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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
"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"...9Last 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
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