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Kim Hollis: Hancock earned another $32.1 million this weekend. A decline of 49% gives it $164.1 million after two weekends in release. Is this better, worse or about what you expected for the film?

David Mumpower: As I chronicled in Daily Box Office Analysis, I had expected more of the film in its first five days, but it's about where I expected it to be after 12 days, maybe even a bit better. Perhaps most impressively, this is the first time since Johnny Depp's work on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest that a lead actor has had two straight $200 million movies (assuming Hancock doesn't suddenly collapse). Ian McKellen, the Harry Potter crowd (including Gary Oldman) and some voice animation folks could make the claim, but this is the first time in a couple of years where one person was clearly the draw in both titles. Will Smith is the Beatles of the movie world right now.

Shane Jenkins: Does that mean that Adam Sandler is the Rolling Stones of the movie world? Sympathy for Little Nicky?

Kim Hollis: I would have thought Hancock would have a 50% drop in weekend two, and that's about what it did. Will Smith is the anti-Eddie Murphy in that he is ploddingly consistent. It's a rare actor who appeals to so many distinct audience types, but he does it.





Daron Aldridge: It's better than I expected for it, given the poor word of mouth that has been circling this movie since its release. The supposed major twist of the movie has been debated ad nauseam and I figured that poor legs would start to show. When considering the slow July 4th Friday box office, then we shouldn't have expected it to drop the 60%+ that would be the normal reflex guess.

Brandon Scott: The decline is slightly better than what was anticipated. I caught the film this weekend and I didn't think all of the negative press was warranted. It's far from a great film but seemed to provide enough fun, laughs and intrigue to keep a summer audience satisfied. Hancock is now flying towards the low $200s in box office and how can you be mad at that?

Scott Lumley: This is way more than I expected, so it's worse as this film is crap and taking away money from good films that deserve it such as Hellboy, The Incredible Hulk and WALL-E. Stop watching this crap people! We're in one of the best movie summers I can ever remember and HANCOCK is how we're choosing to spend our entertainment dollars?

Tim Briody: This was an Onion article once. "Will Smith: The black man everyone at work can agree on."

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