Box Office Update 4/18-4/20: The Forbidden Kingdom is Tops at the Box
Published April 22, 2008
Among the returning films, Street Kings fared the worst, slipping to seventh place as its gross fell over 66% from its debut mark last week. Also suffering a big dip, and more deserving of it, is Prom Night, which fell 58%. If only it had fallen farther. On the other hand, Nim's Island displayed some good legs as it fell less than 38%.
Next week will see new competition from Tina Fey's new comedy Baby Mama, Deception featuring the pairing of Hugh Jackman and Ewan McGregor, and the stoner sequel Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay. Two of these should have strong weekends, with Deception being a bit more questionable, at least in my eyes.
Four movies dropped off the top ten this week: Smart People (12), Superhero Movie (11), The Ruins (13), and Drillbit Taylor (14).
| This Week | Last Week | Title | Wknd Gross | Overall | Week in release |
| 1 | N | The Forbidden Kingdom | $21,401,121 | $21,401,121 | 1 |
| 2 | N | Forgetting Sarah Marshall | $17,725,330 | $17,725,330 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | Prom Night | $8,670,364 | $32,133,926 | 2 |
| 4 | N | 88 Minutes | $6,957,216 | $6,957,216 | 1 |
| 5 | 4 | Nim's Island | $5,687,072 | $32,894,115 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 21 | $5,520,362 | $70,004,505 | 4 |
| 7 | 2 | Street Kings | $4,179,505 | $20,058,143 | 2 |
| 8 | 6 | Horton Hears a Who! | $3,511,834 | $144,418,495 | 6 |
| 9 | 5 | Leatherheads | $3,049,465 | $26,605,235 | 3 |
| 10 | N | Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed | $2,970,848 | $2,970,848 | 1 |
Box Office Predictions Recap
It was an up and down weekend for my predictions. While I was only able to get a couple of the placement predictions correct, my gross predictions were generally closer. The most interesting part of my predictions versus the actuals is the fact that I had the number one and two movies flipped, gross included. 88 Minutes and Street Kings were my biggest problems; besides placement being off, the grosses were the furthest away from their actuals.
Here is how the field matched up:
| Actual | Prediction | Title | Wknd Gross | Prediction |
| 2 | 1 | Forgetting Sarah Marshall | $17,725,330 | $21 million |
| 1 | 2 | The Forbidden Kingdom | $21,401,121 | $18 million |
| 4 | 3 | 88 Minutes | $6,957,216 | $11 million |
| 3 | 4 | Prom Night | $8,670,364 | $9 million |
| 7 | 5 |
Street Kings | $4,179,505 | $7.5 million |
| 6 | 6 | 21 | $5,520,362 | $6.5 million |
| 5 | 7 | Nim's Island | $5,687,072 | $5.5 million |
| 8 | 8 | Horton Hears a Who! | $3,511,834 | $3.5 million |
| 9 | 9 | Leatherheads | $3,049,465 | $3 million |
| 12 | 10 | Smart People | $1,600,687 | $2 million |
- Box Office Update 4/18-4/20: The Forbidden Kingdom is Tops at the Box
- Published: April 22, 2008
- Type: News
- Section: Video
- Filed Under: Video: Film and TV Business, Video: News
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- Writer: Chris Beaumont
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