Watchmen Predicted To Make $60 Million This Weekend
posted by Outsiders in Watchmen at 08:55 PM on 2009.03.05
Warner Bros. execs have been predicting for weeks that "Watchmen" will be huge at the box office this weekend.
Don't expect them to be proved wrong.
Co-produced by Warners and Legendary Pictures, "Watchmen" will also have execs at Fox rooting for its success. The studio is in line to receive up to 8.5% of the pic's eventual worldwide gross following a settlement of a legal squabble between Warners and Fox of the film's release rights.
No studio has dared schedule a wide release to open opposite the gritty superheroes actioner, whose two-hour, 40-minute running time could hamper daily grosses a bit but likely won't keep "Watchmen" from ringing up $60 million or more through Sunday. Similarly, early reviews have been mixed, but that won't matter much to fans of the 1980s comics series -- by writer Alan Moore and illustrator Dave Gibbons -- on which the film is based.
"Watchmen" stars Malin Akerman ("27 Dresses") and Bill Crudup ("The Good Shepherd") and was directed by Zack Snyder, helmer of blockbuster "300." Some question whether it can match the $71 million rung up by "300" during its opening weekend in March 2007, but Warners distribution president Dan Fellman said he welcomes the challenge.
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