you don’t need a weatherman

I wish I’d posted this prediction yesterday, but I forgot.

I was pretty sure Borat would do well, because I have a secret weapon: my daughter. Since she was a very young teenager, she’s had a nose for hits. Every movie she’s gone to see on opening weekend has been a hit—for seven or eight years!

She called it right this time too.

‘Borat’ Goes Wild — #1 on Friday Night

Forget the predictions that people somewhere wouldn’t “get ‘Borat’”, Sacha Baron Cohen’s raucous comedy.

The movie literally swamped the box office on Friday night. According to figures from showbizdata.com, “Borat” took in a whopping $8.925 million on just 800 screens, with a per screen average of $10,663.

“Santa Clause 3,” starring Tim Allen, took in only $5.4 million — yet it played on 3,458 screens.