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17 Again

Zac Efron's 17 Again easily tops the box office on Friday with $9.5 million. If we wanted to use High School Musical 3 as a comparison, that saw a $16.9 million opening day back in October of last year. Efron's first big theatrical role was 2007's Hairspray, which opened to $10.9 million on Friday but his contribution to that was likely minimal. Still, this is a solid opening and establishes some degree of starpower for the teen idol. 17 Again should end the weekend with $26.5 million.

State of Play

The political drama earned $4.6 million on Friday. Even despite the star power involved, State of Play falls in a genre that just doesn't typically bring in large numbers. A weekend of $14.2 million and some decent legs over the next couple weeks is the best that it could hope for.

Crank: High Voltage

The Jason Statham sequel opens in sixth place on Friday with $2.6 million. This actually throws under the $3.3 Friday earnings of Crank from back in Labor Day weekend of 2006. That's...not good. $7 million is a likely weekend total for High Voltage.

Notable Holdovers

Hannah Montana: The Movie is unable to avoid the fate of many other openers this year, as it plunges 77% from last Friday to $4 million. The good news here (if we can call it that) is because of Easter weekend last week, Good Friday was somewhat inflated and the rest of the weekend deflated (Fast & Furious beat it on Saturday and Sunday, remember). Hannah Montana could go as high as $12.8 million this weekend and it should consider itself incredibly lucky.

Projected Estimates for the Top Ten (Three-Day)
Projected Rank	Film	Estimated Gross
1	17 Again	26.3
2	State of Play	14.2
3	Hannah Montana: The Movie	12.8
4	Monsters vs. Aliens	13.3
5	Fast and Furious	11.0
6	Crank: High Voltage	7.0
7	Observe and Report	4.1
8	Knowing	3.2
9	I Love You, Man	3.1
10	The Haunting In Connecticut	2.7