Beat Ben @ the Box Office: Eye on Shia

Our box-office expert predicts Shia LaBeouf's Eagle Eye will bank $38.7 million this weekend

By Ben Lyons Sep 25, 2008 6:53 PMTags
Shia LaBeoufUniversal/Paramount

The boy Shia is a beast at the box office. His last two flicks were Indy Jones and Transformers, both massive hits (and, yes, would have been even if LaBeouf hadn't starred alongside Harrison Ford and Optimus Prime). Before that, though, Shia fronted a little movie called Disturbia which, despite being produced by Steven Spielberg, shocked the industry by holding the No. 1 box-office spot three weekends in a row.

Now Shia's back in another Spielberg-produced flick—his fourth, but who's counting?—and he's paired with Disturbia director D.J. Caruso. A summer movie hidden in a crowded fall slate, Eagle Eye feels like a blockbuster in every sense of the word.

So look for the hits to keep on coming, and for double E to drop $38.7 million this weekend.

What do you think, too low? Way high? Throw your numbers down in the comments and we'll see who owns the B.O.