Next Weekends Box Office Preditctions (Spy Kids, Seabiscuit, Tomb Raider 2)

[movies35]

**ESTIMATED THEATER COUNTS**

Spy Kids 3D: Game Over 3,500+

Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life 3,000

Seabiscuit 2,000

**MY PREDICTIONS**

Spy Kids 3D: Game Over- 46 million. This is going to be huge. It's in 3D, it summer, and there aren't really any kids movies out there at the moment. So this should easily be a hit!

Tomb Raider- 40 million. Sure, the first was horrible. But this looks 10 times better. And everyone thinks so. I think this could end up with around 140 million. So, it's gonna be a hit.

Seabiscuit- 11 million. It summer, and I don't really think people are in the mood for a film like this. But I could be wrong. I think it could do a lot better if it was released in December or something where the "Oscar" movies should be.

[Frank the Tank]

TR: the Cradle of Life 28million
Spy Kids 3-D 25million
Seabuscuit 11million

[Mike]

Originally posted by movies35
Seabiscuit- 11 million. It summer, and I don't really think people are in the mood for a film like this. But I could be wrong. I think it could do a lot better if it was released in December or something where the "Oscar" movies should be.

Actually, summer is the perfect time to release a movie like this. It gives some people that are tired of all the mindless popcorn flicks something to see. It's very good counter-programming. Road To Perdition did it last summer, and was a success. There's no rule that says all summer movies have to have explosions and a huge budget (although this one does have a pretty big budget of 80 Million). I think it will do better being released now than it would in December. It would have even more competition in December from other well reviewed films with "Oscar buzz."


******MY PREDICTIONS******


TOMB RAIDER 2 - 35 Million

A lot of people hated the first one, me included ;). There's much better movies out to see than this. People will still see it though, but if Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle opened with under 38 Million, there's no way in hell Tomb Raider 2 will open with more than that, in fact, it should open a couple of notches below. It won't reach the 40 Million opening of the original.


SPY KIDS 3-D - 25.1 Million

The TV spots have kind of sucked. I think they could have done a better job with the advertisements. However, it doesn't matter, because people will still check it out due to the cool "3-D" gimmick. Hell, I'd see pretty much anything if it was in 3-D. The second one made around 26 Million for its 5-Day opening. I don't think this one will be able to make quite that much in its 3-Day opening weekend. Without the 3-D aspect, it probably would have opened with only 18-23 Million. But the 3-D thing will get people interested. I don't see an opening of more than 26 Million though, and who knows, it might even open a little below my 25 Million prediction.


SEABISCUIT - 15.1 Million

This one reminds me of The Rookie for some reason. It will appeal to family audiences, parents, grandparents, pretty much people of all ages. It should have some strong legs and gallop away with anywhere from 60-70 Million by the end of its run. ;)

[dh1989]

Newcomers:

Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life - 22.5 million
Seabiscuit - 21 million
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over - 16 million

Notable Holdovers:

Bad Boys II - 19 million
How To Deal - 3 million
Johnny English - 6.5 million
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines - 3 million
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl - 17 million
LXG - 4 million

[A.J. Hakari]

TOMB RAIDER: THE CRADLE OF LIFE - $29-$35 million
SPY KIDS 3-D: GAME OVER - $17-$21 million
SEABISCUIT - $11-$17 million

[AgentSmith]

Tomb Raider:Cradle of Life

I never saw the first one... It just didn't interest me.. However, it was fairly successful with a $47 Million opening... I feel that a $40 Million opening will occur for this one...

Sea Biscuit
This movie looks very interesting... I feel that the people who know of this true story will turn out in crowds.. I feel that a $20 Million opening will occur with The Rookie type legs

Spy Kids 3-D
This one just looks overdrawn and uncessary... However, kids love this types of movies and the first two were fairly success... I feel that a $30 Milion opening will occur...

[jolanar]

Is Spy Kids going to be 3D in all theatres? How does that work?

Seabiscut - 25 Million

Tomb Raider 2 - 23 Million

Spy Kids 3D - 28 Million

[Tom Samborski]

Spy Kids 3D- $27 million
Tomb Raider 2- $30 million
Seabiscuit- $15 million

[Jedi]

Tomb Raider- Cradle of Life: $27M (I hope it doubles that, but..)
Spy Kids 3D: $34M
Seabiscuit: $18M

[thompsoncory]

1) Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle Of Life - $41 million
2) Spy Kids 3D: Game Over - $30 million
3) Seabiscuit - $25 million
4) Bad Boys II - $19 million
5) Pirates Of The Caribbean - $17 million
6) Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines - $9 million
7) Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde - $7 million
8) Johnny English - $5 million
9) How To Deal - $3 million
10) Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle - $2.5 million

[Freeway]

Tomb Raider 2 - 35 mil. It looks much better than the original and the game series is still quite popular leading to many people willing to see this new film.

Seabiscuit - 17 million. A very popular book based on a beloved American legend should attract a Road to Perdition sized crowd. It's possible that this film could make 25 mil. but I'll go with 17 right now.

Spy Kids 3D - 20 mil. The first 3D movie in ages and the 3rd installment in a popular franchise should perform well.

[MadsenOMC]

Some of you are predicting a very modest opening weekend for Tomb Raider 2. A much smaller bow than the first one. I'm curious as to why. Let me say right now that I am not attacking anyone or saying they are wrong (dh and Mike). I'm merely curious. I hope that's OK. What kind of competition did Spy Kids 2 have last summer?

[dh1989]

Some of you are predicting a very modest opening weekend for Tomb Raider 2. A much smaller bow than the first one. I'm curious as to why.

I personally feel that too many people loathed the original, for the sequel to have a sizable bow. The first did have a gigantic opening weekend, but then word-of-mouth killed it, and it had massive drops weekend after weekend.

The marketing may have inspired some to come back and see another Lara Croft film, but I think many will write it off, since the first left a very bad taste in their mouth.

What kind of competition did Spy Kids 2 have last summer?

It did not have much direct competition, but, when it opened, box office titans, Signs and xXx, were still fresh in theatres.

[Mike]

***************MY PREDICTIONS***************


1. TOMB RAIDER 2 - 35 MILLION
2. SPY KIDS 3-D: GAME OVER - 22.7 MILLION
3. PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN - 22.7 MILLION
4. BAD BOYS 2 - 21 MILLION
5. SEABISCUIT - 15.1 MILLION
6. JOHNNY ENGLISH - 6 MILLION
7. FINDING NEMO - 5.8 MILLION
8. THE LEAGUE - 5 MILLION
9. T3 - 5 MILLION
10. HOW TO DEAL - 3.5 MILLION
11. LEGALLY BLONDE 2 - 3.1 MILLION
12. CHARLIE'S ANGELS 2 - 1.9 MILLION
13. 28 DAYS LATER - 1.7 MILLION
14. WHALE RIDER - 1.2 MILLION
15. THE ITALIAN JOB - 1.1 MILLION
16. SWIMMING POOL - 0.9
17. SINBAD - 0.9

[Clarkey07]

Tomb Raider- Cradle of Life: $35M
Spy Kids 3D: $40M
Seabiscuit: $20M

[Mike]

This is from Box Office Guru:


THIS WEEKEND Moviegoers not getting enough action sequels this summer will get to rejoice as Paramount delivers its franchise flick Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life which aims to replace Bad Boys II from the number one spot. Meanwhile, Miramax targets families with the effects-driven adventure Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over and Universal aims for adults with the horse racing saga Seabiscuit.

After a four-year absence, action director Jan De Bont returns to the big screen with Lara Croft Tomb Raider which finds Angelina Jolie reprising her role as the video game-inspired globe-trotting adventurer. The Paramount franchise film comes two years after the first Tomb Raider which opened to $47.7M leading to a blockbuster $131.2M domestic haul. In the PG-13 sequel, Lara takes on the world's most sinister bio-terrorist in search of Pandora's Box which holds the power to unleash evil on humanity. As the second Croft pic, Cradle lacks the excitement that surrounded the first film which arrived with much more anticipation. With its late July release, the sequel stands as just another in a long and seemingly endless line of action sequels this summer.

With a better director, it's no wonder that Cradle is a slightly better film than its older sibling. But timing will take away from the box office as many moviegoers, even the core audience of young males, are getting their fill of car chases, slo-mo gun battles, and unrealistic stunts. Being early out of the gate helped X2 and The Matrix Reloaded gross nearly $500M combined. But as the twelfth action movie in thirteen weeks, Cradle is in a much more difficult position as it takes so much more to impress moviegoers at this point. Plenty of videogamers and fans of the first flick will be making the return trip this weekend to see Jolie in her skin-tight outfits. And Paramount, which ranks last in market share among the big six studios this year, could really use the cash. But competition will be tough as the top four films last weekend were all action pictures and this weekend the quartet is set to collect over $50M in ticket sales. Blasting into 3,222 theaters, The Cradle of Life might open with around $36M.

Hoping for his biggest opening for a live-action movie in 18 years, Sylvester Stallone leaves behind his new home in the direct-to-video action genre for the world of family films in Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over. Following its highly successful predecessors, the PG-rated adventure finds the clan of adolescent sleuths entering the realm of a three-dimensional video game to take on the evil Toymaker, played by the former box office heavyweight. Daryl Sabara, Alexa Vega, Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, and Ricardo Montalban all reprise their roles. 3-D is set to pull in fans of the first two installments and is not likely not bring in new converts. The original Spy Kids was a blockbuster hit in March 2001 when it opened to $26.5M on its way to $106.4M (before the Special Edition re-release). The sequel debuted last August to a three-day take of $16.7M and a five-day bow of $25M and ended its run with $85.8M. The second part's relatively small 19% erosion proved that there was still strong demand for the franchise.

Taking jobs away from other film professionals, Robert Rodriguez once again took control of almost every important crew position in 3-D. The writer-director-editor delivers another clean dose of kid fun for students on summer vacation and parents will be happy to go along for the ride wearing their red and blue 3-D glasses alongside their children. Miramax's marketing efforts have been focused on the family audience and high brand awareness and fresh new gimmicks should guarantee a solid turnout on opening weekend. Stallone's role can't hurt the commercial appeal of the film and stands as a winning move for his own career. Afterall, his biggest opening since the landmark Rambo/Rocky IV year of 1985 came with 1998's cartoon flick Antz. Competition for young people will come primarily from parent company Disney and its long-lasting hit Pirates of the Caribbean. Zooming into about 3,100 theaters, Spy Kids 3-D might find itself with around $17M.

Stepping out of his Spidey suit, Tobey Maguire reunites with Pleasantville director Gary Ross for the inspirational horse racing drama Seabiscuit from Universal and DreamWorks. Co-starring Jeff Bridges and Chris Cooper, the PG-13 film tells the tale of an underdog race horse from the 1930s who beat the odds to become a champion. Seabiscuit is based on the best-selling book by author Laura Hillenbrand and hopes to tap into a built-in high-brow audience the way that so many mindless sequels this summer have tapped into low-brow ones. Mature adults will be the primary audience as young children will go 3-D while teens will raid some tombs this weekend.

As a counterprogramming entry, Seabiscuit arrives at a good time. After three months of action flicks and derivative sequels, the time is right for a serious drama aimed at adults - a demographic often neglected in the summer months. Competition is not very formidable. However, the subject matter is not interesting enough to make it into this year's Road to Perdition. Despite coming off of Spider-Man, Maguire does not provide a bankable star presence and will make many interested moviegoers just wait for the DVD. Media buzz earlier in the summer was hot, but some of the excitement has since subsided. Still, Seabiscuit could be one of the few titles this summer to generate somewhat decent legs. Opening in over 2,200 theaters, the Universal release could race to an opening weekend of about $12M.

Sony brought out the big guns last weekend with Bad Boys II which became the third consecutive July actioner to open in the mid-$40M range. Midweek grosses have been showing the kind of erosion typical of a sequel so a large second-weekend drop is likely. Falling 50%, the Martin Lawrence-Will Smith vehicle might take in $23M this weekend and raise its ten-day total to $91M.

Johnny Depp has continued collecting tons of loot from the nation's theaters with Pirates of the Caribbean, but competition will be fierce this weekend with action fans lining up for Lara Croft and families taking a ride with Spy Kids 3-D. A mild 30% decline could result this weekend giving the Disney smash $24M for the frame and an amazing $177M after only 19 days.

Fox's The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen has been fading fast so a 50% decline to $5M could result giving the Sean Connery adventure pic $53M in 17 days. Governor Schwarzenegger has been seeing similar declines for Terminator 3 so a drop by half would leave the Warner Bros. cyborg sequel with $5M and $137M overall. Universal might witness a 45% fall for the spy comedy Johnny English leaving a $5M weekend and a ten-day cume of $19M.

[Jedi]

TOMB RAIDER: THE CRADLE OF LIFE $34.7M
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over $30.4M
Piarates of the Caribbean $22M
Bad Boys II $19.5M
Seabiscuit $17.2M
Johnny English $6.0M
Finding Nemo $5.4M
T3- Rise of the Machines $5.1M
LXG $4.7M
Legally Blonde 2 $3.4M

[ANTBond007]

TOMB RAIDER 2: THE CRADLE OF LIFE $36.1M

SPY KIDS 3-D: GAME OVER $23.4M

SEABISCUIT $17.6M

[stewiegriffin]

Tomb Raider:Cradle of Life- $38.4 million
Spy Kids 3D-$32.3 million
Bad Boys 2-$25.6 million
Pirates of the Carribean-$18.5million
Seabiscuit-$17.9 million

[Kim K]

"THIS WEEKEND Moviegoers not getting enough action sequels this summer will get to rejoice as Paramount delivers its franchise flick Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life which aims to replace Bad Boys II from the number one spot"

Umm...Bad Boys 2 is not number one, Pirates is.

[Mike]

Originally posted by Mike
***************MY PREDICTIONS***************


1. TOMB RAIDER 2 - 35 MILLION
2. SPY KIDS 3-D: GAME OVER - 22.7 MILLION
3. PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN - 22.7 MILLION
4. BAD BOYS 2 - 21 MILLION
5. SEABISCUIT - 15.1 MILLION
6. JOHNNY ENGLISH - 6 MILLION
7. FINDING NEMO - 5.8 MILLION
8. THE LEAGUE - 5 MILLION
9. T3 - 5 MILLION
10. HOW TO DEAL - 3.5 MILLION
11. LEGALLY BLONDE 2 - 3.1 MILLION
12. CHARLIE'S ANGELS 2 - 1.9 MILLION
13. 28 DAYS LATER - 1.7 MILLION
14. WHALE RIDER - 1.2 MILLION
15. THE ITALIAN JOB - 1.1 MILLION
16. SWIMMING POOL - 0.9
17. SINBAD - 0.9


All of my predictions have pretty much stayed the same, except my prediction for SPY KIDS 3-D, which has changed to 19.7 Million, which would put it in the #4 spot...

[dh1989]

Originally posted by Kim K
Umm...Bad Boys 2 is not number one, Pirates is.

They're talking in terms of weekends, not daily numbers.

[Freeway]

Final Predictions for the newcomers:
Tomb Raider 2 - 36 mil.
Seabiscuit - 21 mil.
Spy Kids 3D - 17 mil.

[Mike]

This is from Box Office Prophets:

Weekend Forecast for July 25-27, 2003
By Reagen Sulewski


Clamoring for yet another sequel this summer? Well then, you're in luck because this weekend offers up a double slate of them. Angelina Jolie returns for a second round of tomb raiding and a couple of kids do some more spying to cover the "been there, done that, want to do it again" crowd. What also makes this weekend notable is the unofficial start of Oscar season with the release of Seabiscuit. The first film of 2003 that has had the right pieces in place to gain attention from Oscar wags, it's also the least likely of the new films to make serious noise at the box office.

Let's get right to it; the first Tomb Raider movie sucked bowling balls through garden hoses. Didn't make any sense, the action was poorly directed and what you could see of it was edited beyond comprehensibility. A decent start of $47 million was negated by a $131 million finish and a Razzie nomination. Thus, it shouldn't be too surprising that the second films release gets the "they made a sequel to that?" treatment. Paramount's in dire need of a franchise, with Mission: Impossible sequels taking so long to produce that the greenlight for these less hefty sequels is given. Happily, for anyone who dares to buck the original's reputation and see the film, the entire creative team for the first instalment has been chucked. Bruckheimer protege Simon West and the writing crew were dumped for Speed (and Speed 2) helmer Jan de Bont and it-boy scripter Dean Georgaris (who has already been tapped for the third M:I film). Even Jolie has commented on the disappointing nature of the first film. Really, it has nowhere to go but up in comparison. It's not that the franchise is unfilmable; it's simply a question of whether its reputation was irrevocably harmed.

In some ways, it seems impossible that Tomb Raider: Cradle of Life won't be hurt by association but then again, there's a second Jeepers Creepers film coming out this year so anything's possible. In a tangible sense, this episode simply looks much better from the start. A shift to a better and more recognizable concept (Pandora's Box) gives it a firmer grasp in the public's consciousness and sits it better in the "female Indiana Jones" territory that it so covets. Jolie hasn't done much in the two films between these, with the much delayed Original Sin a complete mess and Life or Something Like It being completely unsuited for her. Neither cracked $20 million. Jolie's definitely busy with five films already coming out in the next two years, so while it's not crucial that this franchise continue for her, it's not good for her to have yet another bomb on her resume. The best-case scenario is a film that doesn't start off quite as well as the first (especially considering ticket inflation) but also doesn't suffer the damning critical reception and makes more in the end. And that silver suit is worth at least a few million on the weekend. Look for $44 million to start. It wouldn't take that much to have it end up earning more than the first Tomb Raider.

Easily a candidate for "Most Gimmicky movie of the Year," Spy Kids 3-D is a big wildcard in the weekend. While there was a disturbing drop off between outings number one and two in the franchise, Robert Rodriguez makes them cheaply enough (literally editing them in his garage) that they continue to be a decent cash cow for Miramax and giving him the freedom to try stunts like making part of the film in 3-D. It's a cinematic trick that's been reserved for amusement park rides and IMAX movies for quite some time, having been cheapened by association with poorly made B-movies. The last 3-D film I can recall in wide release is Nightmare on Elm Street 6, which did get a bit of an uptick from Nightmare 5. On the other hand, this makes the concept fresh to the majority of its target audience, who would barely have been born when that film came out.

Rodriguez seems to have pulled in some favors casting wise (or is it the other way around?), with Sylvester Stallone (perhaps desperate to be associated in any form with a hit) and George Clooney (who also cameoed in the first Spy Kids movie), among others. 3-D serves a bit of a point here (and I love that they resurrected the "gasping audience" shot) since the plot of the film has the Spy Kids entering a three-dimensional video game, resembling a cross between Robot Jox and Tron. I think there's enough interest here to squeeze out one more film in this franchise, especially with the gimmickry of the marketing. If the 3-D proves to be truly innovative, a $19 million start could be the lead-in to a late-summer hit.

Just when you thought the entire summer of 2003 was going to be entirely sequels and braindead comedies, an actual film shows up. Seabiscuit is an underdog sports story in the vein of Rocky, but with horses. A depression-era phenomenon, Seabiscuit was a horse that was judged too small to be a winner, had a too-big, half-blind(!) jockey and still won race after race. This is the kind of thing that audience-pleasing Oscar winners are made of. It'll have to really work for it, though, since despite their reputation, sports movies rarely blow the doors off the theater.

The cast is solid, with the main recognition coming from Spider-Man himself, Tobey Maguire (quick, name Christopher Reeve's non-Superman hits) along with Jeff Bridges and recent Oscar winner Chris Cooper. It's also written and directed by Gary Ross of Pleasantville and Dave fame, so a pedigree of quality is certainly there. The marketing machine started up pretty early on this one, as Universal started placing ads around the time of the Triple Crown races. It also got a bit of free advertising as the film that nearly cost Maguire the job as Spider-Man due to an injury he sustained on set. However, aside from the horsey set and those with a historical interest in the material, it's going to sit below the radar until word-of-mouth is able to take its course.

As the first film to receive serious attention from the Oscar set, it seems apropos to discuss its chances at major awards. The answer here appears to be: not that good. Not that it's a terrible film but with exactly zero contenders up to this point, it's hard to fault people for grasping at the first film that does look good. Like last summer's Oscar kick-off film, Road to Perdition, it's probably going to stick around as the top film until October or so and fall by the wayside almost completely when critics awards come out. It'll have to really catch on with audiences (to $125-150 million or so) to have much in the way of a serious shot. Starting on under 2,000 screens, it's going to have a tough time at that and will probably open with around $11 million.

Second place this weekend will be contested by the two Bruckheimer films that finished one-two last weekend... well, perhaps "contested" is too strong a word, as the thrilling Pirates of the Caribbean will easily vanquish the dreary and numbing Bad Boys II. With a sub-30% drop in weekend number two, Pirates established itself as on the road to being one of the summer's biggest hits, perhaps as high as number two or three. As an overblown (literally) sequel, Bad Boys II will be lucky to keep its drop below 50%. There's no contest here, with Pirates of the Caribbean earning another $25 million (at least) where it will hover just under $175 million. Bad Boys II might hold the $20 million mark on its way to $125 million total.

Mopping up the business for the rest of the returning films will be Finding Nemo yet again as it should outlast three different films ahead of it, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Terminator 3 and Johnny English. Gentlemen has exceeded my meagre expectations, as it will actually pass $50 million after "just" a 56% drop. Watch for it to shed screens very soon. Terminator 3 may make its way to $175 if lucky, but big international business could make this a significant hit and provide real justification for a Terminator 4. Johnny English becomes a bit of a miss with probably only $40 million in the offing but it's already made its millions overseas. So, Finding Nemo continues along swimmingly, and will hit the number 11 spot all time, surpassing the first entry in the Lord of the Rings saga. It's astonishing, really, given the low amount of hype this received prior to summer.

I haven't talked nearly enough about a small New Zealand film that's been quietly bringing in and moving audiences for almost two months of release now. Whale Rider, which was picked as the audience favorite for last year's Toronto Film Festival, has made an encouraging $8 million in quite limited release. A story of empowerment for a young Maori girl, this movie is a true pleasure. Still hovering below the top ten, it has had a couple of weeks of uptick in its screencount and is reaching a possible critical mass. This weekend, on 491 screens, it has a slight potential to hit the top ten in the next few weeks as older films fade, adding all the press that brings to a film's campaign. I strongly urge everyone with the opportunity to witness one of the year's treasures.

[Mike]

HOLY SHIT! From what I hear, SEABISCUIT has been doing amazing business and is having tons of sell-outs... Supposedly Tomb Raider 2 isn't doing very good, and Spy Kids 3-D is doing decent. I guess SK 3-D is doing better business than Tomb Raider 2, but not as good as SEABISCUIT. We'll know from the per-screen averages which one had the biggest audiences.

MY GOD THOUGH! I want to kick myself so bad! My predictions suck, I know they will be way wrong now. Well, my prediction of 19.7 Million for SK 3-D is probably fine still, but TR2 should gross less than my 35 Million prediction and Seabiscuit should gross a nice chunk more than my 15.1 Million prediction.


My new predictions based on what I'm hearing:

SEABISCUIT - 21.1 MILLION

TOMB RAIDER 2 - 30.5 MILLION (At the most)

SPY KIDS 3-D - 19.7 MILLION


SEABISCUIT is going to be VERY BIG! It should definitely gross more than 100 Million anyway. Supposedly audiences are loving it, and it will no doubt have GREAT legs.


I'm so damn PISSED at myself for my predictions :mad:, I they will be so off :(.


Friday's numbers should be VERY interesting!

[Jedi]

Originally posted by Mike
HOLY SHIT! From what I hear, SEABISCUIT has been doing amazing business and is having tons of sell-outs... Supposedly Tomb Raider 2 isn't doing very good, and Spy Kids 3-D is doing decent. I guess SK 3-D is doing better business than Tomb Raider 2, but not as good as SEABISCUIT. We'll know from the per-screen averages which one had the biggest audiences.

If Seabiscuit takes on #1 this weekend it will be a slap on every producer of every sequel this summer. It's highly unlikely, though, because it doesn't have much screens as with TR2 and SK 3-D.
Can't wait for Friday numbers.. This is gonna be one of the most interesting weekends (in box-office terms) during the summer. Cool!

[Mike]

Originally posted by Jedi
If Seabiscuit takes on #1 this weekend it will be a slap on every producer of every sequel this summer. It's highly unlikely, though, because it doesn't have much screens as with TR2 and SK 3-D.
Can't wait for Friday numbers.. This is gonna be one of the most interesting weekends (in box-office terms) during the summer. Cool!

No, I doubt SEABISCUIT will be #1. That's not what I was saying. I just mean that it is getting better business than the other two, but it is in under 2,000 theaters which is over a 1,000 less than the other two. Per-screen wise though, SEABISCUIT should beat the other two.