Monday
Nov052018
Bohemian was the dom top of the weekend
Monday, November 5, 2018 at 8:00PM | Weekend Box Office - Actuals November 2nd-4th 🔺 = New or Expanded Theater Count |
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| W I D E 800+ screens |
PLATFORM / LIMITED excluding prev. wide |
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| 1.🔺Bohemian Rhapsody $51 *NEW* Review, Podcast |
1.🔺Beautiful Boy $1.3 540 screens (cum. $3.1) Podcast |
| 2.🔺Nutcracker & the... $20.3 *NEW* Review |
2.Johnny English 2 $1 on 552 screens (cum. $3.2) |
| 3.🔺Nobody's Fool $13.7 *NEW* |
3.Free Solo $1 363 screens (cum. $6.8) |
| 4. A Star is Born $11 (cum. $165.5) Review, Soundtrack, Podcast |
4.🔺Can You Ever Forgive Me? $1 180 screens (cum. $1.7) Review, Podcast |
| 5. Halloween $10.8 (cum. $150.2) Review |
5.🔺Suspiria $979k 311 screens (cum. $1.2) Podcast |
What did you see this weekend? Want-to-see factor on the Queen movie Bohemian Rhapsody was huge (Bryan Singer's alleged crimes and the sometimes-harsh reviews didnt deter people). Meanwhile Boy Erased enjoyed the weekend's top per screen average but at only 5 screens earning $207k -- a solid start for its platform Oscar-campaign intentions.
Reader Comments (22)
I saw Free Solo and The Hate U Give both of which I’d recommend seeing. I am shocked at the box office for Bohemian Rhapsody. Thought it was a small film. I was wrong.
I wasn't aware of the love for Queen. Amazing. It's like the Mamma mia! of a certain generation.
Tracking for Bohemian Rhapsody was on par with A Star is Born, so the opening isn't surprising. I wasn't gaga for the movie but I enjoyed it enough. Pure formula but it works more than you would expect.
Also caught The Nutcracker...I'm convinced that critics and auds have it out for Disney kids moves starring young girls. Both this and A Wrinkle in Time work because they get the most important thing right: heart.
Finally caught up with A Star Is Born. Sold piece of entertainment, I liked it a lot even though I had a few issues with it. I will say that although everyone is talking up Sam Elliott's performance (the easy front-runner for Best Supporting Actor), I also want to give kudos to the solid performance from Andrew Dice Clay as Ally's father. He was great in Blue Jasmine and even better here...who knew?
I also saw The Old Man & the Gun which was a great throwback, a 70's star vehicle. I really enjoyed Redford and Spacek's chemistry; they're so at ease with each other you would have thought they had worked together many times before. A little spoilery, but the prison escapes sequence near the end which recycles scenes from his old movies was brilliant; I couldn't get over how effective it was and how great of a sign-off it would be if Redford does in fact retire from acting.
And finally, I saw Mandy which I was told was going to be Nic Cage at his most Nic Cage-y, but it was a pretty restrained performance (by his standards). The direction and soundtrack were excellent, but I dunno...it just wasn't for me.
Can You Ever Forgive me? So=so movie with wonderful performances from Melissa and Richard! It is a downer, so go when you are in a happy mood.
Can You Ever Forgive Me? - Two days later, and I am still processing this movie. It understands loneliness and stifled potential in a way that few (no?) movies have. I always knew Melissa McCarthy was a major talent, but this should take her career to the next level. I hope the industry is taking notice.
Suspiria. It's in my top five of the year. Loved it for exceeding my slightly muted expectations. Swinton deserves her sophomore nod for it and she's preferable over everyone seriously touted as contenders in the supporting category.
I finally caught up with Eighth Grade. I didn't really get it. Uncomfortable, sure. Mentioning tough stuff and modern concepts, yes. But its spotty as far as saying anything concrete about the stuff it brings up. It seems to understand people, but it cracks when you try to figure out what its trying to "say". Its about depression, but not really, never even mentioning therapy or medication. Its about the world of internet video production, but not really, because the only internet video we see Kayla watch is that sex ed thing. She's identifiably into western animation (the only pop cultural signifiers Kayla's given), but we don't see what, if any, animation community videos she might be into. Mr. Enter? Rebel Taxi? Phantom Strider? Someone else? Tell us! Let us hear one of their voices during an early scene.
A couple of first-timers in American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince by Martin Scorsese and Luca Guadanino's Suspiria which is truly one of the most fucked-up films I had ever seen and I love it.
The BBC series “Bodyguard” with Richard Madden. Tense and twisty and only 6 episodes.
I saw Suspiria this weekend. Disclaimer: I have not seen the original. It's definitely got its WTF moments, but I have to say that I really, really dug it. It definitely stayed with me, and it's quite haunting and disturbing in spots. I also found myself wondering how everything was connected while I was watching it--it was a neat little puzzle of a film. And Tilda Swinton is AMAZING. I agree with /3rtful that she deserves a nod for this.
I also saw Game Night on HBO and ... did not like it. I laughed maybe once.
Well, while I was watching Bohemian Rhapsody, I kept thinking about Mamma Mia. Even though it's a rock band movie, the whole thing is just so lite, so sweet. It's like a family movie for me, nothing instense happens at all which is so weird.
Saw, enjoyed and cried watching THE HATE U GIVE.
Can You Ever Forgive Me?, which I absolutely loved. Richard E. Grant is excellent indeed, but the women—in front of and behind the camera—are who elevate it to extraordinary and special. From Melissa McCarthy, Dolly Wells and even Anne Deavere Smith (in a powerful cameo) to Nicole Holofcener’s screenplay and Marielle Heller’s incredible direction, all of them are operating at such a high level that it’s automatically near top film of the year. Hope if it gets boatloads of Oscar noms but, most importantly, widely seen if for nothing else a moving depiction of queer friendship and self-destruction. So touching.
I saw Wildlife and Suspiria. The former was a terrific study of a woman stumbling to find her true self. Carey Mulligan is sensational and Ed Oxenbould anchors the film as the ever observant son. I hope Mulligan gains traction for this. Suspiria is a stylish and hypnotic film that left me scratching my head. The short of it is that I was engaged and enthralled but found it lacking substance in the end. It also does not change my opinion of Dakota Johnson who i find to be a dull, listless actress even here. I really don’t get her appeal. Actually, her blankness probably appeals to directors but I find her to be a forgettable actress.
Saw Mike Leigh's Peterloo. It's a glorious history lesson, exquisite in period detailing, but saddling some of the characters with appalling exposition about the corn laws.
Committed and lived-in performances from the whole cast, but I can see why the studio have shifted it out of the season in the States.
Halloween through the weekend...
Luca Guadagnino’s SUSPIRIA - Loved it.
CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? - LOVED it. Of legitimate Oscar contenders, right now I’m totally rooting for McCarthy and Grant. As everyone has said, they are underselling this. They ought to scam audiences and attract McCarthy’s usual crowd, because it’s just as entertaining.
Rewatched THE FIRST WIVES CLUB (35mm) - A classic we do not give enough credit.
My own film was in a festival amongst many other shorts.
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND (35mm) - I mostly liked it. Glad I didn’t have to watch this on Netflix or else I might have turned it off. Editor Bob Murawski was in attendance and the Q&A gave me a lot to appreciate.
Rewatched MOMMY - I don’t think Dolan will make a better film.
THE WATERMELON WOMAN - Loved it. Should be a priority for folks to check out before FilmStruck is over.
Rewatched THE IRON LADY - Totally deranged and trippy.
I watched Suspiria by myself. The film managed to be a lot of things at the same time: postmodern giallo horror, colorful absurdia, cruel love story. It's a bit sluggish for a kinetic story, but man, do I like it very much even if there are parts that I am not a fond fan of. I am not sure if it's due to the ferociousness of Tilda Swinton in three (!) roles, or that unforgettable nightmarish, horrific and strangely sublime Grand Guignol dance involving misaligned limbs. I know the Best Supporting Actress lineup is still firming up, but I won't be surprised if Tilda suddenly becomes the unexpected favorite. I like her as Madame Blanc but I like her even more as Dr Klemperer. She should be in the conversation for best supporting actress of the year.
I watched Paul Schrader's The Canyons for the first time. A really slipshod film with highly uneven acting performances. But when it works (such as the surprise casting of adult porn performer James Deen, the slightly muted colour scheme, the thriller element), it cuts to the heart. Deen was cast because he was supposedly "edgy and unexpected" and he was quite good and un-self conscious. I looked at his IMDB info and he appeared in about 500 porn movies so I guess he is not self conscious in front of a camera. Even the camera helmed by Schrader. Lindsay Lohan brought a nervous energy to her role and there are scenes where she's genuinely touching. The other cast members' performances seem tonally discordant with each other as though they were acting in different movies at the same time. And yet, taken all these things together, the story coheres well. Polarizing, yes, but uncomfortable cinema tends to stick with me longer than the ones I enjoyed immensely after one viewing. I am excited to see First Reformed.
Saw the 4th and 5th episodes of The Romanoffs. The one with Amanda Peet is called "Expectation". She wasn't a lovable figure but as the story progresses I see why she became this shrill woman. It ended gently and beautifully: it is like a different story compared to the first scenes. I like Peet as an actress so I am happy Matt Weiner cast her. And even if the running time of this episode is shorter (1:07) to the first three, it could still benefit from a little editing.
The 5th episode is called "Bright and High Circle" and features Diane Lane, Ron Livingston and Andrew Rannells. It is about a piano teacher accused of an alleged misconduct and how people react to these allegations. I thought Rannells was annoying but turned out it's just his character. But if the episode can be re-titled after a Shakespearean play, it is probably much ado about nothing. Diane Lane is wonderful to watch.
The Other Side of the Wind - hated it
Suspiria - didn't like it
Bohemian Rhapsody - I thought it was ok, but I wanted more. But I really think Rami deserves a nomination.
I finally saw Halloween. I like it. I think they overthought the decision to erase the canon of the film since every narrative choice they made in the new one could have been backed up by events that happened in 2/4-8. They even reference scenes from the later sequels they said would cause problems and clearly show how they could have written around them. It's worth watching just to see Jamie Lee Curtis get to go in on Laurie Strode again.
The plan was to go to Suspiria but the all the showings sold out on Saturday and Sunday at the theater I was going to see it at. I'll catch it tomorrow.
The Haunting of Hill House, episode 1: Oh, how fun and inventive. A kid sees dead people again. Horror wrapped in the blanket of family dysfunction again. A burn so slow that I never felt it. I'll give it one more episode before I pass completely.
Wanderlust,episode 1: No one does quirky dramedy quite like Brits and Aussies. And Toni Collette headlines! Every character is a mess in the best way, so I'm eager to see where it goes.
I watched Homecoming with Julia Roberts. It’s very addictive with only 30 minutes per episode. But by the end I wondered if it was worth it. Julia is okay. I liked that she looked 50, but her wigs were terrible. Bobby Cannavale and Stephan James give great performances.