'Proposal' Takes Friday Box-Office Lead with $12.4 Million
'Hangover' and 'Year One' battle it out for second place
Photo: Touchstone Pictures
After publishing his predictions, Laremy called me saying people seem to think The Proposal is going to take the weekend seeing how it is the first film aimed at the female audiences since He's Just Not That Into You and Confessions of a Shopaholic back in February. Of course, that's an entirely valid argument, but shouldn't an argument in this case also provide evidence of something worth watching?
Laremy had The Proposal coming in second to The Hangover in anticipation of the R-rated Warner Bros. comedy taking its third weekend in a row, but after The Proposal has now brought in an estimated $12.4 million on Friday I don't think his prognostication will be coming true.
The Proposal is likely to hit $33 million or so with an opening day like that and The Hangover will probably end up around $20-22 million with an estimated Friday take of $8.46 million.
The other big new release this weekend was Columbia's Year One, which has almost been universally panned. It edged out The Hangover by less than a half-million on Friday for the #2 slot at $8.5 million, but I wouldn't be surprised to see The Hangover jump slightly ahead of that one in the end.
Pixar's Up continues to hold strong with $6.1 million on Friday and in its second weekend The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 has taken a dramatic drop after its $23.3 million opening to only earn $3.2 million on Friday.
I have listed the complete Friday estimates directly below and Laremy will be here for a complete weekend recap tomorrow.
- The Proposal – $12.4 million
- Year One – $8.5 million
- The Hangover – $8.46 million
- Up – $6.1 million
- The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 – $3.2 million
- Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian – $2.1 million
- Star Trek – $1.25 million
- Land of the Lost – $1.23 million
- Imagine That – $0.99 million
- Terminator Salvation – $0.84 million
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