So to tally up WB:
Ant Bully $8.1 m opening, maybe $30 m total, and likely much higher budget. Disappointment, especially considering it was WB's 2nd CG animated film, thus they needed this to do alot better.
Deep Sea 3D $15.2 m -> It had a $366,000 weekend, and went up 19% without any more theaters. Its per theater average is only 41% less than its average 21 weekends ago. It should be able to make it to the top 7 imax films of all time, if it does $22 m +. which at this rate, I think it can.
ATL $11.6 m/$21.2 m I'm sure this was cheap, but a 1.83 multiplier????
Lady In The Water $32 m so far, maybe $45 m finish. Big disappointment.
16 Blocks $37 m total, For a Bruce Willis film, this isn't that great.
Firewall $49 m total, not horrendous, but not superb either, for a Ford film.
Lake House $51 m total, this is a solid total, but I'm sure a Bullock/Reeves reunion cost at least $35 m + to bring together.
Poseidon $60 m total, $160 m budget.
V For Vendetta $71 m, $54 m budget. Solid. But with this as the directors' Matrix follow up, the bar could have been higher, but considering how the Matrix series finished, it was still a good total.
Superman $186 m so far, budgets have been rumored to vary from $180 m, to $300 m, so its hard to tell how this film really did, but definitely below expectations, which were expecting this film to be a top 3 finisher for the year. It's #6 for the year so far, but there's still another half of the year to go.
WB next has "Beerfest," from the director of such classics as Dukes of Hazzard, Club Dread, and Supertroopers.
Pirates beats them single handily.
