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'A Quiet Place' Hopes to Hold off Newcomers and Return to Weekend #1
SATURDAY AM UPDATE: With an estimated $7.9 million on Friday, Fox's Super Troopers 2 is leading the weekend's new releases and heading toward an anticipated $15-17 million, well ahead of expectations. The film received a "B+" CinemaScore from opening day audiences. Nipping at Super Troopers's heels on Friday is Amy Schumer's I Feel Pretty, which brought in an estimated $6.25 million on Friday and is expected to deliver anywhere from $17-18+ million for the three-day weekend. T...

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Movie Name		Grade
2008
Tropic Thunder		A
The Dark Knight		A+
Hancock		B
Wanted		A
Get Smart		B+
The Incredible Hulk		B
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull		B
Iron Man		A
2007
I Am Legend		B
Stardust		A
Hot Rod		B-
Underdog		B
The Simpsons Movie		A-
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix		A-
Transformers		A
Ratatouille		A
Ocean's Thirteen		B
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End		B
Spider-Man 3		B+
Hot Fuzz		A-
Grindhouse		A
Blades of Glory		B
300		A-
Smokin' Aces		B
Letters from Iwo Jima		A+
2006
Night at the Museum		B
Casino Royale		A-
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan		B+
Open Season		B
Jackass: Number Two		B
Hollywoodland		B+
Crank		B+
How to Eat Fried Worms		B+
Snakes on a Plane		A
Pulse		C
Accepted		B
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby		B+
The Ant Bully		B+
Miami Vice		A-
District B13		B
Clerks II		A
Monster House		B
You, Me and Dupree		B-
A Scanner Darkly		B+
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest		A
The Devil Wears Prada		B
Superman Returns		C+
Strangers with Candy		B+
Click		B-
X-Men - The Last Stand		C+
The Da Vinci Code		B-
Poseidon		B-
Mission: Impossible III		B+
United 93		A
The Sentinel		B
Silent Hill		B-
Inside Man		B-
V for Vendetta		A-
Thank You for Smoking		A
Game 6		A
16 Blocks		B
Firewall		B
The Matador		A
Underworld: Evolution		B-
2005
The Ringer		C+
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe		B+
Aeon Flux		B-
The Ice Harvest		B
Walk the Line		A
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire		A
The Weather Man		A
Serenity		A
Lord of War		A-
The 40 Year-Old Virgin		A
Red Eye		B
Four Brothers		B
Stealth		C
The Island		A-
Bad News Bears		B
Wedding Crashers		B
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory		A
Fantastic Four		C+
Murderball		A+
War of the Worlds		A-
Land of the Dead		B+
Batman Begins		A+
Mr. & Mrs. Smith		B+
Lords of Dogtown		B-
Madagascar		B
The Longest Yard		B
Star Wars - Episode III, Revenge of the Sith		A
Unleashed		B+
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy		C+
xXx: State of the Union		C
The Interpreter		A-
Kung Fu Hustle		A
The Amityville Horror		C+
Sahara		B
Fever Pitch		B
Sin City		A
The Ring Two		B-
Robots		B+
Hostage		B-
Be Cool		C+
Constantine		B-
Hitch		B
Assault on Precinct 13		B-
2004
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou		B-
Meet the Fockers		C
Ocean's Twelve		B
Blade - Trinity		B+
National Treasure		C+
Bollywood and Vine		C
The Polar Express		B+
The Incredibles		A
The Final Cut		B+
Team America: World Police		B+
Shaun of the Dead		A
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow		A-
Hero		A
Garden State		A
Collateral		A-
The Manchurian Candidate (2004)		B
Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle		B+
The Bourne Supremacy		B+
I, Robot		B
Spider-Man 2		A+
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story		B
The Stepford Wives		B+
The Chronicles of Riddick		B-
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban		B+
The Day After Tomorrow		A
Shrek 2		B+
Van Helsing		C+
Man on Fire		B
Kill Bill: Vol. 2		A-
The Punisher		B
The Girl Next Door		B-
Hellboy		B+
Dawn of the Dead		B
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind		B
Jersey Girl		A-
Starsky & Hutch		B-
Miracle		A
Big Fish		A
2003
Paycheck		B
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King		A+
The Cooler		B
Bad Santa		A
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World		A
Elf		B+
The Matrix Revolutions		C
Alien: The Director's Cut		A
Kill Bill: Vol. 1		A
Mystic River		B
The Rundown		B
Underworld		B
Once Upon A Time In Mexico		B-
Lost in Translation		A+
The Order		C
The Medallion		C+
Open Range		B+
S.W.A.T.		B
American Wedding		B+
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life		B-
Bad Boys II		B-
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen		C+
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl		A
Terminator 3 : Rise of the Machines		B+
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle		B+
Hulk		A
Hollywood Homicide		B
2 Fast 2 Furious		B+
The Italian Job		A-
Finding Nemo		A+
Bruce Almighty		B+
The Matrix Reloaded		A
X2		A
Identity		A-
Holes		B+
Bulletproof Monk		B-
Ghosts of the Abyss		A
Phone Booth		A-
Basic		B
Dreamcatcher		C
Tears of the Sun		C+
Daredevil		B+
Old School		B-
Shanghai Knights		B+
Adaptation		A+
2002
Catch Me If You Can		B+
Gangs of New York		A
Two Weeks Notice		B
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers		A-
Star Trek: Nemesis		B+
Chicago		A+
Adam Sandler's 8 Crazy Nights		B-
Die Another Day		A
Treasure Planet		B
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets		A
8 Mile		A
Femme Fatale		B+
I Spy		C+
Punch-Drunk Love		A
Jackass: The Movie		A-
The Ring		A
Knockaround Guys		B+
Red Dragon		A
The Tuxedo		C+
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever		B+
Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi)		B+
Stealing Harvard		B-
S1M0NE		B+
Undisputed		C+
Serving Sara		B
One Hour Photo		A
Possession		B+
Blue Crush		B
Blood Work		A
xXx		B+
The Good Girl		A
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams		A
Signs		A-
Austin Powers in Goldmember		B
Eight Legged Freaks		B
K-19 : The Widowmaker		B+
Halloween: Resurrection		C-
Road to Perdition		A
The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course		B-
Men In Black II		B
Mr. Deeds		C
Lilo & Stitch		B+
Minority Report		A
The Bourne Identity		B
Scooby Doo		B-
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys		A
Bad Company		B-
Undercover Brother		A-
The Sum of All Fears		B+
Insomnia		A
About A Boy		A-
Star Wars : Episode II - Attack of the Clones		B+
Unfaithful		C+
The New Guy		C+
Spider-Man		A
Jason X		B-
The Scorpion King		B
The Cat's Meow		A
Frailty		A
Changing Lanes		B+
Van Wilder		C+
Panic Room		A-
Death to Smoochy		A
Sorority Boys		C
Blade II		B+
E.T. The Extra Terrestrial : The 20th Anniversary		B+
Ice Age		A
Resident Evil		B
The Time Machine		C
40 Days and 40 Nights		B
We Were Soldiers		C+
Monsoon Wedding		A
Hart's War		B
John Q		D+
Super Troopers		B
Rollerball		D+
Collateral Damage		B
Slackers		D
Birthday Girl		B+
The Count of Monte Cristo		A
Kung Pow : Enter the Fist		B-
Brotherhood of the Wolf (Le Pacte Des Loups)		A-
Black Hawk Down		A
Orange County		C+
Impostor		C+
2001
Monster's Ball		A
Gosford Park		A
The Shipping News		B
In the Bedroom		A
Ali		B
A Beautiful Mind		A
Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius		B+
The Majestic		B
The Lord of the Rings : The Fellowship of the Ring		B+
The Royal Tenenbaums		A
Not Another Teen Movie		C+
Iris		B
Vanilla Sky		B+
Ocean's Eleven		B+
Behind Enemy Lines		C+
Texas Rangers		D
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone		B+
Heist		B
Shallow Hal		B
Monsters, Inc.		A
The One		B
Amelie		A
The Man Who Wasn't There		A
13 Ghosts		B
K-PAX		B
From Hell		C+
Bandits		B
Mulholland Drive		A
Corky Romano		C
Training Day		B
Joy Ride		B+
Zoolander		B
The Glass House		C+
The Musketeer		D+
Jeepers Creepers		D+
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back		A
Bubble Boy		B+
John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars		C
American Outlaws		B
The Others		B+
Osmosis Jones		B
American Pie 2		B
Rush Hour 2		B+
Original Sin		C
America's Sweethearts		B
Jurassic Park III		C
The Score		B
Legally Blonde		B
Kiss of the Dragon		B
A.I. : Artificial Intelligence		B
The Fast and the Furious		B
Atlantis : The Lost Empire		B+
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (re-release)		A+
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider		B-
Swordfish		B
Evolution		C+
Pearl Harbor		B
Moulin Rouge		A+
Shrek		A
A Knight's Tale		B
The Mummy Returns		B+
Driven		C
Freddy Got Fingered		F
Bridget Jones's Diary		B+
Josie and the Pussycats		B+
Joe Dirt		B
Blow		B+
Just Visiting		B
Along Came a Spider		B+
Spy Kids		A
Someone Like You		B
The Tailor of Panama		C
Heartbreakers		B+
Say It Isn't So		C
Enemy at the Gates		B+
Memento		A
Exit Wounds		B
15 Minutes		C
Get Over It		B
The Mexican		B
3000 Miles to Graceland		D
Hannibal		B+
Valentine		D
Sugar & Spice		B+
The Pledge		A
Double Take		B-
Antitrust		B
2000
Shadow of the Vampire		A
Traffic		A
Miss Congeniality		B
The Family Man		B
O Brother, Where Art Thou?		A+
Cast Away		A-
Finding Forrester		A
What Women Want		B+
The Emperor's New Groove		A
Dude, Where's My Car?		B-
Proof of Life		B
Snatch		B
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon		A+
Dungeons & Dragons		D+
Vertical Limit		B+
Unbreakable		A-
The 6th Day		B
Bounce		B+
Little Nicky		B
Red Planet		B-
You Can Count on Me		A
Men of Honor		A
Charlie's Angels		A-
Lucky Numbers		C+
Book of Shadows : Blair Witch 2		B
Bedazzled		B+
The Legend of Drunken Master		A
Dr. T & The Women		B
Billy Elliot		A
Meet the Parents		B+
Remember the Titans		A
Urban Legends : Final cut		C
Bait		B
Almost Famous		A
Nurse Betty		B
The Art of War		D
Bring it On		A-
Godzilla 2000		B
The Cell		B+
The Replacements		B-
Hollow Man		B
Coyote Ugly		B
Space Cowboys		B
Saving Grace		B
Nutty Professor II - The Klumps		B
Loser		C+
X-Men		A
Scary Movie		B+
The Perfect Storm		A-
The Patriot		A-
Chicken Run		A
Me, Myself & Irene		B+
Boys and Girls		B
Shaft		A-
Titan A.E.		B
Gone in 60 Seconds		B-
Big Momma's House		B
Shanghai Noon		B+
Mission : Impossible 2		A-
Small Time Crooks		A-
Dinosaur		B-
Road Trip		B
Battlefield Earth		D+
Screwed		C+
Gladiator		A-
Frequency		A
U-571		A
Keeping the Faith		B
American Psycho		A-
Where the Money Is		B-
Rules of Engagement		B
The Skulls		C
Romeo Must Die		B+
Erin Brockovich		A-
Final Destination		B
Mission to Mars		B-
Drowning Mona		C+
What Planet Are You From?		B+
Boiler Room		B
Pitch Black		B
Scream 3		B
Eye of the Beholder		D
Supernova		D+
Next Friday		C+
1999
Play it to the Bone		C
Galaxy Quest		A
The Talented Mr. Ripley		B
Man on the Moon		A
Any Given Sunday		B
Anna and the King		B
Bicentennial Man		B
The Cider House Rules		A
The Green Mile		A+
Deuce Bigalow : Male Gigalow		C+
Toy Story 2		A
Sleepy Hollow		B
The World is Not Enough		B+
Dogma		A
The Insider		B+
Being John Malkovich		A
Princess Mononoke		B
The Omega Code		D-
Bringing Out the Dead		B
Bats		C-
Fight Club		A
Superstar		B-
Happy, Texas		B
Three Kings		A
Mystery, Alaska		B
Drive Me Crazy		C
Blue Streak		B
For Love of the Game		B
American Beauty		A
Stir of Echoes		B+
Stigmata		B-
The 13th Warrior		B
Universal Soldier : The Return		D+
Teaching Mrs. Tingle		C+
Bowfinger		B+
Mystery Men		A-
The Thomas Crown Affair		B+
The Sixth Sense		A
The Iron Giant		A+
Dick		B+
Deep Blue Sea		B+
Drop Dead Gorgeous		B
Lake Placid		B-
Eyes Wide Shut		B
The Blair Witch Project		A
American Pie		B+
Arlington Road		B+
South Park : Bigger, Longer & Uncut		A-
Wild Wild West		B+
Big Daddy		B+
The General's Daughter		B
Run Lola Run		A
Austin Powers : The Spy Who Shagged Me		B
Instinct		B
Notting Hill		B
The Thirteenth Floor		B
Trekkies		A-
Star Wars : Episode I -- The Phantom Menace		A
Black Mask		B-
Trippin'		B
The Mummy		A-
Idle Hands		B-
Entrapment		B-
Lost & Found		B-
Election		A-
Life		B
Go		B+
Cookie's Fortune		A
The Matrix		A
10 Things I Hate About You		B
ED tv		B+
The Mod Squad		B-
Ravenous		B+
Forces of Nature		C+
Wing Commander		D
The Rage : Carrie 2		C
The Corruptor		B
Cruel Intentions		B+
Eight Days A Week		B
8mm		B+
Office Space		B+
Blast from the Past		B
Rushmore		A-
Payback		A-
Virus		C+
1998
Affliction		A+
A Civil Action		C
The Faculty		B+
Star Trek : Insurrection		B
Shakespeare in Love		A
A Simple Plan		A+
Psycho (1998)		B
Babe: Pig in the City		A
Jerry Springer : Ringmaster		C+
Enemy of the State		B+
Waking Ned Devine		B+
A Bug's Life		A
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer		C+
The Siege		B
The Waterboy		A-
Elizabeth		A
Pleasantville		C+
Soldier		B-
The Bride of Chucky		C+
Antz		A
A Night at the Roxbury		B+
Ronin		B
Urban Legend		B-
Rush Hour		A-
Touch of Evil (40th Anniv)		A-
Knock Off		C-
Blade		A-
The Avengers		B
Snake Eyes		B-
The Negotiator		A
BASEketball		A
Mafia!		B
Saving Private Ryan		A+
The Mask of Zorro		A
There's Something About Mary		C+
Lethal Weapon 4		A
Armageddon		A
Gone With the Wind		A+
Doctor Dolittle		B
X-Files : Fight the Future		A
Dirty Work		D
A Perfect Murder		B
The Truman Show		A
Godzilla		C
Black Dog		D
The Big Hit		B
Species II		C
Lost in Space		C
Wild Things		B+
The Wedding Singer		B+
The Replacement Killers		B
Deep Rising		B+
1997
As Good As It Gets		A
Titanic		A
Geri's Game		A
Starship Troopers		B
I Know what You Did Last Summer		B
Air Force One		A
Breakdown		B+
Austin Powers : International Man of Mystery		B
1996
Swingers		A
Trainspotting		A
The Quest		D+
Mystery Science Theatre 3000: The Movie		A
Happy Gilmore		B
1995
Goldeneye		B
1994
Stargate		B
Speed		B
Into The Deep (IMAX)		B
1993
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story		B
1991
Terminator 2: Judgment Day		A
1989
The Abyss		A-
Batman		B
1988
They Live		B
1983
A Christmas Story		A
1981
The Evil Dead		B
Raiders of the Lost Ark		A
1978
Halloween		A
1976
Rocky		A
1964
Goldfinger		A
From Russia With Love		C+
1962
Lawrence of Arabia		A
1952
High Noon		A
1943
Casablanca		A+

Average Grade (number of movies)		B (615)