PREDICTED WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
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It was no surprise last weekend when Jackass 3D took the number one spot at the box office, but what was a surprise is how much money the movie actually made. Johnny Knoxville and his buddies scored the biggest-grossing opening weekend of all-time, for a movie released between September and October, taking home an astonishing $50 million in its debut. But the Jackass boys will definitely have some new competition this weekend, with the release of the highly anticipated sequel Paranormal Activity 2 and Clint Eastwood's Hereafter starring Matt Damon, which is now opening in wide release.
Predicted to debut at number one this week is the sequel to last year's extremely popular psychological horror film, Paranormal Activity, Paranormal Activity 2, starring Katie Featherston. Currently the movie has an average rating of a 3.0 on our site. Out of the twenty-four people who have rated the film, nine of them have given it five stars, while the trailer for the movie has had over 50,000 views. Here is what one of our readers had to say about the new movie: "I'll just keep my fingers crossed that Paranormal Activity 2 takes it to the next level and gives you what you are looking for!" The movie is predicted to earn $30 million this weekend in its debut.
Predicted to fall one place from last week to number two is the third installment of the film adaptation of the popular MTV reality series Jackass, Jackass 3D. In the film, Johnny Knoxville (The Dukes of Hazzard) returns for punishment along with his friends Bam Margera, Steve-O, Chris Pontius and Jason Acuña. Last week the movie made $16,228 on each of its 3,081 screens for an opening weekend total of about $50 million. Considering that the movie only cost around $20 million to make, the studio must have been extremely pleased with an opening weekend profit of about $30 million. The movie is predicted to earn an additional $25.6 million this weekend.
Predicted to take the number three spot this week, after opening in limited release last week, is the new film from Oscar winning director Clint Eastwood (Gran Torino) called Hereafter. The film stars Matt Damon (The Bourne Identity), Bryce Dallas Howard (Spider-Man 3) and Jay Mohr (Go). Last weekend the movie debuted on only six screens but earned roughly $38,500 on each for a weekend total of $231,000. Now with the film moving into wide release, it is predicted to earn an additional $12.2 million this weekend.
Predicted to fall two places from its debut last week to number four this week is the new action-comedy Red. The movie is based on the graphic novel by Warren Ellis and stars an all-star cast that includes Emmy winners Bruce Willis (Live Free or Die Hard) and Mary-Louise Parker (Red Dragon), Oscar winners Morgan Freeman (The Dark Knight), Helen Mirren (National Treasure: Book of Secrets), Richard Dreyfuss (Jaws) and Ernest Borgnine (Escape From New York), Oscar nominee John Malkovich (Jonah Hex), Karl Urban (Star Trek), Julian McMahon (Fantastic Four) and Brian Cox (X2: X-Men United). Last weekend the movie made $6,912 on each of its 3,255 screens for an opening weekend total of about $22.5 million. But it still fell short of earning back its $58 million production budget. The movie is predicted to earn an additional $11.5 million this weekend.
Rounding off the top five and falling two places from last week is the new film from The Curious Case of Benjamin Button director David Fincher called The Social Network. The movie, which is about the founding of Facebook, stars a cast of excellent young actors that includes Jesse Eisenberg (Zombieland), Andrew Garfield (Never Let Me Go), Rooney Mara (A Nightmare on Elm Street), Rashida Jones (I Love You, Man) and Justin Timberlake (Alpha Dog). While the movie dropped nearly 28.8% last week from the week before, it was actually added on 97 screens and earned $3,835 on each of its 2,868, for a weekend total of $11 million. Now in just under a month the movie has made $63.1 million, which is more than enough to earn back its entire $50 million production. The movie is predicted to earn an additional $8.7 million this weekend.
The rest of the top ten films at the box office this weekend are predicted to look like this:
Predicted to fall two places from last week to number six is Walt Disney Pictures new sports film Secretariat, based on the true story of the triple-crown winning racehorse. The film stars Oscar nominees Diane Lane (Unfaithful), John Malkovich (In the Line of Fire) and James Cromwell (Babe), as well as Dylan Walsh (Nip/Tuck), Kevin Connolly (Entourage), Fred Dalton Thompson (Die Hard 2: Die Harder) and Scott Glenn (The Hunt for Red October). While the movie dropped nearly 25.1% last week from its debut the week before, it earned $3,093 on each of its 3,072, for a weekend total of $9.5 million. In just over two weeks the movie has already made $27.5 million, which is still shy of earning back its entire $35 million production budget. But the film is predicted to make an additional $7.4 million this weekend, which should allow it to finally break even.
Predicted to drop two spots from last week to number seven this week is the new romantic comedy about parenting called Life as We Know It. The film stars Katherine Heigl (Killers), Josh Duhamel (When in Rome), Josh Lucas (Hulk), Christina Hendricks (Mad Men) and Jean Smart (Garden State). While the movie dropped nearly 36.6% last week from the previous week, it earned $2,921 on each of its 3,150 for a weekend total of $9.2 million. In a little over two weeks now the movie has made only $28.8 million, which is still shy of earning back its entire $38 million production budget. The movie is predicted to earn an additional $6.2 million this weekend, which will put a little closer to breaking even.
Predicted to fall two places from last week to number eight is the latest film from visionary director Zack Snyder (Watchmen, Dawn Of The Dead) called Legend of The Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole. The computer animated film about a group of heroic owls stars an all-star cast of voice actors including Oscar winners Helen Mirren (The Queen) and Geoffrey Rush (Shine) as well as Hugo Weaving (The Matrix), Sam Neill (Jurassic Park), Joel Edgerton (Animal Kingdom), Ryan Kwanten (True Blood), Jim Sturgess (21), Emilie de Ravin (Lost) and Abbie Cornish (Sucker Punch). While the movie dropped nearly 38.6% last week from the week before, it actually earned roughly $1,690 on each of its 2,502 screens for a weekend total of $4.2 million. To date, the movie has earned just over $45 million, which is a little over half of the film's $80 million production budget. The movie is predicted to earn an additional $2.4 million this weekend.
Predicted to slip two spots from last week to number nine is the latest film from actor turned director Ben Affleck (Gone Baby Gone), which is already earning Oscar buzz called The Town. The bank robbery film that takes place in Boston stars a stellar cast of actors which in addition to Affleck himself includes Oscar nominee Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker), Jon Hamm (Mad Men), Blake Lively (Gossip Girl), Rebecca Hall (Please Give) and Oscar winner Chris Cooper (Adaptation). While the movie dropped nearly 38.0% last week from the week before, it earned roughly $1,679 on each of its 2,368 screens for a weekend total of $3.9 million. Now in just over a month the movie has made a little over $80 million, which earns back its entire $37 million production budget and then some. The movie is predicted to earn an additional $2.2 million this weekend.
Finally, predicted to drop two places from last week to number ten is the new film from "master of horror" director Wes Craven called My Soul to Take. The movie stars Nick Lashaway, Max Thieriot, Denzel Whitaker, Zena Grey, Jessica Hecht, Emily Meade and Frank Grillo. While the movie dropped nearly 53.7% last week from the week before, it earned roughly $1,254 on each of its 2,529 screens for a weekend total of $3.1 million. Now in two weeks the movie has made only $11 million, which isn't even close to earning back its $25 million production budget. The movie is predicted to earn an additional $1.4 million this weekend. Be sure to check out Box Office Beat Down this Sunday to see who is crowned the King of the box office this week and check back here next week for more box office predictions!
Paranormal Activity 2 was released October 22nd, 2010 and stars Katie Featherston. The film is directed by Tod Williams.
Jackass 3D was released October 15th, 2010 and stars Seann William Scott, Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Steve-O, Spike Jonze, Chris Pontius, Jason Acuña, Ryan Dunn. The film is directed by Jeff Tremaine.
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Daveactor7
HEY guess what. PA2 just beat Jackass.
PA2= 41.5 million
Jackass=21.6 milion
2 years agoby @daveactor7Flag
Daveactor7
@TheDude1 his opinion. And i just saw it too. And it was way better then the first. Go see it for urself
2 years agoby @daveactor7Flag
TheDude1
@bawnian-dexeus Yes we already know PA is incredibly bad.
2 years agoby @thedude1Flag
Bawnian©-Dexeus
Paranormal activity was FREAKING incredible
2 years agoby @bawnian-dexeusFlag
Daveactor7
Mhm. Saving private ryan. One of the best films in cinematic history
2 years agoby @daveactor7Flag
Dan
'cues Monty Python music'
2 years agoby @dan1Flag
Dan
@Daveactor7 You gave yourself an avatar?! "And the heavens opened up, and the trumpets blared, and the angels did sing'
2 years agoby @dan1Flag
Daveactor7
@TheDude1 i just liked the first saw but i hated the sequels. this franchise needs to end.
2 years agoby @daveactor7Flag
Ryan Moran
ummm yea i should win the second was f*cking scary as hell
2 years agoby @nightwing18Flag
TheDude1
@zender Technically speaking he never had his head cut off since in Resurrection(the sequel after H20 where we think he has his head cut off) they say that it was someone else in the Myers mask. And the other times we think he dies they also explain what happened in the sequels.
@daveactor7 You may not like SAW and that is okay but SAW is very different from the Friday the 13th and Halloween movies in that it is just not kill kill, break and more kills. SAW actually has a pretty interesting story and that is why I continue to see them every year.
2 years agoby @thedude1Flag
Mutant
I'm intrigued with PA 2 though
2 years agoby @zenderFlag
Mutant
Of all the horror franchise these are the ones I truly liked.
Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Hell Raiser, Texas Chainsaw, Chucky, and the list goes on.
Oh yes, Dracula series with Chris Lee comes to mind. The Vincent Price horrors.
My point is very few horror films get my attention now, I'll watch the newer films but most of them don't linger in my mind. I bought The Descent and loved it.
With any horror film I watch I keep my eyes glued to the screen, I don't jump or yell. Some of them don't leave an impression, it's those I hate the most. PA didn't have an effect on me.
TheDude 1: Mich Myers always died in the end, head cut off and so on. the character is famous for being an undead killer, he has no remorse and doesn't have a soul.
I've seen clips of different Saw films. I'm thinking of watching the first three.
2 years agoby @zenderFlag
Daveactor7
@TheDude1 i agree on the part about hellraiser, but Saw is seriously the worst horror franchise
2 years agoby @daveactor7Flag
Daveactor7
@TheREALsupes I disagree.
@TheDude1 I'm just pointing out that they're not remembered most of the time when it comes to horror.
2 years agoby @daveactor7Flag
TheDude1
@dan1 I am a SAW fan myself. Yeah Jigsaw died in SAW 3 and they have found reasonable ways to bring him back in each movie with bringing him back from the dead like other horror icons. I think that happens with every horror icon though. They have all pretty much died and have come back in some way except for Mich Myers but the things they did to him over the course of that franchise he would of had to of died.
Will Jigsaw live on in horror history? That is a big question. I think it will only if SAW is not remade for at least another 20 years or so. And judging by Hollywood today that probably won't happen. Also take into account SAW is the biggest horror franchise of all time money wise. I think because of that alone we will be talking about it for many decades.
2 years agoby @thedude1Flag
Dan
@Justice's girlfriend is smart.
Hellraiser is a classic. I know a sh*t ton of people who love Pinhead and the Cenobites. Their way more popular then you make them out to be, @Daveactor7. Like I said, you just run prob in either a younger or just different circles.
I can't think of one character save for Jigsaw from SAW that is memorable these days. And Jigsaw is pretty lame himself. He died in what? The 3rd movie? And were up to #7. Which means the series should have been taken out back and shot a few years ago.
2 years agoby @dan1Flag
TheDude1
@daveactor7 I see you either don't know horror or your are forgetful. On your rant about the classics that will live on you failed to once mention A Nightmare on Elm Street in your many posts.
Please don't hate on Hellraiser or bring it down just because you don't like it. I respect your opinion on Hellraiser but to go as low as saying as people will forget about it is crazy talk. It has been out for 23 years and we are still talking about it. That right there shows that it will in fact live on in horror history.
2 years agoby @thedude1Flag
Daveactor7
@Justice try harder lol
2 years agoby @daveactor7Flag
Justice Kowaleski
hated the first PA but saw 2 last night and it scared the living hell out of me will definately see it again trying to convince my gf to go this time but she doesnt want to because she hates the first one
2 years agoby @justice-kowaleskiFlag
Daveactor7
The critics are there to either help us save money or give an insight into the film that sounds intriguing. Theyre part of the movie industry.
2 years agoby @daveactor7Flag
Daveactor7
To me the three films u mentioned- Halloween, Psycho, and Friday the 13th will live on. If the critics hated it then why did hellraiser get a 63 approval from critics. Halloween got a 93 from critics, Psycho got a 99 and friday the 13th got a 61. Not all of the critics hated them.
2 years agoby @daveactor7Flag
Daveactor7
For halloween the audience is higher then Hellraiser. Halloween is 85 percent. And as for Psycho 90. The lowest of the four big films u mentioned are hellraiser and friday the 13th. At 77 and 66.
2 years agoby @daveactor7Flag
Daveactor7
The only movies they talk about are Halloween and Psycho. They have such high critics reviews and Psycho was nominated for multiple oscars. I hear people only talk about Friday the 13th to say it was decent or horrible. (Which it is) and for Hellraiser- I have never heard of people talk about it.
2 years agoby @daveactor7Flag
Dan
@TheDude1 I agree and 2nd that.
2 years agoby @dan1Flag
TheDude1
@daveactor7 You have it completely wrong about the critics. They have notoriously hated horror movies such as Hellraiser over the many many decades. When our children are having a discussion about horror 20 plus years from now or whatnot they won't even think of Blair Witch or PA they will be talking about Halloween, Friday the 13th, Psycho, and Hellraiser.
2 years agoby @thedude1Flag
Josh
The Blair Witch Project doesn't hold up that well, but I definitely think it was innovative in filmmaking. Everyone "gets" the feeling of eerieness in being in the woods at night, and the movie did a really good job of playing on that. Paranormal was the same thing, but IMO a better and more tightly structured film, sort of a Blair Witch for the YouTube generation. Both great movies that are better and more psychologically effective than what passes for "horror" most of the time. Incidentally, they're also two of the three movies (the third being The Shining) that I found genuinely frightening.
2 years agoby @shuabertFlag
Daveactor7
@TheDude1 same to u :)
2 years agoby @daveactor7Flag
Daveactor7
@Supes same here :)
2 years agoby @daveactor7Flag
Dan
@Dave Oh, I enjoyed Social Network and Inception, as well. And they deserve the critical acclaim. What my point is, though, is that Hellraiser was extremely popular with the people, AND it was a good horror movie, something PA and Blair Witch are not, which I have said and given reasons for, repeatedly. But whatever, dude. We all have different tastes, and I respect yours as well.
2 years agoby @dan1Flag
Daveactor7
People can trust critics or they dont have to
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