Weekend Warrior Box Office Predicions for March 13-15, 2009

Weekend Warrior

Box Office Predictions for March 13 - 15, 2009
By Edward Douglas -

This Week's Analysis (final update 3.12.09)

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TW	LW	Title	Weekend (in millions)	Change	# Of Theaters	Average	Week
1	New	Race to Witch Mountain	$28.8	N/A	3,187	$9,037	1
2	1	Watchmen	$22.8	-59%	3,611	$6,314	2
3	New	The Last House on the Left	$11.2	N/A	2,401	$4,665	1
4	3	Taken	$5.1	-30%	2,858	$1,784	7
5	New	Miss March	$4,7	N/A	1,742	$2,698	1
6	2	Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail	$4.5	-47%	2,203	$2,043	4
7	4	Slumdog Millionaire	$4.2	-38%	2,578	$1,629	11
8	5	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	$2.8	-33%	2,281	$1,228	9
9	6	He's Just Not That Into You	$2.5	-40%	1,890	$1,323	6
10	8	Coraline	$2.2	-33%	1,768	$1,244	6
			Est. Weekend Total $89.40	Est. Avg. Drop-Off -40%		Est. Average PTA $3,196

COMPARISONS:

RACE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN (Disney)

Title	Release Date	Theater Count	Weekend Box Office (in millions)	Average	Total Box Office
The Game Plan	9/28/07	3,103	$22.95	$7,396	$90.65
Gridiron Gang	9/15/06	3,504	$14.41	$4,114	$38.43
The Rundown	9/26/03	3,152	$18.53	$5,880	$47.59
Bridge to Terabithia	2/16/07	3,139	$22.56	$7,188	$82.23
Because of Winn-Dixie	2/18/05	3,188	$13.22	$4,146	$32.65
The Seeker: The Dark is Rising	10/5/07	3,141	$3.75	$1,192	$8.79
She's the Man	3/17/06	2,623	$10.73	$4,091	$33.90
Wild Hogs	3/2/07	3,287	$39.67	$12,078	$168.21
The Shaggy Dog	3/10/06	3,501	$16.31	$4,659	$61.11
The Pacifier	3/4/05	3,131	$30.55	$9,758	$113.01
The Day the Earth Stood Still	12/12/08	3,560	$30.48	$8,562	$79.31

THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT (Rogue Pictures)

Title	Release Date	Theater Count	Weekend Box Office (in millions)	Average	Total Box Office
The Hills Have Eyes 2	3/23/07	2,447	$9.69	$3,958	$20.53
The Hills Have Eyes	3/10/06	2,620	$15.71	$5,996	$41.78
The Hitcher	1/19/07	2,835	$7.82	$2,758	$16.38
House of Wax	5/6/05	3,111	$12.08	$3,882	$32.05
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning	10/6/06	2,820	$18.51	$6,563	$39.52
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre	10/17/03	3,016	$28.09	$9,315	$80.15
Death Sentence	8/31/07	1,822	$4.23	$2,322	$9.53
The Strangers	5/30/08	2,467	$21.00	$8,512	$52.53

MISS MARCH (Fox Searchlight)

Title	Release Date	Theater Count	Weekend Box Office (in millions)	Average	Total Box Office
Fired Up!	2/20/09	1,810	$5.44	$3,030	$10.04
Sex Drive	10/17/08	2,421	$3.61	$1,490	$8.40
College	8/29/08	2,123	$2.15	$1,014	$4.69
Harold & Kumar: Escape from Guantanamo Bay	4/25/08	2,510	$14.91	$5,940	$38.11
Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle	7/30/04	2,135	$5.48	$2,567	$18.23
Eurotrip	2/20/04	2,512	$6.71	$2,672	$17.72
Road Trip	5/19/00	2,530	$15.48	$6,119	$68.53