Quantum of Solace left to the top of the charts with a strong opening, more than doubling the take of its nearest competitor, last week's top film Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa. It became the fifth biggest November opening, passing, again, the Madagascar sequel and trailing The Incredibles and three Harry Potter films. In its opening weekend it also became the biggest Bond opening ever, surpassing Die Another Day and looks poised to at least make a run for the top grossing Bond of all time (Casino Royale's $167 million). It becomes even more impressive when you look at its worldwide take, the film has already crossed the $300 million barrier. Not too shabby.
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa had a strong second weekend showing, taking in more than $35 million. It will be interesting to see how much of an effect Bolt will have on it. I suspect that the new Disney film will have an opening in a similar neighborhood. It is not a sequel, but the commercials have been good and it has that Disney branding.
With only the one new film in wide release this weekend, the field had a pretty flat drop rate. Most falling in the vicinity of 45%, and only two falling north of 50%. The two that dropped the most were Soul Men, which is sadly not doing as well as it should, and Saw V, which had to be expected considering its specific appeal and an expiration date for theatrical revenue (meaning, once Thanksgiving starts to kick up the horror season is over). At the other end of the spectrum is High School Musical, the film that just keeps going, each week sees small drops and plenty of added revenue as it steams towards $100 million. How long before we get another one?
Next week will see the arrival of the previously mentioned Bolt as well as Twilight, the teen-targeted vampire romance. The latter film has already had hundreds of sell-outs well in advance of its premiere date and could be looking at a very potent opening weekend, but will it be enough to outshine the House of Mouse?
Two movies dropped off the top ten this week: Eagle Eye (11) and The Haunting of Molly Hartley (12).
| This Week | Last Week | Title | Wknd Gross | Overall | Week in release |
| 1 | N | Quantum of Solace | $67,528,882 | $67,528,882 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $35,017,301 | $116,905,195 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | Role Models | $11,150,030 | $37,577,245 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $5,656,162 | $84,169,216 | 4 |
| 5 | 4 | Changeling | $4,254,080 | $27,631,772 | 4 |
| 6 | 5 | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | $3,146,312 | $26,465,482 | 3 |
| 7 | 6 | Soul Men | $2,350,141 | $9,370,925 | 2 |
| 8 | 9 | The Secret Life of Bees | $2,338,279 | $33,627,359 | 5 |
| 9 | 7 | Saw V | $1,767,405 | $55,380,488 | 4 |
| 10 | 11 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $1,579,080 | $90,878,127 | 7 |
Box Office Predictions Recap
Wow, great start for the new Bond film, and an overall decent week for my predictions. I was able to accurately predict the top seven places and my gross predictions were not too far off either. Although, as we moved towards the middle, the drop off was slightly steeper than I had anticipated, not by much, but it is there. It will be interesting to see how the charts fall with next week's offerings, which appear to have the potential to be very big as we head into Thanksgiving week.
Here is how the field matched up:
| Actual | Prediction | Title | Wknd Gross | Prediction |
| 1 | 1 | Quantum of Solace | $67,528,882 | $64 million |
| 2 | 2 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $35,017,301 | $33 million |
3 | 3 | Role Models | $11,150,030 | $9.5 million |
| 4 | 4 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $5,656,162 | $6.5 million |
| 5 | 5 | Changeling | $4,254,080 | $5.75 million |
| 6 | 6 | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | $3,146,312 | $4.5 million |
| 7 | 7 | Soul Men | $2,350,141 | $3.75 million |
| 9 | 8 | Saw V | $1,767,405 | $2 million |
| 8 | 9 | The Secret Life of Bees | $2,338,279 | $2 million |
| 12 | 10 | The Haunting of Molly Hartley | $1,438,561 | $1.5 million |
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