Pacific Rim and Grown Ups 2 Predictions

This weekend we are treated (more or less) to the bombastic Robot vs Monster film Pacific Rim, and another attempt to revamp his career with Adam Sandler's Grown Ups 2. While tracking for Pacific Rim has been poor, and Adam Sandler movies continue to be successful even while being the skid mark on the under britches of cinema, we are given an unpredictable week in the money category. Here are my predictions for this weekend (Both Rotten Tomato score and weekend gross).

Grown Ups 2

The last Grown up film was more or less terrible, but still was an incredibly bankable film which leads me to believe this one will be no different. I find it hard to believe that this sequel will do anything to improve on it's predecessor in quality, especially since Adam Sandler has failed to make any film with critical praise this decade (excluding Punch-Drunk Love which isn't a Sandler type film). Most of these films like Jack and Jill and Just Go With It float between the 10%-20% range and flood the theaters with the same type of people, all people. People see Adam Sandler movies, it's just how the world turns and I have no clue how to explain it. Will Grown Ups 2 be good? No, I am 100% sure and I have complete confidence saying it. Will it be a successful film? Absolutely, once again I am 100% sure because all of his films are. I will not be seeing Grown Ups 2, unless of course hell freezes over and it gets semi positive reviews.

Rotten Tomato Score: 15%

Weekend Gross: 44 Million


Pacific Rim

Guillermo Del Toro is well known within his fan boy circles, but has yet to become anything more than that. Though Pans Labyrinth is known as fantasy at it's highest form, his Hellboy films stay within his cult status. Guillermo is back to big budget film making with a film straight out of a 14 year old boys mind, Pacific Rim. While in the broadest sense we have seen a fight between Robot and Monsters play out in the slippery surface of our bath tubs (I know I have), it never had this big of a production value. Though action figures do put on one hell of a show. The biggest asset that director Guillermo Del Toro has is his passion for his projects, this being one he has been eagerly anticipating to make. That is enough to make me believe the film will be fresh by the weekend. The problem that this film will face is the inevitable comparison with The Transformers Trilogy. The Rotten Tomato score may suffer from it, and I feel it will. It also has struggled to gain traction within the public, but positive word of mouth may help a slow start. The massive budget will be hard to overcome and its very possible that it may be the biggest flop of the year. I don't believe this film will top the box office this week, nor am i sure it will be able to surpass the previous weeks winner Despicable Me 2. Only time will tell if this blockbuster will strike with fans or be left in the dust.

Rotten Tomato Score: 74%

Weekend Gross: 40 Million