Friday Box Office Analysis
By Tim Briody
July 2, 2005
Box office slumping? Just add Spielberg!
War of the Worlds
The Steven Spielberg/Tom Cruise collaboration took in $23.1 million Friday, adding to the $36.2 million it earned on Thursday and Friday. It's no Spider-Man 2, but it's certainly a welcome change from the lackluster box office year. With a holiday Sunday and Monday ahead, War of the Worlds should be looking at a healthy weekend sum of $80.8 million, giving it a six-day tally of $117 million.
Rebound
And the answer is, "What Martin Lawrence's career did not do this weekend." The basketball "comedy" earned a mere $1.7 million Friday, and has an absolute best-case scenario of $6 million in its future over the four-day period, with less being completely possible.
Notable Holdovers
Bewitched drops 55.8% from last Friday, which might actually not be bad considering how poorly received it was. The holiday reduces the bleeding a little bit, as a decline of 40% is in the works.
Herbie: Fully Loaded shows a bit of staying power, falling only 32.2% from a week ago. The weekend will be extra kind and may reduce the overall weekend drop to the lower 20s. Lindsay Lohan will celebrate by eating a morsel of food.
Land of the Dead absolutely collapses, falling a mammoth 79.4% from last Friday's take.. Not too much more needs to be said here.
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Projected Estimates for the Top Ten (Four-Day)
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Projected
Rank |
Film |
Estimated Gross |
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1
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War of the Worlds
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80.8
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2
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Batman Begins
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20.2
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3
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Mr. and Mrs. Smith
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12.4
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4
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Bewitched
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12.1
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5
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Herbie: Fully Loaded
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9.9
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6
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Madagascar
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7.1
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7
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Rebound
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5.7
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8
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Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
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5.1
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9
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The Longest Yard
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3.6
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10
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Land of the Dead
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2.5
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