Photo: Warner Bros./Paramount Pictures, doctored by Brad Brevet
Steve Mason of Fantasy Moguls has released his Friday Box-Office estimates and they show good things for Get Smart, bad things for
First up is Get Smart with an estimated $13.5 million on Friday, which is expected to translate to $37 million for the weekend, an impressive result for a movie that deserves it despite me giving it a C+ in what I believed was a rather positive review overall, basically telling you to see Get Smart for a satisfying diversion, but nothing you will be writing home to mom about.
As for The Love Guru, things aren't so bright and no shades are needed unless Mike Myers wants to hide his face as it looks like the Guru Pitka will likely finish fourth for the weekend pulling down an estimated $5.4 million on Friday and is expected to gross around $14 million for the weekend, which is approximately $9 million less than Laremy (who hated the film mind you) projected. Perhaps Myers should stick to the voice acting and leave the skits, which is all that The Love Guru really is, for "Saturday Night Live".
Comedy aside, the biggest news of the weekend may be the egg being laid by The Incredible Hulk in its second weekend as the film looks to drop approximately 60% from last weekend's $55.4 million opening. Mason's estimate has it pulling down $6.4 million on Friday with an expected result of $22.5 million for the weekend. Strangely enough, this means the reigning Hulk film continues to be the much loathed Ang Lee 2003 version, which also cost $13 million less to make. However, it looks like it will suffer a similar second weekend drop as Lee's Hulk dropped 69.7% in its second week. Box-Office Mojo has the head-to-head right here.
As for M. Night Shyamalan's
Finally, I promised a look forward at Will Smith's
By Monday, July 7, Will Smith will be the undisputed No. 1 movie star in the world. My sources tell me that tracking for Hancock (Sony) is in the stratosphere, and its five-day gross will be, conservatively, in the $140 million-$150 million range, with a bigger number highly possible. That would give the former Fresh Prince his eighth consecutive $100 million movie...Last week I wondered if
Hancock will be his eighth consecutive blockbuster to gross $100 million or more.Read his complete breakdown and comparison to Toms Hanks and Cruise right here and check out the Friday estimates below. We will be back on Sunday with a full recap of the weekend.
- Get Smart (Warner Bros) - $13.5 million
- The Incredible Hulk (Universal) - $6.4 million
- Kung Fu Panda (Dreamworks) - $6.3 million
- The Love Guru (Paramount) - $5.4 million
- The Happening (Fox) - $3.3 million
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Paramount) - $2.34
- You Don't Mess with the Zohan (Sony) - $2.3 million
- Sex and the City (Warner Bros.) - $2.1 million
- Iron Man (Paramount) - $1.1 million
- The Strangers (Rogue Releasing) - $670,000






