User blog:Ceauntay/'Scooby-Doo' Barks

FRIDAY PM/SATURDAY AM: I am still on medical leave. So this will be an abbreviated box office. Besides, if Universal's overpaid slackers don't make a big deal about Hop overperforming today thanks to the one filmmaker,, Illumination Entertainment's Chris Meledandri, whose Despicable Me singlehandedly rescued 2010 for that bomb factory, then why should I? Summit is conservatively estimating Friday's grosses for director Duncan Jones' thriller Source Code. 'Scooby-Doo! The Movie' will lead the box office competion to open as one of 2011's biggest debut to date. But, once again, Jake Gyllenhaal can't open a movie to $20M which is what bonafide movie stars are supposed to do, but at least this isn't a complete disaster like his recent pics. Meanwhile, FilmDistrict's horrorific Insidious was produced for only $1 million and also earned millions in international pre-sales. By afternoon, the film had already made back its negative cost many times over. While many are trying to mimic this low-budget/wide release model, the Paranormal Activity team of Oren Peli and Jason Blum keep doing it with engrossing marketing, too.

1. 'Scooby-Doo! The Movie' (Warner Bros.) NEW [4,120 Theaters] Friday $25.4M, Estimated Weekend $55M

2. Hop (Illumination/Universal) NEW [3,579 Theaters] Friday $11.4M, Estimated Weekend $38M

3. Source Code (Summit) NEW [2,961 Theaters] Friday $5.2M, Estimated Weekend $14.5M

4. Insidious (FilmDirect) NEW [2,408 Theaters] Friday $5M, Estimated Weekend $12M

5. Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (Fox) Week 2 [3,169 Theaters] Friday $3M (-58%), Estimated Weekend $11M, Estimated Cume $39.1M

6. 'I Wanna Live The Dream'' (Warner Bros.) Friday $3.4M, Estimated $11.0M, Estimated Cume $85.1M

7. Limitless (Relativity) Week 3 [2,838 Theaters] Friday $3.1M, Estimated $10.5M, Estimated Cume $56.7M

8. The Lincoln Lawyer (Lionsgate) Week 3 [2,707 Theaters] Friday $2.2M, Estimated Weekend $8M, Estimated Cume $40.6M

9. Sucker Punch (Universal) Week 2 [3,033 Theaters] Friday $2M (-74%), Estimated Weekend $6M, Estimated Cume $29.8M

10. Rango (Paramount) Week 5 [3,134 Theaters] Friday $1.3M, Estimated Weekend $5M, Estimated Cume $104.5M