The Projectionist: Princess Vs. Predator
The summer box office season is officially over. Enjoy these predictions about this weekend's table scraps.
1. The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement — $24 million
This is what we've been reduced to by the meager offerings left on the late summer slate: choosing a "winner" between a piece of cinematic cotton candy engineered to rot your children's teeth out, or the the monster vs. monster disaster that even sci-fi fans don't want to see. We choose getting drunk and exposing ourselves on the sidewalk outside the ArcLight.
2. Alien Vs Predator — $23 million
AVP Fun Fact: The bomb's 101 minute running time includes a whopping 12 minutes of credits.
3. Collateral — $16 million
On Saturday, Cruise finally discovers what "rough trade" actually means and calls his lawyers off the beach to file suit against Michael Mann.
4. The Bourne Supremacy — $8 million
Emboldened by BS's huge success, Matt Damon recently waited a full fifteen minutes before returning Ben Affleck's call. Regardless of any future developments, Damon and Affleck are forever bonded for the purposes of easy jokes, especially on Friday afternoons.
5. The Village — $7 million
At this rate of The Village's box office decline, in three weeks M. Night Shyamalan will have to personally go door-to-door and offer refunds to anyone who figured out the movie's gotcha! ending.