Box Office: Quantum of Solace Arrives

Posted Nov 12th 2008 4:02PM by Matt Bradshaw
Filed under: Action, Box Office Predictions

The new Madagascar film dominated the box office, achieving the seventh strongest opening for an animated film ever, with the raunchy Role Models settling into second. Soul Men proved soul-less, missing the top five entirely and taking sixth. Here's the top five:

1. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa: $63 million
2. Role Models: $19 million
3. High School Musical 3: Senior Year: $9 million
4. Changeling: $7.2 million
5. Zack and Miri Make a Porno: $6.2 million

The other studios no doubt fear 007's license to kill, so there's only one major release this week:

Quantum of Solace
What's It All About: The latest in the long-running James Bond franchise and the hotly anticipated followup to the series' stylish reboot Casino Royale. Daniel Craig returns as Agent 007 in this globe hopping adventure that takes the super spy to Austria, Italy and South America.
Why It Might Do Well: For new releases, this is the only game in town this week, and it's a BIG honking release. Rottentomatoes.com is giving the film an 80% fresh rating and Casino Royale pulled in over half a billion ($594.2 million) worldwide, leaving ticket takers both shaken and stirred.
Why It Might Not Do Well: What, you're kidding, right?
Number of Theaters: 3,400
Prediction: $55 million

Next week's top five should look something like this:
1. Quantum of Solace
2. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
3. Role Models
4. High School Musical 3
5. Changeling

No perfect scores last week. Looks like most of us expected better performance from Soul Men and a lot of us underestimated Clint Eastwood's Changeling. Here's how everyone did:

1. VP: 13
1. Gregory Rubinstein: 13
1. AJ Wiley: 13
1. Ryan Pavey: 13
1. Romel: 13
2. Matt: 11
2. Alex Farquharson: 11
2. I Eat Robots: 11
2. hitesh choudhary: 11
2. Bradford Oman: 11
2. Chris: 11
3. cough: 9
3. jessejames95: 9
3. Pat Campbell: 9
3. zach: 9
3. Vera: 9
3. Ray: 9
4. davebaxter1989: 8

Will a Quantam of Solace be enough to take the top spot away from Madagascar? Would perhaps a crapload of Solace be necessary? You tell us. 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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Reader Comments

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1. A pretty conservative guess:

Quantum of Solace
Madagascar 2
Role Models
High School Musical 3
Zack and Miri

Posted at 4:14PM on Nov 12th 2008 by Joseph J. Finn

2. 1. Quantum of Solace
2. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
3. High School Musical 3
4. Role Models
5. Changeling

Posted at 4:23PM on Nov 12th 2008 by Herff

3. 1. Quantum of Solace
2. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
3. Role Models
4. High School Musical 3
5. Changeling

Posted at 4:33PM on Nov 12th 2008 by NP

4. 1- Quantum of Solace
2- Madagascar 2
3- Role Models
4- HSM 3
5- Changeling

Posted at 4:59PM on Nov 12th 2008 by Alex Farquharson

5. 1. Quantum of Solace
2. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
3. Role Models
4. High School Musical 3
5. Changeling

I agree entirely.

How can there be only one movie coming out!? Strikes are lame.

Posted at 5:23PM on Nov 12th 2008 by Adam P

6. Another reason QOS might do well is the STAR TREK trailer attached to it. Before you dismiss this as an idea, harken back to 1989 when some major blockbusters were coming out at the theater -- including BATMAN and INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE. I remember (pre-internet) stories in the paper and in movie magazines talking about how people were going to showings just to catch those trailers. (Hard to believe, I know, but believe it.)

Of course, many Trek fans are also Bond fans. And I'm a big fan of Craig's Bond, so I was planning on seeing QOS regardless of the welcome addition of the initial TREK trailer.

Posted at 5:48PM on Nov 12th 2008 by Ralph

7. This was also before internet-based marketing.

Nowadays anyone who would have gone solely to see a trailer can just watch it for free online.

Posted at 7:47PM on Nov 12th 2008 by Premaximum

8. Ah, point well taken. Didn't stop and think about that.

Posted at 9:02PM on Nov 12th 2008 by Ralph

9. 1. Quantum of Solace
2. Madagascar 2
3. Role Models
4. HSM3
5. Zack & Miri

Posted at 6:45PM on Nov 12th 2008 by I Eat Robots

10. My predictions are:
1. Quantum of solace (60 m)
2. Madagascar 2 (37 m)
3. Role models (11 m)
4. High school musical 3 (6 m)
5. Changeling (5.5 m)

i saw changeling this week and its really good (even tho the critics dont say so) so i wouldnt underestimate this movie anymore.

Posted at 9:16PM on Nov 12th 2008 by jessejames95

11. 1. Quantum of Solace
2. Madagascar 2
3. Role Models
4. Changeling
5. High School Music 3

Posted at 1:01AM on Nov 13th 2008 by Pat Campbell

12. Quantum of Solace
Madagascar 2
High School Musical 3
Role Models
Changeling

Posted at 2:07AM on Nov 13th 2008 by Vera

13. 1. Quantum of Solace
2. Madagascar 2
3. Role Models
4. High School Musical 3
5. Changeling

Posted at 10:30AM on Nov 13th 2008 by VP

14. 1. Quantum of Solace
2. Madagascar 2
3. High School Musical 3
4. Role Models
5. Zack & Miri Make a Porno

Posted at 1:06PM on Nov 13th 2008 by LostinaFog

15. 1. Madagascar 2
2. Quantum of Solace
3. High School Musical 3
4. Changeling
5. Zach and Miri

Posted at 2:27PM on Nov 13th 2008 by Ryan Pavey

16. 1. Quantum of Solace
2. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
3. Role Models
4. High School Musical 3
5. Changeling

Posted at 5:15PM on Nov 13th 2008 by cough

17. 1. Quantum of Solace
2. Madagascar 2
3. Role Models
4. HSM3
5. Changeling

Posted at 5:29PM on Nov 13th 2008 by Romel

18. 1) Quantum of Solace
2) Madagascar Escape 2 Africa
3) Role Models
4) High School Musical 3: Senior Year
5) Changeling

Posted at 10:00PM on Nov 13th 2008 by Chris

19. 1. Quantum of Solace
2. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
3. Role Models
4. High School Musical 3: Senior Year
5. Zack and Miri Make a Porno

Posted at 11:00PM on Nov 13th 2008 by AJ Wiley

20. 1. Quantum of Solace
2. Madagascar 2
3. Role Models
4. High School Musical 3
5. Changeling

Posted at 11:05PM on Nov 13th 2008 by Ray

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