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You people know they're just going to keep on making Saw films until you refuse to see them, right? This isn't really the end. And in 20 years, some Michael Bay-type will remake it.

Kim Hollis: Saw V became the fourth consecutive Saw film to open north of $30 million this weekend. What do you think of this result?

Eric Hughes: I'm shocked. There didn't seem to be a lot of buzz surrounding the new release, and I'm fairly certain a full trailer was never released. But I guess that goes to show that interest in the franchise hasn't yet died, and that Saw sort of just sells itself, without much of a marketing push from Lionsgate.

Brandon Scott: Hold on, I am gnawing off my limbs just to free myself from the shackles to be able to t-y-p-e th--eee-s-e w--o--r--d-----s! This hurts!! (Both the result...and the gnawing.)

Scott Lumley: It's a decent horror film, in October, from a known franchise. This was guaranteed to make money as long as they kept control of the budget and didn't do anything too ridiculous behind the camera. The trailers that I caught were creepy enough that I knew I'd never see it, but that same fact guarantees that the gore hounds would be out in force.





Max Braden: I guess it hasn't overstayed its welcome. Note that it opened over twice that of Quarantine two weeks ago, probably due to proximity to Halloween but I think its serial killer theme also trumps monster movies for the season. I still expect the declining trend in box office gross to continue for the series.

David Mumpower: I strongly suspect that billing this as the last Saw film was the key to creating novelty. I had been expecting it to come in $5-$10 million lower than the prior titles due to its over-saturation. When the marketing switched to "see how it ends", I must admit that even though I haven't cared for the franchise, that got my attention enough to make me want to see the movie.

Kim Hollis: I'm very surprised this didn't come in closer to $22-25 million. Torture porn seems to have had its day, but apparently people really like this franchise for some reason. I'm going to choose to attribute it to Scott Patterson from Gilmore Girls. People just miss him that much, I'm sure. No? Well, that's the way it's going to work in my little world.

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