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And Tyler Perry didn't even dress in drag this time.

Kim Hollis: Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys opened to $17.3 million. What do you think of this result?

Max Braden: It's unexpected for me since I'd seen no advertising for it, but the number is right in line with Perry's last two movies.

Pete Kilmer: I believe it's the first one of his in a long time not to hit $20 million, but it's also not based on a play of his, so I think it's solid opening.

Reagen Sulewski: I look forward to Tyler Perry's Laundry List opening to $19 million.

David Mumpower: Tyler Perry's I Want to Believe would have opened to $40 million.

Jason Lee: I thought Reagen hit the nail on the head in his Weekend Forecast. This opening was as predictable as Tina Fey playing Sarah Palin on SNL this Saturday.

Daron Aldridge: Even though it's slightly below his normal opening with Madea featured in the movie, they should be happy with this because Perry's movies don't tend to cost much to make. If the budget was kept reasonably, this is continue his streak of profit-making.

Scott Lumley: I don't claim to like Tyler's stuff or even have any desire to see it, but this is a guy that consistently gets productions made that tap into a demographic that nobody else seems to be servicing and he makes outrageous amounts of money doing it. What do I think of it? I think I have to applaud Mr. Perry.

Brandon Scott: It's right in line with a typical TP turnout. For whatever reason, the guy makes films that people see. Period. End of story.

It's like Heat. Only much much worse.

Kim Hollis: Righteous Kill, the Al Pacino/Robert De Niro cop movie that earned the scorn of Francis Ford Coppola, opened to $16.3 million. How surprised are you that Pacino and De Niro are worth almost as much as Clooney and Pitt?

Max Braden: The advertising smartly played up these two great actors working side by side, maybe the last chance to see them together. I think the advantage Righteous Kill had was that they were playing themselves straight, while Pitt and Clooney were goofing it up more than usual.

Pete Kilmer: People really want to see those two legends in a quality film. Now they just have to be in one (not counting Heat).

Calvin Trager: This couldn't have happened at a better time - I was just saying to Les Winan the other day that Grumpy Old Men is overdue for a reboot with a darker edge!

Brandon Scott: I am not really surprised, especially considering the respective vehicles. We could go on and on, breaking down the box office merits of each performer mentioned here, but this is a pretty decent result for a film that has been critically panned. I was anticipating this for a long time, but bad buzz killed the hype for me and I am not sure that I will get to this in a theater now.

Daron Aldridge: I'm not too surprised given the totals, which aren't exactly lofty. Now, if this one had opened against an Ocean's film and still been competitive, then I would be surprised.

Scott Lumley: They're all fairly heavyweight stars. Sure, Pitt may be the most famous man on the planet and Clooney may be one of the sexiest people in existence but these are guys that traditionally take chances with art house fare and the public knows that. Burn is arty, Righteous is mediocre, this is September - were we really expecting some spectacular deviations from these numbers?

Jason Lee: Maybe director Jon Avnet should have used commercials of Pacino or De Niro dancing like a dork while running on a treadmill. Seems like that's working nowadays.

David Mumpower: I'm surprised by how few of you are surprised. De Niro hadn't had a hit of this size in a drama since 2002 (unless we count Hide and Seek as a drama instead of a horror movie). Pacino hadn't had a hit of any sort (Ocean's Thirteen excluded) since The Recruit at the start of 2003. To my mind, this is an out of nowhere result.

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