Long Range Forecast: 'Cars 2' and 'Bad Teacher'

Featured Stories - on April 30, 2011 by Phil Contrino

forecast43011.pngWe've added Cars 2 and Bad Teacher to our Long Range Forecast this week. Both films are scheduled to hit theaters on June 24.

Cars 2 can't miss. The property has maintained its popularity since the 2006 original thanks to billions of dollars in merchandising. While all Disney/Pixar collaborations can be defined as four-quadrant hits, Cars 2 is bound to skew a little bit more male than the rest.

Bad Teacher star Cameron Diaz doesn't have a lot of luck when it comes to raunchy comedies aimed at females. 2002's The Sweetest Thing was a critical and commerical disaster, and she probably won't have much more luck this time. By the time Bad Teacher rolls around audiences will already have received their fix of raunch from Bridesmaids and The Hangover Part II.

 

Title Release Date Distributor Opening Weekend Cumulative
Bad Teacher Jun 24, 2011 Sony / Columbia
 $13,000,000 $42,000,000
Cars 2 Jun 24, 2011 Disney
 $80,000,000 $305,000,000
Green Lantern Jun 17, 2011 Warner Bros.
 $43,000,000 $120,000,000
Mr. Popper's Penguins Jun 17, 2011 Fox
 $20,000,000 $65,000,000
Super 8 Jun 10, 2011 Paramount
 $42,000,000 $135,000,000
Judy Moody And The Not Bummer Summer Jun 10, 2011 Relativity Media
 $7,000,000 $23,000,000
X-Men: First Class Jun 3, 2011 Fox
 $70,000,000 $155,000,000
The Hangover Part II May 26, 2011 Warner Bros.
 $95,000,000 $250,000,000
Kung Fu Panda 2 May 26, 2011 Paramount / DreamWorks
 $107,000,000 $320,000,000
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides May 20, 2011 Disney
 $105,000,000 $280,000,000
Priest (2011) May 13, 2011 Sony / Screen Gems
 $13,000,000 $31,000,000
Bridesmaids May 13, 2011 Universal
 $17,000,000 $60,000,000
Thor May 6, 2011 Paramount
 $68,000,000 $220,000,000
Jumping The Broom May 6, 2011 Sony / TriStar
 $12,000,000 $35,000,000
Something Borrowed May 6, 2011 Warner Bros.
 $13,000,000 $37,000,000

Additional reporting by Daniel Garris and Alex Edghill.

Tags: Cars 2, Bad Teacher

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