Where Wild Things Are Box Office Comparisons

Box Office For Sunday, May. 12: (1) Iron Man 3 $20.8M (2) The Great Gatsby $13M (3) Peeples $1.7M

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Where Wild Things Are Opening Comparisons

Lee's Prediction: $36.416 million (3-day) 3735 theaters (marked as

).
Where Wild Things Are weekend gross: $32.695 million (marked as

Also opening on Oct 16, 2009: Law Abiding Citizen Step Father

$15.834

$18.044$26.854

$29.353$29.720

$13.811

Director and Actor Comparisons (3-day opening weekend, in million $)

Spike Jonze (dir) Adaptation ($0.384), Being John Malkovich ($2.337)
Forest Whitaker: The Last Stand ($6.281), Repo Men ($6.151), Our Family Wedding ($0.079)
Paul Dano: Looper ($20.802), Cowboys & Aliens ($36.431), The Extra Man ($0.019)

Title	Release	First Weekend	Theaters	Adjusted*	Adj. Avg.**

Where Wild Things Are	2009 Oct 16	$32,695,407	3735	$32,695,407	$8,754
Max Payne	2008 Oct 17	$17,639,849	3376	$18,426,026	$5,458
30 Days of Night	2007 Oct 19	$15,951,902	2855	$17,389,428	$6,091
Doom	2005 Oct 21	$15,488,870	3043	$18,122,703	$5,956
The Prestige	2006 Oct 20	$14,801,409	2281	$16,948,178	$7,430
Secret Life of Bees	2008 Oct 17	$10,527,799	1591	$10,997,005	$6,912
W.	2008 Oct 17	$10,505,668	2030	$10,973,887	$5,406
Flags of Our Fathers	2006 Oct 20	$10,245,190	1876	$11,731,134	$6,253
Dreamer	2005 Oct 21	$9,178,233	2007	$10,738,962	$5,351
Flicka	2006 Oct 20	$7,703,551	2877	$8,820,860	$3,066
North Country	2005 Oct 21	$6,422,455	2555	$7,514,573	$2,941
The Comebacks	2007 Oct 19	$5,554,594	2812	$6,055,153	$2,153
Gone, Baby, Gone	2007 Oct 19	$5,501,406	1713	$5,997,172	$3,501
Marie Antoinette	2006 Oct 20	$5,361,050	859	$6,138,607	$7,146
Rendition	2007 Oct 19	$4,060,012	2250	$4,425,885	$1,967
Sex Drive	2008 Oct 17	$3,607,164	2421	$3,767,929	$1,556
Stay	2005 Oct 21	$2,188,199	1684	$2,560,295	$1,520
Don	2006 Oct 20	$804,388	113	$921,055	$8,151
Work and the Glory 2	2005 Oct 21	$524,698	205	$613,921	$2,995
10 Commandments	2007 Oct 19	$478,910	830	$522,068	$629
Kids In America	2005 Oct 21	$440,228	701	$515,087	$735
Shopgirl	2005 Oct 21	$229,685	8	$268,742	$33,593
Running with Scissors	2006 Oct 20	$226,108	8	$258,902	$32,363
Jaan-E-Mann	2006 Oct 20	$210,000	66	$240,458	$3,643
What Just Happened?	2008 Oct 17	$192,508	36	$201,088	$5,586
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang	2005 Oct 21	$180,660	8	$211,381	$26,423
Morning Light	2008 Oct 17	$129,295	55	$135,057	$2,456
Wristcutters	2007 Oct 19	$42,808	3	$46,666	$15,555
Reservation Road	2007 Oct 19	$36,269	14	$39,537	$2,824
Protocols of Zion	2005 Oct 21	$21,733	4	$25,429	$6,357
The Elephant King	2008 Oct 17	$15,959	1	$16,670	$16,670

* adjusted for ticket prices (calculated in 2009 dollars) ** adjusted per theater gross ("crowdedness")

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About Box Office Comparisons
The box office line represents the potential extremes for 's opening weekend gross. The red notch is Lee's prediction. The red range around Lee's prediction represents the median average percent off of 500+ opening weekend predictions using abs(prediction - actual) / prediction. The actual opening weekend gross fell within the range 50% of the time. (1 pixel = approximately $31,817)

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