It's pretty good, I would caution going OMG THIS MEANS IT'S HUGE! as the numbers I'm seeing
from the midnights are just a bit better than WEDDING CRASHERS on an average basis
which hints that the ratio is not going to be very low.

I think DP07's ratio estimate of 125 sounds about right. I personally expect Talladega to do $40M+ this weekend.

Talladega Nights - 65, +5, B+
The Night Listener - 19, +1, B
Barnyard - 19, +2, C+
The Descent - 301, +1, 22 Friday, B

Talladega Nights - 67, +2, B+
The Night Listener - 19, +0, B
Barnyard - 20, +1, C+
The Descent - 304, +3, 25 Friday, B

Talladega Nights - 113, +46, B+
The Night Listener - 30, +11, B- (down from B)
Barnyard - 34, +14, B- (up from C+)
The Descent - 324, +20, 45 Friday, B

Talladega Nights - 147, +34, B+
The Night Listener - 33, +3, B-
Barnyard - 52, +18, B-
The Descent - 331, +7, 52 Friday, B

Barnyard is doing much better than I expected.

Barnyard had more laughs in its TV spots and trailer than Ant Bully so it wouldn't surprise me if it did better than that film at around 10 million for the weekend.

Does anyone know the budgets for this weekend's openers? I know The Descent has supposedly covered its budget already with its performance in the UK.

$84m for TALLADEGA, $10m for NIGHT LISTENER and 3,5m Pound Sterling for THE DESCENT...

Thanks. That's lower than I expected for The Night Listener and higher than Talladega should have been. Do you happen to know the budget for Barnyard by chance?

Talladega Nights - 175, +28, B+
The Night Listener - 33, +0, B-
Barnyard - 63, +11, B-
The Descent - 33, +2, 54 Friday, B

Looks like dead air for Night Listener.

clogged?How many written reviews are inside?

32 written. It's not that clogged.

2 reviews for Descent seems to sugges its quite clogged unless that movie is DOA but even See No Evil got alot more reviews

2? Its increase this hour was two, but all the increases were low. The total for Friday is 54.

It's barely clogged, if it all. It was for awhile this morning, but the ratio of written to overall reviews is right where it usually is.

Descent is a movie that will explode for the night shows. I had hoped for a better showing
thus far though.

Talladega Nights - 276, +101, B+
The Night Listener - 45, +12, B-
Barnyard - 103, +40, B-
The Descent - 373, +40, 94 Friday, B

Unclogged.

I'd be surprised if Descent passed 400 Friday reviews.

Barnyard seems to be doing well. Maybe its as good as Baba says and everyone should see it

I think the "return" to conventional cartoon animals will make this more of a draw than Ant Turd. The high theater count should assure at least $10M, as long as it doesn't pull a Hoot.

I would of thought a few days ago that it would do much worse than Ant Bully . Those crazy little children and their choices

Not all that surprised by Barnyard. It's goofy, comedic, over the top animation, funny is what audiences like. Ant Bully on the other hand was boring tripe.

Talladega Nights - 317, +41, B+
The Night Listener - 46, +1, B-
Barnyard - 124, +21, C+ (down from B-)
The Descent - 389, +16, 110 Friday, B

Any early projections?

an 80m opening day for talladega nights