I think we could all pretty much agree with what #1 is gonna be, but what will be the biggest grossers this month?

I'm not really sure on Ferdinand. Road Chip grossed $85m against Force Awakens so maybe that seems right? Or will it be a 100m+ grosser?

I'm also not sure about Pitch Perfect 3. I feel like it'll go down a lot from the second but holiday legs will help.

so... I'm gonna guess:
1. The Last Jedi - 750m
2. Jumanji (if this isn't regarded as awful it's gonna be huge) - 170m
3. Pitch Perfect 3 - 115m
4. Ferdinand - 90m
5. Greatest Showman - 65m

Don't think Downsizing, Father Figures or All The Money in the World will do 50m+.

I have to give it more thought. I would think All the Money in the World could get over 60m though.

Ferdinand strikes me as a $60m grosser at best. The Greatest Showman looks like a "north of $80m" grosser. Pitch Perfect 3 will get help from the #MeToo girl power thing that's popular at the moment, and will make upwards of $150m. Jumanji is going over $100m, but not as high as $130m. Downsizing is probably going to get lost with around $50m. Bastards will flop with $20m. All the Money in the World will make fuck-all with or without Spacey, though the trailer is an improvement without Spacey. I am thinking just $35m for it.

Ferdinand is doing $100m+ DOM.

(It looks good, kids are off school, it's based on a top 100 children's book, Disney won the best animated short Oscar for it's version, and only one Blue Sky movie has done less than $100m.)

Yeah Ferdinand is looking good for $100m+ total. Here's my ranking

1. TLJ - $720m
2. Ferdinand - $170m
3. Pitch Perfect - $135m
4. Jumanji - $105m
5. Greatest Showman - $100m

Pitch Perfect 3 is doing $200m+ DOM.

(It is a series that started quietly and has gradually builtup a whole lotta cult buzz. PP3's promotional campaign has been extensive, and effective at getting the word out to the faithful. The first did $65m, the second $184m - this third one is going to erupt.)

The faithful will get it to $100m. It needs the wider general audience to get it above $200m.

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle is doing $300m+ DOM.

It's going to be the family-pleasin', comedy-adventure surprise breakout hit of the 2017/18 holidays. Kevin Hart? Jack Black? Dwayne Johnson? C'mon!

If that happens it will be Dwayne's first lead movie to gross over $300m and would be $100m more than the original Jumanji adjusted-for-inflation. In other words, it isn't happening and you're delusional (but then we all knew that already).

But I applaud you for supporting the films you anticipate. I hope it can make a sizable amount. Say, $180-200m, especially being in the shadow on The Last Jedi.

I love this December, I hope Jumanji, Greatest Showman, and Downsizing hit 100 million And then the Disaster Artist, and the cherry on top is The Last Jedi. And, I know this might sound horrible. But just seeing the new trailer to All the Money, I have no interest in it. Plummer looks horrible in it.

I only wish I got moviepass not as a gift.

1. The Last Jedi - $750M+
2. Jumanji - $150M+
3. Pitch Perfect 3 - $125M
4. Ferdinand - $100M-$110M
5. The Greatest Showman - $75M-$85M

I can see Downsizing and All The Money in the World doing $50-$60M which is nothing amazing, but still very solid and respectable considering their mid tier films. Father Figures looks like a huge bomb IMO.

You'll still see it.

1. The Last Jedi - $680-720m
2. Jumanji - $185m
3. Pitch Perfect 3 - $130m
4. Ferdinand - 130m
5. Greatest Showman - $85m

1. TLJ - $820m
2. Jumanji - $175m
3. Greatest Showman - $150m
4. Pitch Perfect - $115m
5. Ferdinand - $110m

Hmm. It is rated R. That surprised me.

WHAT!!! huh trailer makes it seem PG-13

Yeah. It shocked me too. The marketing makes it seem like broad 'what if?' family entertainment.

Alexander Payne generally takes a sophisticated and adult perspective in his films - personally, I'm excited he's not holding back his vision by ratings concerns with Downsizing.

Downsizing has always looked like an adult film to me... isn't one of the scenes in the trailer bin getting high?

Yeah Downsizing being R-rated shocked me as well.

Who's delusional now?

Still you. It ain't getting anywhere close to $300m+

^ I think this last post is why Algren hasn't been here all week - the shame is just too much for him.

It's official, this past December took the record

1 December, 2017 $1,322,444,827 206
2 December, 2015 $1,305,001,668 219

It's the Jumanji effect