Box Office Psychic

So, I’ve decided to stop standing idly while some imposter website tries to profit from all the hard work we’ve been doing the last year or so. I’m referring to the site which has been pulling the wool over everyone’s eyes. I’ve been consulting with several IP lawyers and they are convinced we have a strong case so watch out for some aggressive action on our part. Thanks again for your support. Things could get ugly but I’ve learned you have to nip these things in the bud. We appreciate your support during what looks to be a rough period ahead.

Checking in on last week’s predictions. Our best yet!! Yeah, once again we beat every single site out there including the “pretender” (legal action may be forthcoming, folks. Seriously, that’s some bullshit but luckily we don’t sweat that) and all the sites we’re friends with like Mojo. Anyway, yeah, we rocked it! Thanks for the suggestions from all our pals!!

Sorry Owen, this weekend belongs to kiddies and Tyler Perry fans… here we go:

Horton Hears a Who Fox $24,590,596
Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns LGF $20m
Shutter Fox $10.5m
Drillbit Taylor Par. $10m
10,000 B.C. WB $9m
Never Back Down Sum. $4.5m
College Road Trip BV $4,5m
The Bank Job LGF $4m
Vantage Point Sony $3.75m
Under the Same Moon Wein. $2.75m

Just wanted to share the exciting progress. We hope you like the new sleeker site layout. It’s just one of the ways we hope to keep this place looking forward. Now that we are funded there are plans for v 3.0 which we expect to launch end of 2008.

1) Exclusive interactive live chats with celebrities. Our lineup boasts Jake Gylenhall, Spencer from the Hills as well as some movie industry types.

2) BOPSY’s facebook application is nearly ready for launch. This will keep your friend’s informed on all the haps from BOPSY. Play the BOPSY game which is a variation of the already popular Scrabulous franchise (news coming soon)

3)BOPSY on your iPhone. We just got word that Apple has given us the green light to develop an app for their online movie search engine which will be coming with the latest release of iPhone software update 2.3 later this year.

4)My BOPSY - Get our predictions sent to your mobile. Create a profile to make your own predics and contribute your own reviews.

We did it again… look at the last post then head over to BoxOfficeMojo.com and you’ll see that we nailed it… again.

Should be a monster weekend for Horton, even though the reviews are mixed. The Ice Age and Seuss pedigrees will do the job and bring home the bacon, Vlad the Eagle be Damned. Once again, we’re sure our predictions will out-perform the entire cottage industry (inspired by… hmm) that’s grown up around BO predictions. Have a great weekend, and Good Luck!

1. Horton Hears a Who (Fox) $45.3M
2. 10,000 B.C. (Warner Bros.) $16.4M
3. Never Back Down (Summit) $8.6M
4. College Road Trip (Disney) $7.8M
5. Vantage Point (Sony) $5.5M
6. Doomsday (Universal) $5M
7. The Bank Job (Lionsgate) $5M
8. Semi-Pro (New Line) $3M
9. The Other Boleyn Girl (Sony) $2.8M
10. The Spiderwick Chronicles (Par) $2.4M

Unlike certain other sites, I don’t believe that 10,000 BC will do 40m and peg it at a solid 35 or 36. Nothing compared to 300, which took this weekend last year with an incredible $70m. I think 10,000 is about half of 300– There’s some H’wood math for ya! As always, have a great weekend.
10,000 B.C.     $36m
College Road Trip     $13.5m
Vantage Point     $7m
The Bank Job     $6m
Semi-Pro     $6m
The Spiderwick Chronicles     $5m
The Other Boleyn Girl     $4m
Jumper     $3.5m
Step Up 2 the Streets     $3m
Fool’s Gold     $2.5m

OK so several of you emailed and asked why BOPSY hasn’t been featured on PerezHilton.com yet, even though last month we said it was going to happen soon. Don’t worry, it is going to happen AND it may be EVEN BETTER then first advertised. It looks like we might (and I stress Might!) be doing a video blog on the Perezzer’s video network about H’wood and the weekend box predictions! It’s going to be so awesome. So, hold your horses, stop emailing me, and we’ll let you know when we go live with the Perez-Love!!!

Here we go. This is a harder one then it may appear, but we’ll go out on a limb and give it a try:

Semi-Pro $15m
Vantage Point $13m
The Spiderwick Chronicles $8.5m
The Other Boleyn Girl $8m
Jumper $7.5,
Step Up 2 the Streets $5.75m
Fool’s Gold $4.5m
No Country for Old Men $4m
Penelope $3.75m
Definitely, Maybe $3.5m

For the second year in a row, we nailed every single Oscar Prediction! We couldn’t have done it without you guys– we love our audience and know that without you, we wouldn’t have access to inside-the-biz gossip through your email tips etc. Special thanks to the (unnamed) Fox Searchlight Exec who gave us the tip-off on Marianne Cotilliard.

You guys rock, seriously. Keep sending those tips!!

Got a whisper from another anonymous source– Warner Bros. just started pre-production for “Terminator 4″! The film is set to be shot in New Mexico and stars Christian Bale and Sam Worthington. The title for the film will be “Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins” and it is thought that the film will be the first in a trilogy of films that will star Worthington and Bale who are signed on for an option for three pictures.

Vantage Point….. $24m
Jumper….. $12.5m
Spiderwick Chronicles…. $12.5m
Step up 2 The Streets…. $9.5m
Fool’s Gold….. $6.25m
Definitely, Maybe $5m
Be Kind, Rewind, $4m
Juno….. $4m
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins…. $4m
There Will Be Blood $2.5m
Bucket List…. $2.5m

Word on the “street” is that Leo DiCaprio is being wooed by Mark Wahlber’s production company to start in Cocaine Cowboys. Our source, who is very close to Leo, says that if the money is right, the Titanic star is onboard. He loves the project and is looking to do something edgy where he isn’t a traditional “hero”. We’re sure Leo has never tried cocaine and will have to do some heavy-duty “research” to get things “in gear” for the part.

For the 30th straight week, we completely nailed the predictions for the weekends. What can we say, it’s our bread and butter– it’s why most of you are here (Hi Mom).

Here is the weekend chart, and here’s what we predicted.

So this whole Variety thing really got me worried for a second about this other BOPSy which simply adds an ’s’ to our domain name… probably hoping to capitalize on our traffic. So I had to go to the authority on this which is Alexa and I did a comparison of our two sites… I mean really there’s no comparison:

So picture this: I’m sitting at Kate Mantalinis and I’m staring up at an enlarged photo they have of Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino sitting across each other at this very establishment in the movie “Heat.” My eyes follow the image down until about waitress level when I see none-other than Al himself dining alone in a booth. I think to myself, “I could do this. I’ve got loads of questions and he’s right on time for BOPSy’s exclusive interview.” Here is an excerpt of what came next:

BOPSY: Hey Al
AL: Hi
BOPSY: I’m a really big fan.
Al: I’m trying to eat a sandwich. If that’s okay with you.
BOPSY: Yeah sure. It’s fine. Just wanted to say I’m a huge fan and wanted to tell you something.
Al: Great. Thanks. Can you get off my lap please?
BOPSY: ok.
BOPSY: As a big fan and a certified psychic I have to tell you that your next film will tank.
Al: Well as a guy trying to eat in peace I’d like to say #@#*&$#!

The rest seems a little fuzzy. But honorably Al didn’t call security or anything. What a guy. Seriously.

President’s Day considerations…. We are ever so confident about this week’s numbers. There are many who guess but only one Box Office Psychic.

February 15-18, 2008

Jumper (Fox)…………………$27M

Step Up 2 The Streets (Disney)………………… $19.5M

The Spiderwick Chronicles (Paramount) ……………….$19M

Fool’s Gold (Warner Bros.) ……………….$13M

Definitely, Maybe (Universal) ……………………$9.5M

Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (Universal)………….. $8.5M

Juno (Fox Searchlight)…………. $4.5M

The Bucket List (Warner Bros.) ………………$4M

Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus Concert Tour (Disney)………… $3.5M

27 Dresses (Fox)…………………… $3.25M

So, Paris Hilton finally hits the bigscreen.. Well, that’s if you don’t count her first film which I’ve watched more than once on my big screen television. For one summer it was a fetish of mine, asking girls to recreate Hilton’s performance, requiring them to start over if they misspoke even a one single line of dialogue. Brunettes, Redheads they all happily played the part… They took extra pleasure in mocking the blonde heiress. but i digress.

So critics have really come down hard on this new film of hers. But Hilton’s performance is worthy of at least some praise in the sense that you can tell she’s doing her best. It is rumored that during shooting of one scene she yelled cut and appealed to director Tom Putnam (”Shafted”) to allow her to stretch some for her role, that she wanted her character to have more definition. The director quickly consulted with then writer Heidi Ferrer (”Dawson’s Creek”) and they both walked over to her trailer with one possible idea. They discovered her on the floor in downard facing dog (a yoga position). They waited silently for a few minutes when Paris finally looked up and announced, “Okay! I’m ready to go. Done with the stretch.” They then shot the scene unchanged which coincidentally involved Paris in various yoga positions. And let me tell you… seeing Paris do her thang was a refreshing break from the ‘ol Weinstein Golden Grope / Oscar Pretender. Her glutes are so tight and she has some serious sex appeal. Paris… call me.

Movie Summary:
Guy meets hot girl but must get her ‘fugly’ best friend a date before the two of them can get down and dirty.
Plus: If you’re a Parisite like my self.. than you can never have enough of her.
Minus: I’d have to kill the guy she’s dating (in the movie) in order to really get enough of her.

3 out of 5 Bopsys. WTD (Wait Til DVD)

So a lot of you know that I grew up in Miami and that Perez Hilton (Mario) went to my sister’s high school. Well, turns out Mario is a HUGE fan of this site and is planning on using our predictions in a lot of his posts every weekend, probably starting next weekend! This could mean huge things for BOPSY and finally put us on top of the BO prediction game. We might even get a little exclusive interview with Perez, if he can find the time since the guy works like a mofo. In any case, big things to come!!!!

Here’s a movie about the recent history of Iran that could never have been made in Iran. Come to think of it, it’s also the type of film that could never be made in America: a mostly black-and-white, hand-drawn animated feature about politics. At age 9, Marjane Satrapi saw her entire world changed when the Islamic Revolution hit Tehran. Women were forced to wear the veil and people — including Marjane’s beloved uncle — were being imprisoned and executed. In private, Marjane listens to her educated parents and their opinions on the war and its outcome. It fuels her imagination and she seeks her own types of freedom, including bootleg cassettes of Iron Maiden.
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