Box Office: Of Basterds and Box Offices

Only two of last week’s new releases managed to hit the top five. The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard, Ponyo and Bandslam took sixth, ninth and thirteenth respectively. Here’s the top five:
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  1. District 9](http://www.moviefone.com/movie/district-9/31920/main): $37.4 million
  2. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra: $22.3 million
  3. The Time Traveler’s Wife](The Time Traveler's Wife (2009) - Movie | Moviefone): $18.6 million
  4. Julie & Julia](Julie & Julia (2009) - Movie | Moviefone): $12 million
  5. G-Force](http://www.moviefone.com/movie/g-force/31271/main): $6.9 million

Four more new releases this week:

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**](Inglourious Basterds (2009) - Movie | Moviefone)**Inglourious Basterds](Inglourious Basterds (2009) - Movie | Moviefone)
What’s It All About: **Quentin Tarantino’s hotly anticipated World War II actioner. Brad Pitt plays a U.S. officer who leads a group of Jewish-American soldiers behind enemy lines to commit acts of retribution. **
Why It Might Do Well: Tarantino brought us Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction and the Kill Bill movies. Also, Rottentomatoes.com gives it 81%.
Why It Might Not Do Well: **Tarantino’s Death Proof was painfully talky at times.
Number of Theaters: 3,000
Prediction:
$28 million

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**](Post Grad (2009) - Movie | Moviefone)**Post Grad](Post Grad (2009) - Movie | Moviefone)
What’s It All About: **Alexis Bledel plays a recent college grad who finds the real world more challenging than she expected. **
Why It Might Do Well: **Bledel was adorable on Gilmore Girls and her politically incorrect grandmother is being played by Carol Burnett. **
Why It Might Not Do Well: Do moviegoers really want to be reminded of the crappy job market?
Number of Theaters: 1,900
Prediction: **$7 million

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