Snow Ices Box Office: Puss In Boots #1, Paranormal #2, Over Time #3, Rum Diary #4

SATURDAY PM, fifth UPDATE: Jeez, Jeffrey Katzenbergmust have opponents in greater places thananyone thought possible. Becausestudios are saying a few days ago’sfreakishly early New England snow storm will certainly have a bite from box office.(However, maybe JK has buddies in greater places because nowno you will understand what his movie might have done by itself.)There’s without doubt that DreamWorks Animation’s 3DPuss In Boots written by Vital is finishing the weekend #1 withanywhere from$32.2M to $35M. That’s the number among my sources.Therefore it remains to appear once the actuals are available in on Monday when the cat brokethe Halloween weekend record of $33.6M set by Saw III in 2006. The Shrek spinoff’s opening was searching consistent with 2011′s other non-summer time animated three dimensional hits like Rio ($39M, also three dimensional) and Rango ($39M only 2D) prior to the snow.Only one rival studio professional snarked in my experience Friday evening, “What will DWA consider a dent within the $30sM? Dunno, but it may be a lot more like Puss In Cement Boots.” Fox’s sci-fi thrillerIn Time with Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried is soft thinking about the wide release. It’s obvious since Justin, while gifted on SNL, isn't any superstar.FilmDistrict’sThe Rum Diary withJohnny Depp is also carrying out ultralight not surprisingly.Didn’t he get this to movie before and wasn’t it known as Fear And Loathing? (“Yes, with similar hungover result. Ouch,” one rival studio professional reminded me.) The new sony Pictures’ Shakespeare backstoryAnonymous opened up for any $1M weekend ($350K Friday and $400K Saturday)from just 265 locations. That’s an unremarkableper-screen average of $3,775 even thoughaudiencesgave it an ‘A-’ CinemaScore. The studio was to pull it from wide release. Full analysis coming.Here’s the very best 10: 1. Puss In Boots three dimensional (Dreamworks Animation/Vital) NEW [3,952 Theaters] Friday $9.6M, Saturday$14M, Weekend $33M Audiences gave it an ‘A-’ CinemaScore, therefore the person to person and kiddie matinees take into account why attendance increased a huge +45% from Friday to Saturday. 2. Paranormal Activity 3 (Vital) Week 2 [3,329 Theaters] Friday $7.3M, Saturday$7.7M, Weekend $19M (-64%), Cume $81.5M That’s an expected drop from the whopping Friday last weekend. But expect a huge Halloween Monday. 3) Over Time (Fox) NEW [3,001 Theaters] Friday$4.5M, Saturday$4.6M, Weekend $12M Audiences gave the film a ‘B-’ CinemaScore. 4) Footloose (Vital) Week 3 [3,224 Theaters] Friday $2M, Saturday$2.4M, Weekend $5.5M, Cume $38.5M It’s not unanimous, but nearly all galleries tonight have Footloose beating The Rum Diary. 5) The Rum Diary (FilmDistrict) NEW [2,272 Theaters] [2,272 Theaters] Friday $1.7M, Saturday$1.9M, Weekend $5M Audiences gave it merely a “C’ CinemaScore. 6. Real Steel (DreamWorks/Disney) Week 4 [2,914 Theaters] Friday $1.6M, Saturday$2.2M, Weekend $4.9M, Cume $74.1M 7.Three Musketeers three dimensional (Summit) Week 2 [3,017 Theaters] Friday$1.1M, Saturday $1.5M, Weekend $3.5M (-59%), Cume $14.8M 8. Ides Of March (The new sony) Week 4 [1,572 Theaters] Friday $925K, Saturday$1.3M, Weekend $2.7M, Cume $33.5M 9. Moneyball (The new sony) Week 6[1,631 Theaters] Friday$750K, Saturday$1.2M,Weekend $2.4M, Cume $67.4M 10. Courageous (The new sony) Week 5 [1,134 Theaters] Friday $550K, Saturday$775M,Weekend $1.8M, Cume $27.6M