The Original
BOX OFFICE FORECAST
by Brandon Gray
OCTOBER-DECEMBER, 2001

2001 Year-to-Date Average Accuracy: 86.47%
2000 Average Accuracy: 85.02%

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

12/21-25 Five-day Christmas Weekend
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1

The Lord of the Rings (3,359 theaters)

63.5

 

 

2

Ocean's Eleven (3,075)

16.4

 

 

3

Vanilla Sky (2,744)

14.7

 

 

4

Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (3,139)

13.5

 

 

5

The Majestic (2,361)

12.2

 

 

6

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (3,311)

11.4

 

 

7

How High (1,265)

10.9

 

 

8

Joe Somebody (2,503)

6.9

 

 

9

Not Another Teen Movie (2,365)

6.3

 

 

10

Monsters, Inc. (2,097)

6.0

 

 

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12/14-16
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1

Vanilla Sky (2,742 theaters)

24.0

 

 

2

Ocean's Eleven (3,075)

21.0

 

 

3

Not Another Teen Movie (2,365)

17.7

 

 

4

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (3,422)

9.9

 

 

5

Monsters, Inc. (2,682)

5.2

 

 

6

Behind Enemy Lines (2,791)

4.5

 

 

7

Spy Game (2,485)

2.5

 

 

8

Black Knight (1,909)

1.8

 

 

9

Shallow Hal (1,767)

1.5

 

 

10

Amelie (221)

0.8

 

 

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12/7-9
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1

Ocean's Eleven (3,075 theaters)

34.6

 

 

2

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (3,672)

15.5

 

 

3

Behind Enemy Lines (2,844)

10.9

 

 

4

Monsters, Inc. (2,884)

6.8

 

 

5

Spy Game (2,780)

6.5

 

 

6

Black Knight (2,233)

3.0

 

 

7

Shallow Hal (2,218)

2.8

 

 

8

Out Cold (1,651)

1.5

 

 

9

Amelie (221)

1.2

 

 

10

Domestic Disturbance (1,471)

1.2

 

 

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11/30-12/2
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1

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (3,672 theaters)

28.7

 

 

2

Behind Enemy Lines (2,768)

19.0

 

 

3

Monsters, Inc. (3,390)

11.6

 

 

4

Spy Game (2,770)

11.3

 

 

5

Black Knight (2,534)

5.2

 

 

6

Shallow Hal (2,429)

4.2

 

 

7

Domestic Disturbance (1,850)

2.1

 

 

8

Out Cold (2,011)

2.0

 

 

9

Heist (1,252)

1.7

 

 

10

Amelie (218)

1.3

 

 

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11/21-25
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1

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (3,672 theaters)

95.4

 

 

2

Spy Game (2,761)

35.4

 

 

3

Monsters, Inc. (3,649)

31.2

 

 

4

Black Knight (2,570)

20.3

 

 

5

Shallow Hal (2,643)

10.7

 

 

6

Domestic Disturbance (2,386)

5.1

 

 

7

Out Cold (2,011)

3.8

 

 

8

Heist (1,711)

4.3

 

 

9

The One (1,727)

3.6

 

 

10

K-PAX (1,255)

3.0

 

 

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11/16-18
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1

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (3,672 theaters)

82.6

 

 

2

Monsters, Inc. (3,461)

27.0

 

 

3

Shallow Hal (2,803)

12.6

 

 

4

Domestic Disturbance (2,881)

4.8

 

 

5

Heist (1,811)

4.8

 

 

6

The One (2,433)

4.6

 

 

7

K-PAX (2,305)

3.7

 

 

8

The Wash (759)

3.6

 

 

9

Life as a House (1,288)

2.5

 

 

10

13 Ghosts (1,627)

2.3

 

 

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11/9-11
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1

Monsters, Inc. (3,237 theaters)

38.5

 

 

2

Shallow Hal (2,771)

13.0

 

 

3

The One (2,894)

9.7

 

 

4

Domestic Disturbance (2,910)

7.8

 

 

5

K-PAX (2,545)

6.2

 

 

6

Heist (1,891)

5.9

 

 

7

13 Ghosts (2,781)

4.1

 

 

8

Life as a House (1,288)

3.0

 

 

9

Riding in Cars with Boys (2,554)

2.7

 

 

10

From Hell (1,945)

1.9

 

 

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11/2-4
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1

Monsters, Inc. (3,237 theaters)

44.5

 

 

2

The One (2,894)

16.3

 

 

3

Domestic Disturbance (2,910)

14.1

 

 

4

K-PAX (2,545)

10.1

 

 

5

13 Ghosts (2,781)

6.6

 

 

6

Riding in Cars with Boys (2,554)

3.6

 

 

7

From Hell (1,945)

3.0

 

 

9

Bandits (2,116)

3.0

 

 

8

Training Day (1,805)

2.9

 

 

10

Serendipity (1,640)

2.4

 

 

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10/26-28
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1

13 Ghosts (2,781 theaters)

12.6

 

 

2

K-PAX (2,543)

10.1

 

 

3

Riding in Cars with Boys (2,770)

7.1

 

 

4

From Hell (2,335)

6.5

 

 

5

Training Day (2,328)

5.8

 

 

6

Bandits (3,015)

5.5

 

 

7

The Last Castle (2,270)

4.5

 

 

8

Serendipity (2,203)

3.7

 

 

9

Corky Romano (2,001)

3.0

 

 

10

Don't Say a Word (1,704)

2.8

 

 

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10/19-21
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1

From Hell (2,305 theaters)

18.7

 

 

2

Riding in Cars with Boys (2,770)

14.3

 

 

3

Training Day (2,603)

9.0

 

 

4

Bandits (3,207)

8.5

 

 

5

The Last Castle (2,262)

8.1

 

 

6

Serendipity (2,610)

5.9

 

 

7

Corky Romano (2,094)

5.2

 

 

8

Don't Say a Word (2,260)

4.4

 

 

9

Iron Monkey (1,235)

3.3

 

 

10

Zoolander (2,285)

3.0

 

 

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10/12-14
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1

Training Day (2,712)

14.6

 

 

2

Bandits (3,207)

14.3

 

 

3

Corky Romano (2,062)

10.9

 

 

4

Serendipity (2,603)

7.7

 

 

5

Don't Say a Word (2,728)

5.8

 

 

6

Zoolander (2,522)

5.8

 

 

7

Iron Monkey (1,225)

4.8

 

 

8

Joy Ride (2,522)

4.5

 

 

9

Hearts in Atlantis (2,010)

3.1

 

 

10

Max Keeble's Big Move (2,045)

3.1

 

 

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10/5-7
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1

Training Day (2,712)

21.2

 

 

2

Joy Ride (2,496)

12.5

 

 

3

Don't Say a Word (2,842)

11.4

 

 

4

Serendipity (2,601)

10.6

 

 

5

Zoolander (2,520)

8.7

 

 

6

Hearts in Atlantis (2,010)

6.5

 

 

7

Max Keeble's Big Move (2,014)

5.7

 

 

8

Hardball (2,314)

3.1

 

 

9

The Others (2,272)

3.0

 

 

10

Rush Hour 2 (1,549)

1.6

 

 

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