Weekend Warrior

Box Office Predictions for March 6 - 8, 2009
By Edward Douglas -

This Week's Analysis (final update 3.5.09)

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TW

LW

Title

Weekend (in millions)

Change

# Of Theaters

Average

Week

1

New

Watchmen

$74.2

N/A

3,611

$20,548

1

2

3

Slumdog Millionaire

$9.0

-25%

2,890

$3,114

10

3

1

Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail

$8.3

-49%

2,151

$3,859

3

4

2

Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience

$6.0

-53%

1,276

$4,702

2

5

4

Taken

$5.8

-42%

3,016

$1,923

6

6

6

Paul Blart: Mall Cop

$3.7

-35%

2,558

$1,446

8

7

6

He's Just Not That Into You

$3.6

-48%

2,445

$1,472

5

8

7

Coraline

$3.4

-35%

1,959

$1,736

5

9

9

Confessions of a Shopaholic

$2.5

-40%

2,290

$1,092

4

10

8

Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li

$2.2

-57%

1,164

$1,890

3

Est. Weekend Total
$118.70

Est. Avg. Drop-Off
- 42%

Est. Average PTA
$4,178



COMPARISONS:

WATCHMEN (Warner Bros.)

Title

Release Date

Theater Count

Previous Box Office (in millions)

Weekend Box Office (in millions)

Average

Total Box Office

300

3/9/07

3,109

$70.89

$22,844

$210.61

V For Vendetta

3/17/06

3,365

$25.65

$7,620

$70.51

Constantine

2/18/05

3,006

$33.62

$11,186

$75.50

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

7/11/03

3,002

$23.08

$7,687

$66.46

From Hell

10/19/01

2,305

$11.32

$4,911

$31.60

X2: X-Men United

5/2/03

3,741

$85.56

$22,871

$214.95

The X-Men

7/14/00

3,025

$54.47

$18,007

$157.30

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

6/15/07

3,957

$58.05

$14,670

$131.92

Fantastic Four

7/8/05

3,602

$56.06

$15,564

$154.70


Copyright 2008 Edward Douglas

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