PREDICTED WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
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After only ten days on the charts the third installment of the phenomenally popular Twilight film series, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, dropped nearly 50% last week to number two thanks to Universal's new animated family film, Despicable Me, which took the top spot with around $60.1 million. But with two highly anticipated new films entering the box office race this week, director Christopher Nolan's long-awaited film Inception and Disney's The Sorcerer's Apprentice starring Nicolas Cage, the successful animated film will have its hands full fighting off the competition.
Predicted to debut at number one this week with an impressive $75.2 million is Inception, the long awaited sci-fi action thriller from director Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight). The film stars an incredible cast of actors including Oscar nominees Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Page and Ken Watanabe, Oscar winners Marion Cotillard and Michael Caine, as well as Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, and Lukas Haas. Currently the film has an average rating of a 4.6 on our site. Out of the forty-six people who have rated the film thirty-four have given it five stars while the trailer for the film has had over 43,000 views. Here is what one of our readers had to say about the new film. "Inception is an engrossing and enthralling thriller. This is the kind of film that requires multiple viewings, not just because it creates an entire dream world but because it offers deeper exploration into the mind, a place only Nolan can take you."
Predicted to fall one place back to number two from its debut at number one last week is Universal's animated film Despicable Me. The film, which centers around the world's greatest villain taking on the new challenge of raising three adorable little orphan girls, boasts an all-star cast of comedic voices including Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Kristen Wiig, Will Arnett, Julie Andrews, Danny McBride and Ken Jeong. The film was seen on 3,746 screens last week and earned around $17,295 on each for a total of $60.1 million. Now in just six days of release the film has earned back its initial $69 million production cost with a domestic gross of around $79 million. That's a profit of about $10 million in less than a week and the movie is expected to add an additional $31.5 million to its earnings this weekend.
Predicted to debut at number three this week is Walt Disney Pictures' The Sorcerer's Apprentice, from super-producer Jerry Bruckheimer. The film is an updated version of the famous Mickey Mouse segment from the classic Disney animated film, Fantasia, and stars Nicolas Cage, Jay Baruchel (Tropic Thunder, How To Train Your Dragon), Teresa Palmer (Bedtime Stories), Toby Kebbell (Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time), Alfred Molina (Spider-Man 2) and Monica Bellucci (Shoot 'Em Up). Currently the film has an average rating of a 4.1 on our site. Out of the eighteen people who have rated the film nine have given it five stars while the trailer for the film has had over 20,000 views. Here is what one of our readers had to say about the new film. "Jerry Bruckheimer and Jon Turteltaub 's The Sorcerer's Apprentice is a fun, exciting, and entertaining live action Disney movie, directed by the same director who directed the National Treasure films. It is also the best Nicolas Cage movie since the first National Treasure film. The story of The Sorcerer's Apprentice was very well done, easy to follow and understand, it made sense and didn't cause me to get lost in the plot and story of the movie."
Predicted to slip two places back from last week to number four is The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, which stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Dakota Fanning and Bryce Dallas Howard. Last week the film dropped nearly 50% from its debut the previous week and was seen on 4,468 screens, earning about $7,475 on each. The film earned an additional $33.4 million last weekend, bringing it's total gross up to an impressive $237 million in just 12 days of release, which far surpasses it's purported $68 million production cost. The film is predicted to earn an additional $17.6 million this weekend.
Predicted to round off the top five this weekend drop one place from last week to number five is the third chapter of the extremely successful Pixar series, Toy Story 3. The film features the return of Woody, Buzz and all your favorite toys along with an all-star cast of voice actors, which include Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Michael Keaton, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Jodi Benson, Don Rickles, Estelle Harris, Ned Beatty, Timothy Dalton, Jeff Garlin, Kristen Schaal and Whoopi Goldberg. Last week the film dropped nearly 27.3% from the previous week and was seen on 275 less screens, earning about $5,862 on each of its 3,753 screens. The film earned an additional $22 million last weekend, which brought it's total gross to an amazing $340 million in just four weeks of release, which far surpasses it's purported production cost of $200 million. The film is predicted to earn an additional $14.4 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 three places from its debut last week to number six is the long awaited new chapter of the Predator franchise from fan-favorite filmmaker Robert Rodriguez (Spy Kids and Sin City) simply entitled, Predators. The film promises to act as a direct sequel to the Arnold Schwarzenegger classic and stars an impressive cast of actors that includes Oscar winner Adrien Brody (King Kong), Topher Grace (Spider-Man 3), Alice Braga (I Am Legend), Danny Trejo (Grindhouse), Walton Goggins (TV's The Shield) and Oscar Nominee Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix). The film was seen on 2,669 screens last week and earned about $9,479 on each for a weekend total of around $25.3 million. The film's debut was decent but not spectacular earning back more than half of its initial $40 million production cost in its opening weekend. The film is predicted to earn an additional $12.4 million this weekend.
Predicted to fall back one place from last week to number seven is the family comedy Grown Ups about five childhood friends who reunite 30 years later for a vacation with their families staring the comedy "Dream Team" of Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Kevin James, David Spade, and Rob Schneider. Despite dropping 17.0% last week from the previous week and being shown in seventy-one less theaters, the film still managed to earn about $4,564 on each of it's 3,463 screens last week for an additional $15.8 million. That brings the films total to around $110.7 million in just three weeks of release, earning back it's $80 million production cost. The film is predicted to earn an additional $8.9 million this weekend.
Predicted to drop three spots from last week to number eight is M. Night Shyamalan's long awaited adaptation of the popular Nickelodeon animated series, Avatar: The Last Airbender, simply entitled The Last Airbender. The film dropped nearly 60% last week from the previous week, despite adding almost 34 new theaters and the movie earned about $5,354 on each of its 3,203 screens. The film earned an additional $17.1 million last weekend, which brought it's total gross to only around $100 million in just 2 weeks of release, which is still a far cry from earning back its it's purported $150 million production cost. The film is predicted to earn an additional $8.1 million this weekend.
Predicted to fall two spots back from last week to number six is the family comedy Grown Ups about five childhood friends who reunite 30 years later for a vacation with their families staring the comedy "Dream Team" of Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Kevin James, David Spade, and Rob Schneider. Despite dropping 52.8% from its debut week, the film managed to earn about $5,405 on each of it's 3,534 screens last week for an additional $19.1 million. That brings the films total to around $77.6 million in just two weeks of release and the film is predicted to earn an additional $10.2 million this weekend, which should be more than enough to earn back it's $80 million production cost.
Predicted to fall two places back from last week to number nine is the action/comedy Knight and Day about an ordinary girl who unintentionally gets involved with a secret agent, featuring super star actors Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz in the leading roles. Last week the film dropped 26.1% from the previous week and despite being shown in four hundred and seventy-six less theaters still earned $2,937 on each of it's 2,628 screens. The film managed to earn an additional $7.7 million last weekend, which brings it's total to only $61.8 million in three weeks of release. Unfortunately, that is still a far cry from its $117 million production cost. The film is predicted to earn an additional $4.6 million this weekend.
Finally, predicted to fall two places from last week to number ten is the re-make of the classic Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita underdog story The Karate Kid. The film moves the action from California to China and stars Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan in the lead roles. The movie was produced by Smith's superstar parents Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith. The film dropped almost 32.9% last week from the previous week and was seen on six hundred and fifty-one less theaters than the week before but the film still managed to make around $2,183 on each of its 2,458 screens, earning an additional $5.3 million for the weekend. The movie has now made an impressive $164 million in just five weeks of release, far surpassing its $40 million production cost. It's estimated to earn an additional $3.4 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!
Inception was released July 16th, 2010 and stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Tom Berenger. The film is directed by Christopher Nolan.
Despicable Me was released July 9th, 2010 and stars Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Julie Andrews, Will Arnett, Kristen Wiig, Miranda Cosgrove, Dana Gaier. The film is directed by Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud.
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Daveactor7
Inception is the best movie so far this year, great plot, great acting, great action, and it really plays with ur mind. It will definitely be number one for a while. And screw avatar. Inception kicks its giant blue ass
2 years agoby @daveactor7Flag
The Narrator: The Better Man
From word of mouth this movie will bring in... easily a hundred mil for each of the next 3 to 4 weeks (worldwide now.) Then I think it will slowly decline as all movies do. Not gonna break any records or anything, but it will have a strong and steady pace for a while, earning it some well deserved green. Definitely gonna be in theaters for a while.
2 years agoby @narratorFlag
TheDude1
@ajay-hooda I think you are getting ahead of yourself saying it the best movie ever. You can't say something like that til you have seen the movie at least 3 times. And have also seen some of the other top movies out there.
2 years agoby @thedude1Flag
Narzion
70 mil. like avatar
but i hope it will beat avatar record.....i know it is impossible but i can dream damn it...
2 years agoby @narzionFlag
Ajay Hooda
inception is the best movie ever, supremely intelligent. A true masterpiece by Nolan who could show many different levels at the same time connecting by a wonderful thread called subconscious state of mind. Simply a stunning demonstration of creativity and intelligence.
2 years agoby @ajay-hoodaFlag
Dan
Also, I believe this will be a leggy blockbuster, bringing in the solid numbers for a few weeks, as it demands repeat viewings.
2 years agoby @dan1Flag
Dan
Oh, and everyone laughed at the end as well this second time. The top spinning might go down as one of my favorite endings for a movie, ever. It's so ambigous and cool.
2 years agoby @dan1Flag
Dan
I saw it again today :) Took the whole family, too! That's an additional 6 tickets I earned the movie!
2 years agoby @dan1Flag
Dark enV
I just got back from seeing it a third time. Man you pick up on so much every time you go see it, Nolan has designed this film so that each time you watch it you'll learn something new, total genius. Each time I went to see the movie the showings were all sold out and when it got to the very end everybody yelled LOL. I love it when the audience is dead quiet throughout an entire movie and you're wondering if they even like it or understand it but when it ends you know they loved it, so awesome.
2 years agoby @dark-envFlag
The Narrator: The Better Man
It's already being underrated on my facebook. "One of the best movies of the summer." "Best movie of the summer." "Amazingly cool." I mean have you seen movies this summer? Saying that it's the best of them isn't saying much, and saying it's one of the best of the summer. That's a total disservice.
2 years agoby @narratorFlag
Diaigma
Inception deserves number 1 and any penny it can get its hands on :P
2 years agoby @diaigmaFlag
mindless232
absolutely amazing!!! Most original movie ive seen in years!!
2 years agoby @mindless232Flag
WiseGuy
Got back from a showing at the IMAX an hour ago. Movie is still the only idea in my head. Mind blowing awesomeness. Amazing and brilliant. Best movie of the year by far and the best Christopher Nolan movie. Wouldn't mind seeing it again, to understand it more fully. Hell, I'm dying to go and see it again! Inception will be #1, if not then America sucks.
2 years agoby @zgcorleone072Flag
Ultimatum
Inception was AMAZING. #1 for sure.
2 years agoby @theultimatumFlag
T.Clark
Just got back from Inception. Brilliant movie.
2 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag
dadarkknight
All I have to say is Joesph Gordon Levitt was badass in the movie. I cannot believe the director of the new spider-man movie who did a movie with Joseph in it, did not pick him to play spidey. I would have understood if they wanted to go younger but they didn't, they got a person who is just as old. While watching that him in inception all I could say is their is spidey lol
2 years agoby @dadarkknightFlag
Dark enV
The predictions sound pretty good to me for the most part, but Sorcerer's Apprentice will have less than $28.4 million I think. It was a pretty fun movie but it's doing very poorly thus far at the box office. I've seen Inception twice already and I'm planning on seeing for a third time tonight. Absolutely loved it and it's worthy of #1. Word of mouth will carry this movie through the next couple of weeks no doubt, I haven't heard many complaints from audience members, over 90% of them loved it and seemed to understand it so I'm expecting this movie to do very well in the long run.
2 years agoby @dark-envFlag
The Narrator: The Better Man
Word of mouth will carry this film. It's all over facebook right now. It deserves a big win.
2 years agoby @narratorFlag
Justice23
the theater i went to was sold out for every showing of inception and i understand why that movie was amazing im gonna see it again and probally 1 more time after that because that movie was just great and there was so much going on
GOOD JOB CHRISTOPHER NOLAN
2 years agoby @justice23Flag
TheDude1
These are actually somewhat good predictions. Even though they are a day late. They had the advantage of using Fridays box office numbers and they still gave Inception 75 million and The Sorcerer's Apprentice 28.4 when it is already clear that Inception will make 60 to 65 million and The Sorcerer's Apprentice will barely pass 20 million.
2 years agoby @thedude1Flag
The Soylent Green Monkey
The theater I saw "Inception" in was packed to the brim.
Inception = #1
2 years agoby @soylentgreen2Flag
fanboy
i want to see inception so badly. with no doubt it will be #1 this week.
2 years agoby @fanboyFlag
WiseGuy
Cannot wait to see this at IMAX tonight! So pumped!
2 years agoby @zgcorleone072Flag
SaintCharles
i saw Inception last night, and was very impressed, story and acting were grade A, and the FX were perfect and not over the top i.e. stealing the show, and diffently not too smart for America, im no genuis and i followed along nicely
2 years agoby @saintcharlesFlag
Brian
Hope so! I'm scared #Inception is too smart for 99% of America!
2 years agoby @brianFlag
DoubleR0522
Inception #1...enough said lol
2 years agoby @doubler0522Flag
superman81
I have no doubt Inception will be number 1 but I think Sorcerer's Apprentice will be number 2 by a slight margin over Desp*cable Me.
2 years agoby @superman81Flag
Somecallmemitch
um...wtf? why is the sorccers apprentice #3?
2 years agoby @somecallmemitchFlag
Jcberry526
Inception deserves to be number 1, it was awesome... best movie of 2010 so far
2 years agoby @jcberry526Flag