User blog:Ceauntay/The Weekend Warrior: June 17 - 19, 2011

Greetings and welcome back to the Weekend Warrior, your weekly guide to the weekend's new movies. Tune in every Tuesday for the latest look at the upcoming weekend, and then check back on Thursday night for final projections based on actual theatre counts.

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Updated Predictions and Comparisons -

UPDATE: Not a ton of big changes although we are lowering our prediction on Green Lantern even though it's getting more theaters and yes, it is partially due to the amount of negative reviews. With an anticipated movie that's not a sequel to get so many bad reviews is never a good thing. Although some of our compatriots are predicting a far lower opening for Mr. Popper's Penguins, the marketing has been improving and the movie actually is decent and we think both things combined will help it open well and have better legs after next week's Cars 2 comes out. One thing we didn't take into account earlier in the week was the fact that Sunday is Father's Day which should have a positive impact on movies geared towards older guys that they can go see with their kids and the family films should be helped by that.

1. Green Lantern (Warner Bros.) - $56.6 million N/A (down 1.5 million)

2. Mr. Popper's Penguins (20th Century Fox) - $23.2 million N/A (up .7 million)

3. Super 8 (Paramount) - $19.0 million -47% (up .2 million)

4. X-Men: First Class (20th Century Fox) - $13.5 million -44% (up .7 million)

5. Kung Fu Panda 2 (DreamWorks Animation/Paramount) - $10.7 million -35%

6. The Hangover Part II (Warner Bros.) - $9.8 million -45% (down .2 million)

7. Bridesmaids (Universal) - $7.5 million -26%

8. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (Walt Disney Pictures) - $6.0 million -45% 9. Midnight in Paris (Sony Pictures Classics) - $4.7 million -22% (up .2 million)

10. True Jackson, VP: The Movie (Paramount/Nickelodeon Movies) - $3.5 million -50% (down .6 million)