This Friday, October 11th – my little movie blog turns a year old. Nearly 400 blog posts later, it felt like time to post my Top 10 Most-Read Posts since the site’s inception.
A couple of notes: back in the spring I began doing individual box office prediction posts on each and every wide release movie coming out. This has driven up my readership as you’ll see by several of the entries in the top ten. Of course, my #1 most-read is technically Homepage/Archives, but this is dedicated to which posts have seen the most eyeballs. Here you go:
10. Iron Man 3 Box Office Prediction
It stands to reason that the most-read box office prediction posts are the most popular flicks and Iron Man 3 is currently the top grossing pic of 2013. How was my prediction? I said $172.4 million. It made $174.1 million. Not too shabby.
https://toddmthatcher.wordpress.com/2013/04/28/iron-man-3-box-office-prediction/
9. Pacific Rim Box Office Prediction
This Guillermo del Toro summer flick was a real question mark as to how it would perform which likely helped the high readership. I predicted it would earn $39.7 million in its opening and it made $37.2 million. Once again, not too shabby.
https://toddmthatcher.wordpress.com/2013/07/07/pacific-rim-box-office-prediction/
8. Box Office Predictions: January 4-6
Why this particular weekend prediction post is this high is beyond me. The general full weekend prediction posts usually have decent readership, but this one was much greater. On this particular weekend, I shortchanged the opening of the new Texas Chainsaw flick.
https://toddmthatcher.wordpress.com/2013/01/02/box-office-predictions-january-4-6/
7. The Wolverine Box Office Prediction
Like most prognosticators, I went over on The Wolverine with a $67.4 million opening estimate. Oops. It only made a disappointing $53.1 million.
https://toddmthatcher.wordpress.com/2013/07/21/the-wolverine-box-office-prediction/
6. After Earth Box Office Prediction
Just as the mega-blockbusters are well viewed, so are the mega-bombs. For instance, my prediction for colossal dud R.I.P.D. was greater than many pics that did quite well. This is no more evident than in my After Earth post which marked a huge box office disappointment for Will Smith. I said it would debut with $39.1 million. It managed only $27.5 million.
https://toddmthatcher.wordpress.com/2013/05/27/after-earth-box-office-prediction/
5. Oz The Great and Powerful Box Office Prediction
The biggest hit of spring 2013 received an $87.4 million debut prediction from yours truly and it went a bit under that with $79.1 million. Still, it was a massive hit.
https://toddmthatcher.wordpress.com/2013/03/04/oz-the-great-and-powerful-box-office-prediction/
4. The Netflix Effect and House Cards
I wrote this post just as I was getting into watching Netflix’s groundbreaking political show with Kevin Spacey. And apparently I’m not the only one who loved the show…
https://toddmthatcher.wordpress.com/2013/02/04/the-netflix-effect-and-house-of-cards/
3. Movie Perfection: “I Wrote That A Week Ago.”
Of all the posts in the Top 10, this one surprises me the most. I’ve written a number of entries in my Movie Perfection series and they’re among the most fun to write. This post outlining the terrific final scene in Silver Linings Playbook is by far the most popular.
https://toddmthatcher.wordpress.com/2013/05/06/movie-perfection-i-wrote-that-a-week-ago/
2. Man of Steel Box Office Prediction
There was a lot of chatter about just how well this franchise reboot would perform and that may have helped it become my most-viewed prediction post so far. I predicted a $124.3 million debut and it made a little under at $116.6 million.
https://toddmthatcher.wordpress.com/2013/06/09/man-of-steel-box-office-prediction/
1. The 007 Files: My Ranking Of All 23 James Bond Movies
From late December through March, I watched the entire series of James Bond pictures (23 of ’em) in order from Dr. No to Skyfall. I wrote separate blog posts on each and every one. When I was finished, I ranked all 23 in order of my preference. It was a blast to do. And my readers rewarded the journey with my most-viewed post in the blog’s first year.
So there you have it! As always, I can’t thank you enough for reading my stuff and I look forward to year 2!
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