Poseidon is proving to be a dud. It is a moderately entertaining popcorn flick, but it is performing nowhere near the expectations based on its budget. I believe it is going to have to rely on DVD rentals/sales to make its money back. I am sure it will, but it won't be doing it at the theater.
Among other returns, RV continues to motor along, as does Akeelah and the Bee which has remained in the top ten for one more week. On the other hand An American Haunting is starting to drop, as well it should; it is awful, and United 93 has started its own decline down the charts.
Three films were knocked out of the list this week. The films are Ice Age: The Meltdown (11), Stick It (12), and Hoot (19). The latter dropping over 80% from last week, matching its dropping of 2,200 screens.
As for my predictions? This has been my best week in some time, but the releases sort of made it easy. I was able to peg 1 through 7, I had 8 and 9 flipped, and 10, well I figured the Ice Age sequel would hold on one more week. Next week will be interesting with the third X-Men film facing DaVinci's second week.
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This Week | Last Week | My Guess | Title | Wknd Gross | Overall | Week in release |
| 1 | N | 1 | The DaVinci Code | $77,073,388 | $77,073,388 | 1 |
| 2 | N | 2 | Over the Hedge | $38,457,003 | $38,457,003 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 3 | Mission: Impossible III | $11,349,570 | $103,535,579 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 4 | Poseidon | $9,224,340 | $36,801,887 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 |
5 | RV | $5,003,489 | $50,320,183 | 4 |
| 6 | N | 6 | See No Evil | $4,581,233 | $4,581,233 | 1 |
| 7 | 4 | 7 | Just My Luck | $3,384,371 | $10,467,641 | 2 |
| 8 | 5 | 9 | An American Haunting | $1,478,785 | $13,438,985 | 3 |
| 9 | 6 | 8 | United 93 | $1,400,200 | $28,256,480 | 4 |
| 10 | 9 | - | Akeelah and the Bee | $1,006,653 | $15,728,889 | 4 |
Article comments
1 - Cwilson
Isn't it somewhat of a misnomer to say "second biggest worldwide opening of all time"? It's not often that a movie is opened worldwide in a simultaneous fashion like this.
To compare genre, Passion of the Christ opened with $83 million in February. Albeit that was a Wednesday opening.