1 ICE AGE 2: THE MELTDOWN $3,602,000 +37.1% $127,165,000
2 THE BENCHWARMERS $2,134,000 +53.7% $25,964,000
3 TAKE THE LEAD $1,153,000 +36.8% $15,817,322
4 INSIDE MAN $887,775 +29.1% $68,993,365
5 LUCKY NUMBER SLEVIN $700,000 +20.7% $9,556,000
6 V FOR VENDETTA $460,000 +29.5% $63,821,000
7 FAILURE TO LAUNCH $453,529 +34% $80,571,236
8 SHE'S THE MAN $354,879 +54.8% $30,854,536
9 ATL $320,000 +30.8% $18,308,000
10 THANK YOU FOR SMOKING $273,000 +34.4% $7,051,000

http://boxofficemojo.com/daily/chart/?s ... -13&p=.htm

Whoa, those increases are a lot bigger than the Thursday increases in 2004 and 2005. I'm glad I didn't go too low on Ice Age II like I wanted to, because I didn't expect it to be higher than $3.1 million.

Ice Age 2 will probably top 17m this weekend, although I still doubt it gets more then the original. It's only slightly ahead right now with it's more frontloaded pattern likely to make it fall behind.

I screwed up bad on Ice Age II this weekend, so this'll help me. If it lands in the 19-20 mil range, I'll be extremely happy.