Tweetweek: A Simple Flavor, Premature Oscar Predix and more...

So true. 

Next week has been exhausting.

— Jordon Nardino (@jnardino) September 24, 2018

INT: GAY BAR, 2035, TRIVIA NIGHT
Host: “Which multiple Oscar nominated actress is the only woman to lose an Oscar to Best Dance Recording Grammy winners? Name the Oscar loser and the two winners who beat her!”
Me: “Glenn Close, she lost to Cher in 1987 and Lady Gaga in 2018!”

— Hispanic Pixie Dream Girl (@mathewrodriguez) September 22, 2018

We haven't done one of these in a while but wanted to share these bon-mots. Lots of A Simple Favor enthusiasms, and much more after the jump...

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What did you see this weekend?

by Nathaniel R

While there were solid debuts in wide and limited release friday (The House with the Clock In Its Walls, Fahrenheit 11/9, Colette, The Sisters Brothers) it was a rough weekend for wide release newbies Assassination Nation and Life Itself, neither of which managed a top ten showing. But the best news was surely the solid hold from Paul Feig's wildly entertaining comic thriller A Simple Favor. You have to see those nutsy bold performances from both Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively for yourself. I had a blast and I'm going again with another friend soon.

Weekend Box Office Estimates (September 21st-23rd)
W I D E 800+ screens	PLATFORM / LIMITED excluding prev. wide
1. 🔺 THE HOUSE WITH THE CLOCK IN ITS WALLS $26.8 *NEW*	1. THE WIFE $975K on 468 screens (cum. $4.9) Review, Poster Blurb, Glenn's Oscar

2. A SIMPLE FAVOR $10.4 (cum. $32.5)	2. 🔺 LIZZIE $256k on 240 screens (cum. $325k) Review

3. THE NUN $10.2 (cum. $100) Nun Movies	3. 🔺 COLETTE $156k on 4 screens *NEW*

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Weekend Box Office: The Predator, The Wife, and More...

by Nathaniel R

I'm eager to get back to regular moviegoing. I love festival season but being so far ahead of the game has drawbacks. Unlike most pundits/critics/bloggers whatever you want to call people, I don't especially like the system of the media seeing movies months before the public. Mostly because I like actually discussing them with you! So when it comes to regular releases you're probably ahead of me. Have you seen A Simple Favor  or Predator or The Nun or Peppermint or White Boy Rick or Lizzie? It's easy for us at TFE to miss films that open in theaters during the heat of festival season.

And now the box office charts of the weekends with links to our reviews and such if they exist...

Weekend Box Office Estimates (September 14-16th)
W I D E 800+ screens	PLATFORM / LIMITED excluding prev. wide
1. THE PREDATOR $24 *NEW*	1. 🔺 THE WIFE $1.2 on 541 screens (cum. $3.5) Review, Poster Blurb, Glenn's Oscar

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