they gave it an f cinemascore, which is very rare for a service company. but the weinstein co., for some reason, they kind of dumped this movie after cannes. they didn't put a lot of publicity into it, they kind of knew it wasn't an awards film. so they kind of just threw it out there, and obviously the box office reflected that. > "killing them softly" is doing just that. > > that's right. > i want to ask you about this: i feel like it is a little early to talk about oscar contenders, but i made it to a lot of these movies so far, i have to say: "argo", "lincoln." i now saw "silver linings." it is terrific. i loved "flight." i thought "arbitrage" was very good. what do the winners look like for you? > > i think there are probably three films right now that if you are looking for best picture contenders, i think the three films right now are "argo", "lincoln," and "les miserables," which is coming out in december. all those three films i think are going to be competing for the top. i think "lincoln" has the edge right now. but you are going to see a lot of

. > > there's going to be a lot of oscars, and this is one of the rare films to get an a+ from cinemascore, which is sort of this independent marketing company that sort of surveys moviegoers and whatnot. only 18 films have received this a+ rating, and this is a list that includes "titanic," "the avengers, 9 best picture nominees, and 4 winners. so, this is going to be a huge number. > > i walked out of the theater so proud of ben affleck. i don't even know him, but ben, i'm proud of you. let's take a look at the other numbers. "taken 2," as you mentioned, $21 million, "argo" at $19 million, "sinister" $18 million, "hotel transylvania" hanging in there at $17 million, and "here comes the boom" at $11 million. coming up this weekend... tyler perry in a suspense film. this is new. > > yeah. this is new. this is the first, not counting his cameo in "star trek," the first time he's sort of branched out from his own brand and whatnot, and he's taken over a role made famous by morgan freeman, of all people, in "kiss the girls" and "along came a spider." alex cross, this james patterson character