Weekend estimates based on Friday's numbers

Ouch! Looks as if "Funny People" is going to make around 8M less than projected. "G-Force" only drops 40%. Guess word of mouth hasn't been that bad. This turd will definitely make 100M plus.

1 Funny People $22,500,000 -- 3,008 -- $7,480 $22,500,000 1 Universal
2 G-Force $19,000,000 -40% 3,697 0 $5,139 $68,403,423 2 Disney
3 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince $17,000,000 -42% 4,393 -62 $3,870 $254,762,860 3 Warner Bros.
4 The Ugly Truth $13,800,000 -50% 2,882 0 $1,050 $55,281,408 2 Sony/ Columbia
5 Aliens in the Attic $9,500,000 -- 3,106 -- $3,059 $9,500,000 1 Fox
6 Orphan $7,200,000 -44% 2,750 0 $2,618 $26,741,393 2 Warner Bros.
7 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs $5,600,000 -33% 2,757 -543 $2,031 $182,142,789 5 Fox
8 The Hangover $5,200,000 -20% 2,071 -214 $2,511 $255,896,417 9 Warner Bros.
9 The Proposal $4,900,000 -23% 2,435 -344 $364 $148,933,677 7 Disney
10 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen $4,700,000 -42% 2,626 -611 $1,790 $388,200,991 6 Paramount/ DreamWorks

I'm a little surprised about Funny People. Knocked Up made quite a bit when it came out, didn't it?

"Knocked Up" had a 30.7M opening.

The advertising campaign for this was marketed three different ways:
1) A cutesy movie for toddlers (Only showing one alien)
2) All-out war between Kids and aliens
3) Jay Mohr just acting crazy

Wonder which group ended up seeing this.

Universal must be sweating bullets.

I'm not. The trailer makes the movie look awful. Definitely a wait for rental for me.

Is there an actual Jay Mohr fanbase that marketing guys actually take into consideration?

I don't think the trailer made it look awful so much as it spelled out the entire film, possibly causing some people to just avoid it altogether.

Looks like TF2 should limp past $400m.

G-Force, while not especially good, isn't bad enough to be considered a turd, and is more enjoyable than Transformers 2 or Terminator: Salvation.

Well, yeah, if you're comparing it to those two films, I can imagine it being the best of the three. If that's saying anything. I've read many of the reviews, and the worst are saying it's joyless for both kids and parents alike.

That and kids films generally have softer declines anyways... Not surprised about Funny People, it probably is a good movie, but the 'Dramedy" aspect of it doesn't sell (compared to clear concepts like Knocked Up and
Hangover).

SO sad about Funny People not doing better. I was hoping it would open to double that amount.
Best film of the year for me. Just a perfectly enjoyable film. I guess there weren't talking robots or hamsters, or aliens, or big explosions so i guess it just gets screwed doesnt it. It was wayyyyyyyyy funnier than the hangover so i just dont know.
Have audiences become so desensitized and apathetic they wont give money to something has has a real emotional storyline and deals with real issues people have to deal with in life or what? Would this have done better during the X-mas holidays?

Eh, it was a time waster. Nothing terrible, nothing great.

Well the online comments I've seen here and everywhere have been through the roof. So who knows, maybe word of mouth with help. I'm looking forward to seeing it.

Kudos to the Hangover for "hanging" in there.

^^ I think I read somewhere it is now the highest grossing R rated comedy of all time, beating out Beverly Hills Cop.

From Entertainment Weekly.

Aliens in the Attic is the only movie on that list I haven't heard about.

AitA looks to have some of the worst human/cg interaction to date and just flatout looks terrible.

I've never seen an ad for Aliens in the Attic. The first time I saw anything for it was a standee in the theater when I saw Harry Potter. The local media has mentioned it in the past few days because two actors in it are from a local town. Otherwise, no hype.

Did this site even talk about Aliens in The Attic?

Depends on what channels you watch, my parents tend to watch a lot of the Digital Cable cartoon channels (the ones that show the Iron Man cartoon series and what have you.) AitA is advertised every commercial break on there.

It wasn't pushed hard, it was pushed toward kids, and it looks absolutely terrible.

I like that the Hangover in its 9th week still beat out Transformers

AitA has Ashley Tisdale in a wet bikini-'nuff said.

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