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Matinee business on Saturday will fuel the film to a strong opening weekend, and good reviews should mean sturdy legs at the holiday box office.<\/p>\n<p>By comparison, 1990s films &#8220;Hercules&#8221; and &#8220;Mulan,&#8221; which had similar first days, ended their domestic box office runs with $99.1 million and $120.6 million, respectively.  Their wide opening weekend takes were $21.5 million and $22.7 million, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Second place will belong to &#8220;The Blind Side,&#8221; which continues to show box office strength.  The well-reviewed film added $4.7 million to its gross Friday.<\/p>\n<p>New release &#8220;Invictus&#8221; kicked its box office cycle off with $2.9 million Friday.  While not particularly poor for a Clint Eastwood-helmed release (&#8220;Mystic River&#8221; and &#8220;Million Dollar Baby&#8221; earned $3.3 million and $3.4 million, respectively, in their openings), the film is nonetheless not lighting the world on fire, especially given the overall lack of fierce box office competition this weekend.  Sans &#8220;Gran Torino,&#8221; which opened to very strong numbers, Eastwood&#8217;s recent fare tends to make its real impact via longevity&#8211;for &#8220;Invictus&#8221; to become even a mild hit, it too will need impressive legs.<\/p>\n<p>Also in the top five friday were &#8220;The Twilight Saga: New Moon&#8221; ($2.4 million) and &#8220;A Christmas Carol&#8221; ($1.7 million).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/default.aspx?term=princess and the frog&#038;iid=7132205\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.picapp.com\/ftp\/Images\/7\/9\/e\/a\/The_Opening_Of_318b.jpg?adImageId=8259975&#038;imageId=7132205\" width=\"380\" height=\"451\"  border=\"0\" alt=\"The Opening Of &quot;The Princess And The Frog&quot; The Ultimate Disney Experience\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.pis.picapp.com\/IamProd\/PicAppPIS\/JavaScript\/PisV4.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&quot;The Princess and the Frog&quot; 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