Box Office Predictions for May 22- 25, 2009
By Edward Douglas -
This
Week's Analysis
(final update 5.21.09)
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|
TW |
LW |
Title |
Weekend (in millions) |
Change |
# Of Theaters |
Average |
Week |
|
1 |
New |
Terminator Salvation |
$71.6 |
N/A |
3,480 |
$20,575 |
1 |
|
2 |
New |
Night at the Museum |
$68.6 |
N/A |
4,096 |
$16,748 |
1 |
|
3 |
2 |
Star Trek |
$32.7 |
-24% |
4,053 |
$8,068 |
3 |
|
4 |
1 |
Angels and Demons |
$27.8 |
-40% |
3,530 |
$7,882 |
2 |
|
5 |
New |
Dance Flick |
$10.7 |
N/A |
2,350 |
$4,367 |
1 |
|
6 |
3 |
X-Men Origins: Wolverine |
$9.0 |
-39% |
3,183 |
$2,828 |
4 |
|
7 |
4 |
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past |
$5.0 |
-25% |
2,255 |
$2,217 |
4 |
|
8 |
5 |
Obsessed |
$3.1 |
-33% |
2,300 |
$1,934 |
5 |
|
9 |
7 |
Monsters vs. Aliens |
$2.4 |
-23% |
1,700 |
$1,674 |
9 |
|
10 |
6 |
17 Again |
$2.1 |
-38% |
2,200 |
$1,897 |
6 |
|
Est. Weekend Total |
Est. Avg. Drop-Off |
Est. Average PTA |
TERMINATOR SALVATION (Warner Bros.)
|
Title |
Release Date |
Theater Count |
Previous Box Office (in millions) |
Weekend Box Office (in millions) |
Average |
Total Box Office |
|
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines |
7/4/03 |
3,504 |
$28.35 |
$44.04 |
$12,569 |
$150.35 |
|
Terminator 2 |
7/5/91 |
2,274 |
$20.54 |
$40.67 |
$13,971 |
$204.84 |
|
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle |
6/27/03 |
3,459 |
$37.63 |
$10,880 |
$100.69 |
|
|
Charlie's Angels |
11/3/00 |
3,037 |
$40.13 |
$13,214 |
$125.31 |
|
|
The Dark Knight |
7/18/08 |
4,366 |
$158.41 |
$36,283 |
$533.35 |
|
|
Batman Begins |
6/17/05 |
3,858 |
$24.15 |
$48.75 |
$12,635 |
$205.09 |
|
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End |
5/25/07 |
4,362 |
$13.24 |
$139.80 |
$32,050 |
$309.40 |
|
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull |
5/22/08 |
4,260 |
$25.04 |
$126.94 |
$29,792 |
$317.00 |
|
X-Men: The Last Stand |
5/26/06 |
3,690 |
$122.86 |
$33,295 |
$234.36 |
|
|
The Day After Tomorrow |
5/28/04 |
3,425 |
$85.81 |
$25,053 |
$186.58 |
|
|
Bruce Almighty |
5/23/03 |
3,483 |
$85.73 |
$24,614 |
$242.60 |
|
|
The Lost World |
5/23/97 |
3,281 |
$2.57 |
$84.70 |
$27,480 |
$229.09 |
|
Pearl Harbor |
5/25/01 |
3,214 |
$75.18 |
$23,390 |
$198.54 |
|
|
Live Free or Die Hard |
6/29/07 |
3,408 |
$15.03 |
$33.37 |
$9,792 |
$134.53 |
|
Title |
Release Date |
Theater Count |
Previous Box Office (in millions) |
Weekend Box Office (in millions) |
Average |
Total Box Office |
|
Night at the Museum |
12/22/06 |
3,685 |
$30.43 |
$8,259 |
$250.86 |
|
|
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa |
11/7/08 |
4,056 |
$63.10 |
$15,559 |
$180.01 |
|
|
Madagascar |
5/27/05 |
4,131 |
$61.01 |
$14,769 |
$193.14 |
|
|
Tropic Thunder |
8/13/08 |
3,319 |
$11.03 |
$25.81 |
$7,777 |
$110.46 |
|
Meet the Fockers |
12/24/04 |
3,518 |
$24.40 |
$46.12 |
$13,110 |
$275.94 |
|
Meet the Parents |
10/6/00 |
2,614 |
$28.62 |
$10,949 |
$166.23 |
|
|
Enchanted |
11/21/07 |
3,730 |
14.619 |
$34.44 |
$9,233 |
$127.71 |
|
Forgetting Sarah Marshall |
4/18/08 |
2,798 |
$17.73 |
$6,335 |
$63.17 |
|
|
Superbad |
8/17/07 |
2,948 |
$33.05 |
$11,212 |
$121.46 |
|
|
Evan Almighty |
6/22/07 |
2,604 |
$31.19 |
$8,655 |
$100.29 |
|
|
Bruce Almighty |
5/23/03 |
3,483 |
$85.73 |
$24,614 |
$242.60 |
|
Title |
Release Date |
Theater Count |
Previous Box Office (in millions) |
Weekend Box Office (in millions) |
Average |
Total Box Office |
|
Little Man |
7/14/06 |
2,533 |
$21.61 |
$8,533 |
$58.64 |
|
|
White Chicks |
6/25/04 |
2,726 |
$7.50 |
$19.68 |
$7,218 |
$69.15 |
|
Scary Movie 2 |
7/6/01 |
3,220 |
$13.51 |
$20.50 |
$6,367 |
$71.28 |
|
Scary Movie |
7/7/00 |
2,912 |
$42.35 |
$14,543 |
$157.00 |
|
|
Disaster Movie |
8/29/08 |
2,642 |
$5.84 |
$2,209 |
$14.19 |
|
|
Superhero Movie |
3/28/08 |
2,960 |
$9.51 |
$3,213 |
$25.87 |
|
|
Date Movie |
2/17/06 |
2,896 |
$19.08 |
$6,587 |
$48.55 |
|
|
Epic Movie |
1/26/07 |
2,801 |
$18.61 |
$6,645 |
$39.74 |
|
|
Bruce Almighty |
5/23/03 |
3,483 |
$85.73 |
$24,614 |
$242.60 |
|
|
Soul Plane |
5/28/04 |
1,566 |
$7.01 |
$4,476 |
$13.92 |
|
|
Step Up 2 The Street |
2/14/08 |
2,470 |
$18.91 |
$7,655 |
$58.02 |
|
|
Stomp the Yard |
1/12/07 |
2051 |
$21.83 |
$10,645 |
$61.36 |
|
|
Step Up |
8/11/06 |
2,467 |
$20.66 |
$8,374 |
$65.33 |
|
|
Take the Lead |
4/7/06 |
3,009 |
$12.05 |
$4,005 |
$34.74 |
|
|
You Got Served |
1/30/04 |
1,933 |
$16.12 |
$8,341 |
$40.07 |
|
|
Honey |
12/5/03 |
1,942 |
$12.86 |
$6,620 |
$30.00 |
|
|
Save the Last Dance |
1/12/01 |
2,230 |
$23.44 |
$10,511 |
$90.17 |
Copyright 2009 Edward Douglas
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