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Patreon Poll for the Weekend of February 23!

  • UNDER-PERFORMS: Below $2 million 115
  • STILL PRETTY OKAY: $2 - $3.5 million 331
  • SWEET SPOT: $3.5 - $5 million 158
  • OVER-PERFORMS: Above $5 million 34
  • 2024-02-22
  • 638 votes
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Hey folks, big thanks to everyone who participated in last week's first ever box office poll! We're gonna try and keep the fun going this week with another poll that we'll cover the results of during next Monday's On-Screen Live! Here we go:

This Friday finally sees the release of Drive-Away Dolls, Ethan Coen's first solo narrative directorial effort away from brother Joel. And while Dolls seems to vibe more in-line with a traditional Coen Brothers' crime/comedy, as opposed to Joel's first solo effort, the most excellent, but highly serious, The Tragedy of Macbeth, questions remain around what exactly this film will do at the box office. Can Focus Features give Ethan a solo hit off this film, which he co-wrote with his wife, Tricia Cooke, back in the 90s, or is this little indie that was bought by a mid-major studio falling on its face? 

Tracking is putting the film's opening weekend anywhere between 2 and 5 million dollars, so what do we think, folks? Will we be talking about Drive-Away Dolls in the Top 5 during Highest Gross next week? Weigh in at the poll below and see on Monday how your predictions play out!

Comments

allegedlycool

There has been a hard push locally in Pittsburgh for the movie, where it was filmed. It's worth mentioning that this was a joy of a movie for people who worked on it. Days rarely went to 12 hours, and many were only 10, which is not generally common for movies, but is apparently fairly common for the Coens. While the movie wasn't perfect, it was a big swing and I'll take a bit swing over a milquetoast, down the middle movie any day.

Rob Brown

I worked 6 days on it, I don’t think I had a call time earlier than 10, and my days also ran fairly short. I was there for a pretty specific reason though. Also, having watched the movie, there didn’t seem to be a lot of scenes where they needed a lot of extras, and that always makes things easier and faster. I was there for the She Shed and Conquistador stuff.

Ajax

2.4 is essentially under 2mil, I'm claiming victory.