Box Office Predictions: Weekend of November 9-11

And now, a new feature on the blog in which I will predict the box office results for the weekend every Thursday. 

This weekend, we have one new opening and it’s a massive one at that: the new 007 flick Skyfall. The film has received some of the best reviews of any Bond film ever and the anticipation for it has been growing. Overseas, where it opened a couple of weeks ago, it has drawn in massive box office figures. It’s been four years since 007 has graced the screen, double the time of waiting between the first two Daniel Craig features, Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace. 

The last, Solace, opened to $67 million four years ago, but I expect more from this outing.

We also have the second weekends of last week’s #1 and #2 movies, Wreck-It Ralph and Flight. Both were critically acclaimed hits and grossed $49 million and $24.9 million, respectively. Additionally, both seemed to be audience pleasers and figure to have relatively small drop-offs, even with the huge debut of Bond this weekend. So here goes and I’ll report back Sunday to see how well or horribly I did with my prognostication. 

Weekend of November 9-11

1. Skyfall

Predicted Gross: $82.3 million

2. Wreck-It Ralph

Predicted Gross: $34.5 million (representing a drop of 32%)

3. Flight

Predicted Gross: $16.2 million (representing a drop of 35%)