Weekend Warrior

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

This Week's Analysis (final update 2.5.09)

(Enjoy the numbers but please do try to check out the preview and analysis posted on the blog at the link above, including reviews, interviews, etc. If you have anything to say about anything written in this column, feedback and Email is always welcome, and almost always responded to.)

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


Copyright 2008 Edward Douglas

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