Weekend Warrior

Box Office Predictions for May 29 - 31, 2009
By Edward Douglas -

This Week's Analysis (final update 5.28.09)

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TW

LW

Title

Weekend (in millions)

Change

# Of Theaters

Average

Week

1

New

Up

$63.4

N/A

3,766

$16,835

1

2

1

Night at the Museum

$26.5

-51%

4,101

$6,462

2

3

New

Drag Me to Hell

$21.7

N/A

2,508

$8,652

1

4

2

Terminator Salvation

$19.1

-54%

3,602

$5,303

2

5

3

Star Trek

$13.0

-43%

3,507

$3,707

4

6

4

Angels and Demons

$11.7

-46%

3,464

$3,378

3

7

5

Dance Flick

$5.6

-48%

2,459

$2,277

2

8

6

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

$3.6

-54%

2,263

$1,591

5

9

7

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

$2.5

-48%

1,450

$1,724

5

10

8

Obsessed

$.90

-55%

679

$1,252

6

Est. Weekend Total
$167.95

Est. Avg. Drop-Off
- 50%

Est. Average PTA
$5,118



COMPARISONS:


UP (Disney/Pixar)

Title

Release Date

Theater Count

Weekend Box Office (in millions)

Average

Total Box Office

Monsters, Inc.

11/2/01

3,237

$63.48

$19,611

$252.89

WALL*E

6/27/08

3,992

$63.09

$15,803

$223.81

Ratatouille

6/29/07

3,940

$47.03

$11,936

$206.45

Cars

6/9/06

3,985

$60.12

$15,086

$244.08

The Incredibles

11/5/04

3,933

$70.47

$17,917

$261.44

Finding Nemo

5/30/03

3,374

$70.25

$20,821

$339.71

Monsters vs. Aliens

3/27/09

4,104

$59.32

$14,454

$191.65

Bolt

11/21/08

3,651

$26.22

$7,182

$114.05

Meet the Robinsons

3/30/07

3,413

$25.12

$7,361

$97.82

Chicken Little

11/4/05

3,654

$40.05

$10,961

$135.36

Kung Fu Panda

6/6/08

4,114

$60.24

$14,642

$215.44



DRAG ME TO HELL (Universal)

Title

Release Date

Theater Count

Previous Box Office (in millions)

Weekend Box Office (in millions)

Average

Total Box Office

Spider-Man 3

5/4/07

4,252

$151.12

$35,540

$336.53

Spider-Man 2

7/2/04

4,152

$64.26

$88.52

$21,232

$371.17

Spider-Man

5/3/02

3,615

$114.84

$31,769

$405.69

The Quick and the Dead

2/10/95

2,158

$6.52

$3,021

$18.55

Army of Darkness

2/19/93

1,387

$4.42

$3,187

$10.53

Darkman

8/24/90

1,786

$8.05

$4,507

$32.94

Matchstick Men

9/12/03

2,711

$13.09

$4,827

$36.87

White Oleander

10/11/02

1,510

$5.61

$3,714

$16.11

The Haunting in Connecticut

3/27/09

2,732

$23.00

$8,420

$55.33

The Unborn

1/9/09

2,357

$19.81

$8,405

$42.67

The Strangers

5/30/08

2,467

$21.00

$8,512

$52.53


Copyright 2009 Edward Douglas

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