- Despite Hollywood's best hopes to the contrary, moviegoers treated the new Caped Crusader movie as just another good flick, not an event. It did less than Brangelina did last weekend. Despite many good reviews and some outright encomiums, its five day total was about equal to the three day prediction. Warrior's prediction may have been too optimistic, but in fact, Batman Began about the same as Madagascar and The Longest Yard. Yikes!
- Batman Began with the lowest per screen revenues in the history of the franchise. Batman Begins averaged $12.2k per screen; Batman $18.5; Batman Returns $17.3; Batman Forever $18.6; and even the much-reviled Batman and Robin, $14.6.
- The other new release, The Perfect Man, limped into seventh place with box office performance to match its poor reviews.
- None of the holdovers really picked up the slack, although Star Wars was two million above the Warrior's estimate. The lame performance of the new entries left the top ten group an alarming 15% below the prediction.
- The weekend was below last year for the 17th straight week (tying the all-time record slump), and ticket sales for the year are 9% below last year.
| Movie Title | Warrior Prediction | Actual | Diff. % |
| Batman Begins | $69.7 | $46.9 | -33 |
| Mr. and Mrs. Smith | $26.0 | $27.3 | +5 |
| Madagascar | $10.5 | $11.1 | +6 |
| The Perfect Man | $8.3 | $5.5 | -34 |
| Star Wars Episode III | $7.6 | $9.7 | +28 |
| The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl | $7.5 | $6.6 | -12 |
| The Longest Yard | $7.3 | $8.0 | +10 |
| Cinderella Man | $5.4 | $5.2 | -4 |
| The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants | $3.3 | $3.2 | -3 |
| The Honeymooners | $2.6 | $2.6 | 0 |
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