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The Princess and the Frog

The Princess and the Frog, the non-computer animated film from Disney earned $7.2 million on Friday. This is a solid figure and sets it up nicely to be a big earner over the Christmas to New Year's money train. It should also have a pretty solid weekend here as well. $24.4 million is a very decent start.

Invictus

The Clint Eastwood film starring Morgan Freeman (in the role he still seems like he was born to play) and Matt Damon earned $2.9 million Friday. This is still pretty disappointing even considering it's probably set up to be a long term release, especially if it comes up big in the awards department. I expect an above average weekend multiplier given that it's targeted squarely at adults. A weekend of $9.2 million

Notable Holdovers

After a weekend on top, The Blind Side still holds well off 30% from last weekend and it could very likely pass the $150 million mark by the end of the weekend. Give it $13.9 million this weekend.

Still hanging on as we get closer and closer to Christmas, A Christmas Carol falls a mere 12% from last Friday in its sixth weekend. A weekend of $6.8 million might be its last hurrah before Avatar takes all its 3D screens.

Projected Estimates for the Top Ten (Three-Day)
Projected Rank	Film	Estimated Gross
1	The Princess and the Frog	24.4
2	The Blind Side	13.9
3	Invictus	9.2
4	A Christmas Carol	6.8
5	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	6.7
6	Brothers	4.2
7	2012	4.0
8	Old Dogs	3.9
9	Armored	3.0
10	Ninja Assassin	2.4