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Mike and Dave is the best opening weekend for Zac Efron in four years outside of the Neighbors movies. Global Totals: FINDING DORY: $220.2M Overseas | $642.8M Global Total WARCRAFT: $383.5M Overseas | $430M Global Total INDEPENDENCE DAY RESURGENCE: $214.3M Overseas | $305.7M Global Total THE CONJURING 2: $192.6M Overseas | $291.7M Global Total ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS: $194.7M Overseas | $270.8M Global Total NOW YOU SEE ME 2: $176.1M Overseas | $240.6M Global Total TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: OUT OF THE SHADOWS: $139.5M Overseas | $219.9M Global Total ME BEFORE YOU: $103M Overseas | $157.6M Global Total CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE: $47.9M Overseas | $155.9M Global Total THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS: $42.6M Overseas | $147.1M Global Total THE LEGEND OF TARZAN: $54M Overseas | $135.4M Global Total ICE AGE: COLLISION COURSE: $57.7M Overseas/Global Total THE BFG: $11.9M Overseas | $50.8M Global Total ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS: THE MOVIE: $14.3M Overseas/Global Total

July 8–10, 2016 Final Numbers: 1 (N) The Secret Life of Pets $104,352,905 | 4,370 Theaters | $23,879 Avg. | $75M Budget | $104,352,905 2 (2) The Legend of Tarzan $21,006,462 | 3,591 Theaters | $5,850 Avg. | $180M Budget | $81,804,174 3 (1) Finding Dory $20,817,949 | 3,871 Theaters | $5,378 Avg. | $200M Budget | $423,047,192 4 (N) Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates $16,628,170 | 2,982 Theaters | $5,576 Avg. | $33M Budget | $16,628,170 5 (3) The Purge: Election Year $12,388,445 | 2,821 Theaters | $4,392 Avg. | $10M Budget | $58,798,720 6 (6) Central Intelligence $8,031,386 | 2,841 Theaters | $2,827 Avg. | $50M Budget | $108,231,724 7 (4) The BFG $7,809,384 | 3,392 Theaters | $2,302 Avg. | $140M Budget | $38,944,146 8 (5) Independence Day: Resurgence $7,779,531 | 3,061 Theaters | $2,541 Avg. | $165M Budget | $91,575,113 9 (7) The Shallows $4,804,345 | 2,406 Theaters | $1,995 Avg. | $17M Budget | $45,829,624 10 (N) Sultan $2,370,244 | 283 Theaters | $8,375 Avg. | $10M Budget | $3,382,329 11 (9) The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist $1,711,805 | 1,052 Theaters | $40M Budget | $1,627 Avg. | $99,340,137 12 (8) Free State of Jones $1,350,103 | 1,264 Theaters | $1,068 Avg. | $50M Budget | $19,286,811 13 (10) Now You See Me 2 $1,320,430 | 864 Theaters | $1,528 Avg. | $90M Budget | $62,149,643 14 (12) Our Kind of Traitor $711,390 | 399 Theaters | $1,783 Avg. | $2,245,052 15 (11) Swiss Army Man $675,012 | 600 Theaters | $1,125 Avg. | $3,114,213 Me Before You $416,197 | 318 Theaters | $1,309 Avg. | $20M Budget | $54,802,331 Hunt for the Wilderpeople $387,110 | 72 Theaters | $5,377 Avg. | $728,748 Love & Friendship $304,100 | 161 Theaters | $1,889 Avg. | $3M Budget | $13,127,142 The Lobster $262,155 | 122 Theaters | $2,149 Avg. | $4.5M Budget | $8,003,727 Cold War 2 $157,385 | 22 Theaters | $7,154 Avg. | $157,385 Captain Fantastic $93,824 | 4 Theaters | $23,456 Avg. | $93,824

Great effort from Murray and kudos for not collapsing to the ground after the win, it's so overdone from tennis players. Heh, did he point out David Cameron just so the home crowd could boo him? Shady!

When Claire returns to the past and meets the family at Lallybroch, Jamie's young great-nieces/nephews marvel at her reappearance and one asks if she's as old as their grandmother. Jamie says Claire is even older and they can't believe it, noting that she hardly has any silver hair. I pictured Claire having a bit of gray visible by then, though not very much for a woman in her early 50s letting nature take its course, and not nearly as much as Jenny at that point. The style of it is off compared to Book Claire, but for TV, they probably figured that sort of bouffant would read as an older woman's hairdo to a 2016 audience and help sell us on Cait as the mother of an adult.

Or hardwood: the Cleveland father from yesterday's show seemed to act like a baby learning to walk absolutely needed to have carpeted floors or else face untold dangers.

International Totals: ZOOTOPIA: $678M Overseas | $1.019B Global Total THE JUNGLE BOOK: $574M Overseas | $934M Global Total DEADPOOL: $420M Overseas | $783M Global Total FINDING DORY: $166M Overseas | $546M Global Total X-MEN: APOCALYPSE: $375M Overseas | $529M Global Total WARCRAFT: $376M Overseas | $422M Global Total THE CONJURING 2: $178.8M Overseas | $274M Global Total ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS: $183.7M Overseas | $259.3M Global Total INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE: $177M Overseas | $253M Global Total NOW YOU SEE ME 2: $155.6M Overseas | $214M Global Total TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: OUT OF THE SHADOWS: $109.2M Overseas | $188M Global Total ME BEFORE YOU: $83M Overseas | $137M Global Total CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE: $30.3M Overseas | $122M Global Total MONEY MONSTER: $46M Overseas | $87M Global Total THE LEGEND OF TARZAN: $18.8M Overseas | $64M Global Total THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS: $29M Overseas/Global Total THE BFG: $3.9M Overseas | $27M Global Total ICE AGE: COLLISION COURSE: $20M Overseas/Global Total ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS: THE MOVIE: $5.8M Overseas/Global Total

July 1-4, 2016 Weekend Estimates (4-Day): 1 (1) Finding Dory $50.5M | 4,305 Theaters | $11,730 Avg. | $200M Budget | $380.8M 2 (N) The Legend of Tarzan $45.5M | 4,068 Theaters | $11,184 Avg. | $180M Budget | $45.5M 3 (N) The Purge: Election Year $34M | 2,796 Theaters | $10M Budget | $34M 4 (N) The BFG $23.6M | 3,357 Theaters | $7,030 Avg. | $140M Budget | $23.6M 5 (2) Independence Day: Resurgence $20.1M | 4,091 Theaters | $4,913 Avg. | $165M Budget | $76.3M 6 (3) Central Intelligence $14.9M | 3,166 Theaters | $4,706 Avg. | $50M Budget | $94.3M 7 (4) The Shallows $10.7M | 2,962 Theaters | $3,612 Avg. | $17M Budget | $37M 8 (6) Free State of Jones $5.07M | 2,781 Theaters | $1,823 Avg. | $50M Budget | $16.1M 9 (5) The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist $4.4M | 2,008 Theaters | $2,191 Avg. | $40M Budget | $95.8M 10 (7) Now You See Me 2 $3.6M | 1,788 Theaters | $2,013 Avg. | $90M Budget | $59.3M Swiss Army Man $1.7M | 636 Theaters | $2,672 Avg. | $1.9M Our Kind Of Traitor $1.2M | 373 theaters | $3,217 Avg. | $1.2M 3 p’tits cochons 2 $624K | 70 Theaters | $8,914 Avg. | $624K The Lobster $344,280 | 151 Theaters | $2,280 Avg. | $7,966,258 Maggie’s Plan $241,549 | 158 Theaters | $1,529 Avg. | $2,631,855 The Neon Demon $147K | 185 Theaters | $794 Avg. | $7M Budget | $1.1M The Hunt for the Wilderpeople $142,474 | 23 Theaters | $6,195 Avg. | $291,336

Interesting, thanks for the info!

You have some non-book readers who think Gabaldon giving Claire a strong knowledge of botany was too convenient for the story and think she's a "Mary Sue" for it. I could only imagine their reactions if she and Jamie started up an abolitionist society or were shown to have a historical role in furthering along the anti-slavery cause. Given what happened with Culloden and how it sometimes seems like their efforts may have inadvertently brought it about, who knows if Claire wouldn't have set back the repeal of slavery 50 years if she'd done more to help? I didn't read these stories expecting Claire to go charging into the past all Harriet Beecher Stowe or like Hermione Granger with S.P.E.W. In any time, there are outliers, but people are generally products of their culture and environments. Yes, it's always possible for people to have held a more progressive perspective on this or that issue and some people did, but if it were so easy for everyone to have held the "correct" view at the time...then, they would have, and history would have played out differently. I've seen a few comments about Diana Gabaldon prefaced by "as a white woman", but when first starting the series and seeing her name and photo and where she was from, that was not my first thought. A quick search shows her to be of Mexican ancestry on her father's side, though being from Mexico wouldn't necessarily preclude a person from being white as well. It doesn't really matter to me, but I don't know how she identifies racially.

Some of Kelly's blogs about the failed courtship and the merits/drawbacks of couples limiting physical contact before marriage were quoted here pre-scrubbing and discussed, back in the first 5-10 pages of this thread. She acknowledged the hurt of the breakup but proclaimed that the lack of kissing/premarital sex kept the pain from being worse (paraphrasing). Maybe the Zach/Sarah disaster precipitated it, but I don't think Kelly and Gil believe in chaperoning couples to the point where they never have a private conversation before marriage. They seem slightly less control freak-ish than Jim Bob and Michelle, in that respect.

I was wondering what direction Clint would take to pad out the Miracle on the Hudson to a feature-length film. So, they're recounting the aftermath rather than focusing on Sully's life before. I know it's a true story and happened first, but the Sully trailer comes off a bit like someone saw Flight and liked it yet found it too grim and debauched, so here's a nice version where everyone survives and the pilot was a salt-of-the-earth, clean-cut guy.

I didn't read it that way at all... in their world, a courtship between two sheltered young adults who don't know how to talk to the opposite sex is supposed to lead to a lasting marriage with 20 children. She was likely the first girl he'd ever been allowed to have any sort of romantic feelings about and he'd probably been told and convinced himself that the Lord wanted her to be his wife, with the whole thing ordained by God. Then it was over. Heartbreak seems like a pretty natural response, given the expectations, without it being anybody's fault (aside from his parents for foisting the whole ridiculous "courtship" philosophy onto him in the first place).

How did the Bateses throw Sarah under the bus? There was that blog from Kelly about how Zach was broken-hearted after it didn't work out and was terrified of talking to girls, so they realized their courtship rules might be a bit much, but is there something else more sinister? I've read gossip that Kelly was not happy about Whitney at first but she couldn't find a more suitable Gothard-affiliated girl with Zach being "damaged goods" and all, but IDK if there's any real truth to that, or if it's just rumor mongering that has become fact through repetition.

I was reading how so many of Iceland's players have regular jobs for the money and the coach still works as a dentist. It's a huge victory against England's band of multimillionaires!

Pixar repeats at the top as the new Independence Day fails to capture the audience of the original...or even make as much money the 1996 opening weekend, when the average US movie ticket cost $4.42. Will Smith isn't the box office draw he used to be, but in this movie, he'd have made a difference. June 24–26, 2016 Estimates: 1 (1) Finding Dory $73,234,746 | 4,305 Theaters | $17,012 Avg. | $200M Budget | $286,552,648 2 (N) Independence Day: Resurgence $41,600,000 | 4,068 Theaters | $10,226 Avg. | $165M Budget | $41,600,000 3 (2) Central Intelligence $18,370,000 | 3,508 Theaters | $5,237 Avg. | $50M Budget | $69,302,458 4 (N) The Shallows $16,700,000 | 2,962 Theaters | $5,638 Avg. | $17M Budget | $16,700,000 5 (3) The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergiest $7,702,194 | 3,033 Theaters | $2,539 Avg. | $40M Budget | $86,903,628 6 (3) Free State of Jones $7,572,206 | 2,815 Theaters | $2,690 Avg. | $50M Budget | $7,572,206 7 (4) Now You See Me 2 $5,650,000 | 2,745 Theaters | $2,058 Avg. | $90M Budget | $52,054,214 8 (6) X-Men: Apocalypse $2,475,000 | 1,679 Theaters | $1,474 Avg. | $178M Budget | $151,126,991 9 (7) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows $2,400,000 | 1,947 Theaters | $1,233 Avg. | $135M Budget | $77,117,555 10 (5) Warcraft $2,247,420 | 1,952 Theaters | $1,151 Avg. | $160M Budget | $44,003,890 11 (9) Me Before You $1,937,092 | 1,538 Theaters | $1,259 Avg. | $20M Budget | $51,239,843 12 (8) Alice Through the Looking Glass $1,852,805 | 495 Theaters | $3,743 Avg. | $170M Budget | $74,279,668 13 (10) Captain America: Civil War $1,413,522 | 753 Theaters | $1,877 Avg. | $250M Budget | $403,902,252 14 (12) The Jungle Book $1,207,458 | 478 Theaters | $2,526 Avg. | $175M Budget | $357,991,249 15 (N) The Neon Demon $606,000 | 783 Theaters | $774 Avg. | $7M Budget | $606,000 Love & Friendship $490,160 | 281 Theaters | $1,744 Avg. | $3M Budget | $11,886,054 The Lobster $436,464 | 210 Theaters | $2,078 Avg. | €4M Budget | $7,035,488 Swiss Army Man $114,000 | 3 Theaters | $38,000 Avg. | $114,000 Hunt for the Wilderpeople $85,336 | 5 Theaters | $17,067 Avg. | $2.14M Budget | $85,336 Wiener-Dog $27,020 | 2 Theaters | $13,510 Avg. | $27,020 Global Totals: THE JUNGLE BOOK: $571.5M Overseas | $929.49M Global Total X-MEN: APOCALYPSE: $372.6M Overseas | $523.8M Global Total WARCRAFT: $368.3M Overseas | $412.18M Global Total FINDING DORY: $110.3M Overseas | $396.85M Global Total ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS: $174.5M Overseas | $249.07M Global Total NOW YOU SEE ME 2: $107.7M Overseas | $159.8M Global Total INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE: $102.1M Overseas | $143.7M Global Total THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS: $15.2M Overseas/Global Total

June 17–19, 2016 Estimates: 1 (N) Finding Dory $136,183,170 | 4,305 Theaters | $31,634 Avg. | $200M Budget | $136,183,170 2 (N) Central Intelligence $34,500,000 | 3,508 Theaters | $9,835 Avg. | $50M Budget | $34,500,000 3 (1) The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergiest $15,500,000 | 3,356 Theaters | $4,619 Avg. | $40M Budget | $71,675,086 4 (3) Now You See Me 2 $9,650,000 | 3,232 Theaters | $2,986 Avg. | $90M Budget | $41,362,529 5 (2) Warcraft $6,519,785 | 3,406 Theaters | $1,914 Avg. | $160M Budget | $37,711,310 6 (5) X-Men: Apocalypse $5,210,000 | 2,632 Theaters | $1,979 Avg. | $178M Budget | $146,057,836 7 (4) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows $5,200,000 | 3,086 Theaters | $1,685 Avg. | $135M Budget | $71,929,574 8 (8) Alice Through the Looking Glass $4,290,760 | 1,880 Theaters | $2,282 Avg. | $170M Budget | $69,993,684 9 (6) Me Before You $3,911,175 | 2,645 Theaters | $1,479 Avg. | $20M Budget | $46,112,029 10 (9) Captain America: Civil War $2,296,207 | 1,434 Theaters | $1,601 Avg. | $250M Budget | $401,277,176 11 (7) The Angry Birds Movie $1,700,000 | 2,021 Theaters | $841 Avg. | $73M Budget | $103,190,847 12 (10) The Jungle Book $1,294,860 | 953 Theaters | $1,359 Avg. | $175M Budget | $355,715,511 13 (18) Zootopia $901,786 | 305 Theaters | $2,957 Avg. | $150M Budget | $339,461,275 14 (12) The Nice Guys $818,000 | $1,567 Avg. | $50M Budget | $34,182,096 15 (14) Love & Friendship $797,040 | 497 Theaters | $1,604 Avg. | $3M Budget | $10,992,864 The Lobster $647,570 | 319 Theaters | $2,030 Avg.| $4.35M Budget | $6,686,382 Money Monster $235,000 | 286 Theaters | $822 Avg. | $27M Budget | $40,322,561 Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping $184,225 | 211 Theaters | $873 Avg. | $20M Budget | $9,408,920 Weiner $144,000 | 80 Theaters | $1,800 Avg. | $1,055,210 Global Totals: X-MEN: APOCALYPSE: $364.0M Overseas | $510.1M Global Total WARCRAFT: $339.9M Overseas | $377.6M Global Total ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS: $166.7M Overseas | $236.0M Global Total FINDING DORY: $50.0M Overseas | $186.2M Global Total CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE: $6.8M Overseas | $41.3M Global Total

I know what you mean, though I don't know if either example is really comparable to Meg Ryan. In her heyday she was "cute", America's Sweetheart, and she had some very ill-advised cosmetic work with lingering aftereffects. Her situation is more analogous to someone like Mickey Rourke, not in terms of image, but the bad plastic surgery "ruining" their looks and hampering career prospects. John C Reilly never really had a "hunk" image, even in his younger days, but was more of "character actor" and no one ever expects them to look like Adonises. If John Stamos had started losing his hair and sporting a potbelly as he got older, then I doubt the tabloids and media reaction would've been kind. IDK, maybe Sean Penn was considered a sex symbol a long time ago, but he's evolved into a serious actor/activist and as such doesn't get flack for his physical appearance not being what it once was. Johnny Depp on the other hand, outside of his legal imbroglios, has taken his share of heat for aging badly in recent years. Tom Cruise showed up at the BAFTAs earlier this year and well, here are the first five links Google gave me: Tom Cruise's Face at BAFTAs Prompts Twitter Reaction: See Why (US Magazine) Tom Cruise's 'puffy' face at BAFTA 2016 sends Twitter wild (Daily Mail) The Internet Turns On Tom Cruise After His Face Shocks At The 2016 BAFTA Awards! (Perez Hilton) ‘What has Tom Cruise done to his face?’ Actor sparks plastic surgery riddle at BAFTAs (The Sun) Tom Cruise Botox Face Stuns BAFTA Awards (National Enquirer) I do think female stars face more criticism about their looks and pressure to stay eternally youthful, but men in the limelight aren't immune from it. I think men often get more "subtle" tweaks, like lasers/fillers and hair transplants which allows them to fly under the radar a bit more on that front. There's more of conversation surrounding cosmetic work with female celebrities, on both sides. Renee Zellweger and Meg Ryan have their detractors but also people rushing to their defense and it's part of a broader conversation about sexism, ageism, etc. that women face in show business. Kenny Rogers and Sylvester Stallone are on their own.

It seems like it depends...even in China, the movie shows signs of frontloading and studios get less money from international grosses, generally. Still, if the sequel costs less, possibly.

Draymond Green suspended for Game 5

Murray reunites with Ivan Lendl

June 10–12, 2016 Estimates: 1 (N) The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist $40,350,000 | 3,343 Theaters | $12,070 Avg. | $40M Budget | $40,350,000 2 (N) Warcraft $24,355,975 | 3,400 Theaters | $7,164 Avg. | $160M Budget | $160M Budget | $24,355,975 3 (N) Now You See Me 2 $23,025,000 | 3,232 Theaters | $7,124 Avg. | $90M Budget | $23,025,000 4 (1) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows $14,800,000 | 4,071 Theaters | $3,635 Avg. | $135M Budget | $61,039,783 5 (2) X-Men: Apocalypse $10,000,000 | 3,585 Theaters | $2,789 Avg. | $178M Budget | $136,374,195 6 (3) Me Before You $9,210,000 | 2,762 Theaters | $3,335 Avg. | $20M Budget | $36,822,578 7 (5) The Angry Birds Movie $6,700,000 | 3,083 Theaters | $2,173 Avg. | $73M Budget | $98,169,623 8 (4) Alice Through the Looking Glass $5,544,821 | 2,898 Theaters | $1,913 Avg. | $170M Budget | $62,437,432 9 (6) Captain America: Civil War $4,300,195 | 2,101 Theaters | $2,047 Avg. | $250M Budget | $396,857,343 10 (9) The Jungle Book $2,721,250 | 1,496 Theaters | $1,819 Avg. | $175M Budget | $352,649,939 Love & Friendship $1,520,600 | 826 Theaters | $1,841 Avg. | $3M Budget | $9,537,475 The Lobster $991,984 | 560 Theaters | $1,771 Avg. | €4M Budget | $5,662,319 Te3n $284,040 | 104 Theaters | $2,731 Avg. | $284,040 Weiner $166,992 | 71 Theaters | $2,352 Avg. | $842,983 The Wailing $133,941 | 35 Theaters | $3,827 Avg. | $551,858 Global Totals: CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR: $745.5M Overseas | $1.142B Global Total THE JUNGLE BOOK: $557.2M Overseas | $909.8M Global Total X-MEN: APOCALYPSE: $25.0M Overseas | $478.3M Global Total WARCRAFT: $261.7 Overseas | $286.1M Global Total ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS: $151.0M Overseas | $213.4M Global Total ME BEFORE YOU: $18.4M Overseas | $55.2M Global Total

Is there something in the water at Studio 1A?

Chadwick Boseman to star in a Thurgood Marshall biopic. On one hand I like that they are making a movie about him, but of course if a black movie has any aspirations for prestige/awards it has to be about racial strife some way (that, or about a singer). Also, I have to say my first reaction was to think something is off with Hollywood thinking the giu who played Jackie Robinson and James Brown is the one to go to for Thurgood Marshall. Actors frequently aren't the spitting image of the real life figures they portray, but there's really not a hint of a resemblance beyond them possibly checking the same box on the census. I mean, if they were doing The Nicole Kidman Story and Mila Kunis and all these other olive skinned actresses were interested, TPTB would just openly point out the absurdity. But here, I have to wonder if there's a fear of being perceived as racist or "seeing color" in any way. I mean, I saw that clip of Chadwick Boseman in Gods of Egypt, I get him not turning down a good role and the story of Brown v. Board of Education was more than about whether the black people involved were light or dark-skinned, but IDK, I can't help but feel there's an element of "well, you know, they all look the same" attached.

Nadal is my favorite player but any player can only go against the available competition at the time. On the women's side you get arguments that Graf wouldn't have won so many slams without the Seles stabbing. Maybe, but that's a very unnatural, horrifying disruption to a career. Injury and illness? That's life, for a professional athlete. I remember some of the more extreme Fed fans trying to discredit Rafa's 2008 because Roger had mono early in the year and it lingered! And I didn't buy the argument then, either. Maybe Djokovic is unlucky to have come along in the shadow of Roger and Rafa, and wouldn't seem like such a horrible guy next to Nastase, Connors or McEnroe. I mean, it does crack me up how much Djokovic lets it show that he wants to be liked, but compared to some of the straight A-holes and abusive/surly jerk champions who've graced the game, I sort of understand why he must wonder exactly what he has to do to get the crowd's love (the answer seems to have been lose multiple times at the French in sympathetic fashion, have Rafa and Roger out of contention early and let the other finalist not be French or French-adjacent). I saw a discussion of Murray's 2-8 record in slam finals where a writer argued that perhaps he's extraordinarily unlucky to have played all ten against Federer and Djokovic. If he's 15 years older and peaking in the days of #1 players Marat Safin and Lleyton Hewitt, then maybe Murray has 6-8 slams. Or maybe not, the game was different then, and Djokovic also used to be one of the also-rans to the "Big 2" until he pushed himself to meet their level. I don't think Murray has quite the same peak potential, but if he'd sorted out the miserable grump issues between his ears, he probably could have won another two slams at least.

Savannah won't be going to Rio for the Olympics because she's expecting another baby!