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Kim Hollis: The Drop, a crime drama featuring James Gandolfini, Tom Hardy and Noomi Rapace, earned $4.1 million in only 809 locations. What do you think about this weekend performance?

Brett Ballard-Beach: This performance (pleasantly) surprises me as much as the opening weekend of A Most Wanted Man did and I think it should play out fairly close to how that has, winding up between $25-30 million with a couple more weekends of expansions and some time to stand out before the heavy hitters of fall start grabbing up the screens

Edwin Davies: This is at least double what I was expecting due to the smallish number of theaters, and the fact that the reviews have been positive but not ecstatic. That it broke out to the extent that it has seems to be a testament to the affection out there for the late James Gandolfini, and the chance to see him give another great performance in a good film probably played a big part in drawing people out on opening weekend.

Jason Barney: This is a nice way for Gandolfini's career to move toward the sunset. He will forever be remembered for Sopranos, but it is nice to know his film career had support as well. With the $12 million budget, the positive reviews should help word-of-mouth a lot. The Drop will make money, and it shouldn't take too long for that to happen. The limited number of screens and the expansion strategy should work nicely.

Felix Quinonez: I think this is more than what anyone was expecting for it to make. And because of this, The Drop could receive some nice headlines which could help raise awareness for this movie. So I think it's a very good start that could position the movie for a nice box office performance.

Max Braden: In addition to Gandolfini and Hardy, I think seeing "From the author of Gone Baby Gone, Shutter Island, and Mystic River" on screen during the trailer is a significant draw to the film festival crowd as well. Pull in the action crowd, pull in the literary crowd, and you start seeing money change hands.

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