Here are the latest tracking numbers for ‘You Don’t Mess with the Zohan’ and ‘Kung Fu Panda,’ before the first box office numbers come in. We have to adjust the final estimates down a little. Adam Sandler’s ‘Zohan’ is now looking to at least top $30 million and Jack Black’s ‘Kung Fu Panda’ will probably cross $45 million. Considering how well ‘Sex and the City’ is still doing, the chick flick will hold up well and gross at least another $25 million this weekend.

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We already saw the ‘You Don’t Mess with the Zohan’ tracking numbers earlier today. But how about that other comedy, ‘Kung Fu Panda’? Well, the DreamWorks animation is looking at a better opening than Adam Sandler, that’s for sure. Tracking indicates an opening somewhere around $60 million.

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Adam Sandler’s ‘You Don’t Mess with the Zohan’ is coming up this weekend, in case you forgot. He’s always good for a decent opening, but between all the blockbusters this summer you never know. I don’t have the feeling this one has a lot of buzz on the interwebs. It doesn’t have a full-fletched marketing campaign like ‘The Dark Knight.’ Of course it’s not as expensive, with its $75 million budget. But with all those virals, you’d expecting more than just the usual TV trailer.

In any case, let’s have a look at the numbers. Its main demographic is younger males, naturally. And those are tracking well for the Sandler vehicle.

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