Weekend Warrior Box Office Predicions for March 6-8, 2009

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