With nothing but holdovers to face as competition, Playing for Keeps has an open field to make an attempt at number one. The film only needs to bank around $10 million to achieve that, but considering how poorly Gerard Butler’s films have been opening, it might fail to top the umpteenth week of Breaking Dawn, Part 2 or Skyfall.

Individual Commentaries

Wesley Lovell: It isn’t the most exciting of weeks and while Hyde Park on Hudson was once a potential Oscar darling, critics haven’t been kind. Of all of the week’s releases, the only one that appeals to me in any respect is In Our Nature and that’s only because of the cast.
Peter J. Patrick: Playing for Keeps and Deadfall are recycled titles, hopefully the films themselves aren’t the same old same old. The latter from the director of The Counterfeiters sounds quite promising. On the other hand we have the savagely reviewed Hyde Park on Hudson finally seeing the light of day during this busy pre-holiday season. To go or not to go, that is the question.
Tripp Burton: Another slow weekend at the box office, with little to get excited about. Maybe it’s the extra week between Thanksgiving and Christmas, but this hasn’t been too exciting of a holiday season yet!

Dec. 7-9, 2012
	Playing for Keeps (Wide Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	Deadfall (Limited Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	Hyde Park on Hudson (Limited Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	In Our Nature (Limited Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview
	On DVD Avoid It None	On DVD For Genre Fans None	On DVD For Film Enthusiasts C	On DVD For Genre Fans None
	On DVD For Everyone None	In Theaters For Everyone None	On DVD For Film Enthusiasts C	Never Avoid It None
	On DVD For Genre Fans None	On DVD For Genre Fans None	On DVD For Film Enthusiasts C	On DVD For Everyone None
KEY:	Personal Impression Personal Pick of the Week Recommendation (For Everyone) Recommendation (For Genre Fans) Recommendation (For Film Enthusiasts) Recommendation (Avoid It)		Oscar Impression: Oscar Codes: M: Major (Picture, Directing, Acting) S: Support (Writing, Music, Editing, Cinematography) C: Creative (Production Design, Costumes, Makeup) T: Tech (Sound, Visual Effects) A: Animated Feature D: Documentary Feature F: Foreign LanguageFilm
	All ratings are on a scale of 0 to 10 (with 0 being no interest / no recommendation, and 10 being absolute interest / recommendation). The Avoid rating follows the same 0 to 10 format with 10 being the highest recommendation that you avoid the film at all costs. Each Person selects makes a “Pick of the Week,” some weeks may have more than one, some may have none at all.