300 is poised to join an elite group, the mere handful of R rated films to crack the $200 million mark. It already has the best ever March opening, and the best ever Spring opening, in addition to having the third best opening for an R rated film. To cross the $200 million barrier would put it in the company of Passion of the Christ, Beverly Hills Cop, Saving Private Ryan, and Wedding Crashers. It needs less than $40 million to get there, and at the pace it is going, it should have no problem reaching that mark. Whatever its final tally is, the studio has to be ecstatic, as this has to be more than they ever expected from a stylized sword and sandal film with no stars.
This week featured a rather wholesale swap of films in the top ten. There were six new films released wide this weekend, and all six of them found their way into the top ten. They were led by the aforementioned TMNT, which is a wonderful new turn for the 80's icons. It was followed by Shooter, in third place. That was an exciting straight forward thriller, it was good, sort of like Bourne Supremacy lite. A couple more spaces down and you will find the unlikely pairing, at 5 and 6, of the family film The Last Mimzy, which I have not yet seen, and The Hills Have Eyes II, which I have. It may be a rather cliched horror film, but it does deliver the goods in the form of blood and tension. The final two came in 8 and 9, the films are Reign Over Me and Pride, respectively. The former is an emotional film that will leave you drained, as well as giving a new look at Adam Sandler, the latter I have not yet seen.
Of the returning films, Wild Hogs continues to show strong legs, coming in fourth. This film is proving to be amazingly strong as it is still selling out shows in my area. To further some anecdotal evidence as to the film's success, it seems to have tapped into an audience that does not get out to the movies as much, the people I see buying tickets seem to be more and more in their 40s and 50s. This could be seen as quite telling, and the success here may see more films aimed at the aging baby boomer demographic. This could perhaps be extrapolated to be proof that there is another market out there that could prove to be profitable, and lead to the development of other genres of films targeted at a more mature age and marketed on a large scale. Well, a guy can dream can't he?
Six films dropped from the list this week: I Think I Love My Wife (11), Bridge to Terabithia(12), Ghost Rider (13), Zodiac (16), Norbit (17), and Music and Lyrics (18).
This Week | Last Week | Title | Wknd Gross | Overall | Week in release |
| 1 | N | TMNT | $24,255,205 | $24,255,205 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 300 | $19,862,491 | $161,706,146 | 3 |
| 3 | N | Shooter | $14,523,571 | $14,523,571 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | Wild Hogs | $13,850,542 | $123,303,817 | 4 |
| 5 | N | The Last Mimzy | $10,024,819 | $10,024,819 | 1 |
| 6 | N | The Hills Have Eyes II | $9,686,362 | $9,686,362 | 1 |
| 7 | 3 | Premonition | $9,562,739 | $31,653,484 | 2 |
| 8 | N | Reign Over Me | $7,460,690 | $7,460,690 | 1 |
| 9 | N | Pride | $3,533,300 | $3,533,300 | 1 |
| 10 | 4 | Dead Silence | $3,440,415 | $13,216,140 | 2 |
Box Office Predictions Recap
There was a rather sizeable turnover this week, six new films entered the top ten, and I did a rather decent at getting their positions pegged. I was able to get half the field right on, with two others with in one position. I had similar luck getting the gross figures, some I was right in the ballpark, while others were off by as much as 50%. Better than I had expected to be.
Anyway, here is how I picked the field:
Actual | Prediction | Title | Wknd Gross | Prediction |
| 1 | 1 | TMNT | $24,255,205 | $30 million |
| 2 | 2 | 300 | $19,862,491 | $22 million |
| 5 | 3 | The Last Mimzy | $10,024,819 | $20 million |
| 4 | 4 | Wild Hogs | $13,850,542 | $16 million |
| 3 | 5 | Shooter | $14,523,571 | $15 million |
| 6 | 6 | The Hills Have Eyes II | $9,686,362 | $11 million |
| 8 | 7 | Reign Over Me | $7,460,690 | $9 million |
| 9 | 8 | Pride | $3,533,300 | $8 million |
| 7 | 9 | Premonition | $9,562,739 | $7 million |
| 10 | 10 | Dead Silence | $3,440,415 | $4 million |
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