WE CAN LIE TO OURSELVES, BUT THE NUMBERS DON’T. DO WE WANT BETTER MOVIES? ARE WE PUNISHING THE BAD ONES AND REWARDING THE GOOD ONES?

OH, AND PRETTY PLEASE ADD THE WORD MILLION TO THE END OF THE NUMBERS BELOW

Audience B.O. Grade

Frank Miller is experiencing Philip K. Dick Syndrome - since a couple of his graphic novels have made great movies, H-Wood will buy any paper his golden magic writer’s hand touches, even used toilet paper.

Wild Hogs 2 may become a horrible reality. John Travolta owes Oprah his soul. Martin Lawrence won’t have to make Big Mama’s House 3, Tim Allen won’t have to make Santa Clause 4 and William H. Macy can afford to take roles in independent films.

Movies with titles the audience can’t pronounce can still make money. H-Wood may yet realize that audiences want movies that are imaginative, creative and heartfelt.

H-Wood will try to make every comic book ever into a movie. Get ready for Aquaman, Iron Man, The Maxx, Pitt, Teen Titans, Hawkman, Ragman, Lobo and on and on until they’re adapting new issues the week they hit the stands.

H-Wood will listen next time someone says, “If you’re going to make a Se7en-ish serial killer movie with the director of Se7en, why not get Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman and just make it a sequel?

Eddie Murphy has a choice to make. Norbit has made $82 million in 5 weeks. Dreamgirls has made $102 million in 13 weeks. So, does Eddie make movies that make studios and the audience happy or does Eddie make films that make Eddie happy?

Jim Carrey has his second Box Office flop in four movies, both successes were comedies, the two flops - dramas, it may be time to hold off on the Oscar chase and go back to funny business. After all, Robin Williams made Flubber before he made Good Will Hunting. How about Ace Ventura 3: When Your Natural Gift For Comedy Calls?

The Hollywood version of Magnetic Poetry - Magnetic Romantic Movie Casting doesn’t work. Throw away all the names: Drew Barrymore, Meg Ryan, Hugh Grant, Julia Roberts, Rupert Everett, Matthew McConaughey, Kate Hudson, etc. Start fresh, something magical may happen.

H-Wood probably won’t make Cold War centered spy movies.

Smaller studios will be the source of costume drenched melodramatic period pieces that the A&E crowd goes out to see when they want Masterpiece Theater on a 30 by 70 foot screen.