Friday Estimates:

1. EPIC MOVIE $6,600,000
2. SMOKIN' ACES $4,900,000
3. CATCH AND RELEASE $2,625,000
4. NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM $2,250,000
5. STOMP THE YARD $2,050,000
6. DREAMGIRLS $1,750,000
7. THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS $1,325,000
8. PAN'S LABYRINTH $1,250,000
9. THE HITCHER (2007) $1,125,000
10. THE QUEEN $1,050,000
11. FREEDOM WRITERS $1,025,000
- BLOOD AND CHOCOLATE $690,000

Epic Movie is doing predictably well. (Date Movie pulled in about $19 Mil opening weekend)
Pan's Labyrinth is holding in there okay.
Blood and Chocolate = La Bomba

Smoking Aces did a lot better than I thought... I figured about 2 mil for that.

I figured it'd do about 5, so wasn't too far off, should do better on Saturday and about on par on Sunday. Hopefully Epic Movie will tumble Saturday.

What's interesting is that none of the big Oscar movies got that much of a bump, which almost always happens. The Queen got a slight boost, but Babel and Letters from Iwo Jima didn't score in the top 11. Babel re-expanded recently and the fallout from the Globes didn't help it at all.

Of course, the two big earners in the Picture race, Little Miss Sunshine and The Departed, aren't in wide release anymore, though The Departed may be back in theaters on Friday.

Sucks that movies like Epic Movie will gross more than Children of Men.

This has the potential of being the worst top 5 ever.

The Departed was back on 1,453 screens and made $780,000. Babel was on 1,090 screens and got $640,000. And Letters from Iwo Jima is still only on 415 screens, so it's hardly opened wide.

WEEKEND:

1 N Epic Movie Fox $19,200,000 - 2,801 - $6,854 $19,200,000 - 1
2 N Smokin' Aces Uni. $14,262,000 - 2,218 - $6,430 $14,262,000 $17 1
3 2 Night at the Museum Fox $9,450,000 -21.3% 3,241 -242 $2,915 $216,738,000 - 6
4 N Catch and Release Sony $8,000,000 - 1,622 - $4,932 $8,000,000 $25 1
5 1 Stomp the Yard SGem $7,800,000 -36.5% 2,115 +64 $3,687 $50,653,000 $14 3
6 3 Dreamgirls P/DW $6,618,000 -17.4% 2,785 +571 $2,376 $86,651,000 - 7
7 5 The Pursuit of Happyness Sony $5,000,000 -20.8% 2,688 -378 $1,860 $152,947,000 $55 7
8 7 Pan's Labyrinth PicH $4,505,000 +0.1% 823 +214 $5,473 $16,253,000 $19 5
9 9 The Queen Mira. $4,000,000 +17.6% 1,830 +244 $2,185 $41,241,000 - 18
10 4 The Hitcher (2007) Rog. $3,598,000 -54.0% 2,836 +5 $1,268 $13,398,000 - 2
11 6 Freedom Writers Par. $3,487,000 -33.0% 2,273 -13 $1,534 $31,285,000 $21 4
12 35 The Departed WB $3,045,000 +908.4% 1,453 +1,326 $2,095 $124,917,000 $90 17
13 13 Babel ParV $2,581,000 +24.5% 1,090 +201 $2,367 $27,246,000 - 14
14 25 Notes on a Scandal FoxS $2,550,000 +118.4% 641 +441 $3,978 $9,033,000 - 5
15 N Blood and Chocolate MGM $2,103,000 - 1,200 - $1,752 $2,103,000 - 1

The Departed got a 900% bump. I think that's pretty good.

Glad to see Pans doing good but who the bloody hell gone to Epic Movie to see it??

I wish more people would go see Last King of Scotland, I loved that movie.

Smokin' Aces had a $17m budget? Guess some of my complaints against the movie make more sense now.

I'm really surprised ... that they're legally charging people to go see "Epic Movie". They must have forced them or tempted them with free concessions

Date Movie was the worst movie I saw last year, I can't imagine this one being better.

at Blood and Chocolate. That movie looked so bad, people in the audience were laughing at the trailer.

Same here. If the name was different it would've made $1MM more.

I was entertained by Blood and Chocolate...I mean I would much rather sit through that than Epic Movie.

I know Blood and Chocolate was the name of the book, but agree, the name killed it.

i'm going to see Epic Movie in a couple of hours, I'll let you guys know how it is.

I saw Smokin' Aces this weekend. I thought it was great. It had action, comedy and drama. I thought it was a great movie, you all should definitely check it out

Epic Movie wasn't that bad. It had more laughs than everyone is claiming.

They should've shown some in the trailer.

Spoofs like Epic Movie are easy to make, cheap and make a profit. Don't worry, there will be more on the horizon...............