Nikki puts in some specific box office predictions for this weekend´s movies. First up is Topic of Thunder, which opened last night.

“We will play to a little older audience than Pineapple Express, so we should do better on Saturday and get to about the same box office,” one insider tells me. But one problem is that, unlike Judd Apatow movies, Tropic Thunder has underweighted wanna-see value among the gals.

Nikki puts in a very specific $42 million opening bet (over the 5 days).

How much will Tropic Thunder earn opening weekend?

nikkifinke_pw predicted more than 40 million on 14th Aug 08

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Next up is Star Wars: Clone Wars: “My box office gurus are all over the map on LucasFilm/Warner Bros’ Star Wars: The Clone Wars toon for the geek in all of you (not me) with dominant tracking interest from males over 25, with predictions from a low of $15M to a high of low $20sM from 3,300+ venues. The higher numbers depend on how many 8 to 11 aged boys show up to see it.”

Nikki puts in a $15 to low 20s million range. If she´s right, she will end up winning big on this question!

How much with Star Wars: The Clone Wars make opening weekend?

nikkifinke_pw predicted 10.1 to 20 million on 14th Aug 08

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How much with Star Wars: The Clone Wars make opening weekend?

nikkifinke_pw predicted 20.1 to 30 million on 14th Aug 08

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Finally, Nikki predicts the end of the #1 run for Dark Knight. She´s a little late on this market, but we´ll wait until this weekend to see whether she´s right or not!

Will The Dark Knight break the record for most weeks at #1?

nikkifinke_pw predicted No on 14th Aug 08

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Ok, so Dlisted may in fact be jumping the gun in announcing a Batman 3, but given the success of Dark Knight it’s not a bad idea for movie companies.

Dlisted has leaked reports that in the next Batman movie, Angelina will star as Catwoman, Johnny Depp will be The Riddler, and Phillip Seymour Hoffman will play The Penguin. All great actors, but will this prove to be a great insight or just another empty rumour?

Ps - Widgets not working today, sorry, but dlisted has money on ‘All three of the above’ in this question.

Nikki Finke has put in her predictions for this week’s box office weekend: ‘my box office gurus mostly agree that Mummy 3 should make at least mid to high $40sM. And it wouldn’t shock them if the number is $50+M.’

Given these numbers, Finke goes on to say that The Mummy should end the weekend in Number 1 position.

With Step Brother, Finke calls Costner box office poison, and predicts as much as $10 million, and as little as $4 million for the opening of this ’soon to be bomb’.

DListed has been inspired by their recent outing to see Dark Knight … they’ve jumped in late on the market predicting that this will be biggest movie of 2008, and have picked Dark Knight to topple Star Wars for the #2 position on the All Time Domestic Top 20. Check out the story here.

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dlisted_pw predicted The Dark Knight on 29th Jul 08

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What is the highest position The Dark Knight will reach on the All Time US Top 20?

dlisted_pw predicted #2 - Dark Knight Bring Down Star Wars on 29th Jul 08

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Nikki Finke’s box office gurus are predicting a domestic gross as high as $130M for Dark Knight, the wildly anticipated Christopher Nolan/Christian Bale film because of all those record-breaking early ticket sales at North American runs, including IMAX.

That would put it 3rd in terms of all-time opening 3-day weekends — behind Spider-Man 3 ($151.1M on May 4-6, 2007)and Pirates Of The Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest ($131.6M on July 7, 2006).

How much will “The Dark Knight” earn in its opening weekend? (July 18th, 19th & 20th)

nikkifinke_pw predicted $86 million or More… on 16th Jul 08

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