The Projectionist: 'Amityville' House Haunted By Sweaty, Well-Defined Abs
We've gotten pretty bold over the last couple of weeks after an impressive string of relative accuracy in our predictions. We even called the death of a world leader before it happened! So we'll continue to flex our prognosticating muscles and foretell another baseball steroid suspension involving a player you've never heard of. Book it.
1. The Amityville Horror—$19 million
Perhaps, given the movie's obviously substantial promotional budget (we heard three radio commercials for it since we started typing this sentence), we're lowballing a bit. But we saw a preview screening, and, well...it's kind of completely awful. The good news for MGM/Sony? Quality is often not a factor in box office performance! Also, newly-minted ab-rolling icon Ryan Reynolds is shirtless for a good 40 percent of the movie. Every possible opportunity for the actor to doff his shirt is thoroughly utilized; if you're a fan of that kind of thing, you'll really love the extended, though somewhat anachronistic, hot-yoga sequence.
2. Sahara—$12 million
Matthew McConaughey's reign as box office king is tragically short-lived. Strangely, Steve Zahn's tenure as box office sidekick-king will continue. We don't understand it either, but you can't keep down that kind of crackling comedic chemistry.
3. Fever Pitch—$8 million
Much has been made of the fact that Jimmy Fallon grew up a Yankees fan, but little has been made of the fact that most New Yorkers are happy to hand him over to Red Sox Nation.
4. Sin City—$7 million
Don't blow your opportunity to gain carnal knowledge of one of Sin City's well-hung actors while in the company of at least one avowed lesbian. It's a limited time offer.
5. Guess Who—$6 million
It you draw out the "u" when you say "Kutcher," you achieve a comic effect that far surpasses anything in the movie.