Weekend Estimates 2/18-2/20 from boxofficemojo.com

Nice to see Son of a Mask outperforming Million Dollar Baby

For a second I thought you were serious neiname.

Because of Winn-Dixie outgrossed Son of the Mask.

If this were a normal weekend I would expect Hitch to win out after a strong Saturday night, but with the extra day Constantine will probably take it.

I heard the budget on WINN-DIXIE was really 100 million.

Only because Jeff Daniels got a $40 million payday on the picture.

EDIT: For 3-day estimates, Hitch is #1 while Constantine is only less than a million below.

Well according to Box Office Mojo it cost $14 million. Maybe you're thinking of Constantine which B.O.M. says cost $100 million.

He was making a jab at all of us who are believing from what we read that Son of the mask has a 100 million budget.

Box office mojo also has that one listed at that much, so I don't see why we should doubt it or carry a conversation about the film (n)ever making its budget back based on its lack luster weekend numbers.

from boxofficemojo.com

Didn't realise Phantom of the Opera was a bit of a bomb.

Good to see Nobody Knows BO increase substantially.

Fixed for you, Jack...

Boy, and I'm considered the most sensitive person around here?

I'm actually pretty surprised how much Constantine made this weekend. It'll be interesting to see how much it drops once word-of-mouth starts spreading around.

Interesting to see two 30 million dollar movies in one weekend, in February. Oh how the box office grows.

Constantine is a pretty good opening though. Those are strong numbers, and if they had released it in a few more theaters, proabbly would've toppled Hitch. It's per screen average is definately stronger than Hitch's (though neither is one to scoff at...Hitch's drop off from last weekend is great for an opening of that size...I doubt Constantine will be able to match that).

I expect Hitch to be #1 next week too. The only movie that will give it any competition really is Be Cool. I don't think Man of The House is really going to detrown Hitch. Maybe it will push Constantine to 3 but Hitch is pretty safe until March 4.

Be Cool doesn't come out till March 4.

I know many people who are both interested in this week's flicks. Cursed is another PG-13 horror film that may surpass Hitch for that #1 spot (as seen by White Noise and Boogeyman earlier this year) and it helps that the team behind three of the biggest grossing horror films of all time are behind the film. Then again, there are a lot of idiots in America, and Sony could secure their FOURTH number one weekend movie this year with Man of the House (following the trend set by Are We There Yet, Boogeyman, and Hitch). Somehow, I know tons of people who want to see Man of the House this weekend.

God knows why.

Next weekend's totals will be interesting to see. Cursed and Man of the House may do extremely well as Hitch takes a bigger drop (35-40%) and Constantine takes a bigger drop (at least 50% min). As one could say, all bets are off this weekend.

[And Be Cool is 10 years too late. I predict that it'll bomb, similar to a film similar to it's style that was released a few years ago: the extremely underrated Big Trouble.]

Phantom of the Opera is doing nice business in Japan. I am sure Hitch will not perform that good in Japan. Comedies don't do that well in the theaters in Japan

Yea, thats why I said Hitch is safe until March 4th.

Because God created Christina Milian

While I don't think Travolta has the starpower he used to, and I don't think this film will do nearly as well as the first, I don't think it'll be a bomb similar to Big Trouble. Big Trouble was moved due to its plot and 9/11, therefore losing all the momentum that its advertising campaign had. When it finally came to its actual release, pushed back almost 7 or 8 months, the advertising was weak and there was no buzz on the film, and it was pretty much dumped onto something like 1900 screens.

Be Cool has John Travolta returning to a role more people like him in, plus a fairly strong supporting cast. Granted, Big Trouble had a solid cast also, but Travolta (and Uma Thurman for that matter) I believe will do better with opening this material than Tim Allen. That and the marketing campaign behind this film, crossed with it being a sequel to a successful film, means this film won't be anywhere near the bomb Big Trouble was. While I don't see this film making 80 plus million, it'll have a much bigger opening than Big Trouble's entire theatrical gross of 7 million.

I'll raise you your Christina Milian and present you with another Man of the House co-star:

Paula Garcés


Hell, I'll even post Aanessa Ferlito while I am it.


Too bad it's not a two-hour sleepover type film with five hot cheerleaders. Then I'd go see it. But I dont like Tommy Lee Jones or Cedric, so I'll stay away.

Paula Garces

What are the chances of Million Dollar Baby hitting $100 mil?