Movie results!

1) The Haunting of Molly Hartley. Prediction = $17.3 million. Result = $6.0 million.
2) Zack and Miri Make a Porno. Prediction = $26.8 million. Result = $10.7 million.

Pretty lacklustre weekend. New rules to follow:
1) Having Halloween on a weekend does NOT guarantee a horror movie will do well
2) Having a raunchy title does NOT guarantee high box office receipts.

#1 spot this weekend went surprisingly (or un-surprisingly?) to High School Musical 3, with a $15.0 million intake. Much like a kid's attention span, this has dropped off huge leaving it highly unlikely to beat The Dark Knight in revenue. Darn.


In more upbeat news, I saw Made In Jamaica over the weekend, and I gotta say, it was the second best time I've had in a theatre this year (first going to Wanted). Using the patent-pending popcorn meter, I finished a large bag about 1/2 way through the movie. To put things into perspective, I ate about 1/3 of a bag by the time Dark Knight finished. And Made In Jamaica is nowhere near as long. That being said, Made In Jamaica may not appeal to you. Possibly a key reason for it's appeal to me is my endless listening to Flow 93.5 since it's founding days. A key part of it's musical platform was to showcase the sounds and artists from Jamaica, many of whom are featured in this movie. So for me, it was an interesting introspective into the music and philosophies of the artists that I grew up listening to. But all is not well with this film. There's a clear lack of any specific message that it's trying to convey, it sort of plays like a series of short films by the same director. While that sounds like a pretty harsh demerit point, hearing the words of wisdom from these amazing musical artists certainly makes up for it.