SPEARE'S HIATUS: TAKE IT TO THE BANKS - THE FILMS OF 9/11

[BanksIsDaFuture]

Apologies for the abbreviated column this week, everyone. This won't be a regular thing...

This week's wide releases...

The Visit (Universal)

Prediction - M. Night's latest should be able to open to $20M this weekend, grabbing 7 Top 5 points, a 3 PTA points, before totaling out at $41M.

The Perfect Guy (Sony)

Prediction - Following in the vein of last year's No Good Deed (another black-aimed romance-tinged thriller opening in September), Perfect Guy will win the weekend, hitting $23M over the weekend, snagging 9 Top 5 points, 6 PTA points, with a domestic total of $50M.

90 Minutes In Heaven (Samuel-Goldwyn)

Prediction - Although this Christian drama will be opening "wide", don't expect it to perform anything like War Room. It will only hit $3M this weekend, with no Top 5 points, no PTA points, and a total of $9M.

This week's limited releases...

Coming Home (Sony Classics)
-Chinese language war drama, starring Li Gong-

(Will be in 3 theaters)

Sleeping With Other People (IFC)
-R rated romantic comedy, starring Jason Suideikis & Alison Brie-

(Will be in 5 theaters)

Time Out Of Mind (IFC)
-drama, starring Richard Gere-

(Will be in 4 theaters)

My predictions for the weekend of September 11th-13th:

1. The Perfect Guy - $23M
2. The Visit - $20M
3. War Room - $6M
4. A Walk In The Woods - $5M
5. Straight Outta Compton - $4M

PTA - Coming Home, The Perfect Guy, Time Out Of Mind, The Visit, Sleeping With Other People

Next week I'll have a full column (promise!) as we have 3 wide releases and 3 limited releases. That's-a spicy meatball-a!

[Shrykespeare]

Celebrity birthdays this week:

Larenz Tate turned 40 on 9/8
Michael Buble turned 40 on 9/9

[Shrykespeare]

Friday Estimates


The perfect Guy, $9.9M
The Visit, $9.2M
War Room, $2.2M
A Walk in the Woods, $1.5M
Straight Outta Compton, $1.2M
Mission: Impossible, $1.1M



Weekend Projections

The Perfect Guy, $26.5M
The Visit, $22.5M
War Room, $7.7M
A Walk in the Woods, $5.1M
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, $4M
Straight Outta Compton, $3.9M
No Escape, $2.7M
The Transporter Refueled, $2.6M
The Man from UNCLE, $1.9M
Ant-Man, $1.5M


That would put TPG's PTA at about $12K and The Visit at over $7K.

[Chienfantome]

The two films do better than expected.

[Shrykespeare]

Weekend Estimates

Top 10:
5 points - The Perfect Guy, $26.7M
4 points - The Visit, $25.7M
3 points - War Room, $7.4M
2 points - A Walk in the Wood, $4.6M
1 point - Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, $4.1M
Straight Outta Compton, $4.1M
No Escape, $2.9M
The Transporter Refueled, $2.7M
90 Minutes in Heaven, $2.1M
Uno Gallo con Muchos Huevos, $1.9M


PTA:
5 points - Sleeping with Other People
4 points - The Perfect Guy
3 points - The Visit
2 points - Time Out of Mind
1 point - War Room

[Shrykespeare]

Weekend Actuals

Top 10:
5 points - The Perfect Guy, $25.9M
4 points - The Visit, $25.4M
3 points - War Room, $7.8M
2 points - A Walk in the Wood, $4.7M
1 point - Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, $4.1M
Straight Outta Compton, $3.9M
No Escape, $2.9M
The Transporter Refueled, $2.8M
90 Minutes in Heaven, $2.0M
Uno Gallo con Muchos Huevos, $2.0M


PTA:
5 points - Sleeping with Other People, $17,820
4 points - The Perfect Guy, $11,656
3 points - Coming Home, $8,787
2 points - The Visit, $8,285
1 point - Time Out of Mind, $6,311