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Seriously. Go see Bolt.

Kim Hollis: After opening to $26.2 million last weekend, Bolt increased to $26.6 million this frame and has a cumulative total of $66.8 million after ten days. Does this impact your opinion of Bolt's box office performance?

Pete Kilmer: It has a real shot at being the little movie that could. The third week will be telling for it.

Brandon Scott: I agree with Pete on this one. I was highly impressed with its results this weekend. They are far more impressive than my beloved "Bolts" who coincidentally are complete garbage and need a new head coach. What a difference a week makes. Last week we thought Bolt a big underachiever, this week...it's looking like a film with legs.

Scott Lumley: David completely nailed this last week when he pointed out that this would really hit it out of the park on the Thanksgiving weekend. I thought a minuscule drop was possible when David pointed out the Thanksgiving modifier, but this actually went up a few percentage points, something I just didn't think I'd see any time soon. The real test for this film will be next weekend when it's back to business as usual, but I'm feeling a lot more positive about Bolt than I did last weekend.

Max Braden: A cumulative gross of $67 million after two weekends would normally happen after a $40 million-plus opening for most movies, right? That's much closer to what I'd have hoped for Bolt. And if the third weekend holds up I could see Bolt crossing the $150 million line.





Shane Jenkins: I love Bolt! Go see it!

David Mumpower: A spectacular third weekend is not going to be in the cards since the week after Thanksgiving is the worst period on the box office calendar each year. Even so, Bolt has clearly established itself as a member of the winners' column now. The two previous Disney 3-D releases, Meet the Robinsons and Chicken Little, were at $51.9 million and $80.4 million after ten days, respectively. Those two titles went on to earn $97.8 million and $135.4 million. It's safe to say now that Bolt should wind up north of $100 million, and it's hard to argue with such a result for a relatively unheralded animated movie, even one that is as much of a masterpiece as this one. 2008 has been a phenomenal year for family films. Also, sidenote to the San Diego Chargers fan. "Ha ha!" Love, an Atlanta Falcons fan. I'm starting to think you guys kept the wrong running back last year.

Jason Lee: Even despite all of the glowing word-of-mouth that's been going on around this film, I was not expecting this type of hold by Bolt in its second weekend - even on a holiday weekend. Good for Disney. Hopefully they get a couple of great holds through Christmas and this thing ends up north of $110 or $120 million.

Jamie Ruccio: I'm encouraged by the number but my enthusiasm is dampened slightly by the fact that this is a Thanksgiving Weekend number. While an increase is good news it's not tremendous given when it happened. I very much liked it, am recommending it to anyone I can shoehorn a reference into a conversation with and hope it does well. "Yoink!"

Sean Collier: The challenge is going to be whether or not Bolt can keep things rolling until Christmas. If it sees decent drops and hangs around the top ten through December, I think it'll be a pure success; however, it's still running against heavy competition from Madagascar. I think it'll have a good run, but I wouldn't be surprised if a big drop next weekend is the last gasp for Bolt.

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