Comments on: Box-Office Oracle: Mar. 27 – Mar. 29, 2009

By: Laremy

Laremy — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:03:45 +0000

Yeah, we saw that 12 Rounds trailer a billion times during the opening weekend of the tournament. So the action movie demo is covered.

By: benji

benji — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 09:36:19 +0000

the new LHOTL is unneeded, the original (bar the stupid music) is far more effective. glad to see Monsters Vs Aliens coming out tops though! Knowing will drop 48% imo

By: JM

JM — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 07:32:06 +0000

I saw "Adventureland" tonight–advance screening at my college. It's adequate, but not as good as "Superbad." Expect it to do about $15 million OW.

By: Seiko

Seiko — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 04:39:23 +0000

See the original "Last House On The Left." It has to be a million times better than the 2009 version. I've seen the original and it's probably the best horror film I've ever seen, and I've seen a ton of both new and old horror movies…

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 03:21:58 +0000

One TV channel here in KC has shown the "12 rounds" commercial non-stop for three weeks and now my 14 year old wants to see it. It was not screened for local critics so I am hoping to hear something positive, anything!

By: joker47

joker47 — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 02:57:59 +0000

Watchmen will make a good 10 million.

By: Eric Hernandez

Eric Hernandez — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:13:45 +0000

The original Last House is way sicker than the remake, if you can believe it. You've been warned.

By: Chris C.

Chris C. — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:56:16 +0000

Our predictions are pretty similar, though I have 12 Rounds around 6 million. Aside from two TV spots and an interview on ESPN2, I haven't seen any marketing; no posters, nothing.

Next week I'm thinking F&F goes for about 38-40 and Adventureland hits around 12.

By: Chuck Bartowski

Chuck Bartowski — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:48:26 +0000

note: i just copied and pasted my box-office predictions from the ComingSoon.net column, which is why there's a mention of an "Edward" in there. sorry 'bout that.. forgot to edit it out.

'knowing' and 'race to witch mountain' are being avoided like the bubonic plague. there really is terrible word of mouth floatin' around. i doubt '12 rounds' could reach as high as 10 mill (looks too much like 'Eagle Eye' and Cena's last movie), and finally, 'Duplicity' should stay somewhat solid as more of it's audience catches it this weekend.

By: Chuck Bartowski

Chuck Bartowski — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:43:13 +0000

MY PREDICTIONS

1. MONSTERS VS. ALIENS – $58.6 million
I was at the theater this past Friday, buying a ticket for "I Love You, Man" (awesome movie by the way) and I hear a group behind me, discussing the marquee. It sounded like two sets of parents and their kids. They kept on saying "Dude, there are NO movies out at all for children to see. Look at this list – everything is either rated PG-13 or R. And I hear Coraline is way too scary for kids too. Why aren't their any kids movies out? At all?". So I'd say MVSA will probably wipe out everything this weekend. Not just because of that – high demand for new kids flicks – but also because of the obvious too – DreamWorks films, it's 3-D, it's got a lotta hype, looks like tons of fun for all ages. It is of course a clear winner this weekend, but a HUGE clear winner.

2. THE HAUNTING IN CONNECTICUT – $15.3 million
This one actually looks pretty darn freaky. Who knew? Like someone said, you cannot underestimate a horror flick this year, and this one actually looks like it has huge freakish scares… on top of that, not EVERYONE is gonna wanna watch a cartoon, sooooo…

3. I LOVE YOU, MAN – $14.7 million
It's been getting reeeeeeeally great word of mouth, and audiences will realize that this is the one they should've seen last weekend instead of KNOWING. I'm tempted to put this at the #2 spot though. Very, very tempted. Maybe my mind will change come Thursday. I can already imagine the big box office stories having B.O.B. and Paul Rudd as the featured picture, and how strongly ILYM held up.

4. DUPLICITY – $9.6 million
Word of mouth on this one is good too, and I believe Edward said it himself that the audience for this doesn't usually rush out opening weekend. So how about this weekend when word of mouth is officially good?

5. KNOWING – $9 million
I think this is gonna drop BIIIIIIGGGGG. Word of mouth has spread (through social events, twitter, facebooks) and this is the one to dodge this weekend.

6. 12 ROUNDS – $8.4 million
There's ALWAYS an audience for this, and to be honest, come on… the trailers DO look pretty awesome. And I doubt the first thing people say after watching a cool trailer is "I bet they're hiding how bad the acting is". After being screwed over by KNOWING, I'm guessing this is the auditorium the action fans will flock to this weekend.

My choice this weekend? Umm… I'm probably gonna see I LOVE YOU, MAN again a few days after the weekend ends (strong movie!). As for MONSTERS VS. ALIENS.. I'm undecided if I should really see it. I usually only rush out to see the PIXAR flicks and wait until I hear good word of mouth on the DW flicks. Don't get me wrong, there are DreamWorks flicks that I LOVE (OVER THE HEDGE!!!) but even that one, I waited until I heard great word of mouth.

Have a good weekend!
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