Weekend Warrior Box Office Predicions for June 12-14, 2009

Weekend Warrior

Box Office Predictions for June 12 - 14, 2009
By Edward Douglas -

This Week's Analysis (final update 6.11.09)

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TW	LW	Title	Weekend (in millions)	Change	# Of Theaters	Average	Week
1	New	Taking of Pelham 1 2 3	$30.2	N/A	3,074	$9,824	1
2	2	Up	$29.4	-34%	3,886	$7,566	3
3	1	The Hangover	$28.5	-37%	3,355	$8,495	2
4	New	Imagine That	$12.5	N/A	3,008	$4,156	1
5	4	Night at the Museum	$9.0	-38%	3,365	$2,675	4
6	3	Land of the Lost	$8.7	-53%	3,524	$2,469	2
7	5	Star Trek	$5.6	-30%	2,638	$2,199	6
8	6	Terminator Salvation	$4.3	-48%	2,650	$1,623	4
9	8	Angels and Demons	$3.6	-46%	2,436	$1,478	5
10	7	Drag Me to Hell	$3.5	-50%	2,270	$1,542	3
			Est. Weekend Total $135.30	Est. Avg. Drop-Off - 43%		Est. Average PTA $4,195

COMPARISONS:

THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123 (Sony/MGM)

Title	Release Date	Theater Count	Previous Box Office (in millions)	Weekend Box Office (in millions)	Average	Total Box Office
American Gangster	11/2/07	3,054		$43.57	$14,265	$130.16
D�j� Vu	11/22/06	3,108	$8.07	$20.57	$6,620	$64.04
Inside Man	3/24/06	2818		$28.95	$10,275	$88.63
The Manchurian Candidate	7/30/04	2,867		$20.02	$6,982	$64.82
Man on Fire	4/23/04	2,979	$0.04	$22.75	$7,637	$77.86
John Q	2/15/02	2,466		$23.61	$9,575	$71.03
Training Day	10/5/01	2,712		$22.55	$7,315	$76.26
Crimson Tide	5/12/95	2,382		$18.61	$7,813	$91.37
Spy Game	11/23/01	2,770	$8.88	$21.69	$7,830	$62.34
Enemy of The State	11/20/98	2,393		$20.04	$8,374	$111.54
Swordfish	6/8/01	2,678		$18.14	$6,776	$69.72
Face/Off	6/27/97	2,621		$23.39	$8,924	$112.28
Broken Arrow	2/9/96	2,388		$15.58	$6,524	$70.65
Gone in 60 Seconds	6/9/00	3,006		$25.34	$8,430	$101.61

IMAGINE THAT (Paramount/Nickelodeon Films)

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
Norbit	2/9/07	3,136		$34.20	$10,904	$95.67
The Haunted Mansion	11/28/03	3,122	$9.77	$24.28	$7,776	$73.06
Daddy Day Care	5/9/03	3,370		$27.62	$8,197	$103.55
I Spy	11/1/02	3,182		$12.75	$4,008	$33.11
Showtime	3/15/02	2,917		$15.01	$5,142	$37.95
Dr. Dolittle 2	6/22/01	3,049		$25.04	$8,212	$112.89
The Nutty Professor 2: The Klumps	7/28/00	3,242		$42.52	$13,115	$123.29
Doctor Dolittle	6/26/98	2,777		$29.01	$10,447	$144.14
The Nutty Professor	6/28/96	2,115		$25.41	$12,014	$128.81
Bedtime Stories	12/25/08	3,681	$10.53	$27.45	$7,457	$110.01