Right around this time last year I predicted that “Toy Story 3” would win the 2010 Summer Box Office battle and be the highest-grossing film of the year. Most other critics and box office “experts” disagreed. Well, the rest, as they say, is history – as “TS3” went-on to break records and gross over $415M domestically.
It’s a new year and a new summer of contenders for the 2011 $$$ title. The next 3 months will be filled with big-budget blockbusters and highly-anticipated sequels. Here’s my list of what I think will be the Top 10 films of the Summer, and their box office totals:
1 – “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part Two” – $325M
2 – “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” – $310
3 – “Cars 2” – $285
4 – “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” – $265
5 – “Kung Fu Panda 2” – $250
6 – “Cowboys and Aliens” – $225
7 – “Captain America: The First Avenger” – $205
8 – “The Hangover: Part II” – $200
9 – “Super 8” – $180
10 – “X-Men: First Class” – $175
In The Summer of the Colon, “HP7:2” will win a very close box office race. Extremely good or bad reviews for any of these films could shake this list up a bit, but I’m pretty confident with my selections. We’ll start to see how things begin playing out when “Pirates 4” opens next week.