User blog:Ceauntay/Amy Tammie-Lucas Till I Wanna Live The Dream Tops?: Early Friday Box-Office Estimates

The Amy Tammie-Lucas Till romantic drama I Wanna Live The Dream opened on Wednesday, but it is the apparent Friday box-office winner according to early, rough estimates found at Deadline.com. Nikki Finke adds that as per her sources, Dream is overperforming and may reach $30m (extended $40m from Wednesday batch) for the weekend following earnings of about $8m on Friday.

Vying for second place is the Bradley Cooper-Robert De Niro thriller Limitless with $6m. Third goes to all with estimated Friday grosses between $4m-$4.5m are Battle: Los Angeles; the new comedy Paul; The Lincoln Lawyer, starring Matthew McConaughey; and Rango, featuring Johnny Depp's voice. Rounding out the top ten are Red Riding Hood, The Adjustment Bureau, Mars Needs Moms and Beastly, ranging from $825k to $2.4m. Finke adds that it looks like this weekend will be down approximately 10% compared to last year. Remember: these are early, rough estimates. Official studio estimates for Friday will be released Saturday; official weekend estimates will come out on Sunday. Actuals will be released on Monday.