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As expected, Evan Almighty was flat on Saturday. Sequels don't usually increase business from Friday to Saturday, and this one's coping with mixed word-of-mouth so the adjusted projection is now $32,112,000. 1408 was down also (horror peaks on Friday night with the young), but the projection went up -- it's now expected to hit just over $20 million. The John Cusack-er may even overtake Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer for the #2 slot...maybe.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on June 24, 2007 at 9:40 AM

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Josh Massey says ...

Box Office Mojo has 1408 ahead - by $25,000. In almost 1,300 less theaters, at that.

With the success of 1408, Knocked Up, Waitress and the fun Ocean's 13, the relative disappointment of the early mega-sequels and Evan, and the utter flopping of Hostel Part II, I just might have hope for this species after all.

Posted by Josh Massey at June 24, 2007 10:24 AM

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BurmaShave says ...

Don't forget the Per-Screen for ONCE this season, thoug I understand that's sort of leveling off. We may yet recover!

Posted by BurmaShave at June 24, 2007 10:32 AM

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alynch says ...

Variety also has 1408 in the number 2 slot. Oh happy days! The shitty movies are tanking. There is hope. Of course all hope will be crushed once Transformers makes giant piles of money, but all the same.

Posted by alynch at June 24, 2007 10:33 AM

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sunny says ...

Oooh, I loves me some John Cusack and would go watch him watch paint dry, but I'm glad 1408 seems to be a great film. Can't wait to see it.

Posted by sunny at June 24, 2007 11:17 AM

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D.Z. says ...

It's pretty hilarious that 1408 did better than Grindhouse.

Posted by D.Z. at June 24, 2007 11:54 AM

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JD says ...

"It's pretty hilarious that 1408 did better than Grindhouse."

Why is that hilarious, DZ? 1408 is a mainstream thriller from the director of Derailed, whereas Grindhouse is a 3-hour cult movie with a largely unknown cast.

Posted by JD at June 24, 2007 12:10 PM

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Jeremy King says ...

I have to respectfully disagree with the comment that Grindhouse had an unknown cast.

1408 is fantastic. Then again, I'm a sucker for haunted __________ movies. I even liked EVENT HORIZON.

Posted by Jeremy King at June 24, 2007 12:14 PM

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George Prager says ...

D.Z.: "It's pretty hilarious that 1408 did better than Grindhouse."

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Posted by George Prager at June 24, 2007 12:14 PM

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D.Z. says ...

JD: Derailed was a minor hit, though.

Posted by D.Z. at June 24, 2007 12:52 PM

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lesterg says ...

"Why is that hilarious, DZ? 1408 is a mainstream thriller from the director of Derailed, whereas Grindhouse is a 3-hour cult movie with a largely unknown cast."

Household name directors vs. Mikael HÃƒÂ¥fstrÃƒÂ¶m.
75 million budget vs. 25 million budget
Kurt Russell: 36 million average vs. John Cusack: 22 million average

1408 performed outstandingly. Grindhouse, no matter how people try to spin it, tanked.

Posted by lesterg at June 24, 2007 1:14 PM

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jeffmcm says ...

Well said, Prager.

I haven't seen 1408, but Grindhouse deserved to to better because it was thoroughly entertaining, and plenty of other good movies have done poorly this year while plenty of bad ones have proven to be quite profitable, so quit your gloating, losers.

Posted by jeffmcm at June 24, 2007 1:45 PM

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bmcintire says ...

Caught 1408 last night and war truly disappointed. There are some fine moments, and Cusak is for the most part top-notch. But the last fifteen to twenty minutes of the film were fucking terrible. I am, for one, amazingly shocked that Jeff is praising this one when he took such a tremendous shit all over STRANGER THAN FICTION. Both films suffer from many of the same structural problems. And at least STRANGER didn't have a measly wet-fart of a 'gotcha" capped on to the end.

Posted by bmcintire at June 24, 2007 3:47 PM

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CitizenKanedforChewingGum says ...

Hey Josh,

H2 made $8.2 M opening weekend on a budget of $10 M. If you're going to be consistent, you have to call both H2 and 1408 flops, because relative to budget, they are both performing about equally.

Hey Lesterg,

Grindhouse may indeed have tanked but 10 years from now, I'll gladly settle in and wallow in the underrated beauty of that "bomb." You can struggle through the extremely outdated, generic Stephen King adaptation.

Have fun! :)

Posted by CitizenKanedforChewingGum at June 24, 2007 5:18 PM

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