Night At The Museum: Battle Of The Smithsonian and Terminator Salvation have locked horns to see who will claim the #1 prize at the box office for the coveted 4-day Memorial Day Weekend. Museum: Smithsonian so far is leading by a slim margin for the 4-day weekend with Friday estimates pegging it at a $15.3 million take. This would put it on track to pull in around $66 million for the 4-day weekend, a figure that the first Museum movie took six days to pass.Terminator Salvation claimed an estimated $14.8 million on Friday putting it slightly behind Museum at #2 but giving it a higher first Friday gross than the previous Terminator movies. However, with it's Thursday release it has taken in more total than Museum with an estimated $28.2 million over 2 days.
The other new release this weekend, spoof vehicle Dance Flick, fell flat grossing a Friday estimated $3.9 million putting it at #5. Its opening was not much higher than the genre related Superhero Movie, and should put Dance Flick on track for a roughly $14 million weekend.
Looking at the holdovers, Angels & Demons comes in at #3 with Friday estimates putting it at around $6 million giving it a $66 million gross over its 8-day run. Clearly not as hot at its predecessor The Da Vinci Code which made $113 million over its initial 8-day run, Angels & Demons is on track to bring in around $25 million over the 4-day weekend.
Star Trek falls to #4 with it losing IMAX screens to Museum taking an estimated $5.7 million on Friday. However, its 8-day total of $167.4 million is very impressive, making it the highest grossing movie of May.
My top ten predictions for this 4-day weekend:
1. Terminator Salvation
2. Night at the Museum 2: Battle Of The Smithsonian
3. Star Trek
4. Angels & Demons
5. Dance Flick
6. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
7. Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
8. Obsessed
9. 17 Again
10. Monsters Vs. Aliens
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