Weekend Warrior

Box Office Predictions for May 15 - 17, 2009
By Edward Douglas -

This Week's Analysis (final update 5.14.09)

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TW

LW

Title

Weekend (in millions)

Change

# Of Theaters

Average

Week

1

New

Angels & Demons

$58.6

N/A

3,527

$16,586

1

2

1

Star Trek

$39.8

-47%

3,860

$10,311

2

3

2

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

$12.0

-55%

3,892

$3,083

3

4

3

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

$6.4

-43%

3,150

$2,032

3

5

4

Obsessed

$3.6

-49%

2,634

$1,367

4

6

7

The Soloist

$2.6

-39%

2,022

$1,286

4

7

5

17 Again

$2.5

-37%

2,450

$1,020

5

8

8

Monsters vs. Aliens

$2.1

-35%

1,951

$1,076

8

9

6

Next Day Air

$2.0

-53%

1,139

$1,756

2

10

9

Earth

$1.7

-39%

1,584

$1,073

5

Est. Weekend Total
$131.20

Est. Avg. Drop-Off
- 43%

Est. Average PTA
$3,959



COMPARISONS:

ANGELS AND DEMONS (Sony)

Title

Release Date

Theater Count

Previous Box Office (in millions)

Weekend Box Office (in millions)

Average

Total Box Office

The Da Vinci Code

5/19/06

3,735

$77.07

$20,635

$217.54

The Terminal

6/18/04

2,811

$19.05

$6,778

$77.03

Catch Me If You Can

12/27/02

3,156

$18.60

$30.08

$9,532

$144.96

Road to Perdition

7/12/02

1,797

$22.08

$12,267

$104.05

Cast Away

12/22/00

2,774

$28.88

$10,411

$233.63

Saving Private Ryan

7/24/98

2,463

$30.58

$12,416

$216.12

Apollo 13

6/30/95

2,197

$25.35

$11,538

$172.07

Forrest Gump

7/8/94

1,595

$8.06

$24.45

$15,329

$329.65

Cinderella Man

6/3/05

2,812

$18.32

$6,515

$61.65

A Beautiful Mind

1/4/02

1,853

$21.21

$16.57

$8,940

$170.71

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

5/16/08

3,929

$55.03

$14,007

$141.59

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe

12/9/05

3,616

$65.56

$18,130

$291.17

The Bourne Ultimatum

83/07

3,660

$69.28

$18,930

$227.47

The Bourne Supremacy

7/23/04

3,165

$52.52

$16,595

$170.45

The Bourne Identity

6/14/02

2,638

$27.12

$10,281

$121.38

Red Dragon

10/4/02

3,357

$36.54

$10,885

$93.10

Hannibal

2/9/01

3,230

$58.00

$17,958

$164.97

Silence of the Lambs

2/15/91

1,497

$1.41

$13.77

$9,198

$130.73


Copyright 2009 Edward Douglas

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