Alexander did fairly well considering the incredibly bad reviews. It will get a multiplier higher than Timeline, but not by much. I see the 5-day gross being a bit over $25 million. However, I expect a 55+% drop-off next weekend. The movie will struggle to make $60 million in the USA.

Christmas with the Kranks actually opened very well. The Christmas-themed Bad Santa had a multiplier of over 9 last year. Kranks' should be at least that high. I see the 5-day gross being around $28-30 million.

The Polar Express increased a bit less than I expected, but it should still make over $27 million over 5 days, I hope. The movie is holding up pretty well and should end up with well over $110 million.

Great for National Treasure. Cage was in a need for a hit and he got one and a pretty big one at that. The 5-day gross will be north of $40 million and the total should be $120+ million.

A pretty big increase for Spongebob.

It should be interesting how these Wednesday numbers REARRANGE for the weekend numbers.

This will be when the Kranks start to make its move and Alexander will sink.

1. National Treasure- $5,680,000 +61% $47,336,000
2. The Incredibles- $4,410,000 +98% $185,896,000
3. Alexander - $3,850,000 NEW $3,850,000
4. The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie- $3,700,000 +117% $38,961,000
5. The Polar Express- $3,500,000 +73% $58,505,000
6. Christmas with the Kranks- $3,400,000 NEW $3,400,000

Even with RT reviews that call the movie "groupthink" and "fascist?" Maybe people "don't listen to reviews," but, c'mon, 4%?

Yes, even with reviews like these. God-awful reviews didn't prevent The Cat in the Hat from opening with $35+ million. I see Kranks rising about 25% today and a further 70-75% on Friday and then follow the usual pattern. However, I don't expect its total gross to exceed $75-80 million.