Okay, it's only been one day since this week's predictions were posted so there aren't too many changes now that we have actual theatre counts, although it certainly looks like J.J. Abrams' Cloverfield isn't holding up as well as originally thought. It still should remain ahead of Sylvester Stallone's return as Rambo, which should be a "Friday Night Special" holding very little traction over the weekend. The spoof comedy Meet the Spartans will take away some of its potential business, and it should also keep Diane Lane's serial killer thriller Untraceable under the $10 million mark for the weekend.
The big unknown is still Paramount Vantage's dance movie How She Move but it should be interesting to see it jockeying for position in the lower half of the Top 10 against the studio's Oscar nominated There Will Be Blood from P. T. Anderson.
Reexpanding into over 1,000 theaters after its multiple Oscar nominations, Tony Gilroy's Michael Clayton starring George Clooney should bring in an additional $3.5 to 4 million over the weekend, just ahead of its Oscar competition, Joel and Ethan Coen's No Country for Old Men, which will be in roughly the same number of theaters.
1. Cloverfield (Paramount) - $18.6 million -54% (down -.9 mill.)
2. Rambo (Lionsgate) - $16.6 million N/A (down .1)
3. 27 Dresses (20th Century Fox) - $14.3 million -38% (same)
4. Meet the Spartans (20th Century Fox) - $12.4 million N/A (up .6)
5. Untraceable (Sony/Screen Gems) - $9.3 million N/A (same)
6. The Bucket List (Warner Bros) - $8.6 million -39% (same)
7. Juno (Fox Searchlight) - $7.5 million -25% (same)
8. How She Move (Paramount Vantage) - $4.8 million N/A (up .2 mil)
9. There Will Be Blood (Paramount Vantage) - $4.7 million +62% (up .3 mil and one place)
10. Mad Money (Overture) - $4.3 million -42% (down .2 mil and one place)
