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In which some leading questions are asked and people still get the answer wrong

Kim Hollis: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull fell a solid 55% to $44.8 million, beating Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End in terms of percentage decline (Pirates 3 fell 61%) as well as actual dollars (Pirates 3 made $44.2 million). Do we think that it will be able to beat Iron Man and At World's End over the long haul?

Max Braden: I still say no, expecting Iron Man to finish over $300 million and Indiana Jones under. Indy did well this weekend because it wasn't competing with Sex and the City's audience. Kung Fu Panda will really eat into it from here on.

Pete Kilmer: No way. Iron Man is chugging along and will still do strong business until The Hulk comes out. Indy will squeak out another $20 Million next week, but that's it. It'll be at the dollar theater after that. This summer is just LOADED with blockbusters and there really is almost no breathing room anymore.

Joel Corcoran: Nothing is going to stop Iron Man, and I think it will continue strongly even after The Hulk comes out. Indiana Jones is a good, solid, summer blockbuster, but there's nothing exceptional about it so the other good, solid, summer blockbusters are just going to steamroll right over it.





Reagen Sulewski: You're all missing that a lot of this drop was due to the inflation of the Memorial Day weekend. Its week to week drops are going to level out from here, plus the summer weekdays are about to kick in. It'll pace Iron Man's weekly totals from here on out. It's really going to depend on week three, but it's far too early to call this yet.

David Mumpower: I completely agree with Reagen. Kim put the tell-tale signs in the original question. It has matched the pace of At World's End and will go ahead of it around Wednesday of this week. So, the line of demarcation we have for it is that a total in excess of Pirates 3's $309.4 million should be expected. Given that Iron Man isn't there yet, it's far too early to cede the crown to either one. Last week, I liked Indy's chances a bit better. At this moment, I see it as a pure coin flip, a race situation in poker if you will.

Calvin Trager: Kim, if you already knew the answer, why did you ask the question?!

David Mumpower: Her favorite movie is Entrapment.

Kim Hollis: I just like asking things!

Reagen Sulewski: And gratuitous butt shots of Catherine Zeta-Jones.

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