Final Box Office: Yes Man Scores $18M, Seven Pounds Stumbles To $16M; The Wrestler Has HUGE PTA
By Steve Mason/Dec. 21, 2008 4:38 pm EST
Still, Yes Man is performing well enough to help Warner Bros make history in the next couple of weeks. I am projecting that the film could bank a possible $48M (conservatively) before the end of the year. Add to that a projected cume of $120M for Four Christmases by the close of business on December 31, and an anticipated $5.4M or so from the limited engagements of Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino (70 playdates starting Christmas Day), and Warner Bros would reach an annual domestic sales figure of $1.75 billion, surpassing Sony’s $1.71 billion take in 2006.
Meanwhile, Will Smith’s re-teaming with Pursuit of Happyness director Gabriele Muccino received a 9% Saturday bump from Friday’s $5.22M, but the movie still placed second with an estimated $16M. That represents the softest opening for Will since 2000’s Ali ($14.7M). Seven Pounds is almost-certain to break his historic streak of consecutive $100M+ grossing movies, which will end at 8.
EXCLUSIVE STEVE MASON REVISED EARLY 3-DAY ESTIMATES
NEW – Yes Man (Warner Bros) – $18.16M, $5,288 PTA, $18.16M cume
NEW – Seven Pounds (Sony) – $16M, $5,801 PTA, $16M cume
NEW – Tale of Despereaux (Universal) – $10.5M, $3,385 PTA, $10.5M cume
The Day the Earth Stood Still (Fox) – $10.15M, $2,851 PTA, $48.62M cume
Four Christmases (Warner Bros) – $7.74M, $2,203 PTA, $100.15M cume
Twilight (Summit) – $5.22M, $1,748 PTA, $158.46M cume
Bolt (Disney) -$4.25M, $1,434 PTA, $95M cume
Australia (Fox) – $2.32M, $1,051PTA, $41.94M cume
Quantum of Solace (Sony) – $2.15M, $1,147 PTA, $161.3M cume
Milk (Focus) – $1.64M, $4,610 PTA, $10.32M cume
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (Dreamworks/Paramount) – $1.51M, $752 PTA, $172.33M cume
Nothing Like the Holidays (Overture) – $1.31M, $789 PTA, $5.94M cume
Doubt (Miramax) – $729,000, $18,692 PTA, $1.44M cume
*Gran Torino (Warner Bros) – $468,000, $24,632 PTA, $859,000 cume
*Frost/Nixon – $365,000, $8,902 PTA, $1.47M
