The Weekend Warrior

Box Office Predictions for February 15 - 18, 2008
By Edward Douglas -

Check out the Weekend Warrior Blog for this week's Analysis. (final update 2.14.08)

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TW

LW

Title

Weekend (in millions)

Change

# Of Theaters

Average

Week

1

New

Jumper

$36.2

N/A

3,402

$10,641

1

2

New

The Spiderwick Chronicles

$28.3

N/A

3,847

$7,356

1

3

New

Step Up 2 The Streets

$18.4

N/A

2,470

$7,449

1

4

1

Fool's Gold

$15.5

-28%

3,125

$4,960

2

5

2

Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins

$12.2

-25%

2,387

$5,111

2

6

New

Definitely, Maybe

$10.3

N/A

2,203

$4,675

1

7

3

Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus

$6.2

-41%

685

$9,051

2

8

5

Juno

$4.3

-18%

1,862

$2,309

11

9

7

The Bucket List

$4.0

-25%

2,307

$1,734

3

10

6

27 Dresses

$3.8

-29%

1,913

$1,986

5

Est. Weekend Total
$139.20

Est. Avg. Drop-Off
- 29%

Est. Average PTA
$5,025



COMPARISONS:

JUMPER (20th Century Fox)

Title

Release Date

Theater Count

Previous Box Office (in millions)

Weekend Box Office (in millions)

Average

Total Box Office

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

6/10/05

3,424

$50.34

$14,703

$186.34

The Bourne Identity

6/14/02

2,638

$27.12

$10,281

$121.38

Daredevil

2/14/03

3,471

$40.31

$11,613

$102.54

X-Men: The Last Stand

5/26/06

3,690

$122.86

$122.86

$278.46

The X-Men

7/14/00

3,025

$54.47

$18,007

$157.30

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

5/20/05

3,661

$50.01

$108.44

$29,619

$380.21

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

5/16/02

3,161

$30.14

$80.03

$25,317

$302.18

Awake

11/30/07

2,002

$5.86

$2,926

$14.21

Life as a House

11/9/01

1,288

$1.24

$3.68

$2,857

$15.65

xXx

8/9/02

3,374

$44.51

$13,191

$141.20

The Seeker

10/5/07

3,141

$3.75

$1,192

$8.79



THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES (Paramount/Nickelodeon)

Title

Release Date

Theater Count

Previous Box Office (in millions)

Weekend Box Office (in millions)

Average

Total Box Office

The Golden Compass

12/7/07

3,528

$25.78

$7,308

$69.25

Bridge to Terabithia

2/16/07

3,139

$28.54

$9,091

$82.23

Eragon

12/15/06

3,020

$23.24

$7,695

$75.03

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe

12/9/05

3,616

$65.56

$18,130

$291.17

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

12/17/04

3,620

$30.06

$8,304

$118.01

August Rush

11/23/07

2,310

$3.82

$9.42

$4,079

$31.44

Arthur and the Invisibles

1/12/07

2,247

$4.29

$1,911

$15.13

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

7/15/05

3,770

$56.18

$14,901

$206.46

Finding Neverland

11/12/04

513

$3.08

$4.67

$9,104

$51.68

Two Brothers

6/25/04

2,175

$6.14

$2,825

$18.95



STEP UP 2 THE STREETS (Disney/Touchstone)

Title

Release Date

Theater Count

Weekend Box Office (in millions)

Average

Total Box Office

Step Up

8/11/06

2,467

$20.66

$8,374

$65.33

Stomp the Yard

1/12/07

2,051

$21.83

$10,645

$61.36

Take the Lead

4/7/06

3,009

$12.05

$4,005

$34.74

You Got Served

1/30/04

1,933

$16.12

$8,341

$40.07

Honey

12/5/03

1,942

$12.86

$6,620

$30.00

Save the Last Dance

1/12/01

2,230

$23.44

$10,511

$90.17



DEFINITELY, MAYBE (Universal)

Title

Release Date

Theater Count

Previous Box Office (in millions)

Weekend Box Office (in millions)

Average

Total Box Office

Just Friends

11/25/05

2,505

$4.05

$9.19

$3,669

$32.60

Waiting…

10/7/05

1,652

$6.02

$3,645

$15.61

No Reservations

7/27/07

2,425

$11.70

$4,827

$43.10

Little Miss Sunshine

7/26/06

1,430

$15.51

$7.37

$5,155

$59.89

Wimbledon

9/17/04

2,034

$7.12

$3,500

$16.83

Love Actually

11/7/03

576

$6.89

$11,955

$59.08

About a Boy

5/17/02

1,207

$8.56

$7,090

$40.57

High Fidelity

3/31/00

1,183

$6.43

$5,435

$27.04

Music and Lyrics

2/14/07

2,955

5.528

$15.87

$5,370

$50.57

50 First Dates

2/13/04

3,591

$39.58

$11,098

$120.78


Copyright 2008 Edward Douglas


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