Weekend Warrior

Box Office Predictions for May 8 - 10, 2009
By Edward Douglas -

This Week's Analysis (final update 5.7.09)

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TW

LW

Title

Weekend (in millions)

Change

# Of Theaters

Average

Week

1

New

Star Trek

$72.5

N/A

3,849

$18,8361

1

2

1

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

$27.5

-68%

4,102

$6,704

2

3

2

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

$9.0

-42%

3,175

$2,835

2

4

3

Obsessed

$6.4

-48%

2,602

$2,460

3

5

New

Next Day Air

$4.4

N/A

1,100

$3,909

1

6

4

17 Again

$3.6

-44%

2,903

$1,240

4

7

5

Monsters vs. Aliens

$3.5

-40%

2,185

$1,602

7

8

6

The Soloist

$3.2

-42%

2,090

$1,579

3

9

7

Earth

$2.5

-43%

1,794

$1,394

3

10

8

Hannah Montana The Movie

2.3

-44%

2,301

$1,000

4

Est. Weekend Total
$135.00

Est. Avg. Drop-Off
- 46%

Est. Average PTA
$4,151


COMPARISONS:

STAR TREK (Paramount)

Title

Release Date

Theater Count

Previous Box Office (in millions)

Weekend Box Office (in millions)

Average

Total Box Office

Mission: Impossible 3

5/5/06

4,054

$47.74

$11,777

$133.50

Star Trek: Nemesis

12/13/02

2,711

$18.51

$6,828

$42.69

Star Trek:Insurrection

12/11/98

2,620

$22.05

$8,416

$70.12

Star Trek: First Contact

11/22/96

2,812

$30.72

$10,925

$91.98

Star Trek 7: Generations

11/18/94

2,659

$3.03

$23.12

$8,695

$75.61

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

12/6/91

1,804

$18.16

$10,067

$74.74

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

6/9/89

2,202

$17.38

$7,893

$52.21

Star Trek VI: The Voyage Home

11/26/86

1,349

$16.88

$12,514

$109.73

Troy

5/14/04

3,411

$46.87

$13,739

$133.23

The Hulk

6/20/03

3,660

$62.13

$16,975

$132.12

Hot Fuzz

4/20/07

825

$5.85

$7,089

$23.62

Shaun of the Dead

9/24/04

607

$3.33

$5,487

$13.46

Galaxy Guest

12/25/99

2,412

$7.01

$2,906

$70.26

Casino Royale

11/17/06

3,434

$40.83

$11,891

$167.37

Batman Begins

6/17/05

3,858

$24.15

$48.75

$12,635

$205.09

The Island

7/22/05

3,122

$12.41

$3,975

$35.26


NEXT DAY AIR (Summit Entertainment)

Title

Release Date

Theater Count

Previous Box Office (in millions)

Weekend Box Office (in millions)

Average

Total Box Office

Be Kind, Rewind

2/22/08

808

$4.05

$5,013

$11.17

16 Blocks

3/3/06

2,706

$11.86

$4,381

$36.90

The Italian Job

5/30/03

2,633

$19.46

$7,390

$105.63

Brown Sugar

10/11/02

1,372

$10.74

$7,827

$27.36

Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins

2/8/08

2,387

$16.21

$6,790

$42.17

The Honeymooners

6/10/05

1,912

$5.54

$2,897

$12.83

Friday After Next

11/22/02

1,616

$13.01

$8,052

$32.87

All About the Benjamins

3/8/02

1,505

$10.13

$6,731

$25.48

Double Take

1/12/01

1,631

$10.01

$6,137

$29.82

Next Friday

1/14/00

1,103

$4.45

$14.44

$13,092

$57.18

Big Trouble

4/5/02

1,961

$3.55

$1,808

$7.26


Copyright 2009 Edward Douglas

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