BEST PICTURE
Release Date	Picture	Studio	Comment
Oct 5	Michael Clayton	WB	There is a movement to attack this film for alleged box office problems, but look for the trouble to be shrugged off as the film keeps staying in the top five, espcially md-week, when adults rule the multiplexes.
Dec 21	Charlie Wilson's War	U	Everyone's trying to figure this one out... rumors about re-shoots have been shot down by Universal... competing with Sweeney for "last out of the box" honors
Nov 9	No Country For Old Men	Mir/ ParVan	If being good is enough...
Dec 7	Atonement	Focus	Starting to droop a little... waiting on the next wave of excitement
July 20	Hairspray	NL	Could this $119 million grossing comedy be the killer ap no one saw coming?
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Sept 21	Into The Wild	ParVan	Needs to turn the corner
Oct 26	Before The Devil Knows You're Dead	Think	Could be the surprise of the season with multiple acting nods, Best Director, and BP... but can Think pay the fare?
Dec 21	Sweeney Todd	DW	Getting kicked around a bit by the long lead viewers... the last film to be screened has only been nominated in the last decade when directed by Spielberg, Eastwood, or Scorsese
Dec 26	There Will Be Blood	ParVan	Vantage beginning to release it to the real film critics... Paul Dano gaining traction
Dec 26	The Savages	FoxS	Is it not silly enough to be the comedy surprise?
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Dec 14	Juno	FoxS	How will the adults like it?
Oct 12	Lars & The Real Girl	MGM/Kim	Can they sell the movie?
Dec 17	The Diving Bell & The Butterfly	Mir	Patience better be a virtue
Nov 2	American Gangster	U	Take two weekends and call me when you've grossed $100m
Sept 7	3:10 To Yuma	Lions	Lionsgate smelling a western Crash
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The Current Long Shots (in aphabetical order)
Nov 16	Beowulf	Par
TBA	The Bucket List	WB
TBA	Crossing Over	TWC
TBA-Dec	The Great Debaters	TWC
Nov 21	I'm Not There	TWC
Nov 9	Lions For Lambs	UA
TBA	The Lucky Ones	Lions
Sept 28	Lust, Caution	Focus
Oct 26	Things We Lost In The Fire	DW
Dec 14	The Kite Runner	ParVan
Dec 14	Youth Without Youth	SPC
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Pretty Much Out Of The BP Race (by release date)
June 8	La Vie En Rose	PictH
June 22	A Mighty Heart	ParVan
May 4	Away From Her	Lions
July 13	Rescue Dawn	MGM
Aug 24	Ressurecting The Champ	Yari
Sept 14	The Brave One	WB
Sept 14	Eastern Promises	Focus
Sept 14	In The Valley Of Elah	WIP
Sept 29	The Darjeeling Limited	FoxS
Oct 12	Elizabeth: The Golden Age	U
Nov 16	In Bloom	Mag
Nov 16	Love In the Time Of Cholera	NL
Nov 16	Margot At The Wedding	ParVan
Dec 7	Grace Is Gone	TWC
Dec 7	His Dark Materials	NL

October 25, 2007
- by David Poland

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Charts - October 18, 2007
The Post-Toronto Chart - September 21, 2007
The Pre-Toronto Chart - September 6, 2007
The First Chart of The Season- June 21, 2007

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