SUBMITTED BY Timbo

September 26, 2003 — How will the Rock do at the box office this weekend? People seem to think it will come out on top, and hasten along the wrestling star's quest to become a full-fledged action star.

Three films targeting a wide swath of potential moviegoers are hitting the box office this weekend. But it looks as if only one will generate numbers equivalent to those of a summer blockbuster.

"The Rundown," starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, is shaping up as the likely competition crusher. A Universal Pictures release of a Universal-Columbia production, the action-comedy has earned good reviews comparing it with buddy films of yore.

In early reviews, critics have compared Johnson's "Rundown" exploits with those of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone, so this movie could officially launch the wrestler-turned-actor into a bona fide action hero. It doesn't hurt, either, that the film also stars "American Pie's" Seann William Scott. Expectations are that the film will gross at least $15 million-$17 million, but it could reach into $20 million territory.

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