February was a rough month in our Box Office Pick’em contest, simply because we were faced with a ton of mediocre to crappy movies. Still, someone came out on top.
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Aaron was the overwhelming favorite in the February draft poll, and he ended up beating Luke for a second straight monthly win. <\/p>\n
Note: You’ll notice a new section entitled Notable Carry-Over Films. These are movies that are still producing sizable box office returns from previous months.<\/p>\n
Aaron’s Notable Carry-Over Films<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n ‘Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters’ and ‘Zero Dark Thirty’<\/p>\n Aaron’s Highlights<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Despite a monstrous budget ($92 million) and the fact that it’s a terrible movie, ‘A Good Day to Die Hard’ easily rose above the $100 million mark in February and has soared upwards of $186 million worldwide.<\/p>\n ‘Warm Bodies’ outperformed its $30 million budget by leaps and bounds, raking in over $82 million.<\/p>\n The wild card in this venture was the kiddie movie ‘Escape from Planet Earth’. Aaron wasn’t too sure that this movie would meet its $40 million budget. But with the complete lack of anything else considered family-friendly at theaters since the beginning of the year, ‘Escape’ recouped most of its budget in a very short time, taking in $36 million.<\/p>\n ‘Hansel & Gretel’ and ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ produced some strong returns that helped Aaron make up the deficits he ran with ‘Snitch and ‘Side Effects’. ‘Hansel’ pulled in $76 million in the month of February, while ‘ZDT’ added another $21 million to its burgeoning total.<\/p>\n Aaron’s Lowlights<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Both ‘Snitch’ and ‘Side Effects’ failed to reach their budget totals. There’s still some hope for ‘Snitch’ because it was a late-in-the-month release, but ‘Side Effects’ is all but done at the box office.<\/p>\n Aaron’s February Net Total: $228,989,501<\/strong><\/p>\nLuke’s February Roster<\/h5>\n