I haven't seen this movie (not interested in the least, but curious about the chatter about it) and have been reading most of this thread. Have to address this though:

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* Have a 98 percent Rotten Tomatoes score
* Be considered a lock for a Best Picture nomination
* Have an opening weekend box office (which was a record for October) drop of only 21 percent (which is another record)

There are dozens of movies that have a RT score of 98 or better and few of them are really that great. A better telling of the quality for movies would be their average score, not the percent who liked it. Keep in mind that that's 98% of roughly 150 people who like it. These are just people who get to see a lot of movies for free and a lot of them are cynics who just like to hear themselves talk (or read what they type).

As for the Best Picture Nomination, when Les Miserables can be nominated for your award, then it doesn't mean much to me. Especially with how voting is done with the Academy and the make up of who votes in the Academy. I use to place a lot of stock into their opinions, until I learned who "they" are and why "they" vote the way they do.

I don't believe your number for lowest drop is accurate considering some movies have actually had an increase from first weekend to next and that's not jut limited releases going to wide releases.

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Posted by Ace Ventura

Member since Mar 2006

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Posted on 10/26/13 at 12:48 pm to Spur

The criteria I listed mean little individually. How many movies have gotten comparable reviews and done as well at the box office and received serious Best Picture consideration? There aren’t many.

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I don't believe your number for lowest drop is accurate considering some movies have actually had an increase from first weekend to next and that's not jut limited releases going to wide releases.

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