PREDICTED WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
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While most people were predicting that Zack Snyder's computer animated 3D family film Legend of The Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole would be the number one movie last weekend, they were surprised to find that "greed is still good" as Oliver Stone's long awaited sequel to his classic '80s film Wall Street, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps rose to the top of the box office with $19 million. But with three new movies entering the box office race this weekend including Oscar bait like David Fincher's The Social Network and the highly anticipated horror films Let Me In and Case 39 staring Renée Zellweger, Gordon Gekko may have some trouble defending his number one spot.
Predicted to debut at number one this weekend is in fact 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). Currently the movie, which is already earning Oscar buzz, has an average rating of a 3.4 on our site. Out of the nine people who have rated the film only three of them have given it five stars while the teaser trailer for the movie has had over 8,000 views. Here is what one of our readers had to say about the new movie: "A beautifully written tale expressing the irony that a man with five hundred million subscribers has nary a friend." The movie is predicted to earn $30 million this weekend in its debut.
Predicted to debut at number two this week is the much-talked-about new horror film from Cloverfield director Matt Reeves called Let Me In, which is based on the extremely popular Swedish film Let the Right One in. The movie stars Chloe Moretz (Kick-Ass), Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Road), Elias Koteas (The Thin Red Line) and Richard Jenkins (The Visitor). Currently the movie has an average rating of a 4.1 on our site. Out of the nine people who have rated the film five of them have given it five stars while the teaser trailer for the movie has had over 5,000 views. Here is what one of our readers had to say about the new movie: "Compared to the Swedish version, this one is bloodless." The movie is predicted to earn $15 million this weekend in its debut.
Predicted to drop two places from its debut last week to number three this week is Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, the long-awaited sequel to director Oliver Stone's iconic '80s movie Wall Street. The film stars Michael Douglas reprising his Oscar winning role as Gordon Gekko and also features a talented cast of actors including Shia LaBeouf (Transformers), Josh Brolin (Jonah Hex), Carey Mulligan (An Education), Susan Sarandon (The Lovely Bones), Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon) and Charlie Sheen (Two and a Half Men). Last week the movie made $5,330 on each of its 3,565 screens for an opening weekend total of about $19 million. While the movie is predicted to earn an additional $10.7 million this weekend it will still be quite short of earning back its entire purported production budget of $70 million.
Predicted to fall one space back from last week to number four 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 32.7% last week from its debut the week before, it was actually added in twenty-four new theaters this week and earned roughly $5,556 on each of its 2,885 screens for a weekend total of $16 million. In only two weeks the movie has made almost $50 million, which earns back its entire $37 million production budget and then some. The film is predicted to earn an additional $9.6 million this weekend.
Rounding off the top five and predicted to drop three spaces from its debut last week 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). Last week the movie made $4,569 on each of its 3,575 screens for an opening weekend total of around $16.3 million. For the most part the film has received extremely positive reviews but even if it continues to perform well in the next few weeks it will have a difficult time earning back its entire purported production budget of $100 million. The film is predicted to earn an additional $9.3 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 the Scarlet Letter themed high school comedy Easy a starring Emma Stone (Zombieland, Superbad). The film's talented cast also includes Oscar nominees Stanley Tucci (The Lovely Bones), Patricia Clarkson (Pieces of April) and Thomas Haden Church (Sideways) as well as Lisa Kudrow (Friends), Penn Badgley ((Gossip Girl), Amanda Bynes (Hairspray) and screen legend Malcolm McDowell (A Clockwork Orange). While the movie dropped nearly 39.7% last week from its debut the previous week, it earned roughly $3,746 on each of its 2,856 screens for a weekend total of $10.7 million. Now in just two weeks the movie has made over $32 million, which earns back its entire $8 million production budget and then some. The film is predicted to earn an additional $6.7 million this weekend.
Predicted to have a disappointing debut at number seven this week is the new horror/thriller Case 39, which stars Renée Zellweger (Bridget Jones's Diary), Bradley Cooper (The A-Team) and Ian McShane (Death Race). Currently the movie has an average rating of a 4.1 on our site. Out of the seven people who have rated the film five of them have given it five stars while the teaser trailer for the movie has had over 4,000 views. Here is what one of our readers had to say about the new movie: "Case 39 is just a lame, cartoonish horror film with another evil child character involved." The movie is predicted to earn $6.3 million this weekend in its debut.
Predicted to drop three spots from its debut last week to number eight this week is the new romantic comedy You Again, about a young woman who must deal with the demons of her past when her brother marries her high school rival. The film stars a talented group of female performers including Kristen Bell (When in Rome), Odette Yustman (Rogues Gallery), Sigourney Weaver (Avatar), Jamie Lee Curtis (True Lies), Kristin Chenoweth (Four Christmases) and Betty White (The Proposal). The movie made $3,257 last week on each of its 2,548 screens for an opening weekend total of around $8.3 million, earning back almost half of its $20 million production budget. Unfortunately the film will still come short of that magic number this weekend as it is predicted to only earn an additional $4.3 million.
Predicted to fall three places from last week to number nine is the new supernatural thriller based on a story written by the film's producer, director M. Night Shyamalan, called Devil. The film stars Chris Messina (Greenberg), Geoffrey Arend ((500) Days of Summer), Caroline Dhavernas (The Switch), Jacob Vargas (Death Race), Bokeem Woodbine (Ray) and Matt Craven (The Clearing). While the movie dropped almost 46.2% last week from the previous week, it was actually seen in two additional theaters and still earned roughly $2,350 on each of its 2,811 screens for a weekend total of $6.6 million. Now in just three weeks the movie has made about $21.8 million earning back its entire $10 million production cost and then some. It is expected to earn an additional $3.2 million at the box office this weekend.
Finally, predicted to fall three places to number ten this week from last week is the fourth chapter of the Resident Evil series, Resident Evil: Afterlife, based on the popular video game. Milla Jovovich (The Fifth Element) returns in the lead role and is accompanied by a talented cast of actors, which includes Ali Larter (Heroes), Wentworth Miller (Prison Break), Boris Kodjoe (Surrogates) and Kim Coates (Sons of Anarchy). While the movie dropped an astonishing 50.5% last week and was seen in 567 less theaters than the week before, it still managed to earn roughly $1,875 on each of its 2,642 screens for a weekend total of $4.9 million. In just over a month the movie has earned roughly $52 million, which is just shy of its initial $60 million production budget. It is expected to earn an additional $2.9 million at the box office 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!
The Social Network was released October 1st, 2010 and stars Jesse Eisenberg, Rooney Mara, Bryan Barter, Dustin Fitzsimons, Armie Hammer, Joseph Mazzello, Patrick Mapel, Max Minghella. The film is directed by David Fincher.
Let Me In was released October 1st, 2010 and stars Kodi Smit-McPhee, Chloe Moretz, Richard Jenkins, Cara Buono, Elias Koteas, Sasha Barrese, Jimmy Pinchak, Chris Browning. The film is directed by Matt Reeves.
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Daveactor7
HOLY SH*T. Social network took the box office and let me in got in 8th place. Dayuuuummmm
2 years agoby @daveactor7Flag
Justhim_sir
Earning $30 mil that quick? You guys must have high hopes for this movie, I say maybe $25 mil by monday, i also think #4 will switch with 5, and #3 to 2. That's my prediction.
2 years agoby @justhim-sirFlag
kingbrady
The Social Network isnt about Facebook as much as its about the creator, casting director did a great job as well as Fincher and Sorkin....with the horror/thriller type crap coming out it wont be #1 next week though
2 years agoby @kingbradyFlag
ZanyZap
I realize I'm pulling a Diaigma, and I am simply spamming my review. Oh well ::shugs shouders:: - check out my review of The Social Network.
Justification: As this is my first review, feedback is appreciated - if not, thoroughly encouraged
2 years agoby @zanyzapFlag
Spongebob_Boxofficepants
The Social Network will win of course people will see this cause its about facebook and it has universal positive reviews 97% on the RT and 7.8 in IMDb while 85 in metacritic
2 years agoby @spongebob-boxofficepantsFlag
Diaigma
Yes. Yes they do. I like to learn from my flaws to be a better person :)
2 years agoby @diaigmaFlag
ZanyZap
I have read most of them.
And I'll try to be nicer. Sometimes I like to show that yes, I am indeed a human. Humans have flaws, right?
2 years agoby @zanyzapFlag
Diaigma
MY REVIEWS ARE AWESOME! READ THEM ALL!!!
Kidding, @ZanyZap :P - but do be nice . . .
2 years agoby @diaigmaFlag
ZanyZap
Met a girl at The Social Network. As the credits rolled, I said: "Facebook me."
Yeah, I'm smooth... ;P
2 years agoby @zanyzapFlag
Daveactor7
@ZanyZap agreed!
2 years agoby @daveactor7Flag
ZanyZap
@TheDude1: You are also a pompous fool. An idiot. A disgrace - well, I can't verify that. I don't want an argument, but to summarize TSN as "a movie about a social networking site that was made just a few years back" is asinine - not to mention utterly false. Sorry for acting like a dick - I'm still reveling in the excellence that was David Fincher's latest critically acclaimed "masterpiece." Yes, I said it.
And Diaigma, quit advertising your reviews in the comment section! ;P
Only joking, very well done, sir.
2 years agoby @zanyzapFlag
Diaigma
See? @ZanyZap knows where it's at :P
Like I said, it's October. My showing had a fair size, but the funniest thing about it was there were about 5 guys with wifi notebooks checking their facebooks before the movie :P
2 years agoby @diaigmaFlag
Daveactor7
@ZanyZap Armond White is stupid as hell. He should die.
2 years agoby @daveactor7Flag
ZanyZap
Armond White is a pompous fool. An idiot. A disgrace. He deserves to be hit buy a Mack truck.
I'm a little worried for The Social Network in regard to box-office success. At both my showing (Saturday evening) and a friend's showing (Friday night) there were less than fifteen people in the theater.
2 years agoby @zanyzapFlag
Diaigma
Yes. It was fun. Have a good one ;)
2 years agoby @diaigmaFlag
TheDude1
O yeah movie buffs won't forget, but then again movie buffs know pretty much everything about all movies. Good conversion though. We can agree to disagree on this issue. Until the next time we talk on here, see ya later.
2 years agoby @thedude1Flag
Diaigma
Just checking, cause I never saw it :P
2 years agoby @diaigmaFlag
Diaigma
Besides, I don't understand this thing when you say "people will forget about this" - how do you know that? Just because you don't like something doesn't mean that people will automatically forget about it over time, and movie buffs never forget (most of the time)
2 years agoby @diaigmaFlag
TheDude1
No W. was a left wing smear movie about his Presidency in general. It flopped and most people hated it.
2 years agoby @thedude1Flag
Diaigma
Good thing the movie was made before facebook fell off, so it CAN be remembered, especially if it wins best picture :P Feel free to look at my review for it. You'll see that even I didn't think it was the greatest movie ever. It had its flaws and I pointed them out.
About the Bush thing . . . isn't that what W. was about? :P
2 years agoby @diaigmaFlag
TheDude1
Okay that was my bad about Ebert. I think the time it takes for this kind of a movie does matter. What if bookface falls off like myspace has? And we forget about these people? Then that movie would be pointless. It would be like watching a movie about George W Bush stealing the 2000 election even though we all know that was a big lie that meant nothing.
2 years agoby @thedude1Flag
Diaigma
No. Ebert called him a troll YEARS ago. You're starting to blow my words out of proportion.
The movie is about the PEOPLE who made the site, and the controversy around it. THAT'S what's interesting. The time it takes for a movie to be made based on actual events doesn't matter either. Your points are stretching into the inane, my friend :P
2 years agoby @diaigmaFlag
TheDude1
Okay so Ebert called people who hate TSN trolls. That makes it so much better. Do you understand how crazy that sounds and how big of a fool that makes him look? I don't hate people who like TSN I just want to know why you are getting so excited over a movie about a social networking site that was made just a few years back. Diaigma you brought up some great movies that were based on people and events. But what you failed to say is that those movies were not made right away like this movie was. Those movies took decades to be made.
2 years agoby @thedude1Flag
Diaigma
Answer: It's October. Nothing makes a lot of money in October. Also, the amount of money a movie makes has nothing to do with how good/bad it is. Some of the best movies have flopped, and some of the worst have made insanely good profits.
It's a moot/desperate argument.
Have you ever heard of Armond White? He is a troll. He rates every good movie down and rates every bad movie up, every time. It wasn't me who said it. It was Ebert :P
2 years agoby @diaigmaFlag
TheDude1
Wow so now you guys are going as far as saying people who don't like TSN aren't real critics and are in fact trolls? That is low. Very low.
And when I said it was over hyped I meant that. You can't deny it. And one more point if it is so great and no one hates it then why is it only on track to make about 24 million this weekend? A weekend with no competition.
2 years agoby @thedude1Flag
Daveactor7
@Diaigma which of the nonfiction films u mentioned u like the most?
2 years agoby @daveactor7Flag
Diaigma
Apparently, movies with "too much hype and adverting" isn't a real film :P
2 years agoby @diaigmaFlag
Daveactor7
Go to rotten tomatoes and see for thyself lol
2 years agoby @daveactor7Flag
Daveactor7
@Diaigma excellent point
2 years agoby @daveactor7Flag
Diaigma
I think @Daveactor meant Citizen Kane-like, as in, the guy royally messed up his life. Aka, irony. That's how Citizen Kane and TSN are comparable.
I've read the stories and histories about Gandhi, Schindler, British track athletes in the 1924 Summer Olympics, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, William Wallace, The Titanic, John Nash, and U.S. General George S. Patton, so why should anyone want to make movies about those stories? It's ridiculous.
Wait. Strike that. Someone did . . . and they're all best picture winners :P In other words, @TheDude1 - some actually like nonfiction films from time to time. In a way, it makes the film more real. Your reasons for hating on TSN is rather shallow, but to each his own. So long as the industry continues to make films for the (would be) serial killer demographic, I'm happy for you.
The only critics who didn't like TSN are considered "trolls" in the critic community.
2 years agoby @diaigmaFlag