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The Original
BOX OFFICE FORECAST
by Brandon Gray
The most accurate box office predictions since 1998.

Blue = Prediction Red = Actual Purple = % Accuracy
(Predictions and actuals in $ millions)

JANUARY-MARCH, 2003


3/28-30

1

Basic (2,876 theaters)

17.5

11.5

47.83%

4

The Core (3,017 theaters)

15.1

12.1

75.21%

3

Bringing Down the House

10.9

12.5

87.20%

2

Head of State (2,151 theaters)

10.1

13.5

74.81%

5

Dreamcatcher

6.5

6.6

98.48%

6

Chicago

6.3

7.2

87.50%

7

Agent Cody Banks

5.8

6.4

90.63%

8

Piglet's Big Movie

3.7

4.9

75.51%

9

View from the Top

3.5

3.5

100.00%

10

The Hunted

3.3

3.6

91.67%

-

The Pianist (773 theaters)

1.8

2.5

72.00%


3/21-23

1

Bringing Down the House

15.4

16.2

95.06%

2

Dreamcatcher (2,945 theaters)

14.7

15.0

98.00%

3

Agent Cody Banks

9.1

9.2

98.91%

4

Piglet's Big Movie (2,084 theaters)

8.4

6.1

62.30%

5

Chicago

7.9

6.2

72.58%

6

The Hunted

6.5

6.5

100.00%

7

View from the Top (2,508 theaters)

6.3

7.0

90.00%

8

Tears of the Sun

4.9

4.4

88.64%

9

Old School

4.6

3.9

82.05%

10

Boat Trip (1,714 theaters)

3.7

3.8

97.37%


3/14-16

1

Agent Cody Banks (3,369 theaters)

21.1

14.1

50.35%

2

Bringing Down the House

20.2

22.1

91.40%

3

The Hunted (2,516 theaters)

14.1

13.5

95.56%

4

Tears of the Sun

9.7

8.7

88.51%

5

Chicago

6.1

7.1

85.92%

6

Old School

6.0

6.7

89.55%

7

Willard (1,761 theaters)

5.0

4.0

75.00%

8

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

4.4

4.7

93.62%

9

Cradle 2 the Grave

3.1

3.0

96.67%

10

Daredevil

2.8

3.0

93.33%


3/7-9

1

Bringing Down the House (2,801 theaters)

21.0

31.1

67.52%

2

Tears of the Sun (2,973 theaters)

17.2

17.1

99.42%

3

Old School

9.5

9.2

96.74%

4

Cradle 2 the Grave

7.8

6.5

80.00%

5

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

7.5

6.7

88.06%

6

Chicago

6.9

6.8

98.53%

7

Daredevil

6.4

5.2

76.92%

8

The Jungle Book 2

4.6

4.3

93.02%

9

Shanghai Knights

3.3

2.7

77.78%

10

The Life of David Gale

2.7

2.1

71.43%


2/28-3/2

1

Cradle 2 the Grave (2,625 theaters)

16.4

16.5

99.39%

2

Old School

12.3

14.0

87.86%

3

Daredevil

10.2

11.1

91.89%

4

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

8.2

10.3

79.61%

5

Chicago

7.1

7.9

89.87%

6

The Jungle Book 2

6.5

7.0

92.86%

7

Shanghai Knights

4.5

5.0

90.00%

8

The Life of David Gale

4.4

4.5

97.78%

9

Gods and Generals

3.4

2.9

82.76%

10

Dark Blue

2.4

2.4

100.00%


2/21-23

1

Daredevil

19.5

18.1

92.27%

2

Old School (2,689 theaters)

15.1

17.5

86.29%

3

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

11.1

11.6

95.69%

4

Chicago

9.5

8.2

84.15%

5

The Life of David Gale (2,000 theaters)

9.4

7.1

67.61%

6

The Jungle Book 2

8.3

8.7

95.40%

7

Gods and Generals (1,533 theaters)

7.7

4.7

36.17%

8

Shanghai Knights

7.1

6.5

90.77%

9

Dark Blue (2,176 theaters)

6.8

3.9

25.64%

10

The Recruit

4.1

3.4

79.41%


2/14-17

1

Daredevil (3,471 theaters)

41.2

45.0

91.56%

2

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

19.4

20.7

93.72%

3

The Jungle Book 2 (2,808 theaters)

17.6

14.1

75.18%

4

Chicago

14.8

14.5

97.93%

5

Shanghai Knights

14.4

12.8

87.50%

6

The Recruit

7.3

7.3

100.00%

7

Kangaroo Jack

6.0

5.0

80.00%

8

Final Destination 2

5.9

6.2

95.16%

9

The Hours (1,003 theaters)

5.4

3.9

61.54%

10

Deliver Us from Eva

4.5

4.4

97.73%

11

The Two Towers

4.0

3.6

88.89%


2/7-9

1

Shanghai Knights (2,753 theaters)

22.2

19.6

86.73%

2

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2,923 theaters)

17.6

23.8

73.95%

3

Chicago (1,841 theaters)

12.4

10.8

85.19%

4

The Recruit

10.8

9.2

82.61%

5

Final Destination 2

8.9

8.4

94.05%

6

Deliver Us from Eva (1,139 theaters)

6.4

6.6

96.97%

7

Kangaroo Jack

6.2

6.1

98.36%

8

Biker Boyz

4.8

4.2

85.71%

9

Darkness Falls

3.4

3.8

89.47%

10

The Two Towers

3.3

3.5

94.29%


1/31-2/2

1

Final Destination 2 (2,834 theaters)

16.8

16.0

95.00%

2

The Recruit (2,376 theaters)

14.1

16.3

86.50%

3

Kangaroo Jack

8.1

9.0

90.00%

4

Chicago

6.9

7.1

97.18%

5

Biker Boyz (1,766 theaters)

6.3

10.1

62.38%

6

Darkness Falls

5.9

7.0

84.29%

7

The Two Towers

4.5

5.1

88.24%

8

Catch Me If You Can

4.3

5.1

84.31%

9

Just Married

4.1

4.8

85.42%

10

National Security

3.9

4.3

90.70%

11

About Schmidt

3.9

4.5

86.67%


1/24-26

1

Kangaroo Jack

10.7

11.5

93.04%

2

Darkness Falls (2,837 theaters)

8.4

12.0

70.00%

3

Chicago (629 theaters)

8.3

8.2

98.78%

4

National Security

7.9

7.3

91.78%

5

Catch Me If You Can

6.0

6.5

92.31%

6

The Two Towers

5.9

6.6

89.39%

7

Just Married

5.6

6.5

86.15%

8

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (1,769 theaters)

5.5

5.8

94.83%

9

About Schmidt (1,236 theaters)

5.1

5.4

94.44%

10

The Hours (502 theaters)

4.8

3.9

76.92%


1/17-20

1

Kangaroo Jack (2,818 theaters)

19.3

21.9

88.13%

2

National Security (2,729 theaters)

14.5

16.8

86.31%

3

Catch Me If You Can

13.7

12.5

90.40%

4

The Two Towers

13.2

12.5

94.40%

5

Just Married

12.0

13.8

86.96%

6

Chicago (557 theaters)

7.8

9.7

80.41%

7

A Guy Thing (2,515 theaters)

5.9

8.0

73.75%

8

About Schmidt

5.9

6.8

86.76%

9

Two Weeks Notice

5.7

4.7

78.72%

10

Gangs of New York

4.3

4.6

93.48%

-

The Hours (402 theaters)

3.6

5.7

63.16%


1/10-12

1

The Two Towers

16.5

14.8

88.51%

2

Catch Me If You Can

15.3

14.6

95.21%

3

Just Married (2,764 theaters)

13.8

17.5

78.86%

4

Two Weeks Notice

8.0

6.8

82.35%

5

About Schmidt

7.0

6.4

90.63%

6

Maid in Manhattan

5.7

5.1

88.24%

7

Gangs of New York

5.1

4.8

93.75%

8

Antwone Fisher (1,006 theaters)

5.0

3.8

68.42%

9

Chicago

4.5

5.7

78.95%

10

Narc (822 theaters)

4.1

2.8

53.57%

11

The Wild Thornberrys

3.2

2.8

85.71%

12

Adaptation (560 theaters)

2.9

2.6

88.46%

-

25th Hour (490 theaters)

2.1

2.8

75.00%


1/3-5

1

The Two Towers

28.6

25.0

85.60%

2

Catch Me If You Can

20.9

21.1

99.05%

3

Two Weeks Notice

11.0

11.1

99.10%

4

Maid in Manhattan

8.7 

8.6

98.84%

5

Gangs of New York

7.6

7.3

95.89%

6

About Schmidt (816 theaters)

6.4

8.5

75.29%

7

Drumline

4.8

5.3

90.57%

8

The Wild Thornberrys

4.6

5.5

83.64%

9

Chicago (304 theaters)

4.1

5.0

82.00%

10

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

4.0

4.7

85.11%

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Forecast Archive

2002

OCTOBER-DECEMBER

JULY-SEPTEMBER

APRIL-JUNE

JANUARY-MARCH

2001
Average Accuracy: 86.47%

OCTOBER–DECEMBER

JULY-SEPTEMBER

APRIL-JUNE

JANUARY-MARCH

2000
Average Accuracy: 85.02%

OCTOBER-DECEMBER

JULY-SEPTEMBER

APRIL-JUNE

JANUARY-MARCH

1999

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JULY-SEPTEMBER

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