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Shia LaBeouf is king of the world! Again!

David Mumpower: Disturbia opened the weekend with a less-than-stellar winning total of $9.1 million. Is this the calm before next weekend's box office storm? Should Disturbia still feel good about winning three straight weekends?

Tim Briody: It's only there because all the new releases this weekend pretty much flopped, but absolutely. If you had put money on Disturbia topping the box office for three weekends, you would be a very rich person.

Reagen Sulewski: In the sense that an amateur boxer could feel proud of beating up a throng of fifth-graders.

Kim Hollis: It's clearly the calm before an impending storm. May is going to be huge. Audiences can sense when dreck is being unleashed in their direction and they tend to stay away.

Joel Corcoran: I think the people behind Disturbia should feel very good about the winning streak. It's a solid performer. Not quite a "hit," but a nice revenue-maker.

David Mumpower: I agree with Tim. Disturbia won with a lousy total, but three straight weekends at #1 is still a strong selling point for the post-theatrical phase.

Joel Corcoran: And fifth-graders can be pretty tough, you know ...

Reagen Sulewski: Studios didn't even really try this April. Most of these films could have had the ad tag "Only In Theatres ...by Contractual Obligation".

Tim Briody: With all the big releases coming within a week or two of each other, it's conceivable that there is no other three-week champ for the rest of the year.

Justin Chatwin who?

David Mumpower: Let's talk openers. In hindsight, wasn't it a bad idea to name a movie The Invisible? Didn't that all but guarantee a box office disappointment of $7.6 million?

Kim Hollis: I think all three movies were extremely poorly named this weekend.

Joel Corcoran: Is that the title of a movie? Or a collective description of all the openers?

Reagen Sulewski: I think people took a look at this one and said "what's a Jason Chatwin?" In some respects it had a bit in common with Disturbia, but that could also be a reason for its downfall.

David Mumpower: I thought the trailer for this looked intriguing, but the TV commercials weren't even trying.

Tim Briody: Look! It's like the Sixth Sense, except he *knows* he's dead!

Joel Corcoran: It looked too much like a spin-off where Chatwin is playing the same kid as in War of the Worlds.

Reagen Sulewski: Also, I think we're all sick of that blue-grey color scheme for movies. It just appears instantly dated.

David Mumpower: What's depressing about The Invisible is that it's what passes for a success new release this weekend.

Tim Briody: Are we even qualifying it as a success?

Reagen Sulewski: I think the best thing you can say about it is that it was probably cheap.

Tim Briody: You dropped something on the floor, David, it appears to be the bar that measures these things.

David Mumpower: Well, it's the largest opening of Chatwin's career as a lead actor. So, it's a personal success!

Joel Corcoran: The Invisible did have a pretty decent per-theater average of just over $3,700, though. I wouldn't call that looking on the bright side, but it's at least a dim reflection of the bright side.

Reagen Sulewski: Marginally beating out Hot Fuzz's second week average! A tremendous result!

David Mumpower: I guess what we are really saying is that invisibility is not a big deal to us.

Joel Corcoran: What were we talking about again?

David Mumpower: Frodo's ring.

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