Weekend Warrior

Box Office Predictions for April 3 - 5, 2009
By Edward Douglas -

This Week's Analysis (Final update 4.2.09)

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TW

LW

Title

Weekend (in millions)

Change

# Of Theaters

Average

Week

1

New

Fast & Furious

$45.5

N/A

3,462

$13,101

1

2

1

Monsters vs. Aliens

$32.8

-45%

4,109

$7,982

2

3

2

The Haunting in Connecticut

$9.2

-60%

2,732

$3,367

2

4

4

I Love You, Man

$8.9

-34%

3,323

$3,146

3

5

3

Knowing

$8.4

-42%

2,829

$2,528

3

6

New

Adventureland

$7.0

N/A

1,862

$3,759

1

7

5

Duplicity

$4.4

-45%

2,520

$1,746

3

8

6

Race to Witch Mountain

$3.0

-45%

2,950

$1,017

4

9

7

12 Rounds

$2.3

-57%

2,331

$987

2

10

11

Sunshine Cleaning

$1.8

64%

479

$3,758

5

Est. Weekend Total
$123.30

Est. Avg. Drop-Off
- 33%

Est. Average PTA
$4,143



COMPARISONS:

FAST & FURIOUS (Universal)

Title

Release Date

Theater Count

Previous Box Office (in millions)

Weekend Box Office (in millions)

Average

Total Box Office

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

6/16/06

3,027

$23.97

$7,920

$62.62

2 Fast 2 Furious

6/6/03

3,408

$50.47

$14,810

$127.08

The Fast and the Furious

6/22/01

2,628

$40.09

$15,255

$144.51

Babylon A.D.

8/29/08

3,390

$9.48

$2,798

$22.53

The Pacifier

3/4/05

3,131

$30.55

$9,758

$113.01

The Chronicles of Riddick

6/11/04

2,757

$24.29

$8,810

$57.64

A Man Apart

4/4/03

2,459

$11.02

$4,481

$26.50

xXx

8/9/02

3,374

$44.51

$13,191

$141.20

Pitch Black

2/18/00

1,832

$11.58

$6,321

$39.24

Running Scared

2/24/06

1,611

$3.38

$2,099

$6.86

Eight Below

2/17/06

3,066

$20.18

$6,585

$81.61

Into the Blue

9/30/05

2,789

$7.06

$2,531

$18.25

Timeline

11/28/03

2,787

$3.98

$8.44

$3,028

$19.44



ADVENTURELAND (Miramax)

Title

Release Date

Theater Count

Previous Box Office (in millions)

Weekend Box Office (in millions)

Average

Total Box Office

Superbad

8/17/07

2,948

$33.05

$11,212

$121.46

The Hunting Party

9/7/07

329

0.511

$0.37

$1,111

$0.88

The Squid and the Whale

10/7/05

4

$0.02

$0.13

$32,461

$7.07

Twilight

11/21/08

3,419

$69.64

$20,368

$191.41

Into the Wild

9/21/07

658

$4.35

$2.14

$3,250

$18.35

The Messengers

2/2/07

2,528

$14.70

$5,820

$35.37

Knocked Up

6/1/07

2,871

$30.69

$10,690

$146.28

Smart People

4/11/08

1,106

$4.09

$3,700

$9.51

Waiting...

10/7/05

1,652

$6.02

$3,645

$15.61


Copyright 2009 Edward Douglas

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