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Monday Mixer: It's 'Back to the Future' week!

Posted Monday, October 19, 2015 at 4:39 PM Central

by John Couture

Sports, man. Some weeks you're a winner while others you're not a winner.

For Tim and myself, this weekend was more along the lines of the latter. Tim is a dyed-in-the-wool Cubs fan, so his boys being off to a 0-2 start in the NLCS is less than ideal, but hardly the worst bit of news for our teams this weekend.

On the gridiron, we both support Michigan football and I don't think I need to rehash that finish for anyone. Needless to say, I was 10 seconds away from purging a half decade's worth of pain and suffering at the hands of spiteful Michigan State fans on facebook when the unthinkable happened.

Of course, as much as that play was a jaw-dropper, it was quickly topped by the Colts ineptitude on Sunday Night Football. Known as the fake punt that wasn't, the Colts were denied when they snapped the ball on 4th and 3 and their player was immediately tackled by five Patriots players when the center was unable to block five guys by himself. Yep, it was a weekend worthy of drinking.

And yet, the sun still came up this morning and life goes on. Even better, we can talk about something more enjoyable like this weekend's box office.

Box Office 411

Despite Sony's pessimism for a $12-15 million opening, Goosebumps captured the top spot at the box office with $23.5 million. With original projections close to $30 million, this still feels like a bit of a letdown to me.

The good news is that audiences have been very receptive to the film and without true competition from another family film until The Peanuts Movie debuts on November 6. Goosebumps should enjoy good holds and end up with just north of $100 million when the dust settles.

Bridge of Spies opened up in third place with $15.3 million. With Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, expectations were much higher, but this is actually in line with their last collaboration The Terminal. That film ended up with $77 million and while this one probably won't reach that number, a nice awards season bump might get it up to $60 million.

The two other new releases Crimson Peak ($12.8 million) and Woodlawn ($4.1 million) also fell below expectations. The Guillermo del Toro horror film was highly touted and might be considered one of only a couple missteps from Universal this year. Of course, when this is considered a misstep, you know that you're having a good year.

Quick Hitters

I'm not even supposed to Mixer today!