Movie moguls predict the opening weekend box-office for Casino Royale

USA Today polled movie moguls to predict the opening weekend box-office takings of this year's big releases.

How much will Casino Royale, starring Daniel Craig as the next James Bond, take in at domestic box offices on its opening weekend? (Previous Bond Pierce Brosnan's Die Another Day opened with $47 million in 2002.) (This sum represented 29% of the films total US box office)

What the experts predict:

Marla Backer (Research Associates): $40 million.

Christopher Dixon (GGCP): $35 million.

Mark Greenberg (AIM Leisure Fund): $45 million.

Dennis McAlpine (McAlpine Associates): $40 million.

Hal Vogel (Vogel Capital Management): $52 million.

Tom Wolzien (Wolzien LLC): $60 million.

Thanks to `Ali Kerim Bey` for the alert.

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