FRIDAY 5 PM: Sources are giving me this early look at today's North American box office and�the weekend forecasts. Numbers will be refined tonight. More analysis coming. After�weeks of tracking�strongly, Gore Verbinski and Johnny Depp reteaming for Paramount's�Rango appears headed to $11 million�Friday�going to $40 million and probably more. That's�a feat considering it's a non-summer 2D toon and the kiddies aren't even out of school today. True, the pic might have added 15%-20% to its grosses had it been 3D. But that lizard and company are playing like a four-quadrant hit pic. Is ILM going to give DreamWorks a run for�Paramount's toon distribution? Yup. ("Have you checked the DreamWorks Animation stock lately? It's becoming the biggest short in the media business," a rival studio emailed me...). The Adjustment Bureau is looking at $8M today�going to an overperforming $23M this weekend, definitely more than the mid-to-high teens Universal was predicting. The studio acquired the pic from MRC for $62 million.�Hey, Matt Damon running, and running, and running a la Bourne is a tried and true formula.�Tracking seemed to indicate that the film is especially�appealing to an older demographic because of its�distinctive combo as a romance, a thriller, a sci-fi'er and an actioner with Damon and Emily Blunt.�Besides 2840 theaters in North America, the pic is releasing day and date in 21 territories including �Australia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Greece, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Russia, Serbia Montenegro, Singapore, Thailand, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Philippines, Poland, Spain, Turkey, and the UK. CBS ... Read More »Pink Piper Perabo Poppy Montgomery Portia de Rossi Rachael Leigh Cook
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