Box Office Predictions for April 24 - 26, 2009
By Edward Douglas -
This
Week's Analysis
(final update 4.23.09)
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TW |
LW |
Title |
Weekend (in millions) |
Change |
# Of Theaters |
Average |
Week |
|
1 |
New |
Obsessed |
$18.4 |
N/A |
2,514 |
$7,319 |
1 |
|
2 |
1 |
17 Again |
$11.4 |
-52% |
3,260 |
$3,502 |
2 |
|
3 |
New |
The Soloist |
$10.3 |
N/A |
2,024 |
$5,089 |
1 |
|
4 |
New |
Earth |
$8.8 |
N/A |
1,800 |
$4,878 |
1 |
|
5 |
2 |
State of Play |
$8.5 |
-39% |
2,803 |
$3,028 |
2 |
|
6 |
3 |
Monsters vs. Aliens |
$8.1 |
-37% |
3,300 |
$2,412 |
5 |
|
7 |
New |
Fighting |
$7.7 |
N/A |
2,310 |
$3,333 |
1 |
|
8 |
4 |
Hannah Montana The Movie |
$6.3 |
-50% |
2,950 |
$1,950 |
3 |
|
9 |
5 |
Fast & Furious |
$5.5 |
-52% |
3,472 |
$1,543 |
4 |
|
10 |
3 |
Crank: High Voltage |
$2.7 |
-62% |
2,223 |
$1,215 |
2 |
|
Est. Weekend Total |
Est. Avg. Drop-Off |
Est. Average PTA |
|
Title |
Release Date |
Theater Count |
Previous Box Office (in millions) |
Weekend Box Office (in millions) |
Average |
Total Box Office |
|
Cadillac Records |
12/5/08 |
687 |
$3.45 |
$5,015 |
$8.14 |
|
|
Dreamgirls |
12/29/06 |
852 |
$22.96 |
$14.10 |
$16,549 |
$103.34 |
|
Fighting Temptations |
9/19/03 |
2,026 |
$11.76 |
$5,804 |
$30.24 |
|
|
The Unborn |
1/9/09 |
2,357 |
$19.81 |
$8,405 |
$42.67 |
|
|
Prom Night |
4/11/08 |
2,700 |
$20.80 |
$7,706 |
$43.82 |
|
|
Resident Evil: Extinction |
9/21/07 |
2,828 |
$23.68 |
$8,373 |
$50.65 |
|
|
Final Destination 2 |
1/31/03 |
2,834 |
$16.02 |
$5,652 |
$46.90 |
|
|
Final Destination |
3/17/00 |
2,585 |
$10.02 |
$3,876 |
$53.30 |
|
|
Lakeview Terrace |
9/19/08 |
2,464 |
$15.00 |
$6,090 |
$39.26 |
|
|
Perfect Stranger |
4/13/07 |
2,661 |
$11.21 |
$4,211 |
$23.71 |
|
|
Domestic Disturbance |
11/2/01 |
2,910 |
$14.03 |
$4,822 |
$45.21 |
|
|
Disclosure |
12/9/94 |
1,675 |
$10.07 |
$6,012 |
$83.02 |
|
|
Malice |
10/1/93 |
1,431 |
$9.23 |
$6,450 |
$46.04 |
|
|
Basic Instinct |
3/20/92 |
1,567 |
$15.13 |
$9,655 |
$117.73 |
|
|
Fatal Attraction |
9/18/87 |
758 |
$7.60 |
$10,030 |
$156.65 |
|
Title |
Release Date |
Theater Count |
Previous Box Office (in millions) |
Weekend Box Office (in millions) |
Average |
Total Box Office |
|
Dreamgirls |
12/29/06 |
852 |
$22.96 |
$14.10 |
$16,549 |
$103.34 |
|
Ray |
10/29/04 |
2,006 |
$20.04 |
$9,990 |
$75.24 |
|
|
Collateral |
8/6/04 |
3,188 |
$24.70 |
$7,748 |
$101.00 |
|
|
Tropic Thunder |
8/13/08 |
3,319 |
$11.03 |
$25.81 |
$7,777 |
$110.46 |
|
Iron Man |
5/2/08 |
4,105 |
$3.50 |
$98.62 |
$24,877 |
$316.04 |
|
Charlie Bartlett |
2/22/08 |
1,122 |
$1.84 |
$1,637 |
$3.95 |
|
|
Resurrecting the Champ |
8/24/07 |
1,605 |
$1.66 |
$1,034 |
$3.17 |
|
|
Music of the Heart |
10/29/99 |
1,349 |
$3.65 |
$2,706 |
$14.85 |
|
|
Mr. Holland's Opus |
1/19/96 |
1,409 |
$0.02 |
$9.26 |
$6,572 |
$82.58 |
|
Radio |
10/25/03 |
3,074 |
$13.30 |
$4,326 |
$52.28 |
|
Title |
Release Date |
Theater Count |
Previous Box Office (in millions) |
Weekend Box Office (in millions) |
Average |
Total Box Office |
|
Stop-Loss |
3/28/08 |
1,291 |
$4.55 |
$3,528 |
$10.91 |
|
|
Step Up |
8/11/06 |
2,467 |
$20.66 |
$8,374 |
$65.33 |
|
|
She's the Man |
3/17/06 |
2,623 |
$10.73 |
$4,091 |
$33.90 |
|
|
August Rush |
11/17/07 |
2,310 |
$9.42 |
$4,079 |
$31.66 |
|
|
The Brave One |
9/14/07 |
2,755 |
$13.47 |
$4,890 |
$36.79 |
|
|
Pride |
3/23/07 |
1,518 |
$3.53 |
$2,328 |
$7.06 |
|
|
Get Rich or Die Tryin' |
11/11/05 |
1,652 |
$5.70 |
$12.02 |
$7,277 |
$30.98 |
|
Four Brothers |
8/12/05 |
2,533 |
$21.18 |
$8,360 |
$73.62 |
|
|
Hustle & Flow |
7/22/05 |
1,013 |
$8.02 |
$7,915 |
$22.18 |
|
|
Crash |
5/6/05 |
1,864 |
$9.11 |
$4,886 |
$54.56 |
|
|
Redbelt |
5/2/08 |
1,379 |
$0.10 |
$1.01 |
$734 |
$2.34 |
|
Never Back Down |
3/14/08 |
2,729 |
$8.60 |
$3,153 |
$24.85 |
|
Title |
Release Date |
Theater Count |
Previous Box Office (in millions) |
Weekend Box Office (in millions) |
Average |
Total Box Office |
|
March of the Penguins |
6/24/05 |
1,867 |
$19.30 |
$7.12 |
$3,812 |
$77.41 |
|
Two Brothers |
6/25/04 |
2,175 |
$6.14 |
$2,825 |
$18.95 |
|
|
Homeward Bound 2 |
3/8/96 |
2,119 |
$8.61 |
$4,063 |
$32.74 |
|
|
Homeward Bound |
2/12/93 |
1,702 |
$0.10 |
$8.21 |
$4,824 |
$41.65 |
|
The Bear |
10/27/89 |
858 |
$0.02 |
$3.68 |
$4,289 |
$29.56 |
Copyright 2009 Edward Douglas
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