Comments on: Box-Office Oracle: Mar. 13 – Mar. 15, 2009

By: joker47

joker47 — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:56:35 +0000

Watchmen will win it again with a good 35-40 million. Race to Witch Mountian will make 20-25, while Last House on the Left will take 3rd with 18 mil. Miss March will make a healthy 15 mil, while Taken will garner 8 million.

By: Quake82

Quake82 — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 06:05:50 +0000

Gotta admit, I think Watchmen will only see a 50% drop this weekend. I mean strong word of mouth, especially oversees, has given this film an average of $3.1 million everyday this week – not bad for a film many continue (including this website) to call a "flop".

Here's how it will play out.

1. Race to Witch Mountain 35.0
2. Watchmen 29.0

By: JM

JM — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 04:20:17 +0000

I'm going to be watching "Watchmen" again this weekend. It'll be my third time (I saw it on opening night and again on Monday because some of my other friends hadn't seen it). Also, my oldest sister up in Michigan hasn't seen it yet because she was finishing up the graphic novel, so she'll probably find time this weekend, where I'm sure she will LOVE the movie, just as my second-oldest sister did (even though she DIDN'T read the graphic novel).

You all are just pouncing on Watchmen. It's like you want to see it fail. It won't. We had sky-high expectations that it didn't meet. But in comparison with what it SHOULD have made, had it followed the rules of regular theater business, it did amazingly. And Warner Bros. is going to see a profit, one way or another.

By: adu

adu — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 03:21:19 +0000

It'll be sad to see Watchmen miss the top stop. Yes the movie had it negatives, but it really ;stayed' with me in that I couldnt stop thinking about the twisted heroes (and I havent read the novel)

By: jeremy wein

jeremy wein — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 02:56:59 +0000

if miss march makes 5.2 its guaranteed to make more then College a recent sex comedy that only made 5.6 and if it makes more it only has to clear 14.2 total to beat sex drive

By: Chris C

Chris C — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 01:14:15 +0000

Oh, and I don't know if this would alter your predictions, but Miss March is only carrying 1746 theaters per boxofficemojo.

By: Chris C

Chris C — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 01:13:19 +0000

I also like that RTWM pick, but for different reasons. Every other year since 2003, Disney has come out with a March blockbuster that has debuted to over 30 million; I don't see a reason why RTWM would be any different. Maybe 31-33 million?

By: Laremy

Laremy — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 01:03:26 +0000

Bustray is ON it! I actually like that higher RTTM pick, because I think Dwayne Johnson is secretly beloved by American public. So you might be dead on.

By: Bustray

Bustray — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 01:01:06 +0000

Here are my predics:

1. Race To Witch Mountain- $34.5 million (Going out on a limb and predicting this as a sleeper for this year)
2. Watchmen- $21.7 million
3. The Last House On The Left- $11.2 million
4. Taken- $5.4 million
5. Madea Goes To Jail- $4.9 million
6. Miss March- $4.4 million
7. Slumdog Millionaire- $3.9 million
8. He's Just Not That Into You- $3.5 million
9. Paul Blart: Mall Cop- $3.5 million
10. Coraline- $2.9 million