On Thursday, I made my maiden attempt to attempt box office results and I must say, coulda been worse!
I purposely avoided reading the top box office prognosticators before making my picks, so I wouldn’t be influenced by them, which I’ll do every week now.
Everyone knew Skyfall would have a massive opening, but how big was the question. I predicted $82.3 million for the weekend and most other guesses were in the high 70s up to 80 million. It appears that Skyfall actually earned $87.8 million ($90M when factoring in Thursday night grosses), making it by far the biggest Bond opening of all time. With its already huge grosses overseas, the film is certain to become the highest grossing 007 feature ever. As if there was any doubt, audiences can be assured they’ll be seeing Mr. Craig as Mr. Bond for quite a while.
I also predicted the grosses for the weekend #2 and #3 films, which were both in their second weekends. Disney’s Wreck-It-Ralph grossed $33.1 million, slightly less than my $34.5M prediction. Ditto for Robert Zemeckis’s Flight, which earned $15.1M, a little smaller than my $16.2M prediction.
Next Thursday, my predictions will be made that will include the 2nd weekend for 007 and the first wide release weekend for Steven Spielberg’s eagerly-awaited Lincoln.
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