The first weekend in May may be a big one, but this year, 3 wide release are coming to cinemas.


The Kingdom Of Heaven
House Of Wax
Monster In Law


Here are the top 5 of some past 1st weekends in MAY.

2004:
1. Van Helsing $51,748,040 (Wk1)
2. Mean Girls $13,676,552 (Wk2)
3. Man on Fire $8,235,535 (Wk3)
4. New York Minute $5,962,106 (Wk1)
5. 13 Going on 30 $5,816,841 (Wk3)


2003:
1. X2: X-Men United $85,558,731 (Wk1)
2. The Lizzie McGuire Movie $17,338,755 (Wk1)
3. Identity $9,423,662 (Wk2)
4. Anger Management $8,406,604 (Wk4)
5. Holes $6,915,418 (Wk3)


2002:
1. Spider-Man $114,844,116
2. The Scorpion King $9,046,660
3. Changing Lanes $5,338,222
4. Murder by Numbers $3,624,487
5. Life, or Something Like It $3,182,255



KINGDOM OF HEAVEN's official website states MAY 6TH release
HOUSE OF WAX's brand new official poster states MAY 6TH release
MONSTER IN LAW'S official site says MAY 6TH release


HITCHIKERS GUIDE TO THE GALAXY'S website now says APRIL 29TH. Bumped forward a week. So when predicting, take into account it's second weekend.

What are your predictions?

I will post all trailers here as soon as HOUSE OF WAX's is available, possibly this weekend.

Movie Status:

KINGDOM OF HEAVEN:
Director: RIDLEY SCOTT
Cast: Orlando Bloom, Eva Green, Liam Neeson
MPAA Rating: Not Rated.
Site/Trailer: http://www.kingdomofheavenmovie.com/
Note: From the Director of Gladiator. Epic LOTR Type movie.

MONSTER IN LAW:
Site/Trailer: http://www.monsterinlaw.com/
Director: Robert Luketic
Cast:Jennifer Lopez, Jane Fonda, Michael Vartan and Wanda Sykes
MPAA Rating: Not Rated.
Note: Jennifer Lopez and Jane Fonda draw. No Similar movies.

HOUSE OF WAX:
Site/Trailer: http://houseofwaxmovie.warnerbros.com/
Director: Jaume Serra
Cast: Elisha Cuthbert, Chad Michael Murray, Paris Hilton and Jared Padalecki
MPAA Rating: Not Rated.
Note: No horror Competition. Trailer with Constantine.

Personal Predictions:

1. Kingdom Of Heaven- $45,000,000
2. HitchHikers Guide To The Galaxy- $26,000,000 (WK2)
3. Monster In Law- $16,000,000
4. House Of Wax- $12,000,000

1. Kingdom of Heaven, well, id like to think this will make big money on opening weekend, but in the trend of this type of battle movie, then im inclined to say:

Opening: $40 Million

2. Hitchhikers Guide to Galaxy, gonna be big, with a second weekend of near enough the same as the first weekend.

2nd Opening:$23 Million

...Thats all in able to predict from there, because Wedding Date isnt going to do much and House of Wax wont do very good at all, its summer for christs sake.

Kingdom of Heaven -- $24 million
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy -- $17 million
Monster in Law -- $14 million
House of Wax -- $13 million

No hope for Kingdon of Heaven then

..let me tell you this is going to be huge overseas, esp in the UK, because me and my gran already want to see this really badly.....and the trailer always gets a silent cinema...good sign.

Although what i am worried about is that people will think it is similar to King Arthur, although that did not dissapoint intl'y, it wont help domestically.

Kingdom of Heaven -- $34 million
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy -- $21 million
Monster in Law -- $17 million
House of Wax -- $11 million

Kingdom of Heaven -- $37 million
Monster in Law -- $14 million
House of Wax -- $11 million
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy -- $9 million

The Kingdom Of Heaven - $50 mill
Monster In Law - $15 mill
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - $8 mill
House Of Wax - $6 mill

1. Kingdom of Heaven - $25 million
2. xXx: State of the Union - $18 million
3. Monster in Law - $16 million
4. House of Wax - $15 million
5. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - $12 million

Hitchhiker's and Kingdom of Heaven will not be as big as some of you are predicting. :razz:

Technically doesnt the summer movie season start at April 29th instead of May 6th since XXX2 and Hitchhikers guide are both opening in that day. I think during that week would have a higher gross than May 6th