Box Office Forecasts – Weekend of January 18-21, 2008 (MLK Jr. Weekend)
The secretive monster movie from JJ Abrams attacks New York and the Martin Luther King Jr. weekend
OUR CRYSTAL BALLS SAY
1 Cloverfield Paramount $36M
2 27 Dresses Fox $21M
3 The Bucket List Warner Bros. $15M
4 Juno Fox Searchlight $13.5M
5 First Sunday Sony/Screen Gems $12M
6 National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets Disney $9M
7 Alvin & The Chipmunks New Regency/Fox $7M
8 I Am Legend Warner Bros. $6M
9 Mad Money Overture $6M
10 P.S. I Love You Warner Bros. $4M
THE OTHER GUYS:
Box Office Guru
1 Cloverfield Paramount $30M
2 27 Dresses Fox $19M
3 The Bucket List Warner Bros. $13.5M
4 First Sunday Sony/Screen Gems $10.5M
5 Juno Fox Searchlight $9.5M
6 Mad Money Overture $9M
7 National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets Disney $7.5M
Box Office Prophets
1 Cloverfield Paramount $45.3M
2 27 Dresses Fox $22.6M
3 The Bucket List Warner Bros. $13.3M
4 Juno Fox Searchlight $11.3M
5 First Sunday Sony/Screen Gems $11.2M
6 National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets Disney $6.7M
7 Alvin & The Chipmunks New Regency/Fox $6M
8 I Am Legend Warner Bros. $4.7M
9 Atonement Focus Features $4.2M
10 Sweeney Todd Paramount/DreamWorks $3.8M
Fantasy Moguls
1 Cloverfield Paramount $40M
2 27 Dresses Fox $22.5M
3 The Bucket List Warner Bros. $15.8M
4 Juno Fox Searchlight $14M
5 First Sunday Sony/Screen Gems $13.8M
6 National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets Disney $9.1M
7 Alvin & The Chipmunks New Regency/Fox $7.1M
8 I Am Legend Warner Bros. $6.7M
9 Mad Money Overture $6.5M
10 P.S. I Love You Warner Bros. $4M
Box Office Mojo Derby
1 Cloverfield Paramount $42.9M
2 27 Dresses Fox $20.8M
3 The Bucket List Warner Bros. $14.1M
4 Juno Fox Searchlight $11.6M
5 First Sunday Sony/Screen Gems $10.4M
6 Mad Money Overture $8.9M
7 National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets Disney $8M
8 Alvin & The Chipmunks New Regency/Fox $6.6M
9 I Am Legend Warner Bros. $5.6M
10 P.S. I Love You Warner Bros. $3.6M
SCREENS
1 Cloverfield 3,411
2 27 Dresses 3,057
3 National Treasure: Book of Secrets 2,963
4 Alvin & the Chimpmunks 2,962
5 The Bucket List 2,915
6 Juno 2,534
7 I Am Legend 2,525
8 Mad Money 2,470
9 First Sunday 2,213
10 One Missed Call 1,925
11 The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep 1,661
12 P.S. I Love You 1,626
13 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 1,507
14 Charlie Wilson’s War 1,347
15 The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything 1,340
16 In the Name of the King: a Dungeon Siege Tale 1,338
17 Atonement 1,291
* Alien Vs. Predator – Requiem 410
* Enchanted 767
* There Will be Blood 389
NEW RELEASES
Cloverfield (2008, 90 minutes, PG-13, sci-fi/thriller) Matt Reeves directs a film that revolves around a monster attack in New York as told from the point of view of a small group of people
27 Dresses (2008, 107 minutes, PG-13, romantic-comedy) After serving as a bridesmaid 27 times, a young woman (Katherine Heigl) wrestles with the idea of standing by her sister’s side as her sibling marries the man she’s secretly in love with.
Mad Money (2008, 124 minutes, PG-13 Action-Adventure) Three female employees of the Federal Reserve (Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah and Katie Holmes) plot to steal money that is about to be destroyed. Directed by Callie Khouri (”Thelma & Louise“)
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