Weekend Warrior

Box Office Predictions for August 21 - 23, 2009
By Edward Douglas -

This Week's Analysis(Final update 8.21.09)

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LW

Title

Weekend (in millions)

Change

# Of Theaters

Average

Week

1

New

Inglourious Basterds

$27.2

N/A

3,165

$8,594

1

2

1

District 9

$21.0

-44%

3,065

$6,885

2

3

New

Shorts

$11.0

N/A

3,105

$3,543

1

4

2

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

$10.7

-52%

3,953

$2,707

3

5

3

The Time Traveller's Wife

$9.8

-47%

2,988

$3,280

2

6

4

Julie & Julia

$7.7

-37%

2,463

$3,126

3

7

5

G-Force

$4.5

-35%

2,561

$1,757

5

8

New

Post Grad

$3.9

N/A

1,958

$1,992

1

9

6

The Goods: Live Hard. Sell Hard.

$2.9

-48%

1,849

$1,568

1

10

7

Harry Potter/Half-Blood Prince

$25

-52%

1936

$1,395

2

11

New

X-Games 3D: The Movie

$2.5

N/A

1,399

$1,787

1

Est. Weekend Total
$103.70

Est. Avg. Drop-Off
- 45%

Est. Average PTA
$3,321



COMPARISONS:

INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (The Weinstein Company)

Title

Release Date

Theater Count

Previous Box Office (in millions)

Weekend Box Office (in millions)

Average

Total Box Office

Grindhouse

4/6/07

2,624

$11.60

$4,419

$25.03

Kill Bill Vol. 2

4/16/04

2,971

$25.10

$8,450

$66.21

Kill Bill Vol. 1

10/10/03

3,102

$22.09

$7,121

$69.82

Jackie Brown

12/26/97

1,370

$9.01

$6,577

$39.67

Pulp Fiction

10/14/94

1,338

$9.31

$6,958

$107.93

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

12/26/09

2,988

$11.87

$26.85

$8,987

$127.51

Burn After Reading

9/12/08

2,651

$19.13

$7,215

$60.36

The Assassination of Jesse James

9/21/07

301

$1.64

$0.53

$1,765

$3.90

Babel

10/27/06

1,251

$1.84

$5.55

$4,443

$34.30

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

6/10/05

3,424

$50.34

$14,703

$186.34

Spy Game

11/23/01

2,770

$8.88

$21.69

$7,830

$62.34

Ocean's Thirteen

6/8/07

3,565

$36.13

$10,136

$117.14

Ocean's Twelve

12/10/04

3,290

$39.15

$11,901

$125.40

Ocean's 11

12/7/01

3,075

$38.11

$12,393

$183.13

Valkyrie

12/25/08

2,711

$8.49

$21.03

$7,756

$83.08

Saving Private Ryan

7/24/98

2,463

$30.58

$12,416

$216.12



SHORTS (Warner Bros.)

Title

Release Date

Theater Count

Previous Box Office (in millions)

Weekend Box Office (in millions)

Average

Total Box Office

The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D

6/10/05

2,655

$12.58

$4,739

$39.17

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over

7/25/03

3,344

$33.42

$9,993

$111.76

Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams

8/9/02

3,307

$8.30

$16.71

$5,053

$84.94

Spy Kids

3/30/01

3,104

$26.55

$8,552

$106.26

Zoom

8/11/06

2,501

$4.51

$1,803

$11.63

Sky High

7/29/05

2,905

$14.63

$5,037

$62.94



POST GRAD (Fox Searchlight)

Title

Release Date

Theater Count

Previous Box Office (in millions)

Weekend Box Office (in millions)

Average

Total Box Office

College

8/29/08

2,123

$2.15

$1,014

$4.69

The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants 2

8/6/08

2,707

$10.68

$3,945

$44.09

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

6/3/05

2,583

$3.74

$9.83

$3,807

$38.83

Tuck Everlasting

10/11/02

1,185

$5.27

$4,446

$19.14

I Love You, Beth Cooper

7/10/09

1,858

$4.92

$2,648

$14.46

My Life in Ruins

6/5/09

1,164

$3.22

$2,769

$8.61

Miss March

3/13/09

1,742

$2.41

$1,383

$4.54

The Rocker

8/20/08

2,784

$2.64

$947

$6.41


Copyright 2009 Edward Douglas

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