This is how busy I am. Only just now writing about the Oscars. One surprise: Departures upsets Bashir. That is all.

2/27

Wide

JONAS BROTHERS: THE 3D CONCERT EXPERIENCE

WHAT’S THE PITCH?
Kind of like The Last Waltz, but with The Jonas Brothers. And in 3D.

WILL IT SUCK?
Really? Is the choice of director going to make ANY difference in whether or not you want to spend 90 minutes with the Jonas Brothers? If Peter Fucking Jackson directed it, and you normally hated the Jonas Brothers, would you turn around and say, “Shit, Negro! Why didn’t you SAY Peter Jackson wuz directing this bitch!”

I didn’t think so. And, yeah, it’s the same guy who directed the Miley Cyrus concert film. Early buzz is bad.
HOW WELL WILL IT DO?
Unless there’s a Cheetah Girls movie coming out that I don’t know about, this has no competition. $66mil.

STREET FIGHTER: THE LEGEND OF CHUN-LI

WHAT’S THE PITCH?
I don’t know if it’s best to think of this as a reboot of the 1994 movie version of the game, or just a version with the exact same plot as the Mortal Kombat movie.

WILL IT SUCK?
Okay, I’m one of the few guys who actually liked Romeo Must Die, but even that doesn’t make up for director Andrzej Bartkowiak’s Cradle 2 the Grave, Exit Wounds, or Doom. Early buzz is horrible, unless it was supposed to be a comedy.

HOW WELL WILL IT DO?
Even without Watchmen blowing everything out of the fanboy water next week, I don’t think anyone was clamoring for a Street Fighter movie to begin with. $31mil.

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CROSSING OVER

WHAT’S THE PITCH?
Traffic for illegal immigration.

WILL IT SUCK?
I’ll give writer/director Wayne Kramer some credit. The Cooler was renowned and Running Scared (not that one, that one was freakin’ perfect) was underrated in its own little fucked-up way, but the trailer for this just looks god-awful. Like some bad TV show about immigration as opposed to a good movie. It is interesting to see Harrison Ford in a limited release, but still.

Early buzz seems to confirm the trailer.

HOW WELL WILL IT DO?
Not much competition. And the name-recognition could help. $8mil.

Next Week: Everybody watches the Watchmen.

In which we learn that there’s very little space between my “shoulds” and my “wills”.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Amy Adams – Doubt
Penelope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis – Doubt
Taraji P. Henson – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler

Will Win: Penelope Cruz
Should Win: Viola Davis

Why, exactly, Penelope Cruz is favored here isn’t entirely clear. Most handicappers like her, but if you look at the record, Marisa Tomei has actually won more critics circle awards and with Kate Winslet winning every major supporting award leading up to the Oscars, minus BAFTA, it’s hard to say where the prevailing wind is actually blowing. Now, Penelope Cruz did win a supporting actress BAFTA, and Tomei already has her own little statue, so maybe that’s the logic. Whatever it is, I have, in fact, drunk the Koolaid.

To be honest, I haven’t seen Vicky Cristina Barcelona, so I could have this all wrong. But to look at Davis’ ten devastating minutes in Doubt, I’m more than happy to say that she deserves a win.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Josh Brolin – Milk
Robert Downey Jr. – Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt
Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight
Michael Shannon – Revolutionary Road

Will Win: You’re kidding, right?
Should Win: No, really.

The most earned-yet-depressing lock since Peter Finch.

BEST ACTRESS

Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie – Changeling
Melissa Leo – Frozen River
Meryl Streep – Doubt
Kate Winslet – The Reader

Will Win: Kate Winslet
Should Win: Meryl Streep

This is a lot closer than you think. The fact that Winslet got nods in several categories for several roles obscures what her wins “mean” in terms of Oscar odds. Ditto Streep, who split her BFCA win with Anne Hathaway, and won against Winslet’s Revolutionary Road peformance for SAG. So, while Winslet’s been giving more speeches than Streep lately, her win is nowhere near a lock. And I wouldn’t count out Hathaway, either. A Streep/Winslet split falls in her favor. Ultimately, though, I’m willing to bet that Winslet’s Lucci-esque standing vs. Streep’s already-honored standing will give Winslet the edge.

Here I have to shamefully admit that I haven’t seen The Reader. Shamefully not because The Reader is getting a bunch of accolades. It’s really not. The Dark Knight, ironically, has a better Rotten Tomatoes score (94% vs. The Reader‘s 60%). But shamefully because Winslet’s performance is supposed to be one of her best, and I consider her a great actress. But, going only by what I’ve seen, Streep gives one of her best performances here, and earns a win.

BEST ACTOR

Richard Jenkins – The Visitor
Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn – Milk
Brad Pitt – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler

Will Win: Sean Penn
Should Win: Sean Penn

And you thought the Best Actress race was close. Let’s break it down. Penn has 13 wins, including BFCA and SAG. Rourke has 12 including a Golden Globe and BAFTA win. I think because of Proposition 8, the award becomes more politicized than it would have been. Voting for Penn becomes a statement. That having been said, Penn already has a statue, and Rourke is living a redemption narrative, and Hollywood eats. that. shit. up. So I’d damn near call it a tie. But that’s no fun so I’m just going to say Penn.

I’d be happy to see Langella, Rourke or Penn walk away with this one. But Penn’s performance moved me the most.

BEST DIRECTOR

Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire
Stephen Daldry – The Reader
David Fincher – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard – Frost/Nixon
Gus Van Sant – Milk

Will Win: Danny Boyle
Should Win: David Fincher

BFCA, Golden Globes, BAFTA (not to mention a half-dozen other critics circles) and the super-predictive DGA have spoken.

This is tough for me. I love, love, love me some Boyle. I’ve seen every one of his films except for The Beach, and almost all in the theater. Were he to win I would not shed a tear except in joy. That having been said, I have no less loyalty to Fincher, and even if I did, he did an outstanding job with Button. He not only kept to his usual standard (operatic, textured cinema) but expanded his palette as a director, evoking a sense of wonder, and in a film about death at that. Button is an achievement on many levels, but primarily it is an achievement of directing.

BEST PICTURE

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire

Will Win: Slumdog Millionaire
Should Win: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

BFCA, Golden Globe, BAFTA, PGA. 8 more critics circles. There’s little doubt.

You can see here why I’m such a Button booster. But really, I’d love to see both Button and Slumdog win (you can see in that same place why I’m such a Slumdog booster). To me they represent the best of old and new Hollywood. Button is filmmaking in the classic sense. The reason we get into the movie-making business in the first place. To tell a beautiful story in a grand way. But Slumdog is how we get into filmmaking, by telling a beautiful story in an original, guerrilla way in an overlooked setting (and I have little doubt future generations will call this classic filmmaking). Both films evoke a sense of magic, but they achieve it with very different methods and very different agendas. But both achieve it marvelously.

In which we learn that Button can only win in categories where it is not up against Slumdog. And I basically tell you who’s going to win Best Picture.

VISUAL EFFECTS

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Iron Man

Will Win: The Dark Knight
Should Win: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Here is where getting dissed for the more prestigious nods (oh, and being the second-highest-grossing film of all time) is going to pay off for The Batman.

As for actual effects, I really think you can’t beat the face-matching and de-aging effects in Button. They take motion capture to the next level.

ANIMATED FEATURE

Bolt
Kung-Fu Panda
WALL•E

Will Win: WALL•E
Should Win: WALL•E

Yes, it’s all nice and weird that Kung-Fu Panda swept the Annies, but it didn’t win the BAFTA, Golden Globe, or BFCA, not to mention virtually every critics circle award for animated feature, and in some cases best picture.

Love Kung-Fu Panda. Didn’t see Bolt. But even the closing credits of WALL•E kick ass.

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Duchess
Revolutionary Road

Will Win: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Should Win: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

It’s a dead heat between The Dark Knight and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. And the movie that’s won the most cinematography awards so far isn’t even in the running (Slumdog). So I’m going to go with Button simply because more often than not, the winner is at least nominated for Best Picture (if it is not, in fact, the winner).

As I’ve said, I thought Button was gorgeous. Truly stellar photography.

FILM EDITING

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire

Will Win: Slumdog Millionaire
Should Win: Slumdog Millionaire

In many cases, the movie fated to win Best Picture takes this prize. Ooops. I probably should have said “spoiler alert.” Well, maybe if everyone else didn’t already think the same thing.

Slumdog relies on flawless editing to cut between characters at different ages and two very different types of interrogations without losing narrative flow or, more importantly, emotional flow. An unbelievable job by Chris Dickens, who’s already taken home an Eddie for his trouble.

SCREENPLAY – ADAPTED

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire

Will Win: Slumdog Millionaire
Should Win: Slumdog Millionaire

Everybody loves the Simon Beaufoy adaptation of Vikas Swarup’s Q&A. 12 critics circle wins including a Golden Globe, BFCA and BAFTA win. The Writer’s Guild liked it, too.

I liked it, too. Although you’ll find my sympathies swaying towards Button a lot, in that case they really only took the kernel of the Scott Fitzgerald short story and practically made an original screenplay out of it. I think it’s more fair to judge what Beaufoy did (brilliantly) with his source material as a true achievement of adaptation.

SCREENPLAY – ORIGINAL

Frozen River
Happy-Go-Lucky
In Bruges
Milk
WALL•E

Will Win: Milk
Should Win: WALL•E

Writer’s Guild and at least a few critics circles have settled on Milk as the heir apparent. It’s a modest tally, but more than any of these other films have gathered.

I’m torn. Milk is a fantastic screenplay. Don’t get me wrong. And pulling off a successful bio-pic is no mean feat. But pulling off a kid’s film with a message and very little dialogue and have it not be preachy, condescending or boring is the challenge that would scare me more were I handed it.

In our next installment: Battle of the Reformed Bad Boy Actors

In which we see why it pays to go on the talk show circuit…

MAKEUP

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Will Win: The Dark Knight
Should Win: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

This one’s too close to call. The makeup is an obvious key to the success of both Button and Dark Knight (and Hellboy II, for that matter, but I don’t think the Academy will pay much attention). Fantasy movies tend to have an edge here but, technically, Button is just that. On the other hand, Dark Knight is the second most successful movie of all time, and the Academy tends to notice stuff like that. And the Joker makeup is iconic, and it’s not every year you get to use that term re: makeup.

Again, too close to call. I think part of the sway is knowing that the Two-Face makeup isn’t really makeup, it’s CG. The Button makeup is more of a mix. Honestly, I’d be happy if any of these three won.

COSTUME DESIGN

Australia
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Duchess
Milk
Revolutionary Road

Will Win: The Duchess
Should Win: Milk

Costume dramas tend to have the edge here, and while Australia fits the bill, The Duchess does so even more.

Just love those 70′s suits.

ART DIRECTION

Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire

Will Win: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Should Win: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

This award skews slightly period, but it should be a close race seeing as Knight, Slumdog and Button all won their respective categories (fantasy, contemporary, period) from the Art Director’s Guild.

Curious Case was simply the most gorgeous film of the year. A lot of that is cinematography, but a lot of it is art direction, too.

ORIGINAL SCORE

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Defiance
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL•E

Will Win: Slumdog Millionaire
Should Win: Slumdog Millionaire

BFCA, BAFTA and Golden Globes all went with Slumdog for score. Seems as likely a candidate as any.

I don’t remember the scores to any of these films, so I’m going to take the other awards’ word for it.

ORIGINAL SONG

“Down to Earth” from WALL•E
“Jai Ho” from Slumdog Millionaire
“O Saya” from Slumdog Millionaire

Will Win: “Jai Ho”
Should Win: “The Wrestler”

You just try stopping a song that the leads danced to on Ellen.

Still whining about Bruce getting the shaft. I’ll stop now.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

The Baader Meinhof Complex
The Class
Departures
Revanche
Waltz With Bashir

Will Win: Waltz With Bashir
Should Win: Waltz With Bashir

Why this didn’t land in documentary or animated is anyone’s guess (well, there was some weird rule shit with doc) but wherever it landed it was going to be a serious contender.

As well it should be. A strong film. Visionary, which is a word I try not to throw around too much.

In our next installment: The lyrics “I am Iron Man, duh-de-duh-de-duh-duh, vote for me!” actually make sense now.

If my forecast this year seems especially ass-pulled, it’s because it’s always ass-pulled, I just don’t have as much time to hide it this year.

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)

La Maison en Petits Cubes
Lavatory – Lovestory
Oktapodi
Presto
This Way Up

Will Win: Presto
Should Win: Presto

It’s actually been a while since a Pixar film won this award, but it’s also been a while since people really took notice of a Pixar short.

And the reason they are is because it really is the best. one. ever.

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)

Auf der Strecke (On the Line)
Manon on the Asphalt
New Boy
The Pig
Spielzeugland (Toyland)

Will Win: Spielzeugland (Toyland)
Should Win: New Boy

It might be a tight race between Auf der Strecke, New Boy and Spielzeugland because they all have a ton of accolades so far. Spielzeugland just has a few more.

The premise of New Boy (African boy’s first day in an Irish school) is just a little more interesting to me.

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT

The Conscience of Nhem En
The Final Inch
Smile Pinki
The Witness – From the Balcony of Room 306

Will Win: Smile Pinki
Should Win: The Final Inch

About the best justification I have here is that India is hot right now. That narrows it down to Smile Pinki and The Final Inch. The former focuses on one little girl with a cleft lip instead of a global polio crisis, so I think it will connect better with voters.

I find the problem of eradicating 50-year-old diseases kind of fascinating. That’s all I got.

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
Encounters at the End of the World
The Garden
Man on Wire
Trouble the Water

Will Win: Man on Wire
Should Win: The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)

Everybody loves Man on Wire. The guy was even on Colbert. It’s a shoo-in.

I honestly don’t get it. I mean, I think it’s a good documentary. But I saw better this year. Bigger, Stronger, Faster* for one, which didn’t even make the cut. I didn’t actually see any of these others, but Betrayal fans seem to be the most ardent.

SOUND EDITING

The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL•E
Wanted

Will Win: Slumdog Millionaire
Should Win: WALL•E

I was going to say that The Dark Knight will be compensated for a lack of higher profile nods with a slew of technical wins, but seeing as the Cinema Audio Society went with Slumdog Millionaire, that might not pan out.

I think Ben Burtt is a genius. And a movie with very little dialogue depends even more on sound editing. (The Motion Picture Sound Editors are giving him a lifetime achievement award this year, so I’d still consider WALL•E a spoiler in this category.)

SOUND MIXING

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL•E
Wanted

Will Win: Slumdog Millionaire
Should Win: WALL•E

That Cinema Audio Society award was specifically for Sound Mixing.

Again, brilliant sound in WALL•E

In our next installment: The only nomination for a film starring the host.

I expected Friday the 13th to do well, but it’s probably going to make twice what I predicted.

2/20

Wide

TYLER PERRY’S MADEA GOES TO JAIL

WHAT’S THE PITCH?
Read the title. Oh, and Rudy Huxtable grows up to be a ho.

WILL IT SUCK?
If you liked all the other Tyler Perry films, no. And this one has Dr. Phil!

HOW WELL WILL IT DO?
Tyler Perry films are fairly competition-proof. Especially when Madea’s in the title. $53mil.

FIRED UP

WHAT’S THE PITCH?
Two high school football players pose as cheerleaders at a cheerleading camp cos, you know, it’s so hard to get laid as a high school football player.

WILL IT SUCK?
A lot of unkowns here. Director William Gluck has produced some good TV (Andy Richter Controls the Universe) but hasn’t directed before. And writer’s a newbie. Trailer‘s generic. Early buzz is not good.

HOW WELL WILL IT DO?
A lot of competition for the teen audience right now. $32mil.

Next Week: JONAS BROTHERS ZOMG IN THREEEEEEEE DEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Underestimated He’s Just Not That Into You and waaay overestimated Pink Panther 2. Oh, and here’s what I thought of Push.

2/13

Wide

CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC

WHAT’S THE PITCH?
How to Lose a Credit Rating in 10 Days

WILL IT SUCK?
They’ve assembled some degree of talent behind the camera. Director P. J. Hogan obviously knows his way around a romantic comedy (My Best Friend’s Wedding, Muriel’s Wedding). And the gaggle of writers have penned such fare as Ally McBeal and the excellent-but-overlooked Calendar Girls. And Isla Fisher is a funny, funny woman. That having been said, the trailer does not inspire confidence.

Early buzz not so great.

HOW WELL WILL IT DO?
Has the name recognition of the novels, just like He’s Just Not That Into You from the week before, but without its cast. Plus, do people really want to see a movie about shopping in a down economy? (I could see that going either way, actually.) $56mil.

THE INTERNATIONAL

WHAT’S THE PITCH?
Clive Owen and Naomi Watts vs. Big Evil Bank

WILL IT SUCK?
I recently rewatched director Tom Tykwer’s Run Lola Run and it holds up. Of course, he also wrote that. He only directed this. So at least I can say the action will probably be cool. (Don’t know much about the writer.) Also, I’m sure Armin Mueller-Stahl will kick ass.

Early buzz is mixed.

HOW WELL WILL IT DO?
Crowded marketplace, but not crowded with thrillers. $55mil.

UNDER THE SEA 3D

WHAT’S THE PITCH?
Remember that scene in The Little Mermaid where they sing that song about being under the sea? Well, this is just like that except it’s not animated, they’re not singing and Jim Carrey is narrating.

WILL IT SUCK?
Deep Sea, the 3D IMAX underwater flick that precedes this, was supposed to be da bom, and this has the same director. Other than that, it’s a bunch of fish on a big fuckin’ screen in 3D, what more do you want?

HOW WELL WILL IT DO?
This is the first time, as far as I can tell, that an IMAX nature doc is getting a wide release in non-IMAX theaters (anyone feel free to correct me if I’m wrong). So it’s kind of unprecedented. I can tell you that Deep Sea did damn well on its run…but that lasted two years. $10mil.

FRIDAY THE 13TH

WHAT’S THE PITCH?
Somehow they waited until now to do this horror remake.

WILL IT SUCK?
Well, did you like the Texas Chainsaw remake? Same director. Writers from Freddy vs. Jason, but I don’t think this will be as funny. But hey, Dick from Veronica Mars is up in here!

HOW WELL WILL IT DO?
Unlike last month, horror is scarce in February. Oh, and I think people have heard of the title before. $61mil.

Limited

TWO LOVERS

WHAT’S THE PITCH?
Joaquin Phoenix tries to choose between Gwyneth Paltrow and Vinessa Shaw before giving it all up to become a rapper. That last part’s only happening in real life.

WILL IT SUCK?
Early buzz is mixed with audiences being more in love than critics, which echoes co-writer/director James Gray’s last effort, We Own the Night.

HOW WELL WILL IT DO?
The fact that it’s Phoenix’s last performance might draw some onlookers. $4mil.

GOMORRA

WHAT’S THE PITCH?
Crime drama revolving around the notoriously vicious Naples underworld.

WILL IT SUCK?
Early buzz is fantastic. Won all sorts of international kudos last year, including the Grand Prize at Cannes (and, no, I don’t know how that differs from the Palm D’Or). In spite of this, somehow failed to make the Oscar shortlist for Best Foreign Film.

HOW WELL WILL IT DO?
Could have used the publicity of an Oscar nod. $2mil.

Next Week: Rudy Huxtable, noooooooo!

In which my son promises to fix the economy…

Way underestimated Taken‘s take.

2/6

Wide

HE’S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU

WHAT’S THE PITCH?
Love, Not Actually

WILL IT SUCK?
If this were a TV show, I’d have more confidence. Director Ken Kwapis has helmed some solid eps of The Office and Freaks and Geeks. The one thing I didn’t like about his Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, on the other hand, was the direction. Never saw Vibes or Dunstin Checks In, though. And the writers did Never Been Kissed.

Remarkably recognizable casting, though: Jennifers Aniston and Connelly, Scarlett Johansson, Drew Barrymore, Ben Affleck…but I’m most psyched to see Justin Long and Ginnifer Goodwin together again for the first time since Ed.

HOW WELL WILL IT DO?
A little bit of competition from Dance Flick and Pink Panther 2 this week, but next week is the real bear, Confessions of a Shopaholic. $61mil.

THE PINK PANTHER 2

WHAT’S THE PITCH?
This is what you get for going to see Pink Panther 1, America.

WILL IT SUCK?
Even during the trailer I was saying “Oh, my God, is this thing still going?” They’ve added some top shelf talent (John Cleese, Alfred Molina, Andy Garcia, Aishwarya Rai) but they kind of had that already (Cleese replaces Kevin Kline). Agent Cody Banks and One Night at McCool’s director Harald Zwart takes over for Night at the Museum 2-bound Shawn Levy and the writers are brand new. As with the first, Martin has a screenplay co-credit but I just refuse to believe it.

The very preliminary buzz is not so hot.

HOW WELL WILL IT DO?
The only thing with this high of a profile for miles around is Friday the 13th, and that’s a completely different demographic (although a Clouseau/Jason crossover flick would rock). $71mil.

CORALINE

WHAT’S THE PITCH?
Girl finds a parallel universe with an alternative, perfect family for her…or is it?

WILL IT SUCK?
Pop quiz: Who directed The Nightmare Before Christmas? If you said Tim Burton, you are wrong. It was this guy, who now helms this 3D stop motion animation fest, adapting it from Neil Gaiman’s book. The cherry on top? John Hodgman graduates to voice work.

Early buzz is good.

HOW WELL WILL IT DO?
Pink Panther 2 is going to nab most of the kid audience, although this skews slightly older. $39mil.

PUSH

WHAT’S THE PITCH?
Heroes. Except…no, wait, it’s pretty much Heroes.

WILL IT SUCK?
Before you think, “Oh, there goes another comic book adaptation,” the comic was created concurrently with the movie. So there. Still, not psyched. Director Paul McGuigan’s Lucky Number Slevin was okay. Haven’t really heard of anything the writer did. I’m kind of a sucker for these special abilities stories but I’m not delusional about its chances. Nice to see Dakota Fanning not play “cute” for once.

HOW WELL WILL IT DO?
There is just way too much competition for this to get the Jumper cash for which it is clearly striving. $40mil.

Limited

FANBOYS

WHAT’S THE PITCH?
Geeks attempt to steal a print of The Phantom Menace before its release so their sick friend can see it before he dies.

WILL IT SUCK?
Film has had plenty of time to get vetted in its long road to release, and the version showed at comic-con last year seemed to get plaudits. Not loving the trailer, but it did produce what may be my favorite line from a trailer in 2008, “I’m William Shatner. I can score anything.” Looks like there’ll be a lot of nifty cameos. But let’s cut to brass tacks; any movie about Star Wars geeks that’s even halfway decent has me at hello.

HOW WELL WILL IT DO?
Will probably benefit from all the internet buzz surrounding its oft-delayed release. $9mil.

Next Week: There’s something coming out on Friday the 13th. What is it called? I’m sure it’ll come to me.