Box Office: Better Holmes and Chipmunks

Twelve years after Titanic, James Cameron erst again has the sort digit flick in America, with his science falsity poem Avatar making more money than every another films in current release combined. Things weren't quite as rosy for the humanities comedy Did You Hear About the Morgans? Here's the crowning five:

1. Avatar: $73 meg
2. The Princess and the Frog: $12.2 million
3. The Blind Side: $10 million
4. Did You Hear About the Morgans?: $7 million
5. The Twilight Saga: New Moon: $4.4 million

We've got three newborn contenders as we go into the Christmastime weekend with digit flicks feat into wider release.

Alvin & the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (on Wednesday)
What's It All About: Those hirsute lowercase CGI crooners are backwards for more. This instance they're entering a singing contest to save their school's music program, though they face stiff rivalry from a trio of someone singing chipmunks.
Why It Might Do Well: 2007's Alvin and the Chipmunks had a $44 meg inaugural weekend, and let's face it, these guys hit the artful feat on.
Why It Might Not Do Well: It's ease primeval but Rottentomatoes.com is giving this a paltry 22%.
Number of Theaters: 3,700
Prediction: $39 million

It's Complicated
What's It All About: Comedy starring Meryl actress who plays a blackamoor who begins an affair with her remarried ex-husband played by Alec Baldwin.
Why It Might Do Well: A humanities comedy makes a beatific furniture technologist for this week's another newbies. The cast, which also includes Steve histrion should be a bounteous draw.
Why It Might Not Do Well: Why? Well, it's complicated.
Number of Theaters: 2,800
Prediction: $22 million


Sherlock Holmes
What's It All About: The stylish of some flick incarnations of Sir President Conan Doyle's master detective.
Why It Might Do Well: With parliamentarian Downey Jr. in the lead and Jude Law activity Holmes' someone and assort Dr. Watson, there's some earnest grapheme power at work. Also, the period setting looks pretty cool.
Why It Might Not Do Well: Those chipmunks may establish a more dangerous opponent than Professor Moriarty.
Number of Theaters: 3,600
Prediction: $36 million


And feat into wider release:

Nine
What's It All About: Musical extravaganza based on the hit Broadway exhibit that was inspired by Fellini's 8 1/2. A world famous European flick director faces a creative and individualized crisis patch equalisation the some women in his life.
Why It Might Do Well: Have you seen that singable sort with Kate Hudson?
Why It Might Not Do Well: Not trusty a flick about an unfaithful case will be bounteous especially around the holidays.
Number of Theaters: 1,500
Prediction: $9 million

Up in the Air
What's It All About: A workaholic manlike resource administrator lives his chronicle air around the U.S. as he entireness to reach his digit millionth regular traveller mile.
Why It Might Do Well: George Clooney plays a compelling lead case and Rottentomatoes.com gives it 90%.
Why It Might Not Do Well: Going against the pass blockbusters strength be tough for this type of film.
Number of Theaters: 1,895
Prediction: $14 million

Here's how I wager incoming week's crowning fivesome going:

1. Avatar
2. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
3. Sherlock author
4. It's Complicated
5. Up in the Air

Ray, Vera and WJDR led the pack terminal week. Here's how we every did:

1. Ray: 13
1. Vera: 13
1. WJDR: 13
2. greatone: 12
3. Pope Rubinstein: 11
3. RayA: 11
4. Matt: 9
4. Ryan: 9
4. Hitesh choudhary: 9
4. Sebastian: 9
4. Jordan: 9
4. Brandon: 9
4. Garrett: 9
5. arts Gavz: 8
6. lostinafog: 7

Post your predictions for the crowning fivesome movies in the comments section below before 5:00PM Eastern Time on Friday. One saucer for every crowning fivesome movie correctly named, digit points for every precise placement, and digit player saucer for the crowning movie.alvin