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Overpaid Jerks
2010 Weekly sports quiz.
This week: All about the Super Bowl, a bad week for broadcasters, impressive hockey streaks and Danica makes her marks. Plus, your knowledge of the Lingerie Football League will prove important, if you want to ace our quiz on the last seven days in sports.
2010 Calvins Awards
Oh, no! The monuments are trying to destroy him!.
The results are in for the ninth annual Calvins Awards and the results are a bit more scattershot than usual. The explanation for this is simple. Several films garnered strong support this year including Inglourious Basterds, The Hurt Locker, Up and Up in the Air.

Today:
Best Cast
Best DVD
Best Scene
Best Use of Music
     
BOP Reader Awards
Now in its 145th year, the BOP Reader Awards is your chance to vote for your favorites in movies, TV, books and gaming in the last year.

What books made your loins ache? Which films were worth the full $20 admission price? Which games made the inevitable carpal tunnel totally worth it? Tell us, and see how your choices compare with those of other BOP readers.



 
Monday Morning Quarterback
Near perfection.
Avatar has been de-throned by the least likely of contenders. We discuss this and more in Monday Morning Quarterback.

Part One
Part Two
Drawn That Way
It's like a hostage negotiation. They'll keep making Shrek movies until their demands are met.
Watching Shrek the Third is like sucking on batteries. You're disgusted as you're watching it, and when it's over you wish you hadn't done it.
TiVoPlex
Having seen this movie twice now, I understand a full 15% of it. Maybe.
Primer is a selection this week. Or maybe this has already happened and we just didn't know it. Primer gives me a headache.
In-Flight Entertainment
It's like 50% Coke and 50% iTunes ad!
Now Playing on Westbound American Airline flights in February: Fame.
Weekend Wrap-Up
Peyton Manning and Drew Brees got nothing on us!
Avatar, after seven consecutive weekends at number one, has been pushed to number two this weekend. The pusher ends up being the weeper Dear John.
The Whole Nine Yards
The Whole Nine Yards quiz
You may think that there's nothing than a fine naked woman holding a gun, but how well do you know The Whole Nine Yards?
Friday Box Office Analysis
Hey, James Cameron. Call me!
Quite possibly the least likely film to end Avatar's run at the top of the box office, Dear John earned $13.8 million on Friday, more than double Avatar's take.
This Is So Last Week
2010 Weekly pop culture quiz
This week: Oscar noms, Grammy wins, breakups, engagements, and odd rock star feuds. Plus: Who is that masked woman?
Monthly Forecast
What I take from this poster is that it's a movie about swingers.
By some happenstance of scheduling, February 2010's gathered up just eight wide new releases. Not that I'm complaining. We could all use a break from that whole Avatar thing.
Weekend Forecast
Behold the power of the Sparks!
While we wait for the film that's finally going to topple Avatar from the top spot of the box office, there's a bunch of random mediocre looking films to tide us over.
This Weekend, Watch This
James Bond gonna sue someone.
Can't decide what movie to see? We're here to help!
The Big Picture
Recent & upcoming films, awards and, if we're lucky, home phone numbers

February 9, 2010
Career notes, awards, recent and upcoming movies.

Featured today:

Ben Stiller
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Movie News
  The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
    Summit goes with Spanish helmer
  The Avengers
    Marvel stakes claim on summer 2011
  Captain America: The First Avenger
    Marvel stakes claim on summer 2011
  Thor
    Marvel stakes claim on summer 2011
  Spider-Man 4
    Marvel stakes claim on summer 2011
  Journey to the Center of the Earth 2
    New Line, Walden fire up sequel
 
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Upcoming Releases
Friday, February 12
Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief
The Wolfman
Valentine's Day
Friday, February 19
Shutter Island

View all upcoming releases
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Other Updates

Trivia
This week's question:

This movie sees a player cuckold his teammate the night before the big game.

Answer:
Your name*:

See last week's answer and winners here.

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Top 5
Chris Hyde's
Top 5 Movie Theatre Snacks
  1. Anything I can sneak in
  2. Popcorn with real butter
  3. Twizzlers
  4. Jujubes
  5. Anything under the heat lamp at the drive-in
This Date in Film History
  1969:

Western actor George "Gabby" Hayes dies of heart disease in Burbank, California.

2004:

Samuel M. Rubin, the man who made popcorn a staple for moviegoers during the Great Depression, dies in Boynton Beach, Florida at the age of 85.


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