Movie admissions are running 8% behind last year's, but the industry will get a big bump on Friday with Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the fourth film about the boy wizard.

"This is one of those save-the-day kinds of movies," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-office tracker Exhibitor Relations. "There were lines around the block for the latest book, `The Half-Blood Prince' . I expect no different for this `Harry Potter' movie."

With $80.8m domestically in 10 days, the cartoon tale Chicken Little should soar past the $100m mark by this coming weekend. That's good news for distributor Disney, whose recent animated slate has been lackluster.

Zathura, adapted from the children's book, follows the adventures of two brothers hurled into space by a mysterious board game. Distributor Sony hopes Zathura can hang on to a good share of the family audience through Thanksgiving, despite Chicken Little and Harry Potter.

"History proves there's room for several of these family-type films. This is the perfect time of year for it," said Rory Bruer, Sony head of distribution.

Derailed was the first release by the Weinstein Co, formed by brothers Harvey and Bob Weinstein, who parted ways with their original company, Disney-owned Miramax. The movie stars Aniston and Owen as business execs whose extramarital fling leads to brutality and extortion by a blackmailer.

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