can still hope for a $100 million run at the US box office, but it's going to be a long, long time before it recoups its $175 million plus production budget. A much healthier performance was recorded by the John Cusack thriller 1408, which checked in with $20.2 million, substantially above our Friday prediction.
That may be enough to put the movie in second place for the weekend. According to estimates, it's just $25,000 ahead of Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, which had a very disappointing second weekend, down 65% from its opening. The last wide opening of the weekend, A Mighty Heart made little impression, earning $4 million in 1,355 theaters.
A per theater average of under $3,000 will almost certainly prevent the movie from going wider, and a swift exit from theaters seems likely. can still hope for a $100 million run at the US box office, but it's going to be a long, long time before it recoups its $175 million plus production budget.
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