box office derby results

sorry about the tardiness of this post, but i was getting myself back in sorts after the ireland trip. expect lots of blog updates today and a full trip diary with pictures upcoming. for now, there is box office business to attend to.

THE TOP 12

1. Monster-in-Law 23.1 NEW
2. Kicking & Screaming 20.2 NEW
3. Unleashed 10.9 NEW
4. Kingdom of Heaven 9.6 -51%
5. Crash 7.0 -23%
6. House of Wax 6.6 -46%
7. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 5.0 -48%
8. The Interpreter 4.6 -41%
9. XXX: State of the Union 2.1 -61%
10. Mindhunters 1.9 NEW
11. Sahara 1.8 -47%
12. The Amityville Horror 1.6 -52%

"monster-in-law" upsets at the top spot. despite some deuchebag kentucky theater owner refusing to show it. the box office remains boring except that "kicking & screaming" has already passed "the big green" and "ladybugs" and only has "bend it like beckham" to go to be the highest grossing soccer movie of all time.

which means our winner this week is marc again.

completely undeserved if you ask me and he only has the fact that i was hundreds of miles away from the states to thank for this win.

MILLIONS OFF
1. Marc 16.5
2. Chad 18.1
3. Aaron 21.0

as predicted, the irish location did nothing for aaron's predicting and he winds up in last.

WINS TO DATE
1. Marc 13
2. Chad 9
3. Aaron 8
4. Brendan 7

marc is cleaning up post-blog move.

AVERAGES
1. Marc 24.6
2. Chad 24.9
3. Aaron 27.2
4. Brendan 28.0

brendan misses out on a chance to up his average with the last slow week (hopefully) before "star wars".

SPECIFICS

Monster-in-Law 23.1
closest- Marc/Chad 16.4
dumbest- Aaron 15.4

Kicking & Screaming 20.2
closest- Chad 18.1
dumbest- Aaron 26.1

Unleashed 10.9
closest- Aaron 9.8
dumbest- Chad 8.3

Kingdom of Heaven 9.6
closest- Marc 10.2
dumbest- Chad 12.8

Crash 7.0
closest- Marc 6.1
dumbest- Chad/Aaron 5.6

House of Wax 6.6
closest- Aaron/Marc 6.3
dumbest- Chad 5.7

Mindhunters 1.9
closest- Chad 2.5
dumbest- Aaron 4.1 (katz's foolish optimism for this film got the better of him)

so that's it. next week is a big one and could see a lot of movement on the averages chart.

OPENING
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith 3,661 (opens Thursday)