Based on the Shrek trend I’m going bearish on this title. But if you wanted to go bullish you’d cite the 3-D aspect, or the fact that school is mostly out for the children. Okay, let’s break this thing down!
#1 movie predicted correctly: 11 Weeks In A Row
2. Iron Man 2
A 49 percent drop is all I can factor in, ten percent better than last weekend.
Prediction: $26.54 million
3. MacGruber
This is the title that could surprise us. The public is hungry for comedy, and this one actually looks fairly solid.
Prediction: $20.36 million
Films like this should cost much less. Like “make ’em on your Mac in your free time” less.
Prediction: $7.19 million
6. Just Wright
Never really caught on with the critics or the general public.
Prediction: $4.23 million
$430m worldwide and counting. The only downside for Paramount / Dreamworks? The fantastic holdover numbers probably benefited the theaters, as studios take more of the opening weekend dollars.
Prediction: $2.85 million
8. Date Night
Looks like a moneymaker, but it still might not hit that magical $100m domestically.
Prediction: $2.34 million
They need fans of horror to start seeing these things two or three times, and in 3-D. Potential solution? Robotizing the human race.
Prediction: $2.09 million
10. The Back-Up Plan
Pass. Brad is still in Cannes, France and wants this posted so he can get himself some rest. Ending it now is a purely humanitarian move. [Editor’s Note: True!]
Prediction: $1.52 million
How say you? Calls for Shrek Forever After are as high as $135m. Call it correctly now, and gain Internet immortality!
