Weekend Warrior Box Office Predicions for July 3-5, 2009

Weekend Warrior

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

This Week's Analysis (final update 7.2.09)

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TW	LW	Title	Weekend (in millions)	Change	# Of Theaters	Average	Week
1	New	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	$48.5	N/A	4,099	$11,832	1
2	1	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	$45.8	-58%	4,250	$10,776	2
3	New	Public Enemies	$28.6	N/A	3,334	$8,578	1
4	3	The Hangover	$11.5	-30%	3,070	$3,746	5
5	2	The Proposal	$10.8	-41%	3,099	$3,485	3
6	5	My Sister's Keeper	$7.5	-42%	2,606	$2,878	2
7	4	Up	$6.9	-47%	2,656	$2,598	6
8	7	Taking of Pelham 123	$2.6	-52%	1,908	$1,363	4
9	6	Year One	$2.5	-58%	2,240	$1,116	3
10	9	Star Trek	$2.1	-45%	1,148	$1,829	9
			Est. Weekend Total $166.80	Est. Avg. Drop-Off - 47%		Est. Average PTA $4,820

COMPARISONS:

ICE AGE: DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS (20^th Century Fox)

Title	Release Date	Theater Count	Previous Box Office (in millions)	Weekend Box Office (in millions)	Average	Total Box Office
Ice Age: the Meltdown	3/31/06	3,964		$68.03	$17,163	$195.33
Ice Age	3/15/02	3,316		$46.30	$13,966	$176.39
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	11/7/08	4056		$63.10	$15,559	$180.01
Madagascar	5/27/05	4,131		$47.22	$14,769	$193.14
Shrek the Third	5/18/07	4,122	$0.91	$121.63	$29,507	$320.71
Shrek 2	5/21/04	4,163	$20.95	$108.04	$25,952	$436.47
Shrek	5/18/01	3,587	$0.04	$42.35	$11,805	$267.65
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who	3/14/08	3,954		$45.01	$11,384	$154.53
Robots	3/11/05	3,776		$36.05	$9,546	$128.19
Cats and Dogs	7/6/01	3,040	$14.05	$21.71	$7,140	$93.38

PUBLIC ENEMIES (Universal)

Title	Release Date	Theater Count	Previous Box Office (in millions)	Weekend Box Office (in millions)	Average	Total Box Office
Terminator Salvation	5/21/09	3,530	$13.37	$42.56	$12,056	$121.15
The Dark Knight	7/18/08	4,366		$158.41	$36,283	$533.35
Batman Begins	6/17/05	3,858	$24.15	$48.75	$12,635	$205.09
3:10 to Yuma	9/7/07	2,652		$14.04	$5,292	$53.61
The Prestige	10/20/06	2,281		$14.80	$6,489	$53.09
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	12/21/07	1,249		$9.30	$7,447	$52.90
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	5/25/07	4,362	$13.24	$114.73	$26,303	$309.40
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	7/7/06	4,133		$135.62	$32,817	$423.27
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl	7/11/03	3,269	$24.00	$46.63	$14,264	$305.41
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	7/15/05	3,770		$56.18	$14,901	$206.46
Miami Vice	7/28/06	3,021		$25.72	$8,515	$63.48
Collateral	8/6/04	3,188		$24.70	$7,748	$101.00
Ali	12/28/01	2,446	$20.03	$14.71	$6,014	$58.18
Heat	12/15/95	1,325		$8.45	$6,377	$67.40
American Gangster	11/2/07	3,054		$43.57	$14,265	$130.16
The Departed	10/6/06	3,017		$26.89	$8,912	$133.31
Cinderella Man	6/3/05	2,812		$18.32	$6,515	$61.65
Seabiscuit	7/25/03	1,987		$20.85	$10,495	$120.20
Road to Perdition	7/12/02	1,797		$22.08	$12,267	$104.05