The first ‘Sex and the City: The Movie’ tracking numbers are in and they’re painting a mixed picture. I can’t remember the last movie that had this much buzz among the ladies. And I don’t recall girls paying thousands of dollars for a ticket to see ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ in 2006 either. But early tracking numbers are indicating a $30 million opening for ‘Sex and the City: The Movie,’ compared to a $27.53 million opening for ‘The Devil Wears Prada.’

It seems like a rather low number for the movie that was leading a poll by Moviefone with over 400,000 respondents. It beat last weekend’s ‘Indiana Jones 4′ by 1%, with 32% looking forward to see the TV series hit the big screen. But the numbers aren’t indicating the $100 million weekend Indy 4 had.

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Remember how we talked about the $400 million Indy 4 has to make before the big three get a share? Well, expect this point to be reached within a week. ‘Indiana Jones 4′ made $311 million worldwide in the first couple of days. Spielberg’s best opening to date. The old whip made an estimated $151 million during the full 5-day Memorial Day weekend, from Thursday to Monday.

‘The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian’ came in second with a disappointing $31 million during its second weekend. It merely beat ‘Iron Man,’ which made $27.5 million and currently stand at a total of $485 million worldwide. ‘What Happens in Vegas’ grossed double of what ‘Speed Racer’ did, with another $12 million. While ‘Speed Racer’ is driving off the circuit, making just $5.5 million.

1. Narnia: Prince Caspian: $68,044,920 ($200 million budget)
2. Iron Man: $40,882,027 ($186 million budget, third week)
3. What Happens in Vegas: $18,788,250 ($35 million budget, second week)

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