PixyJunket

Die Hard opening weeknds.

DIE HARD: WITH A VENGEANCE
$22,162,245

DIE HARD 2: DIE HARDER
$21,744,661

DIE HARD
$7,105,514

DRG

I don't think Pixar's Rats will reach the $60 mil+ opening of their past few, but I'd be shocked if it didn't clear at least $40 mil. I'm thinking it'll land somewhere in the $50-60 mil range, which should be good enough to trump Die Hard.

QuePaso

die hard already did 9 mil on wensday. It will do quite well me thinks.

Artman

DH4 will be lucky to reach 100m (still well below the adjusted grosses of the previous ones). It would have to hit 60 next Thurs to put it on track for that, assuming a 50% drop each wk after. (which, given the current trends, would actually be better than average)

Supermallet

Ratatouille will dominate.

TropicalRobot

Ratatouille will probably have a solid weekend but I'd bet it will end up as Pixar's lowest grossing film.

Zodiac_Speaking

Ratatouille is a great film, Die Hard is a good film, I think this w/e will be close but family film will win out.

gotrice487

Ratatouille will come on top

mdc3000

I think Pixar will probably steal it, but both are worthy...a great week for movies IMO. Ratatouille is a really fun family flick that I loved and Die Hard is the action flick of the summer (until Monday night)... word of mouth will be huge on Die Hard as both times I've seen it, the crowd cheered and clapped (and of course, I've seen it twice in two days, so the repeat business factor is there IMO).

MATT

RayChuang

I think Ratatouille will come out on top because it will attract a larger family audience. Mind you, this movie will of course be shoved aside by Transformers the next weekend.

Supermallet

I think Ratatouille will hold its own against Transformers and Harry Potter. Not to say it will be number one, but it will have massive legs and continue to do good business.

B5Erik

Well, all I know is that I'm going to see Die Hard 4 on Sunday. (With my dad - who wanted to see it even before I suggested it!)

Rogue588

I'll put a 10 spot on da rats..

Yip-ee-kay-yay-mother---, indeed.

Mittman

Even after seeing the Wednesday numbers, and the amazingly consistent track record of Pixar, people are picking Bruce to beat the Rat?

Ratatouille's 3 day total > Live Free or Die Hard's 5 day total

Mr. Cinema

THURSDAY:

1. LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD 20TH CENTURY FOX 3,175 5,900,000 1,858 n/a 15,012,000
2. EVAN ALMIGHTY UNIVERSAL 3,602 3,320,000 922 n/a 45,512,125
3. 1408 MGM 2,678 1,980,000 739 n/a 29,781,034
4. FANTASTIC FOUR: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER 20TH CENTURY FOX 3,963 1,860,000 469 -53% 105,852,632
5. KNOCKED UP UNIVERSAL 2,972 1,295,000 436 -34% 114,985,335
6. OCEAN'S THIRTEEN WARNER BROS. 3,450 1,075,000 312 -51% 96,051,028
7. SURF'S UP SONY 3,309 1,040,000 314 -31% 51,410,679
8. PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END BVI 2,802 910,000 325 -33% 290,796,588
9. NANCY DREW WARNER BROS. 2,612 850,000 325 -27% 19,338,406
10. SHREK THE THIRD DREAMWORK 2,822 840,000 298 -29% 311,111,439
11. MIGHT HEART, A PARAMOUNT 1,355 305,000 225 n/a 5,347,971

Is Knocked Up going to end up outgrossing Fantastic Four 2? FF2 is dropping quick.

PopcornTreeCt

I guess Pirates 3 won't break $300 million domestically.

Jericho

Huh? It's like $9 million short, and will probably be $4 million of so short after the weekend. It'll break $300 million

Bluelitespecial

I certainly hope its does, since it is the better movie.

Terrell

Ratatouille will obliterate Die Hard on the opening weekend. If DH 4 can keep it within 20 million, I'd be surprised.

JPRaup

Some of you guys are delusional, thinking Rats can beat Die Hard

The Antipodean

(This space reserved to make a snarky comment to the OP when box office figures come out Sunday)

PixyJunket

I'd suggest the opposite. We'll see on Sunday.

Terrell

I want some of what you're smoking. But stranger things have happened, though not very often. We'll see. If I'm wrong I'll gladly eat crow. But I don't think I'll have too. Die Hard is already fighting a losing battle against Rata, because it opened on a Wednesday. It would have been closer had it opened on a Friday. Rata opens on a Friday. Big difference.

Neither have anywhere near the popularity they once had. Pixar on the other hand is as popular as ever.

PopcornTreeCt

Bruce Willis is the man but not a box office champ.

Bruce's greatest opening was Over the Hedge at $38,457,003. And that movie was, wait for it, a CGI animated family film.

Dr. DVD

Ratatouille all the way. I might pay to see that and then maybe sneak into Live Free or Die Hard, as I refuse to give my money to a PG-13 Die Hard.