#1 movie predicted correctly: Four Weeks in a row
1. 300
It’s been a month straight without an Oracle misstep on the top slot and this weekend will be no different. The only question is will 300 under perform or over perform? I base this prediction on the fact that a) nothing else is out and b) the movie has been the most popular one here at Rope for a long, long time. I hope all you Rope users are taking this one in this weekend otherwise I’m going to look very foolish come Monday.
Estimate: $42.2 million
2. Wild Hogs
To be clear this is not the story of the Hell’s Angels. I think people were confused when they saw tough guy William H. Macy so I wanted to dispel that before it hurt the film’s gross profits.
Estimate: $22.5 million
3. Zodiac
The issue isn’t that it’s a bad movie, the issue is that people don’t want a procedural crime movie. They want that on TV (C.S.I.), clearly, but they either want blood and guts or straight up drama on the big screen.
Estimate: $8.3 million
I wonder if the guy from Maxim liked this. He likes everything.
Estimate: $6.1 million
5. Norbit
I would have thought we would have seen more “Norbit in Orbit!” jokes. I guess it’s not really funny though.
Estimate: $3.3 million
They should do a Number 23 2 but make it all about the number 232. You think that’s stupid but look at all the crap that actually gets made. See? Not so bad eh?
Estimate: $2.9 million
Why do some romantic comedies soar at the box office while others falter? It’s an age old mystery and we’re no closer to solving it than we are to figuring out the whole alien thing. Hey, what about an alien romantic comedy? Besides Earth Girls are Easy I mean.
Estimate: $2.8 million
This is one of those odd “Fox Faith” releases. It’s not odd because it’s faith per se, it’s odd because they are never marketed. I don’t know if they just hit up the churches directly or what. Also, Abigail Breslin is in this which you’d think would be publicized. Color me confused.
Estimate: $2.4 million
Poor little Black Snake Moan. Now Ricci won’t be getting anymore fleshy roles. This is a loss for mankind.
Estimate: $2.3 million
10. Reno 911!: Miami
The song “Girl put your records on,” doesn’t make any sense. No one owns records, especially not a little girl. Yes, the ten slot is going to be a wildcard thought from here on out.
Estimate: $1.6 million
