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How trailers fared

 
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Reader Reviews
-Before the Rains
-Blind Mountain
-The Take
-Witless Protection
-There Will Be Blood
-Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert

Times Reviews
-'Roman de Gare,' 'Water Lilies,' 'Bloodline,' 'Indestructible'
-'The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian'
-'Noise'
-'Reprise'
-'Turn the River'
-'Up the Yangtze'
-'Unsettled'
-'How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer'
-Iron Man and Speed Racer: The Videogame
-'I for India'
-I spy espionage in 'OSS'
-'Speed Racer'


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Foretells like teen spirit

Here's how this year's Summer Movie Posse rated the trailers for 15 of the summer's most anticipated films. Each trailer was graded on a 1-to-10 scale, with the highest possible score being 70.

"Pineapple Express"...69

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"The Dark Knight"...66

"Hancock"...59

"Iron Man"...56

"Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull"...52

"Hellboy 2: The Golden Army"...43

"The Happening"...41

"Wanted" and "Get Smart" (tie)...39

"You Don't Mess With the Zohan"...38

"Speed Racer"...37

"The Incredible Hulk"...36

"American Teen"...25

"The Love Guru"...23

"What Happens in Vegas"...9

Last year's results

Here's a look at the posse's 2007 rankings -- from movies it most wanted to see to those it could do without -- matched against the domestic box-office results.

"Superbad"...$121,463,226

"Knocked Up"...$148,768,917

"Hot Rod"...$13,938,332

"Rescue Dawn"...$5,490,423

"Evan Almighty"...$100,462,298

"Ocean's Thirteen"...$117,154,724

"The Simpsons Movie"...$183,135,014

"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"...$292,004,738

"1408"...$71,985,628

"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End"...$309,420,425

"Transformers"...$319,246,193

"Live Free or Die Hard"...$134,529,403

"Rush Hour 3"...$140,125,968

"Good Luck Chuck"...$35,017,297

"Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer"...$131,921,738

"I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry"...$120,059,556

Source: boxofficemojo.com