The Week In: Box Office Speculation - America's Favorite Cannibal Keeps Eating

Submitted by Jeff on Fri, 02/09/2007 - 12:47

The Eddie Murphy comeback juggernaut goes into Phase Two this weekend as Paramount attempts to bank off his rising prestige stock in order to resuscitate his abject crap stock.

Is Hannibal Lecter still a viable villain in an age when torture-porn fills our nation's theaters week after week?

Predix:

1. Norbit - $23.5M
2. Hannibal Rising - $17.6M
3. Because I Said So - $7.2M
4. Messengers - $6.3M
5. Night at the Museum - $4.5M
6. Epic Movie - $4.1M
7. Smokin' Aces - $3.3M
8. Stomp the Yard - $2.9M
9. Dreamgirls - $2.7M
10. Pan's Lab - $2.6M

INDIE PICS OF THE WEEK:
The Lives of Others
Unconscious

Actual Results:

1. Norbit - $33.7M
2. Hannibal Rising - $13.3M
3. Because I Said So - $9M
4. Messengers - $7.2M
5. Night at the Museum - $5.7M
6. Epic Movie - $4.4M
7. Smokin' Aces - $3.8M
8. Pan's Lab - $3.5M
9. Dreamgirls - $3.1M
10. The Queen - $2.5M

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