Back Seat Producers – Page 45 – We Don’t Make Movies, But We’ll Let You Know What Is and Isn’t Working in Hollywood.

#2 Divergent from Lionsgate/Summit fell from #1 to #2 with a gross of $25.6 million (-53.1%) in 3,936 theaters. Total gross to date is $94.4 million. Budget was $85 million.

#3 Muppets Most Wanted from Buena Vista fell from #2 to #3 with a gross of $11.3 million (-33.7%) in 3,194 theaters. Total gross to date is $33.1 million. Budget was $50 million.

#4 Mr. Peabody & Sherman from Fox fell from #3 to #4 with a gross of $9.1 million (-23.3%) in 3,299 theaters (-308). Total gross to date is $94.5 million. Budget was $145 million.

#5 God’s Not Dead from Freestyle Releasing fell from #4 to #5 with a gross of $8.8 million (-4.5%) in 977 theaters (+673). Total gross to date is $21.8 Budget was unknown.

#6 The Grand Budapest Hotel from Fox Searchlight rose from #7 to #6 with a gross of $8.5 million (+25.8%) in 977 theaters (+673). Total gross to date is $24.2 million. Budget was unknown.

#7 Sabotage from Off Road Films opened at #7 with a gross of $5.3 million in 2,486 theaters. Budget was unknown.

#8 Need for Speed from Buena Vista fell from #6 to #8 with a gross of $4.2 million (-46.8%) in 2,705 theaters (-410). Total gross to date is $37.6 million. Budget was $66 million.

#9 300: Rise of An Empire from Warner Bros. fell from #5 to #9 with a gross of $4.2 million (-50.5%) in 2,601 theaters (-484). Total gross to date is $101.1 million. Budget was $110 million.

#10 Non-Stop from Universal fell from #8 to #10 with a gross of $4 million (-37.7%) in 2,515 theaters (-430). Total gross to date is $85.1 million. Budget was $50 million.

#11 The LEGO Movie from Warner Bros. fell from #9 to #11 with a gross of $3 million (-27.3%) in 2,001 theaters (-500). Total gross to date is $248.2 million. Budget was $60 million.

#12 Cesar Chavez from Lionsgate Films opened at #12 with a gross of $2.9 million in 664 theaters. Budget was unknown.

The combined gross of the top 12 movies this weekend was $130.6 million.

Sources:
Box Office Mojo

Back Seat Box Office Shows

Back Seat Box Office #184

Congrats to Cougron for his high score of 23!

Thanks to Tad and ScubaDave for their voice mails.

Picks:

Art

Divergent
Noah
Sabotage
Muppets Most Wanted
God’s Not Dead

Lena

Noah
Divergent
Sabotage
Muppets Most Wanted
Grand Budapest Hotel

Art’s House Picks

Art – Hide Your Smiling Faces
Lena – Breathe In

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Weekend Box Office: Mar 21-Mar 23

Post author By Lena
Post date March 24, 2014
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#1 Divergent from Lionsgate/Summit opened at #1 with a gross of $54.6 million in 3,936 theaters. Budget was $85 million.

#2 Muppets Most Wanted from Buena Vista opened at #2 with a gross of $17 million in 3,194 theaters. Budget was $50 million.

#3 Mr. Peabody & Sherman from Fox fell from #1 to #3 with a gross of $11.8 million (-45.7%) in 3,280 theaters (-344). Total gross to date is $81.1 million. Budget was $145 million.

#4 God’s Not Dead from Freestyle Releasing opened at #4 with a gross of $9.2 million in 780 theaters. Budget was unknown.

#5 300: Rise of An Empire from Warner Bros. fell from #2 to #5 with a gross of $8.5 million (-55.7%) in 3,085 theaters (-405). Total gross to date is $93.6 million. Budget was $110 million.

#6 Need for Speed from Buena Vista fell from #3 to #6 with a gross of $7.9 million (-55.5%) in 3,115 theaters. Total gross to date is $30.6 million. Budget was $66 million.

#7 The Grand Budapest Hotel from Fox Searchlight rose from #8 to #7 with a gross of $6.8 million (+86.6%) in 304 theaters (+238). Total gross to date is $13 million. Budget was unknown.

#8 Non-Stop from Universal fell from #4 to #8 with a gross of $6.4 million (-39.4%) in 2,945 theaters (-238). Total gross to date is $78.7 million. Budget was $50 million.

#9 The LEGO Movie from Warner Bros. fell from #6 to #9 with a gross of $4.1 million (-46.1%) in 2,501 theaters (-539). Total gross to date is $243.4 million. Budget was $60 million.

#10 Tyler Perry’s The Single Moms Club from Lionsgate Films fell from #5 to #10 with a gross of $3.1 million (-61.6%) in 1,896 theaters. Total gross to date is $12.9 million. Budget was unknown.

#11 Son of God from Fox fell from #7 to #11 with a gross of $2.7 million (-50.8%) in 2,239 theaters (-851). Total gross to date is $55.7 million. Budget was unknown.

#12 The Monuments Men from Sony fell from #10 to #12 with a gross of $951 thousand (-53.9%) in 938 theaters (-656). Total gross to date is $75.7 million. Budget was $70 million.

The combined gross of the top 12 movies this weekend was $133.3 million.

Sources:
Box Office Mojo

Back Seat Producers Season 09 Shows

BSP Episode 311: Blue is the Warmest Color

Post author By Tony
Post date March 24, 2014
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Join the gang as they discuss the 2013 film Blue is the Warmest Color.

Directed by Abdellatif Kechiche
Written by Abdellatif Kechiche and Ghalia Lacroix
Starring Léa Seydoux, Adèle Exarchopoulos

After winning the Palme d’Or at Cannes, 2013 was looking to be a good year for Blue is the Warmest Color, a lesbian romance based on a graphic novel by Julie Maroh, the first graphic novel adaptation to ever win at Cannes. However, because of some weird release issues in the U.S., this wasn’t nominated for any Oscars. It was, however, nominated for a Golden Globe. It tells the story of Emma and Adele and their romance over several years.

Worth noting:

In which the gang references the Unified Pixar Theory.
Fun drinking game for this week’s episode: take a drink every time someone says the word “scissoring.” We claim no responsibility for the ill effects this may cause.
At one point, this was described as lesbian Twilight by David. However, we can assure you this movie is 100% werewolf free.
You should be warned this movie is long. And slow moving. And excessive. But other than that…
Adèle spends a lot of time with her mouth open. A lot.
Some might say this movie climaxed in hour two.
This movie is the fantasy destroyer? David discusses further why this movie’s too realistic to be good fantasy.
Could this movie have done without the sex scenes?
This movie won the Palme d’Or at Cannes. However, it should be noted the award usually goes to the director but, in this case, it went to the director and the two lead actresses.
This director sounds like a real asshat.
Jolie gets strip club lessons. Pro tip (just the tip): don’t eat the buffet.
Why can’t science invent Bat Shark Repellent?
The not-so-subtle joy of eating an entire box of Girl Scout cookies at once.
For those playing at home, these are the number of instances these words were spoken in this episode: scissoring, scissor, or scissored (22); scissor explosion (1); Scissor Man (1); and Idris Elba (2).

Featured in this episode:

Tony
David, A.K.A Scissor Man
Jolie
Darrell

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Back Seat Box Office #183

Congrats to Jeff, Cougron and Art for their high scores of 17!

Picks:

Jeff

Divergent
Muppets Most Wanted
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
300: Rise of an Empire
The Grand Budapest Hotel

Art

Divergent
Muppets Most Wanted
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
Need for Speed
Non-Stop

Lena

Divergent
Muppets Most Wanted
300: Rise of an Empire
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
Need for Speed

Art’s House Picks:

Jeff – Cheap Thrills
Art – 50 to 1
Lena – Blood Ties

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Weekend Box Office: Mar 14-Mar 16

Post author By Lena
Post date March 17, 2014
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#1 Mr. Peabody & Sherman from Fox rose from #2 to #1 with a gross of $21.8 million (-32.3%) in 3,951 theaters (+17). Total gross to date is $63.8 million. Budget was $145 million.

#2 300: Rise of An Empire from Warner Bros. fell from #1 to #2 with a gross of $19.2 million (-57.4%) in 3,490 theaters (+20). Total gross to date is $78.4 million. Budget was $110 million.

#3 Need for Speed from Buena Vista opened at #3 with a gross of $17.8 million in 3,115 theaters. Budget was $66 million.

#4 Non-Stop from Universal fell from #3 to #4 with a gross of $10.6 million (-32.9%) in 3,183 theaters (+70). Total gross to date is $68.8 million. Budget was $50 million.

#5 Tyler Perry’s The Single Moms Club from Lionsgate Films opened at #5 with a gross of $8.1 million in 1,896 theaters. Budget was unknown.

#6 The LEGO Movie from Warner Bros. fell from #4 to #6 with a gross of $7.7 million (-29.4%) in 3,040 theaters (-250). Total gross to date is $236.9 million. Budget was $60 million.

#7 Son of God from Fox fell from #5 to #7 with a gross of $5.5 million (-46.7%) in 2,990 theaters (-281). Total gross to date is $51 million. Budget was unknown.

#8 The Grand Budapest Hotel from Fox Searchlight rose from #17 to #8 with a gross of $3.6 million (+348.5%) in 66 theaters (+62). Total gross to date is $4.8 million. Budget was unknown.

#9 Frozen from Buena Vista fell from #8 to #9 with a gross of $2.1 million (-27.3%) in 1,466 theaters (-194). Total gross to date is $396.4 million. Budget was $150 million.

#10 The Monuments Men from Sony fell from #6 to #10 with a gross of $2.06 million (-32.9%) in 1,294 theaters (-407). Total gross to date is $73.9 million. Budget was $70 million.

#11 Veronica Mars from Warner Bros. opened at #11 with a gross of $2 million in 291 theaters. Budget was $6 million.

#12 3 Days to Kill from Relativity fell from #7 to #12 with a gross of $1.7 million (-42.5%) in 1,566 theaters (-782). Total gross to date is $28.5 million. Budget was $28 million.

The combined gross of the top 12 movies this weekend was $102.3 million.

Sources:
Box Office Mojo

Back Seat Producers Season 09 Shows

BSP Episode 310: Dallas Buyers Club

Post author By Jolie
Post date March 17, 2014
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Join the gang as they discuss the 2013 film Dallas Buyers Club.

Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée
Written by Craig Borten, Melisa Wallack
Starring Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto

Dallas Buyers Club cleaned up male acting awards at the Oscars with Matthew McConaughey winning Best Actor and Jared Leto winning Best Supporting Actor. These were, in our opinion, well deserved awards because of the stretch and growth each one plays in this biopic set in the early days of AIDS. McConaughey plays Ron Woodroof, a man who finds out he has AIDS after suffering an accident at work and has very little time left. He goes on a search for the answer to longer life and ends up starting a collective to address the needs of AIDS patients in Dallas.

Worth noting:

David is wrong about not liking Bill Murray. That’s just science.
Tony breaks out the apples soaked in Fireball to really get this party started.
The gang insists on the weekly TV roundup and the weekly tense negotiation over next week’s movie before getting started.
We got mail! (Okay, it’s a feedback comment, but still…)
This movie is gritty. It’s sometimes hard to watch.
The acting Oscars it earned are well deserved.
Hey, is it okay to make AIDS jokes yet? Anybody want to call an audible on this?
When Jolie was a college freshman, she learned that everybody was, at some point, going to get AIDS.
Also, who else was terrorized by the made-for-TV movie about Ryan White?
Jared Leto did so well. We all agree. And it wasn’t even because of his magnificent Oscars hairdo!
We all now know there’s a lot of wang in Spartacus. Well THAT ruins my weekend.
Tony finally drinks the apple/Fireball monstrosity. Because peer pressure.
Alternative media! Also, David is dead inside.
Hot, hot death of journalism talk.
Criticism of common core methods to learning math is stupid.
Math is FUNdamental.
What happens when gaming gets really weird?
The gang makes bets about the sex scenes in next week’s movie, including lots of scissoring talk. I encourage a Google Image search for that term.

Featured in this episode:

Tony
David
Jolie
Darrell

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Back Seat Box Office #182

Show notes should be posted later today.

Feh… Rookies. 😉

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Announcement

Weekend Box Office: Mar 7-Mar 9

Post author By Lena
Post date March 10, 2014
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#1 300: Rise of An Empire from Warner Bros. opened at #1 with a gross of $45 million in 3,470 theaters. Budget was $110 million.

#2 Mr. Peabody & Sherman from Fox opened at #2 with a gross of $32.2 million in 3,934 theaters. Budget was $145 million.

#3 Non-Stop from Universal fell from #1 to #3 with a gross of $15.8 million (-45.2%) in 3,113 theaters (+23). Total gross to date is $52.6 million. Budget was $50 million.

#4 The LEGO Movie from Warner Bros. fell from #3 to #4 with a gross of $10.9 million (-47.6%) in 3,290 theaters (-480). Total gross to date is $224.9 million. Budget was $60 million.

#5 Son of God from Fox fell from #2 to #5 with a gross of $10.4 million (-59.5%) in 3,271 theaters (+11). Total gross to date is $41.8 million. Budget was unknown.

#6 The Monuments Men from Sony fell from #5 to #6 with a gross of $3.1 million (-37.8%) in 2,001 theaters (-1,001). Total gross to date is $70.6 million. Budget was $70 million.

#7 3 Days to Kill from Relativity fell from #4 to #7 with a gross of $3 million (-39.2%) in 2,348 theaters (-524). Total gross to date is $25.5 million. Budget was $28 million.

#8 Frozen from Buena Vista held at #8 with a gross of $2.9 million (-18.6%) in 1,660 theaters (-86). Total gross to date is $393 million. Budget was $150 million.

#9 12 Years a Slave from Fox Searchlight rose from #18 to #9 with a gross of $2.1 million (+116.3%) in 1,065 theaters (+654). Total gross to date is $53 million. Budget was $20 million.

#10 Ride Along from Universal held at #10 with a gross of $2.02 million (-33.4%) in 1,323 theaters (-546). Total gross to date is $130 million. Budget was $25 million.

#11 RoboCop from Sony fell from #6 to #11 with a gross of $2.01 million (-55.2%) in 1,714 theaters (-1,171). Total gross to date is $54.8 million. Budget was $100 million.

#12 About Last Night from Sony/Screen Gems fell from #9 to #12 with a gross of $1.7 million (-51.1%) in 1,074 theaters (-730). Total gross to date is $46.5 million. Budget was $12.5 million.

The combined gross of the top 12 movies this weekend was $131.2 million.

Sources:
Box Office Mojo