Based on Sunday’s estimates, courtesy of boxofficemojo.com:
1) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest: $132 million (first week)
Ho, ly, shit. A new record. Enjoy it while you can, Disney; your movie stinks, and next week, despite your only new competition being “You, Me and Dupree” and “Little Man,” you’re going to experience a maaaaaaaajor league dropoff. You know, sort of like…
2) Superman Returns: $21.9 million ($141.7 million, second week)
Oh yes, there will be blood on the Warner Brothers studio floor.
3) The Devil Wears Prada: $15.6 million ($63.7 million, second week)
Fox, on the other hand, is going to triple their money on this little number. Rupert Murdoch takes the proceeds and decides to buy Mexico, renaming it Upper Australia.
4) Click: $12 million ($105.9 million, third week)
Of course, if we had that universal remote, our first choice would have been to erase “Little Nicky” from existence.
5) Cars: $10.3 million ($205.5 million, fifth week)
I had a guy tell me this weekend that the reason I didn’t like “Cars” was because I didn’t “get” it, because I’m not rural enough. It took all of my strength not to laugh at him.
