Reviews, Interviews and more at Long Range Forecast: 'Life as We Know It' and 'Secretariat'
Featured Stories - on August 07, 2010 by Phil Contrino
Katherine Heigl and Diane Lane will try to lead their respective films to successful debuts this October
This week, we've added two new films to the Long Range Forecast. Both Life as We Know It and Secretariat are set to hit theaters on October 8.
After stumbling a bit with Killers, Katherine Heigl should rebound with Life as We Know It. The film's trailer has just the right mix of comedy and drama, and the Warner Bros. release looks like just the kind of tearjerker that audiences eat up during the fall. Co-star Josh Duhamel is not a box office draw yet, but he is a recognizable face and the two seem to have genuine chemistry.
Secretariat, a female-driven sports drama, will try to be this year's Blind Side. Lane is far from a reliable draw, but the Disney name should do most of the leg work when it comes to drawing in family audiences.
Check out our predictions for these films as well as others in the table below.
| Title | Release Date | Distributor | Opening Weekend | Cumulative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life as We Know It | Oct 8, 2010 | Warner Bros. |
$19,000,000 | $55,000,000 |
| Secretariat | Oct 8, 2010 | Disney |
$14,000,000 | $50,000,000 |
| Let Me In | Oct 1, 2010 | Relativity |
$15,000,000 | $52,000,000 |
| The Social Network | Oct 1, 2010 | Sony |
$25,000,000 | $70,000,000 |
| Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | Sep 24, 2010 | Warner Bros. |
$23,000,000 | $80,000,000 |
| Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps | Sep 24, 2010 | Fox |
$21,000,000 | $60,000,000 |
| You Again | Sep 24, 2010 | Disney |
$15,000,000 | $50,000,000 |
| The Town | Sep 17, 2010 | Warner Bros. |
$9,000,000 | $27,000,000 |
| Devil | Sep 17, 2010 | Universal |
$20,000,000 | $45,000,000 |
| Easy A | Sep 17, 2010 | Screen Gems |
$10,000,000 | $28,000,000 |
| Alpha & Omega | Sep 17, 2010 | Lionsgate |
$11,000,000 | $33,000,000 |
| Resident Evil: Afterlife | Sep 10, 2010 | Screen Gems |
$22,000,000 | $45,000,000 |
| Machete | Sep 3, 2010 | Fox |
$17,000,000 | $40,000,000 |
| The American | Sep 1, 2010 | Focus |
$13,000,000 | $40,000,000 |
| Takers | Aug 27, 2010 | Screen Gems |
$12,000,000 | $27,000,000 |
| Going the Distance (2010) | Aug 27, 2010 | New Line |
$10,000,000 | $25,000,000 |
| The Last Exorcism | Aug 27, 2010 | Lionsgate |
$15,000,000 | $37,000,000 |
| The Switch (2010) | Aug 20, 2010 | Miramax |
$11,000,000 | $33,000,000 |
| Nanny McPhee Returns | Aug 20, 2010 | Universal |
$9,000,000 | $28,000,000 |
| Lottery Ticket | Aug 20, 2010 | Warner Bros. |
$8,000,000 | $20,000,000 |
| Piranha 3D | Aug 20, 2010 | The Weinstein Company |
$13,000,000 | $28,000,000 |
| Vampires Suck | Aug 18, 2010 | 20th Century Fox |
$17,000,000 | $40,000,000 |
| The Expendables | Aug 13, 2010 | Lionsgate |
$22,000,000 | $58,000,000 |
| Scott Pilgrim vs. the World | Aug 13, 2010 | Universal |
$20,000,000 | $48,000,000 |
| Eat Pray Love | Aug 13, 2010 | Sony |
$27,000,000 | $100,000,000 |
Additional reporting by Daniel Garris and Alex Edghill.
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