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Box Office Guru Preview: Kids to Flood Multiplexes for Senior Year

by Gitesh Pandya | October 23, 2008

Summary

Rarely does Hollywood release two films on the same day that are as opposite in every way as this Friday's pair of new openers. Disney promotes a hit TV franchise to the big screen with the G-rated fun of High School Musical 3: Senior Year which will play to young kids and their parents. But playing in most of those same multiplexes will be the gruesome horror sequel Saw V which pushes the boundaries of its R rating. Back to Article

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oddjob323 writes:
on Oct 23 2008 04:10 PM

...Quantum of Solace can't come soon enough...

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reavus4983 writes:
on Oct 23 2008 04:39 PM

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Amen. Or Zack and Miri.

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wordweaver12 writes:
on Oct 23 2008 04:50 PM

HSM3 is getting a 63%? while decent movies like Eagle Eye and secret life of Bees are being slammed by critics? what in the world is going on? what the #@$#@$ is happening?

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blattman writes:
on Oct 23 2008 05:22 PM

I still want to make a double feature of HSM3 and Saw 5, but it will be on my day off, not this weekend. It will be much quieter by tues.

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vashfanatic writes:
on Oct 23 2008 06:01 PM

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Bear in mind this is still early in the review-cycle. BHC was "fresh" on the Thursday before it's release, HSM3 may nosedive too, making the Review Revue team look stupid (when they're not!) as they give outdated reports. (I know the idea is to give pl advice before the weekend, but seriously, can't it wait 12 hrs?)

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jokerboy1991 writes:
on Oct 23 2008 06:29 PM

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Too bad they are saying it is just a B movie... I hope SAW tanks and I hope PAYNE has a big drop and end up being a bomb for FOX.
HSM 3: 40 Mil
SAW: 25 Mil
Pride and Glory: 11 Million
BHC: 6.5
Max Payne: 6 Mil

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Kokushi writes:
on Oct 23 2008 06:49 PM

Depressing is the right word for HSM 3 been fresh, Peter Travers first line in his review is PRICELESS: ''If you're gay and/or eight years old, HSM3 is the movie event of the year.'' LOL.

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ledawg1138 writes:
on Oct 23 2008 08:21 PM

I haven't trusted RT since "Attack of the Clones" has 66 percent, and in my opinion the underated "Dead Man's Chest" and "Transformers" only having 54 percent and 57 percent, respectively. And "Rocky II" has 62 percent, to much, and High School Musical 3 is just another wierd rating. But whatever! I WANT QUANTOM OF SOLACE, NOW!!

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tomwaitsjr writes:
on Oct 23 2008 08:48 PM

Weekends like this are why DVDS were invented. . .

Plus, instead of drinking tons of beer before the film and having to miss 10 minutes due to a frantic urine visitation, I can pause and drink beer through out. . .

You know what my wish is my friends?

I wish that every screen to show HSM is switched with SAW 5, and they lock the doors and each audience has to watch the other's film.

then I will laugh.

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CoUcH ToMaToE DoUgIe writes:
on Oct 24 2008 02:41 AM

Y'know its quite frustrating how Disney conducts its self on the

movie scene these days. Their animation department is dead and its scary to

imagine wehere they would be without Pixar. Still, when you have god awful

crap like the shows on disney channel making so much bank, why care creating

anything worthwhile anymore? Its really sad I grew up anticipating disney

movies as a kid and now I can't help but hate them for commercializing and

marketing the crappiest enterntainment. What's worse, they have the rights to

the Muppets and damn if they ruin that too.

Still, on a side note- I must utter some good will towards Disney for

widening the release of Nightmare Before Christmas this Halloween. I know the

DVD is perfect;y fine but its something specia to see that masterpiece in the

theaters. Also, I appreciate it more because I missed its original run in

theaters because i was a bit creeped out. Man, I can't imagine how I could

ever be afraid of something so beautiful.... well not Ogie Boogie, he's still

gross ;)

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jokerboy1991 writes:
on Oct 24 2008 09:17 AM

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Lol, that is so twisted. Finnaly Zack and Mirri next weekend!

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unbreakable_samurai writes:
on Oct 24 2008 01:59 PM

Good stuff tomwaitsjr, I hate efron. I'm still going to check-out Pride and Glory. And hell yeah jokerboy1991, next friday is a beautiful thing.

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