Box Office: Horton Up 40% Saturday; Headed For $44M

By Steve Mason/March 16, 2008 12:38 am EST

Roland Emmerich’s 10,000 B.C. (Warner Bros) is defying, to some degree, the overwhelmingly negative reaction from critics. The prehistoric epic got a 39% Saturday bump for a $6.81M Saturday. 10K should wrap up the weekend with $15.93M. That’s down approximately 56% from its successful opening frame.

Summit’s Never Back Down was down about 4% from its better than expected opening day. The low budget MMA teen drama starring newcomer Sean Faris fell to the #4 spot on Saturday with $3.12M, but it’ll finish 3rd for the weekend with an estimated $8.33M. In an interesting sidebar, Never Back Down Director Jeff Wadlow is CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric’s nephew.

College Road Trip (Disney) had a good Saturday with $3.63M, but this Martin Lawrence/Raven-Symone movie adventure will be #4 for the weekend with $7.89M. That’s a respectable hold, down about 43% from last weekend.

The weekend Top 5 is rounded out by the remarkably durable Vantage Point (Sony). The assassination thriller seized another $2.49M on its 4th Saturday in release. VP will manage another $2.21M for the 3-day, bringing its domestic cume to $53.8M.

The weekend bomb is Doomsday from Universal. Maverick horror specialist Neil Marshall (The Descent) has missed with this futuristic action thriller. The film lurched to $1.78M on Saturday, and its opening weekend take will be only in the $4.5M range.

It’ll be very uphill for 2 new limited releases. Warner Independent’s Funny Games, from Cannes Film Festival winner Michael Haneke (Cache), will bank only $515,000 from its 289 engagements for a 3-Day Per Theatre Average of just $1,782. Meanwhile, Sleepwalking (Overture), starring Charlize Theron and Nick Stahl, has staggered out of the gates with a $1,500 PTA at just 30 locations.

The weekend PTA winner appears to be holdover Snow Angels (Warner Independent), with an average of $13,000 at each of its locations, followed by Horton Hears a Who at $11,133 and 3 Sony Classics titles – Best Foreign Language Film Oscar winner The Counterfeiters with $10,303, Married Life with $5,277 and The Band’s Visit with $5,000.

EXCLUSIVE FANTASY MOGULS EARLY SATURDAY ESTIMATES

  1. NEW – Horton Hears a Who (Fox) – $18.62M – $4,709 PTA – $31.92M

  2. 10,000 B.C. (Warner Bros) – $6.81M – $1,997 PTA – $56.5M cume

  3. College Road Trip (Disney) – $3.63M – $1,343 PTA – $22.1M cume

  4. NEW – Never Back Down (Summit) – $3.12M – $1,143 PTA – $6.37M

  5. Vantage Point (Sony) – $2.49M – $904 PTA – $57.9M cume

  6. The Bank Job (Lionsgate) -$2.11M – $1,312 PTA – $11.7M cume

  7. NEW â€" Doomsday (Universal) – $1.78M – $920 PTA – $3.43M cume

  8. Semi Pro (New Line) – $1.26M- $557 PTA – $29M cume

  9. The Other Boleyn Girl (Sony) – $1.17M – $973 PTA – $18.3M cume

  10. Spiderwick Chronicles (Paramount) – $1.02M – $424 PTA -$64.6M cume

  11. Jumper (Fox) – $900,000 – $561 PTA – $75.1M cume

  12. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (Focus) – $825,000 – $1,531 PTA – $4.7M cume

  13. Fool’s Gold (Warner Bros) – $790,000- $525 PTA – $65M cume

  14. Step Up 2 the Streets (Disney) – $680,000 – $440 PTA – $55.1M cume

*Penelope (Summit) – $400,000 – $528 PTA – $8M cume

*Definitely Maybe (Universal) – $300,000 – $470 PTA – $30.5M cume

*No Country For Old Men (Miramax) – $285,000 – $558 PTA – $73.6M

*NEW – Funny Games (Warner Independent) – $205,000 – $709 PTA – $385,000 cume

*In Bruges (Focus) – $195,000 – $924 PTA – $5M cume

*The Counterfeiters (Sony Classics) – $155,000 – $4,697 PTA – $1M

*There Will Be Blood (Paramount Vantage) – $138,000 – $407 PTA – $39.2M cume

*The Band’s Visit (Sony Classics) – $115,000 – $2,396 PTA – $1.2M cume

*Married Life (Sony Classics) – $41,000 – $2,278 PTA – $145,000

*Paranoid Park (IFC Films) – $37,000 – $1,682 PTA – $122,000 cume

*NEW â€" Sleepwalking (Overture) – $18,000 – $600 PTA – $31,000 cume

*Snow Angels (Warner Independent) – $16,000 – $5,333 PTA – $47,000 cume

*CJ7 (Sony Classics) – $11,000 – $440 PTA – $81,000 cume

*NEW – Flash Point (Third Rail) – $1,246 – $125 PTA – $2,066 cume

*NEW â€" Wetlands Preserved (First Run) – $383- $383 PTA – $1,509 cume

EXCLUSIVE FANTASY MOGULS REVISED 3-DAY ESTIMATES

  1. NEW – Horton Hears a Who (Fox) â€" $44M – $11,133 PTA – $44M

  2. 10,000 B.C. (Warner Bros) – $15.93M – $4,672 PTA – $60.7M cume

  3. NEW – Never Back Down (Summit) – $8.33M – $3,054 PTA – $8.33M

  4. College Road Trip (Disney) – $7.89M – $2,916 PTA – $24.2M cume

  5. Vantage Point (Sony) – $5M – $3,103 PTA – $13.2M cume

  6. The Bank Job (Lionsgate) -$5M – $3,103 PTA – $13.2M cume

  7. NEW â€" Doomsday (Universal) – $4.53M- $2,343 PTA – $4.53M cume

  8. Semi Pro (New Line) – $2.95M – $1,303 PTA – $29.8M cume

  9. The Other Boleyn Girl (Sony) – $2.85M – $2,357 PTA – $19.1M cume

  10. Spiderwick Chronicles (Paramount) – $2.24M – $932 PTA -$65.2M cume

  11. Jumper (Fox) – $2.03M – $1,257 PTA – $75.6M cume

  12. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (Focus) – $1.91M – $3,545 PTA – $5.2M cume

  13. Fool’s Gold (Warner Bros) – $1.72M- $1,144 PTA – $65.3M cume

  14. Step Up 2 the Streets (Disney) – $1.53M- $991 PTA – $55.4M cume

*Penelope (Summit) – $925,000 – $1,221 PTA – $8.2M cume

*Definitely Maybe (Universal) – $680,000 – $1,065 PTA – $30.6M cume

*No Country For Old Men (Miramax) – $621,000 – $1,215 PTA – $73.7M

*NEW – Funny Games (Warner Independent) – $515,000 – $1,782 PTA – $515,000 cume

*In Bruges (Focus) – $430,000 – $2,037 PTA – $5.1M cume

*The Counterfeiters (Sony Classics) – $340,000 – $10,303 PTA – $1.1M cume

*There Will Be Blood (Paramount Vantage) – $310,000 – $914 PTA – $39.3M cume

*The Band’s Visit (Sony Classics) – $240,000 – $5,000 PTA – $1.3M cume

*Married Life (Sony Classics) – $95,000 – $5,277 PTA – $175,000

*Paranoid Park (IFC Films) – $90,000 – $4,090 PTA – $150,000 cume

*NEW â€" Sleepwalking (Overture) – $45,000 – $1,500 PTA – $45,000 cume

*Snow Angels (Warner Independent) – $39,000 – $13,000 PTA – $59,000 cume

*CJ7 (Sony Classics) – $25,000 – $1,000 PTA – $88,000 cume

*NEW – Flash Point (Third Rail) – $2,789 – $278 PTA – $2,789 cume

*NEW â€" Wetlands Preserved (First Run) – $1,750 – $1,750 PTA – $1,750 cume

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