New Movies and Box Office Predictions: Step Brothers, The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Published July 24, 2008
Son of Rambow. (2008, 96 minutes, PG-13, comedy, trailer) This movie has been making the rounds for awhile now, but only now has it come to my town. I have been looking forward to seeing this ever since I saw that fantastic trailer. It is the story of two young boys, one from a strict religious upbringing, who become friends and decide to make a movie after watching a copy of Rambo. Sounds simple enough, but you have to see the trailer.
Also opening this week, but not near me:
- American Teen
- Boy A
- Brideshead Revisited
- CSNY: Deja Vu
Box Office Predictions
Is there any doubt that The Dark Knight will retain the top spot? Even with a fifty percent drop it will still make more than $70 million, and I have no doubt it will be in that vicinity. The movie is a great one and is smashing records left and right, there is a good chance it will be north of $300 million before the weekend is out. The two wide releases this week are a little tougher to call, one has a great TV show behind it, but it ended years ago and has had a rather weak promotional campaign. The other has Will Ferrell. I suspect that X-Files will falter out of the gate, besides I have more friends talking about Step Brothers, so I am going with that to finish the stronger of the two.
Here is how I think the top ten field will play out:
| Rank | Title | Box Office |
| 1 | The Dark Knight | $74 million |
| 2 | Step Brothers | $28 million |
| 3 | The X-Files: I Want to Believe | $20 million |
| 4 | Mamma Mia! | $16 million |
| 5 | Hancock | $7.5 million |
| 6 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | $6 million |
| 7 | Wall*E | $5.5 million |
| 8 | Hellboy II: The Golden Army | $5 million |
| 9 | Space Chimps | $3 million |
| 10 | Wanted | $2.5 million |
Christopher Beaumont spends much of his time writing about entertainment when he isn't sitting in a movie theater. He is known around the office as the "Movie Guy" and is always ready to talk about his favorite form of entertainment and offer up recommendations. Interests include science fiction, horror, and metal music. His writings can be found at Draven99's Musings and Draven99's Media Center. 
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P.S. Son of Rambow was a huge disappointment for me. It is rubbish, as the English would say.
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"Step Brothers" looks funny?? Ive seen that kind of crap since "Porky's" first came out..todays comedies are recycled 9th grade humor at best.
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I will be seeing The X-Files over Step Brothers. Although Step Brothers looks funny, it also looks like a movie that will be much better on DVD. The X-Files just might have enough gore or at least mystery surrounding what the story is about, making me much more interested in seeing it on the big screen rather than Step Brothers. Neither will beat Dark Knight this week.