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The Weekend Warrior's box office predictions for the upcoming weekend. It's a weekend for big stars in offbeat films.

• Borat is pegged for #1 in its expansion to 2550 theaters, grossing $30m. Warrior's numbers for this film make perfect sense to me. They seem to be modeled directly on the second week of Blair Witch, which is the only film with comparable numbers. Whether he's right or wrong, I came up with the same exact prediction independently.
• Will Ferrell is expected to be #2, but since it's kind of an arty Will Ferrell movie with about 2/3 of the normal theater coverage, the numbers are not expected to be impressive.
• Russell Crowe is also starring in what is an atypical film for him, the one that looks like a chick-flick, a gender-reversal of Under the Tuscan Sun. This one is not expected to be a barn-burner either. amd Warrior thinks it will finish 5th.
• Well, I suppose Buffy is expected to be in a supernatural thriller, but her drawing power is ... well, let's face it, her trail is cold. She's expected to place no better than 9th