Box-Office Oracle: Sep. 14 – Sep. 16

Jodie Foster usually opens in the $20m to $30m range so this will be a slight disappointment. Hopefully her family will still love her.

Estimate: $17.4 million

I watched the first three minutes on yahoo (exclusive!!) and I wasn’t completely pissed off. It seemed like it could be funny. There was one odd part near the end that seemed a little “molester-like.” Hmm, maybe that’s why they only gave away the first three minutes.

Estimate: $7.1 million

The production budget was $55m!! How can that be? How much does tumbleweed cost? This movie will never ever make a profit. Wow. I figured it was around $20m or so.

Estimate: $7.0 million

I don’t understand why I haven’t seen more television ads for this. People love Dragons! Did you know Eragon made $250m worldwide? Even Reign of Fire clocked a solid $82m. Just give me a budget and some dragons and I could make you some monies. So what’s up with this one?

Estimate: $5.6 million

I took Halloween to win last weekend and I got smothered for it. Lesson learned. 5th place for you little horror film that jobbed me.

Estimate: $5.0 million

$30m in pure profit and rising. That’s a lot of new Ferrari’s and attractive assistants for some Hollywood jerk-off.

Estimate: $4.1 million

$45m in pure profit and rising. Note to self: Move to Hollywood and become an assistant for some Hollywood jerk-off.

Estimate: $2.9 million

You have to laugh. What more can you do? Just an utter disaster.

Estimate: $2.9 million

These days, when you’re directing Chris Walken, do you just tell him to be himself? Actually, does it even matter what you tell him?

Estimate: $2.6 million

I am suggesting a box office predictor’s union. It will be me, the guy from comingsoon.net, and whoever does boxofficemojo’s forecast. Part of our new contract will be that we don’t have to ever talk about movies like Rush Hour 3 after the opening weekend. It will be like a paradise.

Estimate: $2.3 million