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Oct
27
Written by:
Bill Bonfanti
10/27/2008 11:39 AM
The Wildcats won the box office gold this weekend with High School Musical 3 grossing an impressive $42M, a few notches above my $40M prediction. This was a big gamble for Disney and it seems like it paid off. However, I don’t expect it to have legs, as the fan base certainly came out in full force this weekend and HSM3 should be in for a steep decline at the box office. Saw V debuted with $30M, the exact take of its predecessors and should finish with about $60M - $65M overall. The new Ed Norton police thriller, Pride & Glory, underperformed, grossing $6.2M. Audiences just don’t seem to be excited about procedural thrillers these da
The Wildcats won the box office gold this weekend with High School Musical 3 grossing an impressive $42M, a few notches above my $40M prediction. This was a big gamble for Disney and it seems like it paid off. However, I don’t expect it to have legs, as the fan base certainly came out in full force this weekend and HSM3 should be in for a steep decline at the box office. Saw V debuted with $30M, the exact take of its predecessors and should finish with about $60M - $65M overall. The new Ed Norton police thriller, Pride & Glory, underperformed, grossing $6.2M. Audiences just don’t seem to be excited about procedural thrillers these days. To see how the rest of my predictions fared, see the chart below.
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RANK
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TITLE
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OCTOBER 24-26
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OCTOBER 17-19
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% CHANGE
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# OF THEATRES
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# OF WEEKS
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TOTAL
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BILL SAID
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1
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High School Musical 3: Senior Year
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$42M
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N/A
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N/A
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3623
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1
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$42M
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$40M
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2
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Saw V
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$30M
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N/A
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N/A
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3060
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1
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$30M
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$29M
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3
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Max Payne
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$7.7M
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$17.6M
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-56%
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3381
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2
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$29.8M
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$7.7M
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4
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Beverly Hills Chihuahua
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$6.9M
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$11.4M
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-40%
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3190
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4
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$78M
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$6.9M
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5
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Pride & Glory
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$6.2M
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N/A
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N/A
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2585
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1
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$6.2M
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$8M
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6
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The Secret Life of Bees
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$6M
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$10.5M
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-42.5%
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1630
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2
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$19.3M
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$6.3M
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7
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W.
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$5.08M
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$10.5M
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-52%
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2050
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2
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$18.5M
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$5.3M
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8
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Eagle Eye
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$5.05M
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$7M
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-28%
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2558
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5
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$87.9M
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$4.6M
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9
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Body of Lies
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$4M
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$6.8M
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-40%
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2150
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3
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$30.8M
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$4M
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10
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Quarantine
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$2.6M
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$6M
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-58%
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2228
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3
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$28.8M
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N/A
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