Inglorious Basterds is predictably perched at the top of Friday's box-office standings, but its estimated numbers are anything but predictable: $14.3 million all told, setting it up for minimum $40 million debut weekend. It would be Quentin Tarantino's all-time best bow, and looks likely to exceed Scary Movie 4 as the Weinstein Company's best opening since its launch in 2005. Harvey is sending Bob to buy champagne as I write this, and the Sony gang is nursing a bit of vertigo after District 9 looked set to drop as much as 60 percent in week two. And people are still watching G.I. Joe. View Friday's full top 10 after the jump.
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS: $14,350,000 (new)
DISTRICT 9: $5,500,000 ($60,091,000)
G.I. JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA: $3,625,000 ($111,656,000)
THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE: $3,310,000 ($30,733,000)
JULIE & JULIA: $2,625,000 ($52,913,000)
SHORTS: $2,050,000 (new)
G-FORCE: $1,250,000 ($104,360,000)
POST GRAD: $1,025,000 (new)
HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE: $945,000 ($287,705,000)
THE UGLY TRUTH: $830,000 ($80,867,000)