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Happy weekend folks. Yes another set of releases are upon us, one highly anticipated in the film world and the other highly anticipated somewhere in the world..surely. This weekend sees a slow down at the box office after many big releases, big budget blockbusters and sequels, with J.J Abrams Super 8, and Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer (I know).
#New Releases
First comes Super 8, a coming of age tale from the mind of J.J Abrams, and supposed love letter to Steven Spielberg of the 80s. This original tale tells of a group of kids who plunge head first into a government conspiracy as strange events begin to take place around their town. Super 8 will look to take advantage of the quieter weekend and lack lustre releases, but notoriety may well reduce the Box Office takings here, even though reviews have generally been glowing. Super 8 will bow in at over 3200 theatres, and may take up to $35 million.
And the final release this week is Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer. And lets be fair here, whoever came up with that one was clearly screwing the pooch. (Is that the right term? Give me a break Im British.) However with no other new releases aimed squarely at the younger market, this could capitalise on that audience. Judy Moody comes in at over 2500 theatres and could end the weekend on $6 million.
Heres how the weekend is shaping up so far (subject to change)
1) Super 8 (Bad Robot/Amblin/Paramount) NEW [3,379 Runs]
Friday $12.2M, Estimated Weekend
2) X-Men: First Class (Fox) Week 2 [3,692 Runs]
Friday $8M (-64%), Estimated Weekend $27M
3) The Hangover Part II (Warner Bros) Week 3 [3,644 Runs]
Friday $5.7M, Estimated Weekend $17.5M
4) Kung Fu Panda 2 (DWA/Paramount) Week 3 [3,929 Runs]
Friday $4.6M, Estimated Weekend $17.5M
5) Pirates Of The Caribbean 4 (Disney) Week 4 [3,433 Runs]
Friday $3.1M, Estimated Weekend $11.5M
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