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BY THE NUMBERS > <strong>2012</strong> HOLIDAY PREDICTIONS<br />
LIFE OF PI<br />
WE PREDICT!<br />
OPENING WEEKEND $19M<br />
DOMESTIC GROSS $69M<br />
Distributor Fox<br />
Cast Suraj Sharma, Shravanthi Sainath, Irrfan Khan,<br />
Gérard Depardieu<br />
Director Ang Lee<br />
Release date <strong>November</strong> 21<br />
Director Ang Lee is hoping for his first box office hit<br />
since 2005’s Brokeback Mountain with this decidedly<br />
different tale of a zookeeper’s son stranded at sea with<br />
a Bengal tiger. Based on the award-winning book of the<br />
same name, the holiday release indicates Fox is hoping<br />
that adults will opt for Pi over a slew of other releases<br />
in late <strong>November</strong> and early December. The religious<br />
themes of the film could play well for some crowds, but<br />
right now this has wild-card status written all over it—<br />
and, if early buzz from the New York Film Festival is to<br />
be believed, considerable Oscar promise.<br />
RISE OF THE<br />
GUARDIANS<br />
WE PREDICT!<br />
OPENING WEEKEND $40M<br />
DOMESTIC GROSS $145M<br />
Distributor DreamWorks/Paramount<br />
Cast Isla Fisher, Alec Baldwin, Chris Pine, Hugh Jackman,<br />
Jude Law<br />
Director Peter Ramsey<br />
Release date <strong>November</strong> 21<br />
DreamWorks’ annual holiday offering assembles a<br />
collection of fabled characters from Jack Frost to the<br />
Easter Bunny to Santa Claus in this adaptation of William<br />
Joyce’s The Guardians of Childhood book series.<br />
The pre-Thanksgiving release should open well as families<br />
pile into theaters in between Christmas shopping<br />
stops. Although its holiday tie-in could benefit it in the<br />
long run, the flick has the unfortunate position of being<br />
released between Disney’s potential hit Wreck-It Ralph<br />
and December’s long-awaited Hobbit film. All three<br />
can coexist, but Guardians will really have to deliver to<br />
stand up to this year’s family film competition, which<br />
has flooded the market.<br />
56 BOXOFFICE PRO NOVEMBER <strong>2012</strong>
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