Box Office: Mirrors, Clones and Tropic Thunder
Filed under: Action, Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Box Office, Box Office Predictions
1. The Dark Knight: $26.1 million
2. Pineapple Express: $23.2 million
3. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor: $16.4 million
4. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2: $10.6 million
5 Step Brothers: $9.1 million
We've got four new releases this week:
MirrorsWhat's It All About: Directed by Alexandre Aja of High Tension fame, Mirrors stars Kiefer Sutherland as an ex-cop turned security guard who discovers something evil in the mirrors of an old museum. This scare flick is a remake of a Korean movie.
Why It Might Do Well: Who doesn't like a good scare, and Sutherland is a strong lead who is familiar to millions thanks to his work on 24.
Why It Might Not Do Well: The momentum for Asian horror remakes must be slowing by now, although every time I say that a new one pops up.
Number of Theaters: 2,600
Prediction: $12.5 million
Star Wars: The Clone WarsWhat's It All About: All new animated adventure of Obi Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker set between the events of the Star Wars films Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith. This feature serves as a lead in for an upcoming TV series.
Why It Might Do Well: Despite what some think of the prequels, slapping a Star Wars logo on anything can be like having a license to print money.
Why It Might Not Do Well: A 57% rating at Rottentomatoes.com implies that the force may not be strong with this one, and personally I've had enough of the whole saga.
Number of Theaters: 3,300
Prediction: $26 million
Tropic ThunderWhat's It All About: Ben Stiller directs and stars in this comedy about the making of the ultimate Vietnam war film.
Why It Might Do Well: The trailers have looked awesome and the film is getting an 81% fresh rating at Rottentomatoes.com. I think we finally have a film that can knock the bat out of his belfry.
Why It Might Not Do Well: As Peter Martin posted the other day, representatives of Special Olympics plan to picket the film. On the other hand, that will probably just draw more attention to the movie.
Number of Theaters: 3,000
Prediction: $35 million
Vicky Cristina BarcelonaWhat's It All About: This latest film from Woody Allen details the adventures of two young women visiting Barcelona.
Why It Might Do Well: An 87% fresh rating at Rottentomatoes.com certainly grabs my attention.
Why It Might Not Do Well: The small release means this won't be a contender for the top five, and on a strictly personal note it's been a long time since Woody made a film I liked.
Number of Theaters: 700
Prediction: $5.5 million
Here's how I think next week's top five will look:
1. Tropic Thunder
2. Star Wars: The Clone Wars
3. The Dark Knight
4. Pineapple Express
5. Mirrors
The Dark Knight's stay at number one threw a few people, but we had a handful of perfect scores. Thanks to everyone for joining in. Here are the results:
1. Gregory Rubinstein: 16
1. Bradford Oman: 16
1. Matt: 16
1. Ray: 16
1. Chris: 16
2. VP: 12
2. I Eat Robots: 12
2. LostinaFog: 12
2. victor de la torre: 12
2. greatone: 12
2. Smiggy: 12
3. Q: 10
4. Alex Farquharson 9
4. Eric: 9
5. AJ Wiley: 7
5. Romel: 7
5. airtoast: 7
6. Christian M. Howell: 4
6. Vera: 4
6. E-Rock: 4
Post your predictions for the top five movies in the comments section below before 5:00PM Eastern Time on Friday. One point for every top five movie correctly named, two points for every correct placement, and one extra point for the top movie.
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(Page 1)2. Tropic Thunder
Pineapple Express
Dark Knight
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Mirrors
Posted at 4:50PM on Aug 13th 2008 by Adam P
3. Tropic
Dark Knight
Star Wars
Pineapple
Mirrors
Posted at 5:04PM on Aug 13th 2008 by Mr. R
4. 1. Tropic Thunder
2. The Dark Knight
3. Star Wars: The Clone Wars
4. Mirrors
5. Pineapple Express
Posted at 5:39PM on Aug 13th 2008 by Liz
5. 1. Tropic Thunder
2. Star Wars: The Clone Wars
3. The Dark Knight
4. Pineapple Express
5. Mirrors
Posted at 5:43PM on Aug 13th 2008 by VP
6. 1. Tropic Thunder
2. Dark Knight
3. Star Wars: The Clone Wars
4. Pineapple Express
5. Mirrors
Posted at 6:02PM on Aug 13th 2008 by nate
7. 1- Tropic Thunder
2- Star Wars: TCW (though I rec. noone see it, ITS AWFUL)
3- The Dark Knight
4- Mirrors
5- Pineapple Express
Posted at 6:06PM on Aug 13th 2008 by Alex Farquharson
8. 1.Tropic Thunder
2.Star Wars: Clone Wars (sadly)
3.Mirrors (I think it can beat the bat)
4.The Dark Knight
5.Pineapple Express
Posted at 6:09PM on Aug 13th 2008 by Ernie
9. 1. Tropic Thunder (can't wait to see this!!)
2. Star Wars: Clone Wars
3. Pineapple Express
4. The Dark Knight
5. Mirrors
Posted at 6:33PM on Aug 13th 2008 by Lostinafog
10. 1- Tropic Thunder
2- Star Wars: Clone Wars
3- The Dark Knight
4- Pinapple Express
5- Mirrors
Posted at 6:59PM on Aug 13th 2008 by victor de la torre
11. 1. Tropic Thunder
2. The Dark Knight
3. Star Wars: The Clone Wars
4. Pineapple Express
5. Mirrors
Posted at 11:02PM on Aug 13th 2008 by Gregory Rubinstein
12. 1. tropicthunder
2. darkknight
3. starwars
4. pineappleexpress
5. mummy3
Posted at 11:55PM on Aug 13th 2008 by I Eat Robots
13. 1. Tropic Thunder
2. Star Wars: The Clone Wars
3. The Dark Knight
4. Pineapple Express
5. Mirrors
Posted at 9:00AM on Aug 14th 2008 by Bradford Oman
14. Just out of curiosity, why does everyone use Rotten Tomatoes? Don't they simply look to see if a movie recieved a good or bad rating and leave it at that? Why not use something like www.MetaCritic.com which actually takes into account each rating that the movie was given by critics?
Posted at 10:33AM on Aug 14th 2008 by Kevin
15. C'mon, you didn't like Match Point? Personally, that's like my favorite Woody Allen movie.
1. Tropic Thunder
2. Star Wars: Clone Wars
3. The Dark Knight
4. Pineapple Express
5. Mirrors
Posted at 12:12PM on Aug 14th 2008 by AJ Wiley
16. 1. Tropical Thunder
2. Star Wars
3. The Dark Knight
4. Mirrors
5. Pineapple Express
Posted at 3:30PM on Aug 14th 2008 by greatone
17. 1.tropic thunder
2.star wars clone wars
3.the dark knight
4.pineapple express
5.mirrors
Posted at 7:02PM on Aug 14th 2008 by vega
18. 1. Tropic Thunder
2. Star Wars: The Clone Wars
3. The Dark Knight
4. Mirrors
5. Pineapple Express
Posted at 9:07PM on Aug 14th 2008 by DarkAgair
19. 1. Tropic Thunder
2. The Dark Knight
3. Star Wars: The Clone Wars
4. Pineapple Express
5. Mirrors
Posted at 10:06PM on Aug 14th 2008 by Ray
20. 1. Tropic Thunder
2. Pineapple Express
3. The Dark Knight
4. Star Wars: Clone Wars
5. Mirrors
Posted at 11:09PM on Aug 14th 2008 by E-Rock
1. Tropic Thunder
Star Wars
Dark Knight
Mirrors
Pineapple
Posted at 4:45PM on Aug 13th 2008 by Brent Todd