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Brett Beach: I think with the subtitle Like Father, Like Son, people may have expected this to be a remake of the Dudley Moore/Kirk Cameron 1987 opus, or worse still, a film in which Martin Lawrence and Brandon L. Jackson trade bodies with Moore and Cameron themselves. Considering that the former is dead and the latter now uses bananas as proof of intelligent design, this misconception may truly have kept the masses away.

I don't know why anyone went to see Big Momma's House 2, either. It made $70 million. This may make $45-50 million. It's a good enough result in that the studio must have wagered that it could have performed as poorly as Home Alone 3. It didn't. The studio is happy and the audiences that went to this knowing exactly what they would get must be happy too.

Reagen Sulewski: This is the very definition of a desperate cash-grab. The only thing disappointing about this is that it worked to the degree that it has.

Joshua Pasch: This answer seems obvious to me. BMH2 has Kat Dennings, BM: WTF does not. End of story.

Michael Lynderey: That's not a bad number, considering we're almost 11 years after the first film, and not all that many people went around raving about the second. My guess is that the studio was probably expecting a number right in this area, rather than a miracle, so they're stoked. A Part 4 was probably never really in the cards, so going out with a respectable figure must have been the goal, and they will.

*Gets out award polish*

Kim Hollis: This is go-time for the Academy Awards. Would you like to predict any surprises involving the results or the show?

Edwin Davies: The surprise that I think is most likely to happen (but does that make it a surprise?) would be The Social Network defying the odds and winning Best Picture.

In terms of the ceremony, I'd like to see them bring Ricky Gervais on stage for a minute just to terrify everyone, only for him to just calmly and politely read out the nominees.





Josh Spiegel: Honestly, as I've been saying in the In Contention articles, the surprise in the Best Picture category will be if neither The King's Speech nor The Social Network win. The race has come to those two movies, so if, say, True Grit or Toy Story 3 wins, that's a surprise. True Grit's a potential dark horse, but I dunno...it's gonna be The King's Speech. As a potential shock, I'll say Hailee Steinfeld in Best Supporting Actress - only a surprise, because some folks think it's between Melissa Leo and Helena Bonham Carter.

Brett Beach: Not really "surprise" but I think The Social Network will pick up more than Adapted Screenplay, namely Picture, Director, and Score. Also, I Am Love with an upset in Costume Design.

Hathaway and Franco will be fun hosts. I am looking forward to them as a team. However, as I always say, after the first 20 minutes, it stops being about the hosts and we always end up seeing less and less of them.

Joshua Pasch: For me a surprise would be if Banksy makes some type of appearance at the show.
I just watched Exit Through The Gift Shop on Netflix Instant Watch and I am so amused/intrigued/engaged by the subject of the film that I would love nothing more for there to be some kind of guerilla art/stunt pulled at the awards.

Michael Lynderey: The surprise might be, as often happens, that we'll expect a surprise but just won't get it, stubbornly. I've heard some strange predictions that have become legitimate, like Tom Hooper for best director (?!?). As for Supporting Actress, it wouldn't seem too out there if Amy Adams won. Just a thought.

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