Weekend Warrior Box Office Predicions for July 31-August 2, 2009

Weekend Warrior

Box Office Predictions for July 31 - August 2, 2009
By Edward Douglas -

This Week's Analysis (final update 7.30)

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TW	LW	Title	Weekend (in millions)	Change	# Of Theaters	Average	Week
1	New	Funny People	$35.2	N/A	3,008	$11,702	1
2	1	G-Force	$20.2	-36%	3,697	$5,464	2
3	2	Harry Potter/Half-Blood Prince	$16.0	-46%	4,393	$3,642	3
4	3	The Ugly Truth	$15.2	-45%	2,882	$5,274	2
5	New	Aliens in the Attic	$11.3	N/A	3,105	$3,639	1
6	4	Orphan	$6.2	-53%	2,753	$2,252	2
7	5	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	$5.0	-43%	2,757	$1,814	5
8	7	The Hangover	$4.6	-29%	2,071	$2,221	9
9	6	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	$4.5	-45%	2,636	$1,714	6
10	8	The Proposal	$4.2	-35%	2,435	$1,725	7
11	New	The Collector	$2.5	N/A	1,500	$1,887	1
			Est. Weekend Total $124.90	Est. Avg. Drop-Off - 41%		Est. Average PTA $3,758

COMPARISONS:

FUNNY PEOPLE (Universal)

Title	Release Date	Theater Count	Previous Box Office (in millions)	Weekend Box Office (in millions)	Average	Total Box Office
Knocked Up	6/1/07	2,871		$30.69	$10,690	$146.28
The 40-Year-Old Virgin	8/19/05	2,845		$21.42	$7,530	$109.24
Bedtime Stories	12/25/08	3,681		$27.45	$7,457	$110.10
You Don't Mess with the Zohan	6/6/08	3,462		$38.53	$11,130	$100.02
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry	7/20/07	3,495		$34.23	$9,795	$119.68
Reign Over Me	3/23/07	1,671		$7.46	4465	$19.66
Spanglish	12/17/04	2,438		$8.82	$3,617	$42.04
Punch-Drunk Love	11/1/02	1,252	$6.86	$4.00	$3,197	$17.79
Observe and Report	4/10/09	2,727		$11.02	$4,040	$23.99
Zack and Miri Make a Porno	10/31/08	2,735		$10.07	$3,680	$31.45
Pineapple Express	8/6/08	3,072	$18.07	$23.25	$7,567	$87.34
Superbad	8/17/07	2,948		$33.05	$11,212	$121.46

ALIENS IN THE ATTIC (20^th Century Fox)

Title	Release Date	Theater Count	Previous Box Office (in millions)	Weekend Box Office (in millions)	Average	Total Box Office
Meet Dave	7/11/08	3,011		$5.25	$1,744	$11.80
Firehouse Dog	4/4/07	2,860		$3.84	$1,342	$13.93
The Country Bears	7/26/02	2,553		$5.31	$2,080	$16.99
Space Chimps	7/18/08	2,511		$7.18	$2,860	$30.11
Like Mike	7/5/02	2,410	$6.84	$12.18	$5,054	$51.41
Men In Black	7/4/97	3,020	$33.06	$51.07	$16,911	$250.15
Mars Attacks!	12/13/96	1,955		$9.38	$4,798	$37.77

THE COLLECTOR (Freestyle Releasing)

Title	Release Date	Theater Count	Weekend Box Office (in millions)	Average	Total Box Office
Feast	9/22/06	146	$0.05	$374	$0.05
Saw V	10/24/08	3,060	$30.05	$9,822	$56.75
Saw IV	10/26/07	3,183	$31.76	$9,977	$63.30
Saw III	10/27/06	3,167	$33.61	$10,613	$80.15
Saw 2	10/28/05	2,949	$31.73	$10,758	$87.03
Saw	10/29/04	2,315	$18.28	$7,895	$55.15
P2	11/9/07	2,131	$2.08	$978	$6.35
Captivity	7/13/07	1,061	$1.43	$1,347	$2.69