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'Indiana Jones' Gets a Friday Box-Office Bump

A slight Friday surge may give Indy a new record to look at

Yesterday the record Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was a bit of a stretch to even call it a record. "All-time Thursday Openers" sounds like more of a bullshit Guinness Book of World Records stat than an actual record, but after a modest $25 million on Thursday Crystal Skull saw a 23% bump up on Friday resulting in an estimated $30.8 million for Friday, which has Fantasy Mogul's Steve Mason now projecting a $148.24 million five-day total.

This new number puts that "All-time Thursday" record back in the warehouse and pulls the "All-time Five-Day Opener" record out of the box and the $148.24M number would put Indy 4 in the five slot just above Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End ($147.5) and just below Spider-Man 2 ($152.4).

However, it looks like Indy is going to have no chance of meeting our very own Box-Office Oracle's lofty $158.6 million 4-day total as the film is currently estimated to hit $123.2 million for the Memorial Day weekend.

As for the rest of the competition, Narnia looks to secure the #2 slot after a rather lackluster opening for the Disney sequel. Iron Man remains strong at #3 and #4 and #5 look to be the same as last week with What Happens in Vegas and Speed Racer.

The complete Friday estimates are listed below. I may be back throughout the weekend should things change, but we will definitely give you a complete recap of the holiday weekend on Monday.

  1. Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Paramount) - $30.8 million
  2. Narnia: Prince Caspian (Disney) - $6.48 million
  3. Iron Man (Paramount) - $5.29 million
  4. What Happens in Vegas (Fox) - $3.08 million
  5. Speed Racer (Warner Bros) - $1.3 million
  6. Made of Honor (Sony) - $1.1 million
  7. Baby Mama (Universal) - $1 million
  8. Forgetting Sarah Marshall (Universal) - $450,000
  9. Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo (Warner Bros) - $270,000
  10. The Forbidden Kingdom (Lionsgate) - $170,000
 
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