Scratch that $32 million-or-so projection for The Dukes of Hazzard. Saturday’s (i.e., yesterday’s) earnings were only $9.4 million compared to Friday’s $11.9 million, which is a drop of about 21%, which means the word-of-mouth is catching up with it fairly fast. Warner Bros. may or may not try to report a $30 million weekend later today, but either way it’ll fall short of that figure. Next weekend’s business will probably drop over 50%..fast burn.
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