Groucho

Rank*	Title (Click to view chart)	Friday 4/30 (Estimates)	Saturday 5/1	Sunday 5/2	Monday 5/3
1	MEAN GIRLS   2,839	$8,600,000 -- / $3,029 <nobr>$8,600,000 / 1</nobr>	N/A	N/A	N/A
2	MAN ON FIRE   2,986	$4,254,000 200.6% / $1,425 <nobr>$33,537,000 / 10</nobr>	N/A	N/A	N/A
3	13 GOING ON 30   3,453	$3,319,000 260.1% / $961 <nobr>$28,503,000 / 8</nobr>	N/A	N/A	N/A
4	GODSEND   2,323	$2,340,000 -- / $1,007 <nobr>$2,340,000 / 1</nobr>	N/A	N/A	N/A
5	LAWS OF ATTRACTION   2,449	$2,280,000 -- / $931 <nobr>$2,280,000 / 1</nobr>	N/A	N/A	N/A
6	ENVY   2,445	$2,120,000 -- / $867 <nobr>$2,120,000 / 1</nobr>	N/A	N/A	N/A
7	KILL BILL VOL. 2   2,742	$1,666,000 107.2% / $608 <nobr>$48,462,000 / 15</nobr>	N/A	N/A	N/A
8	THE PUNISHER   2,267	$980,000 117.8% / $432 <nobr>$27,222,000 / 15</nobr>	N/A	N/A	N/A
9	JOHNSON FAMILY VACATION   1,116	$471,000 290.6% / $422 <nobr>$26,012,000 / 24</nobr>	N/A	N/A	N/A
10	HELLBOY   1,563	$463,000 128.9% / $296 <nobr>$56,126,000 / 29</nobr>	N/A	N/A	N/A
11	WALKING TALL   1,589	$417,000 147.4% / $262 <nobr>$41,659,000 / 29</nobr>	N/A	N/A	N/A
12	SCOOBY-DOO 2: MONSTERS UNLEASHED   1,915	$414,000 208.5% / $216 <nobr>$77,797,000 / 36</nobr>	N/A	N/A	N/A
13	HOME ON THE RANGE   2,010	$412,000 118.9% / $205 <nobr>$43,703,000 / 29</nobr>	N/A	N/A	N/A
14	ELLA ENCHANTED   1,923	$411,000 -- / $214 <nobr>$18,393,000 / 22</nobr>	N/A	N/A	N/A
15	BOBBY JONES: STROKE OF GENIUS   1,332	$366,000 -- / $275 <nobr>$366,000 / 1</nobr>	N/A	N/A	N/A
16	THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST   1,832	$318,000 57.5% / $174 <nobr>$365,596,000 / 66</nobr>	N/A	N/A	N/A
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Courtesy of www.boxofficemojo.com

movieking

Just deleted my post. You beat me by a minute.

Good to see Mean Girls doing good. I have a bunch of stock of it on HSX.

QuiGonJosh

tis a sad day...

Groucho

Why?

scott shelton

Slow down.

MEAN GIRLS had heavy promotion, and it was MTVed up quite a bit.

Let's see the second week before we start proclaiming hits around here.

The Antipodean

Looks like again all the prognosticators (EW, BO Guru, etc) underestimated the teen girl audience again -- I kept seeing people say "Man ON Fire" would be #1 again.

BernieStolar

Mean Girls got great reviews, I will probably see it actually. This movie is the first to help me understand how guys can justify seeing a movie just because it has a hot girl in it. Lindsey Lohan is incredible! I just don't think I can tell many of my friends I saw it and not be horribly ridiculed.

clemente

The reality in today's climate is that a movie can become a hit in one week. If you have that huge first week, no matter what you do after, people will remember that week....next week its on to the new things.

Matthew Chmiel

Mean Girls is similar to 2000's Bring It On as it attracts the following:
1. Girls of all ages.
2. Horny guys of all ages.

Combine the two into a good story with some great laughs and you got yourself a hit!

scott shelton

Of course.

That's the thinking of this board, no?

And that thinking is what's slowly killing the industry.

calhoun07

I am surprised Envy didn't fare a tad better. I know it doesn't have the same promotional backing as the top two movies on the list but it certainly has good talent behind it. Of course, I haven't read any reviews on it so it could totally suck and I am just in the dark about it.

Matthew Chmiel

Sadly, but it's most others' opinions too. People believe if a film doesn't have a good opening weekend that the film is done for. The only exception to this rule is indepedent films or films that have positive word of mouth.

And studios, while they care about the opening weekend, care more about a film breaking even or making a profit. As long as they break even or make a profit, they could care less about opening weekend. I don't see Mean Girls having a huge budget (if it has more than a $25 million budget, I'll shit myself) so it'll probably take back it's budget this weekend.

Yeah, Envy sucks.

Rivero

Don't forget:

3. Idiots of all ages.

Matthew Chmiel

Then call me an idiot cause I liked it.

FuzzyBallz

Massive amount of idiots bring in the dollar for the studio, and that's all that matters, idiot.

Those mean girls can rock my boat any time, especially Tina Fey and Lindsay Lohan. Yeah baby.

Rivero

--insert reply here---

RyoHazuki

Well its a teen movie and there were ads shown on MTV for it, and since I am the biggest snob here I officially crap all over this movie and all teenagers.

Groucho

Have you seen the film?

Of several new films opening wide this week, Mean Girls is the only one getting positive reviews.

TomOpus

Yes, it should have a very nice adjust tomorrow.

Unfortunately, I didn't buy any stock...

antennaball

I loaded it up. Second weekend in a row that I've guessed right.

To support the cause, I think I'll go see the movie tonight. (guess Rivero can lump me in as an idiot. oh, the horror.)

matome

Mean Girls took a HUGE chunk from 13 Going On 30. Looks like a 55-60% drop for it. MG looks kinda decent, but there's no way in hell I'll be caught seeing it in the theater. The DVD will be mine.

Decent hold for Denzel. Crap for the rest of the new releases.

jaeufraser

Um, why would we wait until the second week? Mean Girls is a hit. Simple as that. It's an inexpensive film, couldn't cost more than 25 million (if that), and will gross its budget back in its opening weekend. Seriously, that's all there is too it. Through is favorable reviews, and you have a film that will make 50mil domestic no problem, which means that it IS a hit for its budgetary size.

You know, while some films take a few weeks to be a hit...most movies you can tell if they did ok or not just by seeing opening weekend. Sorry it bothers you, but it's not jumping the gun.

scott shelton

If you wanna keep living in this fantasy world, I won't stop you.

gnradd21

Godsend isn't doing too well. I guess even DeNiro couldn't save it. Or maybe there are a lot of Uncle Jesse fans upset with Rebecca over their split.

Hendrik

...ahh... the brilliant humor in MG - as shown in the IMDb's "Memorable Quotes" section - just had me in stitches...NOT...

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