The (Late) Box Office

So here we are on Saturday morning, and there seems to be nothing much to report about box office. (What the hell is wrong with the internet, anyway?) So to start things rolling, here are the important stats from Thursday:

Finding Nemo (3D) -- $32.4 million

The clown fish is in the sixth position, in 2,904 theatres. I would expect it to drop as new weekend entries push older contestants out of the Top Ten.

However, Box Office Mojo handicaps the weekend:

Looper is going to have a tough time reaching $20 million, first place will likely to go to animated movie Hotel Transylvania, which is opening in 3,349 theaters. ...

BO Mojo Forecast
1. Hotel Transylvania - $25.8 million
2. Looper - $16.1 million
3. End of Watch - $8 million (-39%)
4. Trouble with the Curve - $7.7 million (-37%)
5. Won't Back Down - $7.6 million

By Sunday we'll know which is the Top Dog.

Add On: So I'm guessing that we'll see a bunch more animated features in the years to come, as HT breaks through for Sony Pictures Animation in a BIG way. (And it's been a long time coming.)

1. Hotel Transylvania (Sony) NEW [3,349 Runs] PG Friday $11M, Weekend $39.5M

2. Looper (Sony) NEW [2,992 Runs] R Friday $6.8M, Weekend $19.2M

3. End Of Watch (Open Road) Week 2 [3,083 Runs] R Friday $2.3M (-48%), Weekend $7.6M, Cume $25.9M

4. The House At The End Of The Street (Relativity) Week 2 [3,083 Runs] PG13 Friday $2.3M (-49%), Weekend $7.3M, Cume $22.4M

5. Trouble With The Curve (Warner Bros) Week 2 [3,212 Runs] PG13 Friday $2.3M (-45%), Weekend $7.2M (-50%), Cume $23.4M

6. Pitch Perfect (Universal) NEW [335 Runs] PG Friday $1.7M, Weekend $4.9M

7. Finding Nemo (Disney) Week 3 [2,639 Runs] G Friday $1.0M, Weekend $4.0M, Cume $36.5M

8) Won’t Back Down (Walden/Fox) NEW [2,515 Runs] PG Friday $920KM, Weekend $2.6M

9. Resident Evil 5 (Sony) Week 3 [2,381 Runs] R Friday $810K, Weekend $2.7M, Cume $38.5M

10. The Master (Weinstein Co) Week 3 [856 Runs] R Friday $787K, Weekend $2.6M, Cume $9.5M