Weekend Warrior

Box Office Predictions for March 27 - 29, 2009
By Edward Douglas -

This Week's Analysis (final update 3.26.09)

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TW

LW

Title

Weekend (in millions)

Change

# Of Theaters

Average

Week

1

New

Monsters vs. Aliens

$54.6

N/A

4,104

$13,367

1

2

New

The Haunting in Connecticut

$13.1

N/A

2,732

$4,632

1

3

1

Knowing

$11.5

-54%

3,337

$3,451

2

4

2

I Love You, Man

$11.2

-36%

2,730

$4,103

2

5

3

Duplicity

$7.7

-45%

2,579

$2,984

2

6

4

Race to Witch Mountain

$6.4

-50%

3,268

$2,065

3

7

New

12 Rounds

$5.7

N/A

2,331

$2,478

1

8

5

Watchmen

$3.0

-53%

2,010

$1,049

4

9

6

Last House on the Left

$2.8

-52%

2,405

$1,164

3

10

7

Taken

$2.7

-35%

2,350

$1,149

9

Est. Weekend Total
$118.70

Est. Avg. Drop-Off
- 47%

Est. Average PTA
$3,715



COMPARISONS:

MONSTERS VS. ALIENS (DreamWorks Animation/Paramount)

Title

Release Date

Theater Count

Previous Box Office (in millions)

Weekend Box Office (in millions)

Average

Total Box Office

Kung Fu Panda

6/6/08

4,114

$60.24

$14,642

$215.44

Shrek

5/18/01

3,587

$0.04

$42.35

$11,805

$267.65

Madagascar

5/27/05

4,131

$47.22

$11,432

$193.14

Shark Tale

10/1/04

4,016

$47.60

$11,854

$160.76

Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who

3/14/08

3,954

$45.01

$11,384

$154.53

Surf's Up

6/8/07

3,528

$17.64

$5,000.00

$58.87

Robots

3/11/05

3,776

$36.05

$9,546

$128.19

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

Bolt

11/21/08

3,651

$26.22

$7,182

$114.05

The Incredibles

11/5/04

3,933

$70.47

$17,917

$261.44



THE HAUNTING IN CONNECTICUT (Lionsgate)

Title

Release Date

Theater Count

Previous Box Office (in millions)

Weekend Box Office (in millions)

Average

Total Box Office

The Unborn

1/9/09

2,357

$19.81

$8,405

$42.67

The Eye

2/1/08

2,436

$12.43

$5,101

$31.42

The Messengers

2/2/07

2,528

$14.70

$5,820

$35.37

An American Haunting

5/5/06

1,680

$5.78

$3,443

$16.30

The Amityville Horror

4/15/05

3,323

$23.51

$7,074

$64.26

White Noise

1/7/05

2,261

$24.11

$10,665

$55.87

The Others

8/10/01

1,678

$14.09

$8,397

$96.08

The Haunting

7/23/99

2,808

$33.44

$11,909

$91.19

The Number 23

2/23/07

2,759

$14.60

$5,293

$35.23

The Astronaut Farmer

2/23/07

2,155

$4.45

$2,067

$11.00

Firewall

2/10/06

2,840

$13.64

$4,801

$48.75

Sideways

10/22/04

497

$7.03

$2.91

$5,861

$71.50



12 ROUNDS (20th Century Fox)

Title

Release Date

Theater Count

Previous Box Office (in millions)

Weekend Box Office (in millions)

Average

Total Box Office

The Condemned

4/27/07

2,310

$3.81

$1,648

$7.37

The Marine

10/13/06

2,545

$7.14

$2,805

$18.84

See No Evil

5/19/06

1,257

$4.58

$3,645

$15.03

Walking Tall

4/2/04

2,836

$15.50

$5,466

$45.86

The Covenant

9/8/06

2,681

$8.85

$3,302

$23.29

Mindhunters

5/13/05

1,040

$1.91

$1,838

$4.48

Exorcist: The Beginning

8/20/04

2,803

$18.05

$6,441

$41.81

Driven

4/27/01

2,905

$12.17

$4,190

$32.62

Deep Blue Sea

7/30/99

2,854

$6.06

$19.11

$6,696

$73.65

Cutthroat Island

12/22/95

1,619

$2.37

$1,464

$9.91


Copyright 2009 Edward Douglas

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