by David Poland

July 14 , 2000

Box office tracking shows that Chuck & Buck will win the weekend with over $60 million.

Oops! Sorry. Professor Xavier wanted me to write that. Apparently he doesn't want you all to know how obvious the win by X-Men will be this weekend. How big will X-Men actually be? I'm betting that we will all be surprised. $30 million? $40 million? We'll see.

As the box office goes, that's the only film that matters. I suspect that Scary Movie will have a deep, but not a really deep drop. The big success last weekend will definitely draw a second wave this weekend. Speaking of waves, The Perfect Storm should get very close to or maybe wash over the $130 million mark this weekend in its third weekend.

WEEKEND GUESSTIMATES:
1. X-Men - 3024 venues - new - $42.5 million
2. Scary Movie - venues - off 45 percent - $23.3 million
3. The Perfect Storm - venues - off 35 percent - $17.6 million
4. The Patriot - venues - off 35 percent - $10 million
5. Disney's The Kid - venues - off 30 percent - $8.9 million
6. Chicken Run - venues - off 25 percent - $7.4 million
7. Me, Myself & Irene - venues - off 40 percent - $5 million
8. Big Momma's House - venues - off 35 percent - $2.7 million
9. Shaft - venues - off 40 percent - $2.5 million
10. The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle - venues - off 40 percent - $2.36 million
11. Gone in Sixty Seconds - venues - off 35 percent - $2.35 million

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