Estimates
Weekend Estimates — January 16
The Green Hornet leads the weekend by a substantial margin, with The Dilemma coming in second for the frame. Among the awards contenders, True Grit, The King’s Speech and Black Swan look to be keeping it a close race at the box office.
Read the full article »Weekend Estimates – January 9
True Grit|14.8|-39%|110.2 Little Fockers|13.7|-47%|123.9 Season of the Witch|10.4||10.4 TRON: Legacy|10.1|-46%|148.2 Black Swan|8.2|-8%|61.3 Country Strong |7.3||7.5 The Fighter|6.9|-31%|57.8 Yogi Bear|6.6|-47%|75.4 The King’s Speech|6.6|-16%|33.0 Tangled|5.1|-48%|175.8
Read the full article »Weekend Estimates — January 2
The awards contenders battle it out for box office over an odd New Years’ weekend, as the Coen Brothers knock it out of the box office park with a stellar take for their Western True Grit, while The Fighter and The King’s Speech remain solid and Black Swan takes a surprising dip. Meanwhile, Gulliver’s Travels bombs as spectacularly as anticipated.
Read the full article »Weekend Estimates — December 26
Little Fockers leads the box office, but falls significantly below the last iteration of Focker. Meanwhile, True Grit gets off to a solid start for the Coens, giving the brothers their strongest 3-day opening ever, TRON: Legacy coasts along, and Narnia doesn’t get the Christian jump Fox asked for on Christmas.
Read the full article »Weekend Estimates — December 19
As the weekend winds down, TRON: Legacy falls pretty much where anticipated, while Yogi Bear falls slightly under our pundits’ expectations, but still clings to second position. Meanwhile, awards hopefuls The Fighter and Black Swan expand nicely.
Read the full article »Weekend Estimates — December 12
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader winds up on top of the box office for the weekend, but with a considerably lower number than anticipated. Second-place The Tourist also falls a bit below expectations, while everyone else falls pretty much in line.
Read the full article »Weekend Estimates — December 5
Tangled edges out Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows for the weekend top slot. Newcomer The Warriors Way gets off to a slow start, while Burlesque and Love and Other Drugs are neck-and-neck for third and fourth place.
Read the full article »Weekend Estimates — November 28
It looks to be a much closer battle for the top of the box office than many of our pundits predicted, with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows coming in somewhat below some expectations, while Tangled draws in more dollars than anticipated.
Read the full article »Weekend Estimates – November 21
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part One falls just about where our Box Office Hell pundits predicted, effectively stupefying all competition for the top slot of the weekend. Meanwhile, Megamind stops Unstoppable from taking the second position.
Read the full article »Weekend Estimates – November 14
Megamind|29.9|-35%|89.6 Unstoppable|23.2||23.2 Due Date|15.6|-52%|59.1 Skyline|11.5||11.5 Morning Glory|9.4||12.1 For Colored Girls|6.6|-64%|30.8 Red|5.1|-41% |79.8 Paranormal Activity 2|3.0|-57%|82.0 Saw 3D|2.8|-64%|43.5 Jackass 3D|2.3|-54%|114.7
Read the full article »Weekend Estimates – November 7
The weekend’s new entries fall pretty much in line as expected, with Megamind taking the lead position. Meanwhile, REDS continues to surprise pundits with its tenacious staying power.
Read the full article »Weekend Estimates – October 31
Apparently, there were enough unanswered questions from the first six Saw installments to boost Saw 3D above Paranormal Activity 2 on Halloween weekend, while RED edges out Jackass 3D for third.
Read the full article »Weekend Estimates – October 24
Paranormal Activity 2 exceeds pundits’ expectations with a solid opening weekend haul, while the rest of the pack performs pretty much in line with expectations.
Read the full article »Weekend Estimates – October 17
Don’t try this at home, kids … the stuntboys of Jackass 3-D far exceed pundits’ box office expectations, if not critical ones, with a rousing estimate of 49.3 for the weekend, leaving the rest of the pack to duke it out over the leavings.
Read the full article »Weekend Estimates – October 10
It looks like The Social Network has enough friends to win the weekend by a nose over orphaned baby rom-com Life As We Know It, while family-friendly Secretariat settles for the show position.
Read the full article »Weekend Estimates — October 3
The Social Network dominates the weekend, with a bit lower box office than our pundits expected. Meanwhile, Let Me In barely draws blood.
Read the full article »Weekend Estimates – September 26
The weekend estimates have Wall Street 2 firmly in the lead, with Legend of the Guardians and The Town battling it out for second place …
Read the full article »Weekend Estimates – September 19
The Town| 23.6|New| 23.6 Easy A| 18|New | 18 Devil| 12.5| New| 12.5 Resident Evil: Afterlife| 9.9| -63%| 43.8 Alpha and Omega| 9.2|New|9.2 Takers|3|-48%|52.3 The American| 2.7| -52%| 32.8 Inception| 2 | -29%| 285.1 The Other Guys| 1.9| -43%| 115.3 Eat Pray Love| 1.6| -44%| 77.6
Read the full article »Weekend Estimates – September 12
Resident Evil: Afterlife| 26.9|| 26.9 Takers| 509|-45% | 47.9 The American| 13.6| -57%| 28.2 Machete| 4.1| -64%| 20.7 Going the Distance| 3.8|-45%|14.0 The Other Guys|3.4|-35%|112.5 The Last Exorcism| 3.4| -54%| 112.5 The Expendables| 3.2| -51%| 98.5 Inception| 3.0| -35%| 282.4 Eat Pray Love| 2.9| -40%| 74.6
Read the full article »Weekend Estimates – September 6
Four Day Estimates| | | The American| 16.5| New| 19.6 Machete| 14.1| New| 14.1 Takers| 13.6| -47%| 40.1 The Last Exorcism| 8.7| -64%| 33.5 Going the Distance| 8.6| New| 8.6 The Expendables| 8.3| -46%| 93.9 The Other Guys| 6.6| -16%| 108 Eat Pray Love| 6.1| -29%| 70.2 Inception| 5.8| -6%| 278.4 Nanny McPhee Returns| 4.6|…
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