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Fantasy Moguls Original Content: WEEKEND TRACKING: 'Cloverfield' to Scare Up $40M for 4-day; '27 Dresses' is Bridesmaid w/$17M-$20M; 'Mad Money' Won't Steal That Much of It
The film is smart, well-conceived and consistently entertaining, and, from what I can tell, the Under 30 crowd was satisfied. In other words, the movie does deliver on the months and months of hype. With a reported budget of just $25 million, Cloverfield will be a cash cow for Paramount. Word-of-mouth will be strong, and the monster itself, without giving too much away, is unlike anything I've ...
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Box Office Tracking: Cloverfield targets $40M 4-Day
/Film — ... with 27 Dresses for First Choice among Females 25 Plus. This will mean a rough start for Mad Money with a meager $7M-10M. Here are my projections for the 4-day MLK weekend: 1. Cloverfield - $40M 2. 27 Dresses - $20M 3. The Bucket List - $15.5M 4. First Sunday - $13M 5. Juno - $12M 6. National Treasure: Book of Secrets - $9M 7. Mad Money - $8.5M 8. Alvin and the Chipmunks - $7.5M 9. I Am Legend - $6M 10. Atonement - $4M Read More at Fantasy Moguls.com. ...

New "Cloverfield" numbers
Hollywood Elsewhere — New "Cloverfield" numbers Posted by Jeffrey Wells on January 18, 2008 at 07:08 AM What happened to those Cloverfield projections in the mid 20s? Smashed on the rocks. Fantasy Moguls Steve Mason is reporting that over the 4-day Martin Luther King holiday weekend J.J. Abrams ' hand-held monster film "will likely finish in the $39 million to $42 million range . 27 Dresses starring Katherine Heigl appears to be headed for a solid $17 million to $20 million while Mad Money , the first film from Overture, will probably finish with less than $10 million.

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