You guys know what to do. For now, here are my early predictions for just the openers.

The Polar Express- $32.2 (3-day)
Seed of Chucky- $15.0
After The Sunset- $13.4
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason- $4.5 (500 theaters)

Ok, here be mine early predicts:

The Polar Express- $27.9 (3-day)
Seed of Chucky- $12.1
After The Sunset- $14.2
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason- $3.8 (500 theaters)

For those of you who underpredict Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (yes, I am talking to you, Corey and Zing ), remember, Love Actually opened last year in November against The Matrix Revoltuions in 576 theatres with $6,886,080 and a PTA of $11,950. Now Bridget Jones 2 is the first chick flick to come out in a long while and it has a following which loved the original that was huge on VHS and DVD and did very well in theatres.

Here are my predictions for the openers:

The Polar Express (3-day) - $36 million
Seed of Chucky - $9.5 million
After The Sunset - $$16.4 million
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason - $8.1 million

Love Actually had its release date and platform set long in advance, while Bridget Jones just moved its, so I think there will be a good portion of people who are not aware that it's coming out this soon. I see a high PTA, but not as high as Lecter is predicting.

The Polar Express - $24 million (3-Day)
After the Sunset - $12.5 million
Seed of Chucky - $12 million
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason - $7 million

You might be right. I don't live in the USA and I don't know of the awareness of the people and of the marketing of this movie. I don't know if there are many TV spots saying when it will open or no. I just figured that this movie should have a much higher PTA than Love Actually because it already has a built-in fanbase.

Dont undercut Sunset....we had our sneak last night and totally sold out with many people turned away upset....

Polar 28.5
Sunset 17.0
Chucky 8.9
Jones 7.0

The Polar Express- $30.5 (3-day)
Seed of Chucky- $16.7
After The Sunset- $14.3

1. The Incredibles - $45 (I see a slightly lower second weekend than Finding Nemo)
2. After the Sunset - $20 (lThe Italian Job numbers)
3. The Polar Express - $19.5 (Tom Hanks has become an unreliable box office draw, plus major competition from The Incredibles)
4. Ray - $9.7
5. The Grudge - $8.8
6. Bridget Jones 2 - $7.8 (rabid fanbase for this movie)
7. Saw - $7.4
8. Seed of Chucky - $6.8 (the people who haven't seen either Saw or The Grudge--I can't see them picking this movie over one of the former)
9. Shall We Dance - $4.3 (competition from Bridget Jones=slightly larger drop)
10. Alfie - $3.4
**Sideways - $1.6 (very similar to The Motorcycle Diaries numbers except should be slightly better)

The Polar Express - 28.7m 3day
Seed of Chucky - 13.6m
After The Sunset - 12.8m
Bridget Jones Deux - 5.4m

1. The Incredibles - $42.3M
2. After The Sunset - $20.4M (if FNL and L49 can open with $20M why can't this?)
3. The Polar Express - $16.2M ($21.3M 5 day)
4. Seed of Chucky - $10.5M

who cares about the rest

1. The Incredibles - $44 million
2. The Polar Express - $25 million (3-Day)
3. After the Sunset - $17 million
4. Ray - $10 million
5. Seed of Chucky - $9 million
6. The Grudge - $8.5 million
7. Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason - $8 million
8. Saw - $7 million
9. Shall We Dance - $4 million
10. Alfie - $3 million

1. The Incredibles - 43.2
2. The Polar Express - 27.8
3. After the Sunset 13.4
4. Ray - 9
5. Seed of Chucky - 8.6
6. The Grudge - 8
7. Saw - 7.3

1. The Incredibles - $51 million
2. The Polar Express - $36 million (3-Day)
3. After the Sunset - $17 million
4. Ray - $10 million
5. Seed of Chucky - $9.5 million
6. The Grudge - $8.5 million
7. Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason - $7 million
8. Saw - $7 million
9. Shall We Dance - $4.7 million
10. Alfie - $3.9 million

Polar Express - 38
After the Sunset - 13
Seed of Chucky - 10
Bridget Jones - 10

The Incredibles 41,60
The Pollar Express 28,40
After the Sunset 12,20
Ray 9,60
Seed of Chucky 7,30
The Grudge 7,20
Saw 6,70
Bridget Jones: Edge of Reason 6,00
Shall We Dance? 4,60
Alfie 3,80

Final derby predictions:

1. The Incredibles - $48 million
2. The Polar Express - $25 million (3-Day)
3. After the Sunset - $10.5 million
4. Ray - $8.8 million
5. Seed of Chucky - $7.7 million
6. The Grudge - $6.6 million
7. Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason - $6.6 million
8. Saw - $6.1 million
9. Shall We Dance - $4.0 million
10. Alfie - $3.6 million

1. The Incredibles- $45.0
2. The Polar Express- $30.0
3. After The Sunset- $15.4
4. Seed of Chucky- $10.0
5. Ray- $9.0
6. The Grudge- $7.5
7. Saw- $6.5
8. Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason- $5.5
9. Shall We Dance?- $4.3
10. Alfie- $3.4
11. Sideways- $1.2
12. Birth- $.750
13. Finding Neverland- $.338

My derby entries are slightly different because BOM's deadline was Wednesday.

My game predictions:

The Incredibles $46.93 m
Polar Express - 16.7m
After the Sunset $16.62 m
Bridget Jones: Edge of Reason $12.93 m
Seed of Chucky $10.16 m
Ray $8.90 m
The Grudge $6.44 m
Saw $6.00 m
Shall We Dance? $3.98 m
Alfie $3.91 m
Sideways $1.34 m
Birth $0.586 m
Finding Neverland $0.416 m

Final predictions:

1. The Incredibles - $49.5 million
2. The Polar Express - $25.2 million (3-Day)
3. After the Sunset - $11.9 million
4. Ray - $8.9 million
5. Seed of Chucky - $7 million
6. The Grudge - $6.6 million
7. Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason - $6.5 million
8. Saw - $6.2 million
9. Shall We Dance - $3.9 million
10. Alfie - $3.3 million

I'm thinking:

Incredibles: 48
Polar:26
After the Sunset: 13
Chucky: 10
Bridget Jones: 7

Despite Polar's performance the past couple days, I see a decent opening weekend.