From SBD

1. EPIC MOVIE 20TH CENTURY FOX 2,801 6,661,000 2,378 n/a 6,661,000
2. SMOKIN' ACES UNIVERSAL 2,204 4,955,000 2,248 n/a 4,955,000
3. CATCH AND RELEASE SONY 1,622 2,720,000 1,677 n/a 2,720,000
4. NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM 20TH CENTURY FOX 3,241 2,192,000 676 -30% 209,490,000
5. STOMP THE YARD SONY 2,115 2,099,000 992 -44% 44,950,000
6. DREAMGIRLS PARAMOUNT 2,785 1,750,000 628 -24% 81,781,000
7. PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS, THE SONY 2,688 1,361,000 506 -29% 149,314,000
8. PAN'S LABYRINTH PICTURE HOUSE 823 1,275,000 1,549 -9% 13,002,813
9. HITCHER, THE FOCUS FEATURES 2,836 1,097,000 387 -61% 10,882,000
10. QUEEN, THE MIRAMAX 1,830 1,041,000 569 11% 38,373,000

So, just how frontloaded is Epic Movie going to be? I think it could fail to have a 2.0 multiplier from this weekend.

Good drops for everything (Even Hitcher beat my expectations), especially since the Sunday drops will be a lot softer than last weekend.

I think its comparable with SM4.

No Blood and Chocolate...heh.

According to partial numbers from Notfabio Blood and Chocolate should have 700-750k Friday and around 2 million weekend.

Solid for Epic Movie (though it will be massively frontloaded) and Smokin' Aces. Catch and Release performed in line with modest expectations, should have a PTA in the ballpark of $4,500.

Notfabio has BLOOD AND CHOCOLATE 541,553.
The actual is about 0.54*1.25 = 0.675 mil. It should make about 1.5 mil for the weekend.

Quite good for Epic Movie (and I don't really understand why people think it'll be massively frontloaded, I think it should make a solid $15-16m) and Smokin' Aces (yessssss!).

MCN has Blood & Chocolate at 0.7m.

I guess Fox can turn the shitiest of shit movies into hits (Date Movie, Fantastic Four, NATM and this). I do expect frontloadedness like Eragon did

No Departed?

So it looks like it will be under 2.5 mill. (Blood and Chocolate)

Like the old Sesame Street song used to say: "One of these is not like the others... "

(Hint: FF)

Why would Epic Movie be that frontloaded? It's not like there is that much a fan base for this kind of film that rushes out to see it. With a 6 mill OD, I think it does 14.5 for the weekend and ends with about 45 mill.

It's the kind of film that the only people interested see opening weekend. They never get good WOM either.

It'll be lucky to pass $35M.

Critics, the majority of FF fans and most moviegoers disagree with you. FF was crap sorry.

Just look at the film Baum, its really a one weekend type of film, or even a day. With next weekend being the superbowl, most films will have a huger than expected drop and consider that with Epic Movie. I think it will struggle to pass 15 million this weekend and will at least fall 55% next weekend. I think a 37 million total is even generous at this point.

Yes, the title said it all. cheers my friend.

Hoped for better results from Pan's Labyrinth.

That's better than I expected from Catch and Release.

Decent for Smokin' Aces and Epic Movie.

Horrid, as expected, for Blood and Chocolate.

Awsome for Smokin Aces, it got the best PTA this decade for a film of its kind. second best was the Whole Nine Yard.

really sick opening for smokin

it should finish around 42-46m

Great for Epic Movie and Smokin' Aces, and actually quite solid for Catch and Release as well. Epic Movie is obviously going to be incredibly frontloaded. I could see Smokin' Aces being frontloaded as well due to the slightly deceptive advertising. Nonetheless, both are definitely hits at this point.

Epic Movie's opening day is literally within $20,000 of Date Movie's, so that's a pretty valid comparison.

Considering the terrible films released and last year having Bigg Momma 2 - this friday is only down 5% on the same Friday last year - not bad at all.

$6,839,360 (Date Movie) to $6,820,000 (estimated for Epic Movie)...scary.