Filed under: Box-Office News

Box-Office Wrap-Up: Nov. 14 – Nov. 16, 2008

James Bond delivers $70 million!

Kudos to Quantum, it hit that $70m. I think this proves you can name your movie anything, so long as you have marketing behind it.
#1 movie predicted correctly: 2 Weeks In A Row
I ended up being way low here, but this one did about 85% more business on opening weekend than Casino Royale. So then, if Casino made $600m does that mean this is headed for $1.2 billion? Man, that would be a crazy number. I'm still betting against that.
Result: 70.4 million (My rank: #1, $16.9m off)
A much better prediction. It fell 42.7%. So I was a few points off, I'm still giving myself high marks.
Result: 36.1 million (My rank: #2, $1.3m off)
The beat goes on. Paul Rudd had a nice SNL appearance, the parts I saw at least. I fell asleep midway through. However, I've heard the special guest appearance by Justin Timberlake was big fun.
Result: 11.7 million (My rank: #3, $1m off)
Four for four. Getting stronger! HSM3 has made $194m on a reported budget of $11m. Damn. That means they can pay Efron $10m for the next one and still bank bigtime. Life is good for Disney.
Result: 5.8 million (My rank: #4, $0.3m off)
This, on the other hand, has made $27m on a budget of $55m. Unless they hit Oscar gold this will be considered a failure. Sorry Clint!
Result: 4.2 million (My rank: #5, $1m off)
It looks as though I nailed the first eight and then slipped on the bottom two. We've figured out there are exactly four million Kevin Smith fans. His films make about $30m each and every time. Strange.
Result: 3.2 million (My rank: #6, $.2m off)
At what point do we take the checkbook away from The Weinstein Company? For their own good I'm saying.
Result: 2.4 million (My rank: #7, $.3m off)
I have a friend who was making a girl's night out of this. I wasn't invited.
Result: 2.4 million (My rank: #8, $0.1m off)
This is going to make far less than II, III, or IV. But VI and VII are already scheduled so it doesn't matter too much.
Result: 1.7 million (My rank: #10, $.4m off)
Looks like this one is going to crack the top 3000 of All Time! Huge accomplishment fellas, pass the bubbly.
Result: 1.6 million (My rank: Not Ranked)

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