Based on Sunday’s estimates, courtesy of boxofficemojo.com:
1) Happy Feet: $37.9 million, $100.1 million to date (owner: Mark Pfeiffer, Reel Times Studios)
Mark is totally bugging about the performance of his first pick. On the one hand, it is making tons of money. On the other hand, he just didn’t like it that much, and its success troubles him.
2) Casino Royale: $31 million, $94.2 million to date (Steve Wamsley, TSSU Productions)
Steve may have some dogs on his slate (well, “Harsh Times,” anyway), but with a $70 million lead, he’s not complaining.
3) Déjà Vu: $20.8 million, $29 million to date (owner: David Medsker Scary Clown Studios)
My second pick is doing only slightly better than my first pick, which was the biggest bust of the first round. Why oh why didn’t I take “Borat” when it was still available?
4) Deck the Halls: $12 million, $16.8 million to date (owner: Deb Medsker: Punch and Pie Pictures)
Deb is not proud to own this movie. But she’ll take the money just the same.
5)Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan: $10.4 million, $109.3 million to date (owner: Deb Medsker, Punch and Pie Pictures)
He’s making fun of us. You people realize that, right? I’d personally like to nominate the hotel scene as the most overrated scene of the year.
6) The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause: $10 million, $67.2 million to date (owner: Jason Zingale, Seven Strangers Productions)
The Little Shitty Tim Allen Movie That Could.
7) Stranger than Fiction: $6 million, $32.8 million to date (Scary Clown Studios)
I’m sorry, Will. I did everything I could to help the effort.
8) Flushed Away: $5.8 million, $48.8 million to date (owner: Kristin Dreyer-Kramer, Nights and Weekends)
Box Office Mojo is saying that this movie cost $149 million to make. Can that be right?
9) Bobby: $4.9 million, $6.2 million to date (TSSU Productions
Are any of the Oscar-buzz movies this year going to be any good? Well, there’s one (“Dreamgirls”), but you’ll have to wait a few weeks for that one.
10) The Fountain: $3.7 million, $5.4 million to date (owner: Jason Zingale, Seven Strangers Productions)
Reel Times dropped this like a bad habit last week after seeing it. Seven Strangers wasn’t at that screening. But he just needed a replacement for “Bug,” anyway.
11) Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny: $3.1 million, $5.1 million to date (owner: Jason Zingale, Seven Strangers Productions)
What, the, fuck. Bar none the most shocking performance of the week, if not the season. Come on, stoner dudes, where the hell were you? This movie’s freaking funny.
And, the rest:
13) For Your Consideration: $1.9 million, $3.1 million to date (Punch and Pie)
14) Babel: $1.9 million, $15.1 million to date (TSSU Productions)
16) Saw III: $1.5 million, $78 million to date (TSSU Productions)
The Return: $319,000, $7.6 million to date (Bill Clark, A Don’t Call Me Shirley Joint)
Fast Food Nation: $196,000, $780,000 to date (Will Harris, What’s All This, Then?)
Current standings:
1) TSSU Productions: $196.7 million
2) Punch and Pie Pictures: $129.2 million
3) Reel Times Pictures: $100.1 million
4) Seven Strangers Productions: $77.7 million
5) Nights and Weekends: $64.4 million
6) Scary Clown Studios: $61.7 million
7) A Don’t Call Me Shirley Joint: $7.6 million
8) What’s All This, Then?: $780,000
Next week: Scary Clown capitalizes on the “claustrophobic cruelty” trend (oh, who are we kidding, it’s torture, people!) with “Turistas,” What’s All This tries to get out of the cellar with “Van Wilder: The Rise of the Taj,” and Reel Times gets all religious with “The Nativity Story.”
