The Weekend Warrior

Box Office Predictions for June 29 - July 1, 2007
By Edward Douglas -

Check out the Weekend Warrior Blog for this week's Analysis. (final update 6.28)

TW

LW

Title

Weekend (in millions)

Change

# Of Theaters

Average

Week

1

New

Ratatouille

$62.7

N/A

3,940

$15,914

1

2

New

Live Free and Die Hard

$34.3*

N/A

3,408

$10,065

1

3

1

Evan Almighty

$15.2

-52%

3,636

$4,100

2

4

3

1408

$11.3

-45%

2,733

$4,109

2

5

2

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

$9.2

-53%

3,424

$2,706

3

6

5

Knocked Up

$7.1

-35%

2,686

$2,643

5

7

4

Ocean's 13

$6.0

-47%

2,903

$2,105

4

8

31

SiCKO

$5.7

N/A

441

$12,925

1

9

6

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

$3.5

-52%

2,162

$1,619

6

10

7

Surf's Up

$3.3

-50%

2,503

$1,318

4

11

New

Evening

$2.9

N/A

978

$2,965

1

Est. Weekend Total
$161.20

Est. Avg. Drop-Off
-48%

Est. Average PTA
$6,052


*"Live Free or Die Hard" made roughly $9 million on Wednesday, so the original prediction of $39.5 million for the weekend might be a little high, although its also expanding into 200 more theatres on Friday.



COMPARISONS:

LIVE FREE OR DIE (20th Century Fox)

Title

Release Date

Theater Count

Previous Box Office (in millions)

Weekend Box Office (in millions)

Average

Total Box Office

Lucky Number Slevin

4/7/06

1,984

$7.03

$3,544

$22.50

16 Blocks

3/3/06

2,706

$11.86

$4,381

$36.88

Hostage

3/11/05

2,123

$10.21

$4,811

$34.64

Tears of the Sun

3/7/03

2,973

$17.06

$5,737

$43.63

Die Hard with A Vengeance

5/19/95

2,525

$22.16

$8,776

$100.01

Die Hard 2: Die Harder

7/6/90

2,507

$13.82

$21.74

$8,672

$117.32

Die Hard

7/15/88

1,276

$3.05

$7.11

$5,568

$83.01

Bad Boys II

7/18/03

3,186

$46.52

$14,602

$137.26

Casino Royale

11/17/06

3,434

$40.83

$11,891

$167.37

Mission: Impossible III

5/5/06

4,054

$47.74

$11,777

$133.38

Batman Begins

6/17/05

3,858

$24.15

$48.75

$12,635

$205.09

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

7/4/03

3,504

$28.35

$44.04

$12,569

$150.35

Jurassic Park III

7/20/01

3,434

$30.60

$50.77

$14,785

$181.17



RATATOUILLE (Disney/Pixar)

Title

Release Date

Theater Count

Weekend Box Office (in millions)

Average

Total Box Office

Flushed Away

11/3/06

3,707

$18.81

$5,075

$64.57

Cars

6/9/06

3,985

$60.12

$15,086

$244.08

The Incredibles

11/5/04

3,933

$70.47

$17,917

$261.44

Finding Nemo

5/30/03

3,374

$70.25

$20,821

$339.71

Monsters, Inc.

11/2/01

3,237

$63.48

$19,611

$252.89

Toy Story 2

11/24/99

3,236

$57.39

$17,735

$245.82

A Bug's Life

11/25/98

2,686

$32.83

$12,223

$162.79

Toy Story

11/24/95

2,457

$29.14

$11,860

$191.78



SICKO (Lionsgate/The Weinstein Company)


Title

Release Date

Theater Count

Previous Box Office (in millions)

Weekend Box Office (in millions)

Average

Total Box Office

Fahrenheit 9/11

6/25/04

868

$0.16

$23.92

$27,558

$118.56

Bowling For Columbine

10/11/02

8

$0.21

$26,144

$17.57

Super Size Me

5/7/04

41

$0.52

$12,601

$11.49

An Inconvenient Truth

5/26/06

514

$7.61

$2.02

$3,923

$23.81

March of the Penguins

6/24/05

1,867

$19.30

$7.12

$3,812

$77.41



EVENING (Focus Features)

Title

Release Date

Theater Count

Previous Box Office (in millions)

Weekend Box Office (in millions)

Average

Total Box Office

A Home at the End of the World

7/23/04

5

$0.06

$12,946

$1.00

The Hours

1/17/03

402

$3.78

$4.64

$11,555

$41.60

The Devil Wears Prada

6/30/06

2,847

27.57

$9,672

$124.74

A Prairie Home Companion

6/9/06

760

$4.57

$6,008

$20.43

Prime

10/28/05

1,827

$6.22

$3,405

$22.73

Music of the Heart

10/29/99

1,349

$3.65

$2,706

$14.85

Little Children

10/6/06

5

$0.10

$19,591

$5.45

The Family Stone

12/16/05

2,466

$12.52

$5,077

$60.06

Shopgirl

10/21/05

8

$0.23

$28,711

$10.23

Georgia Rule

5/11/07

2,523

$6.77

$2,685

$18.78

Now and Then

10/20/95

1,572

$7.44

$4,733

$27.07

The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

6/7/02

2,507

$16.17

$6,449

$69.59

 


Copyright 2007 Edward Douglas


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