10.6 million in 3,202 theaters. Budget was $40 million.
#7 The Call from TriStar fell from #4 to #7 with a gross of $4.9 million (-44.7%) in 2,439 theaters (-68). Total gross to date is $39.6 million. Budget was $13 million.
#8 Admissions from Focus Features fell from #5 to #8 with a gross of $3.2 million (-47.4%) in 2,161 theaters (+1). Total gross to date is $11.7 million. Budget was $13 million.
#9 Spring Breakers from A24 fell from #6 to #9 with a gross of $2.8 million (-43.2%) in 1,379 theaters (+275). Total gross to date is $10.1 million. Budget was $2 million.
#10 The Incredible Burt Wonderstone from Warner Bros. fell from #7 to #10 with a gross of $1.3 million (-68.9%) in 1,575 theaters (-1,585). Total gross to date is $20.6 million. Budget was $30 million.
#11 Identity Thief from Universal fell from #9 to #11 with a gross of $1.1 million (-57.6%) in 1,082 theaters (-1,084). Total gross to date is $129.6 million. Budget was $35 million.
#12 Jack the Giant Slayer from Warner Bros. (New Line) fell from #8 to #12 with a gross of $1 million (-65.4%) in 1,080 theaters (-1,480). Total gross to date is $61.4 million. Budget was $195 million.
The combined gross of the top 12 movies this weekend was $139.7 million.
Sources:
Box Office Mojo