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Rank	Studio	Film	Release Date	Est Gross	Comment
1	Par	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	5/22	$350m	Probably the only $100m opening weekend of the season
2	Disney	The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian	5/16	$320m	Don't forget $292m the last time
3	Sony	Hancock	7/2	$250m	Not only another massive hit for the world's biggest movie star, but Peter Berg's coming of age
4	WB	The Dark Knight	7/18	$240m	The same core as the first with another chunk of money for curiosity seekers. But too dark to be much bigger.
5	Disney	Wall-E	6/27	$210m	Essentially a silent film... but when Pixar challenges kids, kids seem to be up to it.
6	Par	Iron Man	5/2	$188m	A very big number, really.
7	DWA/Par	Kung Fu Panda	6/6	$160m	Right in the DW Animation range
8	Uni	The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor	8/1	$150m	Will audiences be worn out from the real Indiana Jones, plus Fraser in another action film a few weeks earlier? U hopes not.
9	WB	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	8/15	$140m	Unless it feels like a direct-to-DVD greed release, it should be a big earner
10	WB	Speed Racer	5/9	$138m	A movie that could be bigger... or smaller... but right now, it looks like the legs will carry it
11	Sony	You Don't Mess with the Zohan	6/6	$135m	Adam Sandler number.
12	Fox	The Happening	6/13	$120m	Shyamalan comeback? Fox isn't overselling it.
13	Fox	Meet Dave	7/11	$110m	Eddie Murphy in a family sweet spot
14	Uni	The Incredible Hulk	6/13	$95m	The heat isn't like the last time, but the base will open to more than $30m anyway
15	Sony	Step Brothers	7/25	$90m	A throwaway Ferrell film?
16	Uni	Hellboy 2: The Golden Army	7/11	$87m	About a 50% increase over the original... could be higher... or lower if there just isn't a bigger audience for this character
17	WB	Get Smart	6/20	$78m	Should be funny... but in traffic
18	Sony	The Pineapple Express	8/8	$75m	The return of the stoner movie... but does that expand or contract the Apatow crowd? If it's great, could get those JA legs and crack $100m.
19	Sony	Made of Honor	5/2	$68m	A programmer with a TV personality
20	DW/Par	Tropic Thunder	8/15	$67m	Are people really waiting for this one? Anyone?
21	Disney	Swing Vote	8/1	$65m	A real summer underdog. Kevin Costner is a sweet romantic comedy that appeals to adults and might relieve election year angst.
22	Uni	Wanted	6/27	$62m	Jolie in a low-end bang bang movie, a la Transporter
23	NL/WB	Sex and the City	5/30	$60m	Many think it will be much bigger... but tell that to the studio
24	Fox	The X-Files Again	7/25	$58m	The committed will come out... will anyone else?
25	Uni	Mamma Mia!	7/18	$57m	Universal pretending it's not a musical so far... a lot of pictures for women this summer... but could surprise
26	Sony	The House Bunny	8/22	$55m	Another underdog... could do a lot more if it plays great... Anna Farris isn't quite where Reese was... but she is quite well liked
27	Par	The Love Guru	6/20	$53m	Welcome back, Mike. No kids in the way of the the dick jokes on this one. Will likely hurt at the b.o.
28	WB	Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2	8/8	$50m	A slight improvement on a nice little programmer.
29	NL/WB	Journey To The Center Of The Earth	8/8	$49m	The Brendan Fraser family movie before the Brendan Fraser family movie
30	Fox	What Happens in Vegas	5/9	$43m	People seem willing to wait for something better
31	LG	Bangkok Dangerous	8/22	$38m	Nic Cage pushes the action edge... could be bigger
32	Sony	The International	8/15	$38m	Clive.. Naomi... we'll see
33	Uni	Wild Child	8/15	$36m	Emma Roberts catches fire in a film for young girls?
34	Fox	Mirrors	8/15	$28m	An Aja thriller
35	Fox	Space Chimps	7/18	$28m	From the company that brought you Valiant
36	NL/WB	He's Just Not That Into You	8/1	$27m	The last of the old New Line...
37	MGM	The Longshots	7/25	$23m	Fred Durst turns director on this feel good "remake" of Quarterback Princess
38	TWC/ MGM	Crossing Over	8/22	$22m	New drama from The Cooler's Wayne Kramer... considering the distrib, a good number
39	Fox	The Rocker	8/1	$20m	Rainn Wilson in the lead... Full Monty director at the helm
40	Rogue	The Strangers	5/30	$13m	A more serious variation on Funny Games
41	Yari	The Accidental Husband	8/22	$11m	An Uma romantic comedy
42	ParVan	American Teen	7/25	$6m	Terrific teen doc.. but will they wait for DVD?
43	Free	Postal	5/23	$3m	Uwe Boll lanced

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