You don't want a repeat of what happened last year. It's still early in the year to call it, but every weekend it's down is chipping away at the advantage we had early on this year.

Every summer has its own unique pathology, trajectory, and this is not a summer we want to repeat. Next summer looks really good, it looks like a pretty darn good summer, ... If next year we're down, it will be 'Houston, we have a problem.'

Horror is one of those genres that have a seemingly inexhaustible supply of audience. And this year there has been a preponderance of ones that have done well.

Forty-year-old virgins everywhere are celebrating the No. 1 opening of their hero.

These are films that capitalize on the notion of being able to push the envelope and go into territory that you could not go into in a PG-13.

It's a respectable opening. You can't underestimate the following that Terry Gilliam has.