Weekend Warrior Box Office Predicions for February 6-8, 2009

Weekend Warrior

Box Office Predictions for Feb. 6 - 8, 2009
By Edward Douglas -

This Week's Analysis (final update 2.5.09)

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TW	LW	Title	Weekend (in millions)	Change	# Of Theaters	Average	Week
1	New	He's Just Not That Into You	$24.4	N/A	3,175	$7,685	1
2	New	The Pink Panther 2	$19.4	N/A	3,243	$5,982	1
3	1	Taken	$13.1	-47%	3,184	$4,114	2
4	New	Coraline	$9.5	N/A	2,298	$4,482	1
5	New	Push	$9.7	N/A	2,313	$4,194	1
6	2	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	$8.0	-43%	3,169	$2,524	4
7	5	Slumdog Millionaire	$5.9	-25%	1,724	$3,422	6
8	3	The Uninvited	$5.5	-48%	2,344	$2,346	2
9	4	Hotel for Dogs	$5.0	-43%	2,734	$1,829	4
10	5	Gran Torino	$4.7	-45%	2,705	$1,738	9
			Est. Weekend Total $106.00	Est. Avg. Drop-Off - 41%		Est. Average PTA $3,823

COMPARISONS:

THE PINK PANTHER 2 (MGM/Sony)

Title	Release Date	Theater Count	Previous Box Office (in millions)	Weekend Box Office (in millions)	Average	Total Box Office
The Pink Panther	2/10/06	3,477		$20.22	$5,815	$82.23
Son of the Pink Panther	8/27/93	983		$1.13	$1,150	$2.38
Bringing Down the House	3/7/03	2,801		$31.10	$11,104	$132.68
Cheaper By the Dozen	12/26/03	3,298	$8.18	$27.56	$8,356	$128.03
Cheaper by the Dozen 2	12/23/05	3,175	$5.28	$15.34	$4,832	$82.41
Johnny English	7/18/03	2,236		$9.13	$4,085	$27.97
Mr. Bean's Holiday	8/24/07	1,714		$9.89	$5,770	$33.30
Bean	11/7/97	1,948	$7.01	$12.73	$6,535	$45.31
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London	3/12/04	2,973		$8.01	$2,696	$23.22
Agent Cody Banks	3/14/03	3,369		$14.06	$4,175	$47.55
Are We Done Yet?	4/4/07	2,877	4.25	$14.26	$4,957	$49.63
Are We There Yet?	1/21/05	2,709		$18.58	$6,857	$82.30

HE�S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU (New Line/WB)

Title	Release Date	Theater Count	Previous Box Office (in millions)	Weekend Box Office (in millions)	Average	Total Box Office
Marley and Me	12/25/08	3480	$14.38	$36.36	$10,488	$138.09
Rumor Has It...	12/23/05	2,815		$7.52	$2,670	$42.92
The Break-Up	6/2/06	3,070		$39.17	$12,760	$118.81
Along Came Polly	1/16/04	2,984		$27.21	$9,290	$87.86
Music & Lyrics	2/14/07	2,955		$13.62	$4,610	$50.57
50 First Dates	2/13/04	3,591		$39.58	$11,098	$120.78
The Wedding Singer	2/13/98	2,821		$19.10	$6,771	$80.25
Sex and the City	5/30/08	3,285		$56.85	$17,305	$152.65
Definitely, Maybe	2/14/08	2204	$3.12	$9.76	$4,430	$31.40
Failure to Launch	3/10/06	3,057		$24.41	$7,985	$88.72
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days	2/7/03	2,923		$23.77	$8,134	$105.81

PUSH (Summit)

Title	Release Date	Theater Count	Previous Box Office (in millions)	Weekend Box Office (in millions)	Average	Total Box Office
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer	6/15/07	3,957		$58.05	$14,670	$131.92
Fantastic Four	7/8/05	3,602		$56.06	$15,564	$154.70
Cellular	9/10/04	2,749		$10.10	$3,674	$32.00
War of the Worlds	7/1/05	3,908	$35.68	$77.06	$19,719	$233.58
Hide and Seek	1/28/05	3,005		$21.96	$7,308	$51.10
Lucky Number Slevin	4/7/06	1,984		$7.03	$3,544	$22.50
Wicker Park	9/3/04	2,598		$6.82	$2,625	$12.83
Hancock	7/2/08	3,965	$41.27	$62.60	$15,789	$227.95
Jumper	2/15/08	3,428		$27.35	$7,980	$81.17
My Super Ex-Girlfriend	7/21/06	2,702		$8.60	$3,184	$22.53

CORALINE (Focus Features)

Title	Release Date	Theater Count	Previous Box Office (in millions)	Weekend Box Office (in millions)	Average	Total Box Office
James and the Giant Peach	4/12/96	2,262		$7.54	$3,333	$29.82
The Nightmare Before Christmas 3D	10/20/06	168		$3.28	$19,506	$24.30
The Nightmare Before Christmas	10/22/93	1,654	$0.32	$6.24	$3,773	$50.00
The Corpse Bride	9/16/05	3,204	$0.51	$19.15	$5,975	$53.36
Fly Me to the Moon	8/15/08	452		$1.90	$4,205	$12.34
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit	10/7/05	3,645	$0.02	$16.03	$4,397	$56.07
Stardust	8/10/07	2,540		$9.17	$3,610	$38.63
MirrorMask	9/30/05	18		$0.13	$7,025	$0.86