X-Men 3 Opening Weekend: Gambling on the Box Office

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Final numbers are out, with X-Men reaching 102.75 million over the 3-day weekend. WSEX wagers were just paid out. Congrats to all who won.

This was one of the easiest box office wagers I have ever seen. Future wagers will be more difficult. For example, next week's lone release will be The Break-Up, with Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn.

The line should be in the high 20's, low 30's. And even then, it'll be difficult to predict; there's high variation in the comps, anywhere from Bewitched to Along Came Polly to 50 First Dates. Reasonable estimates are possible anywhere from $20 to $40 million, just depends on your opinion. Anyway, more on that film as the week progresses, will start a new thread on it when the line comes out.