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1
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Average Sales per Theater: $10,081
Metacritic Score: 46
Netflix Average: 3.6 Stars
Weeks in Release: 1 | Last Week's Rank: --
Official Site
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Green Street Hooligans
Average Sales per Theater: $6,965
Metacritic Score: 57
Netflix Average: 3.6 Stars
Weeks in Release: 1 | Last Week's Rank: --
Official Site
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3
The Constant Gardener
Average Sales per Theater: $3,422
Metacritic Score: 82
Netflix Average: 3.9 Stars
Weeks in Release: 2 | Last Week's Rank: --
Official Site
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4
Grizzly Man
Average Sales per Theater: $2,088
Metacritic Score: 88
Netflix Average: 4.2 Stars
Weeks in Release: 5 | Last Week's Rank: --
Official Site
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An Unfinished Life
Average Sales per Theater: $7,254
Metacritic Score: 49
Netflix Average: 3.4 Stars
Weeks in Release: 1 | Last Week's Rank: --
Official Site
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The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Average Sales per Theater: $2,595
Metacritic Score: 72
Netflix Average: 4.2 Stars
Weeks in Release: 4 | Last Week's Rank: --
Official Site
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Murderball
Average Sales per Theater: $581
Metacritic Score: 87
Netflix Average: 4.3 Stars
Weeks in Release: 10 | Last Week's Rank: --
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Junebug
Average Sales per Theater: $2,060
Metacritic Score: 80
Netflix Average: 3.9 Stars
Weeks in Release: 6 | Last Week's Rank: --
Official Site
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March of the Penguins
Average Sales per Theater: $1,098
Metacritic Score: 80
Netflix Average: 4.2 Stars
Weeks in Release: 12 | Last Week's Rank: --
Official Site
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Broken Flowers
Average Sales per Theater: $1,772
Metacritic Score: 79
Netflix Average: 3.7 Stars
Weeks in Release: 6 | Last Week's Rank: --
Official Site
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2046
Average Sales per Theater: $1,926
Metacritic Score: 78
Netflix Average: 3.6 Stars
Weeks in Release: 6 | Last Week's Rank: --
Official Site
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Batman Begins
Average Sales per Theater: $814
Metacritic Score: 70
Netflix Average: 4.4 Stars
Weeks in Release: 13 | Last Week's Rank: --
Official Site
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film@thelarrypage.
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This probably wasn't the most ideal week to debut The Positive Buzz Chart, since it doesn't seem like there are too many new films people are genuinely excited about.
Exorcism of Emily Rose, Green Street Hooligans, and An Unfinished Life were the only new movies outbuzz the big critical darlings and fan favorites of the summer. But with mixed reviews for all three of the new films, don't expect them to stick around in the spotlight for too long.
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"Buzz" is a pretty tough thing to try to measure. But that doesn't stop a statistics-loving boy from giving it a shot.
Using box office ticket sales data, Metacritic scores and user votes from Netflix, I've created a formula that combines popular demand with opinion ratings. The result is a chart that includes quality films (which can only rank highly if they do well in theaters) and seat-fillers (which can only stick around on the chart if they get good reviews).
In other words, these are the films that in the past week have succeeded in enjoying the most positive attention.
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Next week's most likely films to reach the chart:
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Lord of War
Proof
Everything is Illuminated
Thumbsucker
Keane
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