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Aug 21

Written by: Bill Bonfanti
8/21/2008 5:17 PM 

This weekend, 4 new films open in wide release. First up is the action film Death Race starring Jason Statham. This is the  newcomer that has the best chance of opening at the top of the box office, but I don’t think it will. Death Race should make about $12M. Next we have the Rainn Wilson comedy The Rocker. This film should see a weekend gross of $3M, with a 5 day take (it opens on Wednesday) of about $5M. Also this weekend, Ice Cube stars in the inspirational, sports film The Longshots. This film has no real buzz, and its chances of being a box office hit are… well… a long shot. Opening in 2000 theatres, The Longshots should make about $4M. Next we have the Anna Faris comedy, The House Bunny. There are plenty of comedies playing right now, so I don’t think this one is going to make much of an impact. I’m guessing about $11.5M for The House Bunny this weekend. Also opening in limited release (90 theatres) this weekend is the Sundance darling, Hamlet 2. Reviews have been great for this comedy farce and it should gross about $500,000 this weekend. For the rest of my predictions, see the chart below.
RANK
TITLE
BILL’S PREDICTION
1
Tropic Thunder
$15.5M -40%
2
Death Race
$12M
3
The House Bunny
$11.5M
4
The Dark Knight
$10.5 -35%
5
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
$5.8M -60%
6
Pineapple Express
$5.4M -45%
7
Mirrors
$5.1M -55%
8
Mamma Mia!
$4.3M -27%
9
The Longshots
$4M
10
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
$3.7M -55%

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