As you may know, in addition to all of my 710 ESPN work, I also work as a movie box office analyst. Here's the scoop on the just completed weekend (you can also check me out at Fantasy Moguls).
On Saturday, Resident Evil Extinction (Sony) dipped an estimated 9%, but still managed to rake in $8.64M. With a 63% drop on Sunday, exactly what Resident Evil: Apocalypse fell on its first Sunday, the zombie scarefest will finish the weekend with $23.59M, enough to make it the biggest opening of the franchise. Meanwhile, Good Luck Chuck (Lionsgate) was essentially flat for the day, adding a an estimated $4.95M and giving the Dane Cook-Jessica Alba raunchfest a respectable $13.1M opening weekend.
The Brave One (Warner Bros) had a decent hold with a $3.33M Saturday. It’ll likely finish #3 for the weekend with $7.56M, putting the Jodie Foster thriller past the $25M mark. It appears as though Eastern Promises (Focus Features) has edged Lionsgate holdover 3:10 To Yuma for 4th place in the frame $6.1M -$6M. The other new wide opening is Sydney White, which has limped to a $2.27M Saturday and a measly $5.59M weekend.
The monster hit of the weekend is Sean Penn’s Into the Wild (Paramount Vantage) which exploded for another $20,900 per location, and should finish the weekend witb a monstrous $52,600 per location. The Asassination of Jesse James by the Coward Noel Ford is distant 2nd. Assassination’s weekend PTA is a so-so $26,000 or so.
EXCLUSIVE FANTASY MOGULS EARLY SATURDAY ESTIMATES
1. NEW - Resident Evil: Extinction (Sony) – $8.64M - $3,057 PTA - $18.1M cume
2. NEW – Good Luck Chuck (Lionsgate) - $4.95M - $1,895 PTA - $9.9M cume
3. The Brave One (Warner Bros) – $3.33M - $1,211 PTA - $23.2M cume
4. 3:10 to Yuma (Lionsgate) - $2.66M - $997 PTA - $35.9M cume
5. Eastern Promises (Focus Features) – $2.41M – $1,717 PTA - $5M cume
6. Mr. Woodcock (New Line) – $2.28M - $1,024 PTA - $14.5M cume
7. NEW – Sydney White (Universal) - $2.27M - $1,083 PTA - $4M cume
8. The Bourne Ultimatum (Universal) - $1.95M – $750 PTA - $215.2M cume
9. Superbad (Sony) - $1.28M - $441 PTA - $115.3M cume
10. Dragon Wars (Freestyle Releasing) - $1.11M - $491 PTA - $7.7M
*Across the Universe (Sony) - $785,000 - $2,844 PTA - $2.3MM cume
*Transformers (Dreamworks/Paramount) - $618,000 - $1,605 PTA - $313.1M
*In the Valley of Elah (Warner Independent) - $413,000 - $1,303 PTA - $865,000 cume
*The Hunting Party (MGM/Weinstein) - $247,500 - $752 PTA - $606,000
EXCLUSIVE FANTASY MOGULS REVISED 3-DAY ESTIMATES
1. NEW - Resident Evil: Extinction (Sony) – $23.59M - $8,342 PTA - $23.59M cume
2. NEW – Good Luck Chuck (Lionsgate) - $13.16M - $5.041 PTA - $13.16M cume
3. The Brave One (Warner Bros) – $7.56M - $2,746 PTA - $25.2M cume
4. Eastern Promises (Focus Features) – $6.1M – $4,349 PTA - $6.9M cume
5. 3:10 to Yuma (Lionsgate) - $6M - $2,252 PTA - $37.5M cume
6. NEW – Sydney White (Universal) - $5.59M - $2,662 PTA - $5.59M cume
7. Mr. Woodcock (New Line) – $5.22M - $2,344 PTA - $15.9M cume
8. The Bourne Ultimatum (Universal) - $4.21M – $1,615 PTA - $216.2M cume
9. Superbad (Sony) - $2.98M - $1,024 PTA - $116M cume
10. Dragon Wars (Freestyle Releasing) - $2.4M - $1,058 PTA - $8.46M
*Across the Universe (Sony) - $1.97M - $7,172 PTA - $2.9M cume
*Transformers (Dreamworks/Paramount) - $1.39M - $3,623 PTA - $313.5M
*In the Valley of Elah (Warner Independent) - $972,000 - $3,067 PTA - $1.1M cume
*The Hunting Party (MGM/Weinstein) - $575,000 - $1,745 PTA - $767,000
EXCLUSIVE FANTASY MOGULS EARLY SATURDAY PTA ESTIMATES
1. NEW – Into the Wild (Paramount Vantage) - $20,947 PTA
2. NEW – The Assassination of Jesse James… (Warner Bros) - $11,809 PTA
3. NEW - Resident Evil: Extinction (Sony) – $3,057 PTA
4. Across the Universe (Universal) - $2,844 PTA
5 The Jane Austen Book Club (Sony Classics) - $2,531 PTA
6. NEW – Good Luck Chuck (Lionsgate) - $1,895 PTA
7. Eastern Promises (Focus Features) – $1,717 PTA
8. Transformers (Dreamworks/Paramount) - $1,605 PTA
9. Milarepa: Magician… (Luminous Velocity) - $1,332 PTA
10. In the Valley of Elah (Warner Independent) - $1,303 PTA
EXCLUSIVE FANTASY MOGULS REVISED 3-DAY PTA ESTIMATES
1. NEW – Into the Wild (Paramount Vantage) - $52,602 PTA
2. NEW – The Assassination of Jesse James… (Warner Bros) - $25,928 PTA
3. NEW - Resident Evil: Extinction (Sony) – $8,342 PTA
4. Across the Universe (Sony) - $7,172 PTA
5. NEW - The Jane Austen Book Club (Sony Classics) - $5,552 PTA
6. NEW – Good Luck Chuck (Lionsgate) - $5.041 PTA
7. Eastern Promises (Focus Features) – $4,349 PTA
8. Transformers (Dreamworks/Paramount) - $3,623 PTA
9. NEW - Tbe Last Winter (IFC Films) $3,182 PTA
10. In the Valley of Elah (Warner Independent) - $3,067 PTA
(Here's a link to all my weekend box office coverage at Fantasy Moguls.)
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