OUR CRYSTAL BALLS SAY

1. Avatar – $25M
2. Dear John – $16M
3. From Paris with Love – $12M
4. Edge of Darkness – $10M
5. When in Rome – $7M
6. Tooth Fairy – $6M
7. Book of Eli - $4.5M
8. Crazy Heart – $4M
9. Legion – $3M
10. The Blind Side - $2.8M

ANAL-YSIS

Will this be the week that Avatar is finally bumped from the top spot? Dear God, no. As for new releases we’ve got a weepy chick flick (Dear John) and John Travolta’s latest attempt to knock Nic Cage off the peak of Insane Actor Mountain (i.e From Paris with Love). The former combines Nicolas Sparks’ trademark maudlin melodrama AND 9/11 – two great tastes that go great together, right? – while the latter features Travolta at his most difficult-to-look-at since Battlefield Earth. I’d be perfectly fine with both films tanking hard but Dear John seems to be tracking fairly well, perhaps due to the dearth of Sandra Bullock films for Cat Lady Nation to watch when they’re not compulsively updating their OKCupid profiles’ lists of arbitrary requirements for the men they’ll never meet.

But yeah, James Cameron’s taking the weekend, just like he’s going to take the Best Picture and Best Director Oscars. Did you actually think he was kidding when he told us he was King of the World 12 years ago?

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Box Office Mojo (Derby)

1 Avatar – $26M
2 Dear John – $18.2M
3 From Paris with Love – $13.6M
4 Edge of Darkness – $9.6M
5 When in Rome – $7M
6 Tooth Fairy – $6.5M
7 The Book of Eli $5.3M
8 Crazy Heart – $4.5M
9 Legion – $3.5M
10 The Lovely Bones – $2.9M

Lee’s Movie Info

1 Avatar – $24.15M
2 Dear John – $19.15M
3 From Paris with Love – $12.4M
4 Edge of Darkness – $9.35M
5 When in Rome – $7.245M
6 Tooth Fairy – $6.43M
7 The Book of Eli – $4M
8 Crazy Heart – $3.64M
9 Legion – $2.92M
10 Sherlock Holmes – $2.52M

Box Office

1 Dear John – $25M
2 Avatar – $24M
3 From Paris with Love – $11.5M
4 Edge of Darkness – $8.8M
5 When in Rome – $6.7M
6 The Tooth Fairy – $6.6M
7 The Book of Eli – $4.3M
8 Crazy Heart – $3.5M
9 Legion – $3.2M
10 The Blind Side – $2.9M

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OUR CRYSTAL BALLS SAY

ANAL-YSIS

Apparently there’s this movie out called The Avatar. Haven’t heard much about it myself, but from what I understand it’s become something of a cult hit, like Rocky Horror or The Room. I guess people dress up like the main characters and act out the scenes and throw spoons at the screen or something. Don’t really get the fuss, but it seems to be doing fairly well at the box office, in fact it will likely beat out newcomers Taken 2: Mad Max 4: The Final Solution (aka Edge of Darkness) and What Happens in Vegas 2 (aka When in Rome) starring the adorable Kristen Bell – who’s kind of like Mel Gibson, except cute and small and less Jew-hatey. I suppose I’ll have to check out The Avatar eventually – being a movie biz pundit and all. Screw it; I’ll just wait until they run it on HBO and go see The Tooth Fairy instead. He’s a big muscly guy who has to be a tooth fairy? For real? OMG!

THE OTHER GUYS

BOX OFFICE

1 Avatar – $29M
2 Edge of Darkness – $23.5M
3 When in Rome – $9.5M
4 The Book of Eli – $9.3M
5 The Tooth Fairy – $9M
6 Legion – $8.9M
7 The Lovely Bones – $5M
8 Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel – $4.7M
9 Sherlock Holmes – $4.5M
10 It’s Complicated – $4.4M

LEE’S MOVIE INFO

1 Avatar – $28.7M
2 Edge of Darkness – $20.7M
3 When in Rome – $9.21M
4 The Book of Eli – $8.15M
5 Tooth Fairy – $7.86M
6 Legion – $7.3M
7 Sherlock Holmes – $4.8M
8 The Lovely Bones – $4.6M
9 It’s Complicated – $3.77M
10 Extraordinary Measures – $3.66M

BOX OFFICE MOJO (DERBY)

1 Avatar – $27.9M
2 Edge of Darkness – $22.2M
3 When in Rome – $11.3M
4 The Book of Eli – $9.2M
5 Legion – $8.2M
6 The Tooth Fairy – $7.9M
7 The Lovely Bones – $5.1M
8 Sherlock Holmes – $4.5M
9 Alvin and the Chipmunks 2 – $4.1M
10 It’s Complicated – $3.9M

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OUR CRYSTAL BALLS SAY

1. Avatar - $30M
2. Tooth Fairy - $18M
3. Legion – $16M
4. Book of Eli - $15M
5. Lovely Bones – $9M
6. Extraordinary Measures – $7M
7. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel – $6M
8. Sherlock Holmes – $5.8M
9. It’s Complicated – $5.3M
10. The Spy Next Door – $4.8M

ANAL-YSIS

Busy day, please forgive my brevity (yeah, like that’s ever been a problem for me). Just a quick note to say that Avatar’s going to continue to rool while the other guys drool. Oh, and if you need to see something new this weekend, go see Legion (featuring our gentle giant pal Kevin Durand). Don’t be an enabler to The Rock’s growing crappy family movie habit.

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Lee’s Movie Info

Box Office

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OUR CRYSTAL BALLS SAY

1. Avatar – $43M
2. Book of Eli – $37M
3. Spy Next Door – $18M
4. Lovely Bones – $15M
5. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel – $12M
6. Sherlock Holmes – $10M
7. Daybreakers – $9M
8. It’s Complicated – $8M
9. Leap Year – $7M
10. The Blind Side – $5M

ANAL-YSIS

You’re probably wondering where Ronnie Pudding disappeared to since the holiday break. Short answer: Jail. Long answer: Let’s just say my Mall Santa gig didn’t work out so well thanks to a little problem I’ve had since 8th grade. And I thought the embarrassment of getting called to the front of the class to answer a problem on the board with a full-on 2001 monolith making a circus tent in my trousers was bad. Try explaining to a murderously angry soccer mom – and the authorities – that it’s not her 4-year-old son that’s got you hot and bothered, but merely the restrictive blood flow caused by sitting too long in one place. Believe me, no matter how much logic and medical fact you bring to the table, your argument’s falling on deaf ears. I guess I should just be thankful my junk still works.

Anyway, Avatar will continue to spread its virus, reaping gazillions while turning us into a nation of emo furries, with a little bit of healthy competish coming in the form of Denzel’s Mad Max/Matrix redux, Book of Eli. And pending a court date, I promise to keep up with my predictions, at least until sentencing.

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Lee’s Movie Info

1 Avatar – $34
2 The Book of Eli – $30
3 The Spy Next Door – $17
4 The Lovely Bones – $12.7M
5 Alvin and Chipmunks 2 $9.4M
6 Sherlock Holmes – $9.36M
7 It’s Complicated – $7.076M
8 Daybreakers – $6.9M
9 Leap Year – $5.9M
10 Up in the Air – $4.951M

Box Office (4 day)

1 Avatar – $43.5M
2 The Book of Eli – $32M
3 The Spy Next Door – $19M
4 Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel – $15.7M
5 The Lovely Bones – $15.5M
6 Sherlock Holmes – $11.6M
7 It’s Complicated – $9.7M
8 Daybreakers – $8.9M
9 The Blind Side – $7.1M
10 Leap Year – $7M

Box Office Mojo (Derby)

1 Avatar – $44.2M
2 The Book of Eli – $32.3M
3 The Lovely Bones – $16.9M
4 The Spy Next Door – $15.3M
5 Alvin and the Chipmunks 2 – $12.3M
6 Sherlock Holmes – $12.1M
7 Daybreakers – $8.8M
8 It’s Complicated – $8.3M
9 The Blind Side – $6.4M
10 Leap Year – $6.1M

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