The State of the Box Office

Beauty and the Beast, they still remain in the Top Ten but decline 61%. The Mouse will make some nice coin, but the returns are not nearly as robust as The Lion King's ...

1. Underworld Awakening (Sony Pictures) NEW [3,078 Theaters] Estimated Friday $9.8M, Estimated Weekend $23.4M

2. Red Tails (LucasFilm/Fox) NEW [2,512 Theaters] Estimated Friday $6.2M, Estimated Weekend $17M

3. Contraband (Universal) Week 2 [2,870 Theaters] Estimated Friday $3.7M, Estimated Weekend $12.5M, Estimated Cume $46.2M

4. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (Warner Bros) Week 5 [2,630 Theaters] Estimated Friday $3.2M, Estimated Weekend $9.5M, Estimated Cume $10M

5. Haywire (Relativity) NEW [2,439 Theaters] Estimated Friday $3M, Estimated Weekend $8.6M

6. Beauty And The Beast 3D (Disney) Week 2 [2,625 Theaters] Estimated Friday $2.1M (-61%), Estimated Weekend $8.5M, Estimated Cume $33.2M

7. Joyful Noise (Warner Bros) Week 2 [2,735 Theaters] Estimated Friday $1.7M (-49%), Estimated Weekend $6M, Estimated Cume $21.8M

8. Mission: Impossible 4 (Paramount) Week 6 [2,519 Theaters] Estimated Friday $1.6M, Estimated Weekend $5.5M, Estimated Cume $197.3M

9. Sherlock Holmes 2 (Warner Bros) Week 6 [2,485 Theaters] Estimated Friday $1.2M, Estimated Weekend $4M, Estimated Cume $177.8M

10. The Iron Lady (The Weinstein Co) Week 4 [1,076 Theaters] Estimated Friday $1M, Estimated Weekend $3.4M, Estimated Cume $12.4M

And Brad Bird's picture is about to cross the $200 million threshhold. Congrats, Brad!