The fertility-themed all-girl comedy Baby Mama (Universal) has scored a weekend win over stoners Harold & Kumar. The SNL comedy duo of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler have carried the day with an estimated $5.52M opening day, which should translate to $15.49M for the final 3-day period before the start of the lucrative blockbuster season.

The marijuana-themed R-rated reunion of Kal Penn and John Cho in Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo (Warner Bros) meanwhile didn’t “get high” enough to grab the weekend crown. The sequel to the 2004 Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle, a video and cable hit, has generated $5.09M Friday, and it is headed for $13.48M. That makes the stoner comedy a solid #2 for the weekend, and the number is impressive considering that the original only managed $18.25M in domestic box office.

Universal’s other female-friendly comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall will experience only a 35% drop from its opening weekend. The critically-acclaimed, Judd Apatow-produced charmer added $3.61M on its 2nd Friday and will finish the 3-day with a solid $11.6M and a new cume of $35.6M.

Last week’s box office champ Forbidden Kingdom (Lionsgate) isn’t holding up quite as well. The Jackie Chan-Jet Li Chinese fable flew to another $3.35M on Friday, and it will battle its way to an estimated $10.34M. That’s down 52% from opening weekend.

The surprisingly resilient Prom Night (Sony) will likely hold off Nim’s Island (Fox) for the #5 spot. The slasher remake should manage to scare up another $4.25M in its 3rd weekend.

It is an understatement to call the other new wide release a disaster. Deception (Fox), starring Hugh Jackman, Ewan McGregor and Michelle Williams, is on 2,000 screens, but still failed to break $1M on opening day. Amazingly, this major studio release will finish the 3-day with $2.6M or so and a Per Theatre Average of just $1,289. This gem is making Pacino’s 88 Minutes look like a blockbuster.

2 independent film legends, Oscar winner Claude Lelouch and acclaimed documentarian Errol Morris, have new limited releases at the top of the weekend Per Theatre scoreboard. Lelouch’s Roman De Gare (IDP/Samuel Goldwyn) and Morris’ Abu Ghraib doc Standard Operating Procedure, are both on 2 screens and both seem headed for weekend PTAs of $9,000+. Also performing well in limited release is Then She Found Me (Thinkfilm), written, directed and starring Helen Hunt along with Bette Midler. The mother-daughter relationship drama is on 8 screens, and it is targeting $8,000 per for the 3-day.

EXCLUSIVE FANTASY MOGULS EARLY 3-DAY PTA ESTIMATES
1. NEW – Roman De Gare (IDP/Samuel Goldwyn) – 2 locations - $9,138 PTA
2. NEW – Standard Operating Procedure (Sony Classics) – 2 locations - $9,113 PTA
3. NEW – Then She Found Me (Thinkfilm) – 9 locations - $8,000 PTA
4. NEW – Up the Yangtze (Zeitgeist) – 1 location - $7,500 PTA
5. NEW – Baby Mama (Universal) – 2,543 locations - $6,091 PTA
6. The Flight of the Red Balloon (IFC Films) – 11 locations - $5,545 PTA
7. NEW – Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo (Warner Bros) – 2,510 locations - $5,374 PTA
8. NEW – War Inc. (Independent) – 1 location - $5,225 PTA
9. The Visitor (Overture Films) – 76 locations - $4,618 PTA
10. Forgetting Sarah Marshall (Universal) – 2,799 locations - $4,144 PTA

EXCLUSIVE FANTASY MOGULS EARLY FRIDAY ESTIMATES
1. NEW – Baby Mama (Universal) – $5.52M - $2,171 PTA - $5.52M cume
2. NEW – Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo (Warner Bros) - $5.09M - $2,028 PTA - $5.09M cume
3. Forgetting Sarah Marshall (Universal) - $3.61M- $1,290 PTA - $27.6M cume
4. The Forbidden Kingdom (Lionsgate) - $3.35M - $1,063 PTA - $30.3M cume
5. Prom Night (Sony) - $1.6M - $569 PTA - $35.3M cume
6. 21 (Sony) - $1.25M - $423 PTA - $73M cume
7. Nim’s Island (Fox) - $1.17M - $395 PTA - $35.6M cume
8. 88 Minutes (Sony) - $985,000- $454 PTA - $10M cume
9. NEW – Deception (Fox) - $905,000 - $452 PTA - $905,000 cume
10. Horton Hears a Who (Fox) - $675,000 - $313 PTA - $146.1M cume
11. Street Kings (Fox) - $625,000 - $360 PTA - $22.1M cume
12. Leatherheads (Universal) - $530,000 - $236 PTA - $27.9M cume
*The Visitor (Overture Films) - $90,000 - $1,184 PTA - $439,000 cume
*Young @ Heart (Fox Searchlight) - $51,000 - $911 PTA - $359,000 cume
*NEW – Then She Found Me (Thinkfilm) - $18,945 - $2,105 PTA - $18,945 cume
*The Life Before Her Eyes (Magnolia) - $18,538 - $501 PTA - $49,000 cume
*NEW – A Plumm Summer (Freestyle Releasing) - $15,428 - $266 PTA - $15,428 cume
*The Flight of the Red Balloon (IFC Films) - $13,500 - $1,227 PTA - $157,000 cume
*NEW – Deal (MGM) - $9,300 - $186 PTA - $9,300 cume
*Ben X (Equinoxe) - $5,048 - $1,010 PTA - $79,000 cume
*NEW – Roman De Gare (IDP/Samuel Goldwyn) - $4,938 - $2,469 PTA - $4,938 cume
*NEW – Standard Operating Procedure (Sony Classics) - $4,926 - $2,463 PTA - $4,926 cume
*NEW – Up the Yangtze (Zeitgeist) - $2,322 - $2,322 PTA - $2,322 cume
*NEW – War Inc. (Independent) - $1,833 - $1,833 PTA - $1,833 cume
*NEW – Rogue (Third Rail) - $1,620 - $162 PTA - $1,620 cume
*NEW – Without the King (First Run) - $812 - $812 PTA - $812 cume
*NEW – Dare Not Walk Alone (Indican) - $604 - $302 PTA - $604 cume

EXCLUSIVE FANTASY MOGULS EARLY 3-DAY ESTIMATES
1. NEW – Baby Mama (Universal) – $15.49M - $6,091 PTA - $15.49M cume
2. NEW – Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo (Warner Bros) - $13.48M - $5,374 PTA - $13.48M cume
3. Forgetting Sarah Marshall (Universal) - $11.6M- $4,144 PTA - $35.6M cume
4. The Forbidden Kingdom (Lionsgate) - $10.34M - $3,281 PTA - $37.3M cume
5. Prom Night (Sony) - $4.25M - $1,507 PTA - $37.9M cume
6. Nim’s Island (Fox) - $4.21M - $1,414 PTA - $38.6M cume
7. 21 (Sony) - $3.93M - $1,334 PTA - $75.7M cume
8. 88 Minutes (Sony) - $3.15M- $1,454 PTA - $12.1M cume
9. Horton Hears a Who (Fox) - $2.59M - $1,204 PTA - $148M cume
10. Deception (Fox) - $2.57M - $1,289 PTA - $2.57M cume
11. Street Kings (Fox) - $2.06M - $1,189 PTA - $23.6M cume
12. Leatherheads (Universal) - $1.69M - $755 PTA - $29.1M cume
*The Visitor (Overture Films) - $351,000 - $4,618 PTA - $700,000 cume
*Young @ Heart (Fox Searchlight) - $194,000 - $3,461 PTA - $502,000 cume
*NEW – Then She Found Me (Thinkfilm) - $72,000 - $8,000 PTA - $72,000 cume
*The Life Before Her Eyes (Magnolia) - $65,000 - $1,757 PTA - $96,000 cume
*NEW – A Plumm Summer (Freestyle Releasing) - $53,000 - $914 PTA - $53,000 cume
*The Flight of the Red Balloon (IFC Films) - $61,000 - $5,545 PTA - $204,000 cume
*NEW – Deal (MGM) - $26,000 - $520 PTA - $26,000 cume
*Ben X (Equinoxe) - $17,000 - $3,400 PTA - $91,000 cume
*NEW – Roman De Gare (IDP/Samuel Goldwyn) - $18,275 - $9,138 PTA - $18,275 cume
*NEW – Standard Operating Procedure (Sony Classics) - $18,225 - $9,113 PTA - $18,225 cume
*NEW – Up the Yangtze (Zeitgeist) - $7,500 - $7,500 PTA - $7,500 cume
*NEW – War Inc. (Independent) - $5,225 - $5,225 PTA - $5,225 cume
*NEW – Rogue (Third Rail) - $4,225 - $423 PTA - $4,225 cume
*NEW – Without the King (First Run) - $2,720 - $2,720 PTA - $2,720 cume
*NEW – Dare Not Walk Alone (Indican) - $1,933 - $966 PTA - $1,933 cume

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