Early Friday #'s - PIB 35-38m, IT 12-13m

[Taylor.]

Judging by early Friday grosses, "Puss in Boots" will take the top spot at the weekend box office.

Observers say the Paramount-Dreamworks Animation 3D pic should gross in the mid-thirties. Depending on how Friday-night crowds turn out, though, the film could see slightly higher earnings of around $38 million.

For comparative numbers, "Puss in Boots" was tracking below DWA's 2010 fall entry "Megamind," which opened to $46 million during the weekend of Nov. 5.

Twentieth Century Fox's "In Time," with an expected three-day perf of $12 million to $13 million, should beat FilmDistrict's "Rum Diary."

B.O. observers expect Johnny Depp-toplined "Diary" to gross between $6 million and $8 million -- not surprising given the film's limited target demo. Some tracking services from earlier this week suggested the pic could earn between $8 million and $11 million, based on the popularity of Johnny Depp.

[ShawnMR]

Source?

I think we will see numbers revised upward. Game 7 of the World Series is definitely having an impact, IMO.

[Taylor.]

Sorry, from Variety.

www.variety.com/article/VR1118045256

[Totem]

1. Puss In Boots (Dreamworks Animation/Paramount) NEW [3,952 Theaters]
Friday $9.3M, Estimated Weekend $37M

2. Paranormal Activity 3 (Paramount) Week 2 [3,329 Theaters]
Friday $7M (-70%), Estimated Weekend $20.5M, Estimated Cume $73M

3) In Time (Fox) NEW [3,001 Theaters]
Friday $4.5M, Estimated Weekend $13M

4) The Rum Diary (FilmDistrict) NEW [2,272 Theaters] [2,272 Theaters]
Friday $2M, Estimated Weekend $6M

5) Footloose (Paramount) Week 3 [3,224 Theaters]
Friday $1.8M, Estimated Weekend $5.5M, Estimated Cume $38M

[Totem]

Can't help but feel let down by Puss, it had everything going for it but I guess awareness must have been weaker than most thought. Animation is really struggling to make a dent in the US market, I just hope Tintin doesn't dissapoint.

Solid number for In Time, had so much going for it but buzz died down over the last few days, I don't expect much legs, will be impressed if it passes 40m.

Not a great hold for PA3 but it should stabilise over the weekend, 100m is basically locked which is awesome.

I'm suprised Real Steel isn't in the top 5, I would have expected a 6-7m weekend. {EDIT, yeh I just realised Footloose had the bigger Friday and Real Steel is a SAT movie and will likely end up above TRD}

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Anyone see the new Hugo trailer? Looks much better, I could see it finding an audience but still miss 100m.

Tintin is doing well in Europe, I hope we get more numbers soon but most of the international posters that post france, uk, asia number won't know about this place.

[C. John]

I really hope Puss have some good legs.

[C. John]

Fox is releasing bomb after bomb. Epic.

And The Rum Diary proves that stars don't matter anymore in America. One actor alone can't open a movie.

[C. John]

Tintin doing some big business in Portugal. Since Tuesday is a holiday here, I am expecting a fantastic result for the first 7 days (I know that Portugal is not UK or France, but it is likely doing big business there too).

[tawasal]

that's dissapointing from PiB.

[theturk]

Box Office.Com Early Estimates:

Puss in Boots : 36M
Paranormal Activity 3 : 19.5M
In Time : 12.8M
Footloose : 5.75M
The Rum Diary : 5.7M
Real Steel : 5.5M
The Three Museketeers : 3.5M
The Ides Of March : 2.7M
Moneyball : 2.2M
Courageous : 1.8M
Dolphin Tale : 1.6M
Anonymous : 1.05M

[tawasal]

Not good for DT.

[C. John]

That is awful for PiB. It will need some epic legs. I am shocked. This may not outgross Megamind at this point.

[themovieman]

Actually, I'm not that surprised about PiB. It's a spin-off from a tired franchise. From the trailers I saw, it looked like a direct-to-video flick.

[Hiccup]

Hopefully Puss in Boots can have decent legs and finish over 125M

[C. John]

Boring weekend. Every new movie was a flop.