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Black Friday Box Office -> 'Potter' Still Rules
Estimates for Friday, November 25, 2005.
Title Daily Total
1 HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE 22.8 168.5
2 WALK THE LINE 7.8 42.6
3 YOURS, MINE & OURS 7.0 14.2
4 CHICKEN LITTLE 5.4 110.9
5 RENT 4.3 11.7
6 JUST FRIENDS 3.8 8.1
7 PRIDE AND PREJUDICE 2.8 11.6
8 DERAILED 1.8 26.4
9 IN THE MIX 1.7 3.5
10 ICE HARVEST 1.5 2.8
- Dropping a reasonable 43% from last Friday, the latest installment in J.K. Rowling's wildely successfull book series got a huge boost from the Black Friday holiday. This day can usually account for up to 40% of the weekend gross for this type of blockbuster and the movie could shoot up a solid 54-57 million for the weekend, pushing it over the $200 million mark.
- In debut land, 'Yours, Mine, and Ours' saw a solid start but not quite in the same league as 'Cheaper By The Dozen', whose sequel is coming in December. The Russo-Quaid 18-kid comedy could score upwards of 20 million for the weekend. 'Rent', 'Just Friends', 'In The Mix', and 'Ice Harvest' saw results ranging from moderate to poor.
- In hold over land, it's all about Johnny Cash as 'Walk The Line' saw a Friday gross that was higher than last weekend. Playing favourably with adult audiences, the Cash biopic could muster a solid 17-19 million for the weekend, proving to be the adult-fared hit that 'Cinderella Man' wasn't.
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