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2013 Q2 Scoreboard — ranked by total receipts

Rank	Location	Receipts			Monthlies
Rank	Location	Total	#	Avg/Per	Total	#	Avg/Per
1	California	$8,491.00	209	$40.63	$1,068.00	72	$14.83
2	Texas	6,510.67	195	33.39	1,281.50	78	16.43
3	Florida	3,494.00	117	29.86	851.00	48	17.73
4	Pennsylvania	3,395.00	72	47.15	290.00	20	14.50
5	North Carolina	2,070.00	49	42.24	360.00	19	18.95
6	New York	1,994.00	58	34.38	255.00	20	12.75
7	Ohio	1,787.00	57	31.35	301.00	22	13.68
8	Maryland	1,786.00	45	39.69	267.50	16	16.72
9	Virginia	1,698.00	68	24.97	452.00	29	15.59
10	Colorado	1,614.00	47	34.34	270.00	15	18.00
11	Wisconsin	1,597.00	19	84.05	157.00	9	17.44
12	Washington	1,541.00	49	31.45	371.00	19	19.53
13	Arizona	1,500.00	34	44.12	245.00	16	15.31
14	Connecticut	1,491.00	18	82.83	50.00	4	12.50
15	Georgia	1,242.00	39	31.85	250.00	19	13.16
16	New Jersey	1,240.00	31	40.00	105.00	6	17.50
17	Alabama	1,220.00	30	40.67	265.00	13	20.38
18	Illinois	1,215.00	40	30.38	146.00	10	14.60
19	Tennessee	1,147.50	34	33.75	145.00	12	12.08
20	Arkansas	950.00	19	50.00	130.00	7	18.57
21	Alaska	895.00	14	63.93	110.00	3	36.67
22	South Carolina	850.00	26	32.69	155.00	11	14.09
23	Michigan	849.67	35	24.28	176.67	12	14.72
24	Mississippi	842.00	25	33.68	241.00	9	26.78
25	Massachusetts	798.00	34	23.47	221.00	13	17.00
26	Nevada	781.00	21	37.19	75.00	6	12.50
27	Missouri	745.00	28	26.61	190.00	13	14.62
28	Oklahoma	725.00	19	38.16	250.00	12	20.83
29	Minnesota	639.00	32	19.97	180.00	13	13.85
30	New Hampshire	570.00	10	57.00	90.00	5	18.00
31	Louisiana	568.00	15	37.87	88.00	7	12.57
32	New Mexico	560.00	18	31.11	70.00	5	14.00
33	Oregon	555.00	23	24.13	120.00	8	15.00
34	Nebraska	480.00	11	43.64	30.00	3	10.00
35	Kansas	465.00	26	17.88	185.00	13	14.23
36	Idaho	380.00	15	25.33	65.00	5	13.00
37	Indiana	335.00	22	15.23	165.00	14	11.79
38	Iowa	300.00	8	37.50	50.00	3	16.67
39	Kentucky	285.00	9	31.67	50.00	2	25.00
40	United Kingdom	280.00	5	56.00	30.00	1	30.00
41	Utah	250.00	7	35.71	110.00	4	27.50
42	South Dakota	235.00	9	26.11	25.00	3	8.33
43	Montana	220.00	8	27.50	15.00	2	7.50
44	Sweden	200.00	1	200.00
45	Hawaii	195.00	12	16.25	70.00	5	14.00
46	West Virginia	165.00	3	55.00	30.00	1	30.00
47	Hong Kong	150.00	1	150.00
48	Switzerland	150.00	1	150.00
49	Canada	122.00	10	12.20	35.00	3	11.67
50	North Dakota	120.00	2	60.00
51	Rhode Island	115.00	5	23.00	30.00	1	30.00
52	Australia	103.00	3	34.33
53	Delaware	95.00	6	15.83	10.00	1	10.00
54	Vermont	85.00	3	28.33	70.00	3	23.33
55	Maine	69.00	4	17.25	27.00	2	13.50
56	Norway	50.00	1	50.00	20.00	1	20.00
57	Philippines	50.00	1	50.00
58	El Salvador	30.00	1	30.00
59	Puerto Rico	25.00	1	25.00
60	Thailand	25.00	1	25.00
61	District of Columbia	20.00	2	10.00	10.00	1	10.00
62	Germany	20.00	1	20.00
63	Israel	20.00	2	10.00
64	France	20.00	1	20.00
65	Japan	20.00	1	20.00
66	Jamaica	20.00	1	20.00
67	Armed Forces - Pacific	13.00	3	4.33	5.00	1	5.00
68	Wyoming	10.00	1	10.00	10.00	1	10.00
Never Never Land		2,180.00	105	20.76	715.00	64	11.17
69 locations total		$62,662.84	1,823	$34.37	$10,983.67	705	$15.58

The Movie Reviews

"Stand Up Guys" with Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, Alan Arkin, Julianna Margulies, Mark
Margolis, Lucy Punch, Addison Timlin, Vanessa Ferlito, Katheryn Winnick, Bill Burr

2012, Rated R for violence, language, and brief drug "use" (prescription drug misuse) 95 minutes

In spite of its "R" rating, this movie is an actors' showcase and comedy, beautifully performed by
Pacino, Walken, Arkin, and the others. Pacino gets out of prison after spending 28 years for
robbery and murder when an accomplice in the crime was killed by what may or may not have
been a bullet from Pacino's gun. The father of the dead man is a top-level crime syndicate boss,
and he has given Walken, Pacino's BFF, the option of killing Pacino or dying himself. Walken
picks up Pacino at the prison, and they renew their friendship. They eat at a nice restaurant and
visit a house of ill repute where Pacino lets off steam off camera. They pick up Arkin at the old
folks' home, more fun and car thefts ensue. As the mobster's deadline approaches, they try to
think of alternatives, but the mobster threatens Walken's granddaughter, and the story takes
a-whole-nother tangent. it was really good, funny, and well played. ★★★★

"Parker" with Jason Statham, Jennifer Lopez, Michael Chiklis, Bobby Cannavale, Nick Nolte,
Clifton Collins Jr., Patti LuPone, Emma Booth, Wendell Pierce

2013, Rated R for violence and brief nudity, 118 minutes

Parker (Statham) is a crook with a code. He never steals from those who can't afford to lose it,
and he always plays by the rules and expects his accomplices to do the same. His girlfriend's
(Booth) dad (Nolte) recommends a gang that is planning to steal the gate from the Ohio State
Fair, estimated at 1Mega$. One of the crew botches a distraction fire, and someone dies in it,
but they make off with the cash. As they're driving off, they announce to Parker that they will
pool their shares to finance the next heist, some antique jewels that are going up for auction.
Parker, sticking to the rules, objects, and they shoot him and leave him for dead. A local family
finds him and gets him to a hospital, and his path to setting things right again begins to take
shape. It was typical Jason Statham (pronounced "State-'m" - I heard him say his name once on
the special features), but this time I think he was trying to outdo "Die Hard" He really took a
"beating." Anyway, we thoroughly enjoyed this one. ★★★★

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